Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-08-20
DEPARTMENT NEWS
street and ever and Water Depart
menta Meet In Regular session.

street and ever and Water Depart
menta Meet In Regular session.
The usual meeting OF the Street and
Sewer Department was held last night
Reports were as follows; Balance in
bank, 400, 9S5 SO; intercepting sewer,
SOL. $40 ~; total. $13S 0S5 So; pay rsll,
$403 80; city auditor collections for the
week, $2l7. AZ.
An application OF D. w. Mullin for
private sewer in Monroe street, between
Fourth and Fifth. was granted.
The application from J. n. Gawthrop
to make connection with the public
sewer from the dwelling house Of No
Sl4 Washington street, was granted.
An application from Patrick Long for
permission to face 148 feet Of curb on
Broome street, between Chestnut and
Lancaster avenue, was granted.
A communication was received from
Bradfo and Vandegrift, calling atten
tion to wooden trunk across jackson
street at Lowering avenue, which has
become stopped and now overfows on the
property Of Patrick Cummins and saying
that damages would be claimed unless
repaired at once.
Communications were received from
the Charles Warner Company and the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company,
offering TO )RY $500 and 500 respec-
lively, towards paving tbs foot of
Market street. The county is willing to
pay $500 The total cost OF paving will
be about $4,000, A motion that the de-
partmant order No 3 Cots portable
stone crusher and 800 horse power boiler
and engine. was carried. PERMITS ion to
tap the pubic sewer on Washington
street between Eighth and Ninth, was
granted. An application was granted to
tap private sewer on Orange between
Seventh and Eighth.
The following letter was received from
Hon. Thomas f. Bayard.
ITO the Chairman of the Street and
Sewer Department. GENTLEMEN - VIII
not the commissioners inspect, and
promptly ameliorate the street bed of
Front street, between Broome and Tat
nall streets1 The street railway la csr-
tainly responsible for the dangerous and
defective condition of the tracks, which
now are, and for long time have been
highly obstructive to the use Of the high
way. Yours Truly,
4. +. BAYARD."
The letter was marked read.
The residents Of Shpllcross and Broome
streets applied to have a connection with
the intercepting sewer The application
was laid over. The following resolution
was then passed.
Whereas. There are sundry sums on
the lien book due the street and sewer
department, amounting in the aggregate
to 1888 and whereas 1t Is the desire of
this department. to meet the demands Of
the general public for improved streets
and sewers, Therefore be it
Resolved by this board, that the CITY
Auditor be requested to proceed at once
TO collect the amounts due with the costs
incurred In the collections.
communication was received from
the Phoenix Fire Company, calling at
tention to the bad condition of Twelfth
street from King to French streets and
declaring IL unit for ths engine to pass
along 1t was decided to fix it temper.
arilly at once and thoroughly as soon as
possibly
Fraucls A. Pierce and Fl. B. Grifi b
presented their report as to the curbing
on the west side Of Heald street and
south side Of Thirteenth streets They
declared 1t correct as to line and from
bali an inch to one inch and quarter
below grade
Davis & Bros offered to pave the bed
Of Penn street between Sixth and
Seventh, and also the bed Of Wilson
street from Seventh to Ninth and fur
nish sand and grading The communi.
cation was laid over
An ofical letter was received from the
Water Department stating that the
storm water pipe laid across Il e
south long race at West street
was an obstruction to the passage
Of the water, and insisted upon ! s
renewal. No action was taken on the
matter
The question of purchasing a street
sprinkler was discussed. The secretary
was instructed to write for price lists tC
SJuderbraker Bros, South Bend, In
diana
The following resolutions were passed
THAT the secretary send a communi-
cation to the City Council for permission
TO use the sand lot az the southwes,
corner of Thirteenth and Orange streets
as storage place for this department
"rhat goo tons Of hard dark stone b
ordered from Wocddale Park to be use,
on Pennsylvania avenue
THAT the secretary communicate
with City Solicitor Lyman about som,
business OF this department which hR
been in his hands 70. some time.
| Ii wss ordered that planks be throw
across the bridge at rwefty- eighth ans
Tatnan streets to prevent accidents dur.
ing the digging Of a sewer there Tha
the sewer be extended on Washington
! street 70 the south side of Delawar
avenue, Snd from point between Thir,
sad Fourth street to Seventh street Of
Washington.
The sidewalk on the north side o
Third street at Fritz's morocco shop wa
ordered to be opened and the sewe
cleaned. The meeting adjourned uuti
next Tuesday afternoon At 2 O'clock
when bids will be received for buildin
branches Of the intercepting sewer.
Water Department.
The Board OF Water Commissioner
held their regular session last evening
Balance in bank 20 current expense