Evening journal., 1890-03-26
ELEc1RIo ROADS coNNEc TED.
The Drainage Commission RepprtsIBo
Omen nrnnrna and r.iexenth streets.

open Monroe and Eleventh streets.
The directors Of the Street and Sewer
Department held their regular meeting
last night. The Wilmington City Rail
way Companys petition for permission
To extend its Riverview electric railroad
to Eighth street to connect with the
Fiphfh street electric road was granted
Daniel w. Taylor, who presented the
petition stated that the company
desired to start the cars of both electric
lines IT Eighth street, until the River
view cars We're provided with more pow
erful motors Then all electric cars will
run from Fifth and Union streets to
Riverview Cemetery in a continuous
trip. No change will be necessary in
the Market street tracks. Thirteen poles
will be erected to support the overhead
wire, and the switches will be put in.
The new schedule will be adopted then.
The weekly payroll $113.37, was or
dered paid. An order for $50 in favor Of
the secretary was drawn for the Incl
dental expenses of the Office
City Auditor John NJ. Newell reported
$3.50. 30 received for liens and other as.
sessments. He also reported that $63 is
due from telegraph and telephone tax
for 1888.
William Simmons received the con.
tract for paving East Ninth street be-
tween Market and King. with Porter's
vitrifed ire-brick at $685. per square
yard. He also received the contract for
paving Shipley street with cobble stones
from Front to Tenth streets.
John M. Dunn and H. s. Christy pre-
sented petitions for themselves and
others praying for the opening Of West
Eleventh street, from Madison to Adams
streets, and Monroe street from Tenth
street to Delaware avenue, as was pro.
vided by the act passed by the Legisla-
ture at its last session. The petitions
were signed by sixty property holders
living in the vicinity of the proposed
street improvement The petition swas
approved and referred to City Council,
with the request that money be appro-
priated to pay the damages incurred in
opening the streets.
Permits were granted as follows To
DR.. Howard Ogle, to tap the Wollaston
| street sewer between Seventh and Eighth
to drain the premises No. ef7. Washing
/ ton street; to William Forrest, to set 125
Feet of curb on the west side of Clay.
mont street, north Of Vandever avenue,
provided the grades have been established
at that point to Nevin G. Gamble, tc
drain the houses Nos. IL and 10 Buens
Vista street into the gutter Of the street
to the Ford g. Ryan Co.. to lay drain
| pipe on West Second street from Hawley
| to Union
Edward t. Bellah, c. P. johnson
James w. Ware, DR.. Jacob Deriekson
and a. F. Dure, commissioners to assess
damages for opening streets and fol
sewer purposes, reported the following
awards Of damages:
For opening Kirkwood street from
Twelfth street to the BraEdywine, $S0t
was awarded by Bellah, Derickson anc
Dure, and $500 by johnson and Ware
The award was rejected.
For damages to the property of Johr
NJ. Dunn by the building Of the intercept
ing sewer along the Brandywine, the
commission awarded $15. Award ac-
cepted.
To Philip Plunkett for damages Il
property by building a sewer from Ian
caster avenne to Chestnut street, be
tween Rodney and Clayton streets, $500
The award was accepted.
To Mary F Day, for damages to prop
ertv by building a sewer from jackson
to Van Buren, streets, between the Soutl
Long race and wawaset street, 5000. TIL
award was accepted.
SsTo John McClaffertY, for damages
building at the northeast corner Of Fiftl
and Walnut streets, $3.50; provided tina
McClafferty tremovej the old building q
his own expense. The award was &C
cepted.
A gas lamp was ordered to be placed Of
West Seventh street between Adams anC
Jackson streets after May /.
The petition of James Christie an,
Others for the curbing and paving Of tn
east side of Franklin street, between
Fifth and Seventh, was granted
The petition Of Margaret R. Bring
hurst and others, for the extension Of tn
sewer on Washington street from Mint
to Tenth, was granted.