Evening journal., 1891-09-01
STREETS TO BE PAVED.
WHAT DIRECTOR SAMUEL CHAM
BeRs HAS TO SAY

The Tendetloin Districts Not the Only
Portions of the City 10 Receive Attsn
ti0n-Rumors Of n Job Deniod-Fourtb,
Third and Union streets and MarylaHa
Avenuet 20 Be Paved.
Since the ordinance providing for the
borrowing of 100000 for the improve.
ment OF the streets of Wilmington this
year passed the City Coarcil great
deal OF speculation was indnlged In as to
the parts OF the city to be favored. The
Fifth and Seventh wards said James
Murray, 10 The only portion Of the city
which will receive any benefit. 1t is
there the attention Of the commissioners
will be- focused, there boulevards will be
built, while the inhabitants Of the
Twelfth, Eleventh, Ninth, and portion
OF the Second wards will oe compelled to
wallow In mud to the ankles during the
winter months.
The commissioners have made their
first move They have proposed 10
expend 425, 900 in putting down pave
ment OF vitrifed FIRE brick, and as II 10
show to the city that James Murray was
a prophet, they have proposed to expend
the money--One-f fourth Of the entire
appropriation for the year, In the very
locality where Mr. Murray said the
attention OF the directors would be
focused
This proposed action of the directors
has caused no little comment in other
parts of the city, and What do you
think Of the Street aud Sewer Directors
n0wY and similar question are heard
frequently on the stree Is. The longest
strou gest and most emphatic declarations
come from the residents of the East
side, ara pal ticnlarly those of the
Eighth ward Che ward will 20 Demo
cratic at the next election" The Street
aid Sewer Commission is farce p
Nothing TO be done for the East side
they are too busy in the Seventh ward
These and similar observations are heard
daily on the streets, increasing with time
until the cry grew into q prolonged wall
II was also freely said that one of the
directors was interested In real estate on
Eleventh street which Ia measure ac-
counted for the attention that thorough
fare was to receive.
In order TO fad out what the Street
and Sewer Directors had 10 say for them
selves, or in defence OF these declara-
lions and inslnuations. an EVENING
JOURNAL reporter was detailed 10 inter
view them and examine tue streets about
to receive attention as wei AS che condi
tlon Of those thoroughfRres ctmplsided
Of
Joseph L. Carpenter Jr, was first
seen &C his Office The reporter said,
''Mr Carpenter there is some comment rs
to the action OF the Street aud sewer
Directors in expending s25 coo or $50. 900
IN one portion of the city Have you
anything to say in explanation OF their
scdon2
rs there, answered Mr.. Carpenter.
testify, Il have not heard Of it | think
these Instructions have come from the
EVENING JOURNAL guess il does not
know u Ich anouO the matter. We are
not eonhning our atten lion to any part Of
the city We ave going over it all, and
we are trying to do the best we can by
me citiz-ns generally. THAI Is all have
to say ABOUT the matter and Mr. Gar
peuter hurried IF 70 I'LL Gus q receipt for
a customer who mad just entered
This was aot satisfactory, but ss the
reporter was walking down Market
street. he met another director in the
person Of samuel Chambers Mr.
Chambers was not apparently so ignor-
ant Of the trend of the puDlic opinion ~
was his colleague. Eyes, he said, my ears
have been dinned by the people OF the
| East Side, especially the Eighth ward,
and threats of all kinds have been made,
| Political threats Of the most absurd kuu.
as weil IS II was hackneyed poi iician
70 be affected by nOnsenscal AMI plAil
i've warnings They have made me so
mad that | would not please them to say
what We proposed TO do in the future
| But ice you asked me | will tell You.
We propose to pave Fourth street with
5slgien block from French street to the
raiircad Pats OF Tuird street will also
10 paved IN the same way A portion VI
Maryland avenue from Chestnut
street 20 Beach will be paved with
Belgian block, and Fourth street from
1rouln- to Union viii be macadamised rs
will also a portion OF U ion street. This
will cover all the cougt sted d striets ex-
cept beyond Third, Eleven, and Brady
wire market street, bridges, bus these
districts will not be touched this year
he streets Of the Eighth ward are good
enough for time, aud threats from the
citizens OF that ward will not eject me
1T Is said that one Of the directors Il
interested ia real estate on Eleventh
treet, which acc, UNITS for the attention
which that street is TO receive Is thai
trusg
believe Mr.. Carpenter does own
house on Eleventh street. but / wish Il
say emphaticAlly that this has nothing u
90 with our action in paving tina
Z thoroughfare For that matter. Mr.
\ Carpenter owns houses on half th
, streets Of the city, so that the same or
could be raised was 1t proposed to p4v
them For my own part, | wish to ss
that have taken thar Office for il
ernouments, and not to further an
clique, person or party do not Ow
my position TO these critics, and beyon
4 doing my duty to the pubic as well as
: know how, am not particularly anxiou
I'd please them.
The reporter made an examination 0
\ the streets proposed 70 be paved an
:, found them Ia need Of pavement, bU
Eleventh street aud Jefferson street ar
not half so much In need as portions {
Fourth street snd other thoroughfaIe
Z on which there Is large traffic
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