The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-30


The Street and Sewer Commission
held their regular weekly meeting last
evening, when City Treasurer Adams
reported the balance In bank to the
credit OF intercepting sewer, Gle, 122, 06;
streets, $87, 405.91; current expenses,
sqS, 9sT.3s. The following pay-rolls
were presented and approyed: weekly,
81, 1850. rs; engineers, &1, Q03. SO; month
ly, S842. is; quarterly, $3T5.
The chief engineer was instructed
to prepare plans, and submit them to
the commission, for the proposed ex-
tension OF Pennsylvania avenue.
The chief engineer was also instruct.
ed to report on the petition OF VIM. p.
Bancroft, to have street lines estab.
lished, and the streets graded in the
land belonging to him, which was
taken into the city by an act OF the
last Legislature.
The Wilmington Coal Gas Company
received permission to open the beds
OF Van Buren, street between Fifth and
Seventh Sixth between Van Buren, and
jackson; Van Buren, between Twelfth
street and Pennsylvania avenue;
! Twelfth between jackson and Van
Buren,; Hazlett between jackson and
Adams; jackson between Hazlett
street and Delaware avenue.
The secretary was instructed to OBJ
tain the opinion OF the city solicitor,
on the power of the Board OF Health.
to compel property owners to connect
with sewers, for the purpose Of abat-
ing nuisances.
The Street Commissioner was direct.
ed to have the blacksmith shop, be-
longing to the department, which is
now at Tenth and Franklin streets, re-
moved to the old almshouse lot.
The following bids were opened.
Sand-George ii. Mccall Company
to any part of the city, SI.3T per load
of 2, 800 pounds; charl es Warner Com
pany, for tirehrick paving. Sl.25 pei
load OF 800 pounds; Combs Coal and
Lumber Company, $l.2o per load OF
Q, 500 pounds.
| Grading Fourth street between
Broome street and Union street. Thirt
street, between the railroad and the
bridge, Patrick Carberry, ID cents anc
lScents respectively: Martin F. Keogh,
IL cents and IS cents; Samuel McCor
mick, IA cents and Is cents; E. ECrum
lish, Is cents and 20 cents; John A. Nc
! Caulley, l6 cents.
! The contracts for hauling the vitri
fed brick were as follows;
J. w. Banks, 2l5,000 on Adams be
tween Tenth and Delaware avenue
dumped at Sl.27 thousands; j. b
Day, 285,000 on Tenth, S1.a0; DAME
J Patton. 900 on Eleventh between
King and Delaware avenue, 9l.40; vii
/, mington Transfer Company, 10000 OIL
J jefferson street between Ninth ant
4 Delaware avenue, sl.40.
II Hauling and unloading vitrifiec
j brick per l000-Daniel Patton, from
. cars Sl.A0, from boat $50; L. H. Robin
son, S2,25; John b. Day, from boat
$3.50; from cars, Sl.40; j. w. Banks
! SLAP; to dump and pile, S1.27; vii
| mington Transfer Company, cars
81. 40; boat, $3.50.
Paving Third street between tn,
railroad and the bridge the intersee
: tons OF Broome with Fourth an,
q Seventh and Fourth with Rodney ant
Union; Fourth street between Pin,
and the raiiroRd-Davis g. Bro, Thr,
= street and the intersections, so cents d
i. square yard; Fourth street 521S cents
a John /. and w. W. Simmons, Thir
! street, l5h cents; Intersections, 17S
cents; Fourth street. 50M cents; vii
, liam Simmons, Third street. 1917 cents
! Fourth street, 1874 cents ;intersections
25 cents.
The contract for paving one square
or more on Fourth street. hetwee1
Pine and the railroad, and Third street
between the railroad and the bridge
was awarded to William Simmons a
1871 cents a square yard. j. I. an
! w. w. Summons were awarded o con
/ tract to pave one or more inter sec
tions in the western part OF the city
at l7s4 cents square yard.
All the bills for grading were reject
= ed, as the work is not qnite ready
= The bids for furnishing sand were lait
n over until this evening.
2 Civil Engineer r. S. Woodbury. wa
: placed on the payroll. The contrao
= Tor paving Jefferson street from Mint
I to Delaware avenue, which was aware
i ed to John Logne last week, was car
q celed, as he has not come forward /
sign the contract.
II was decided to hold Especial met
Q ing this afternoon, at Seventh stree
g and the 7. " y Is. railroad crossing I
Il confer with representatives OF Iii
company in reference to draining thu
. locality.
The secretary was instructed to hay
the bonds Of The Wilmington Coal Ga
Company and those of the Wimingto
| Electric Company executed for I'll
: faithful performance OF their contract
: to light the city Tor the ensuing fiN
. years.
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