Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-18
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Discussing the Building of SeSgs
ANA t'hvIHg of streets

Discussing the Building OF Sewers
ANA a'avIHg of streets
A bid for building brick sewer ut
Twenty-eighth and West streets was
opened ct special meeting of the Street
and Sewer Department Thursday. The
bid, which was that OF John Jacoby and
was the only one, was BIG 90 per foot for
q circular brick saver o feet in diameter;
~ per foot for 1s.inoh terra Gotta pipe
and $40 for manhoies.
A request was sent 10 Postmaster Stew
art asking that the letter box on the
lamp pest at Sixteenth and Market streets
bs removed SO that the post could be
taken down.
Instructions were given to the street
commissioner to build fences across the
ends of Washington and j, Hsrson streets
where tn y enter the Brandy wine Park,
to prevent accidents.
The contract for paving Pleasant street
between Monroe and Adams; Penn b.
tween Sixth and Seventh, and Wilson be.
tween Seventh aud Eighth, was awarded
to William Simmons, ut 10 cents per
square yard.
The secretary wac instructed to secure
bids for grading Union street, from Lam
cAster avenue to tine city line. Thore are
6, 500 cubic yards OF earth to be exoayated
and the work Is to be done in As days.
The secretary was also instructed TO Sc
cure the price of blocks for paving West
street between Seventh end Ninth. The
property owners on West street have
agreed to pay one-third OF the cost OF re.
paving these two squares.
A motion to hire an assistant for the
aN n al ne 1l1n
was lost.
AT the regular meeting of the Street
and Sewer Department Tuesday night, the
weekly payroll of $50l,O2 was passed.
Joseph P. Tuston was awarded the CON-
tract for furnishing sand for Wilson
street at rs cents per loa !, and for Pleas
aut street at 80 cents per load.
Bids for grading Union street from
Lancaster avenue TO the city line were
opened as follows; e. Il. Crumlsh, 2Sl
cents per cubic yard; Michael Riley, AZ
cents; j. A. McOaulley 80 cents; Martin
Keogh, 1917 cents The contract was
| awarded TO Martin Keogh,
The secretary was instructed to secure
bids for fencing in and erecting sheds
for storage purposes on the old sand lot
City Auditor Mitchell reported lier
collections amounting to $l49H, The
city treasurer reported balance in banh
| 1928, 1861, under the following heads
current expenses, S8l, 377.15; intercept
ing sewer, S47, 0t9 16.
A resolution was adopted fixing the
grades o, parts Of Pine, Kirkwood and
| Twelfth streets.
The bill Of John Jacoby for oonsLruct-
ing sewer at Twenty-eighth and WesI
streets was rejected the board having de
cided not to build the sewer.
Z. W. jackson was notified to first
| erect brick arch over the sewer on Fifth
street tetween Madison and Monroe be
fore res ing the foundation Of building
| upon it.
Bids were ordered for paving Wesi
street from Seventh to Ninth and Pine
street between Ninth and Tenth. 1hs
| property owners are to pay share of the
expense. The city engineers were in.
strncted to measure the quantity Of stone
taken out OF Fifth street between Rodney
and Broome by Louis Destatine.
j. A. Lergsl, proprietor OF the brewery
at Fifth and du Pont streets, nsked the
board for means to drain hil brewery
An expenditure of $1,000 will be nesdec
| to extend sewer from Fourth street M
! du Point to Fifth. The board d cided
that IL could not afford to put In the
sewer unless MIR. Lengel pay $500 toward
! the sxDsnbe,