Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-20

10 the boulevard grading across tho
,ark, discovered that they could get dirt
Elsewhere for absolutely nothing, pos
IDLY from Eighteenth street Then
here was no necessity Of maintaining
he compact. They would save the cost
If the grading Of the boulevard by /
hrowing up the improvement company
agreement. Probably this little fact is
where the toe pinches, and is the link
which really unravels the jockeying OF |
,he improvement company. At any
rate the latter company finds itself on |
It's back, and with the outlook of having |
10 make the sole expenditure as per
original agreement with the Park Com
mission. This would account for the
development of any amount Of "Old
Adam" II lis understood that the Park
will let the North Side I'M
provement Company have their grades
at any moment they signify the desire.
Editor Gazette d, Journal; As the interview
in relation to the park boulevard held
with Mr.. William NJ. Candy and published
by you yesterday, clearly demands reply
by the North Side Improvement Company, \
i ask your permission TO be allowed to
make such reply.
In the first place, il Mr.. Candy is cor
rectly quoted, he has certainlyg got his facts
mixed. He states that the North Side Com
pany asked the Park Commission to allow
them to lay out the boulevard through the
park. This is an error. The Levy Court, in
its effort to forward the public interests,
before commencing the building of the
bridge, asked of the Park Commission the
privilege OF landing place on the north
side, on line with Washington street. us
laid nit nm tho apt1fh aida rf fha Rrandv-
wine, and also for a right of way through
the park to connect with The proposed
boulevard north of Eighteenth street.
At joint meeting, held ON the grounds
to consider this matter, the Park Commits
sion agreed TO allow this work to be done,
provided the Levy Court would properly
fix up the roadway through the park. The
Levy Court replied that they had neither
the authority nor the disposition to do
that, as they considered that they were
doing their full share when they built the
bridge. Then, it was suggested that the
North Side Improvement Company be
asked to do the work. A meeting of the
Park Commission and the North Side Inn
provement Company was held that same
day, and the Park Commission insisted
that the improvement company do that
work, or they would not allow the bridge
to be built as proposed. The improvement
company DDJtCttu w bnG pub 10
their large Investments were imperlled,
they were dragooned in agreeing to the
proposition.
Mr.. William p. Bancroft of the Park
Commission insisted that the agreement.
and the character of the work that was to
be done, should be submitted i'll writing,
SO that they would be enabled TO compel
the improvement company to carry out
the agreement. He was asked by the com
pany to write out or alter their agreement
To suit himself, which he did, and it was
signed by the president Of the North Side
Improvement Company, In it there was
no reference whatever to the removal o.
During the winter the North Side Com
pany began the grading on their property
| between Snuff Mill lane and Elliott avenue
| AT that time the president OF the compah,
made a request of the president. (N1r
| Genbyj of the Park Commission for TIL
stakes for the grade he wanted through
the park. He promised thenl.. Nothing
was done for six weeks, when the reques
was repeated. Still no stakes were driven
| and the North Side Company completes
as much of their grading as they could a
that time.
About the first of June, Mr.. Candy wa
again asked to give the grades, as tb
4 North Side Company wished to have tn
roadway completed by the time the bridg
was finished About week later ther
was meeting held on the ground by tn
president and engineer of the Park Com
mission and the representatives of tn
North Side Company, and the plan OF tn
were promised by June 10th. At tina
meeting Mr.. Candy spoke of the top sol
and its value. The president OF the corr
pany replied that If they thought it wa
worth having they had better get thei
carts at work and have it off.
No further reference was made of thi
4 matter at that time. The North Side Coif
pany then arranged to have the gradln
done, the work TO commence June 2Otf
The company did not consider that it Wa
any OF Mr.. Canby's or anybody else's bus
ness who they got to do the work, or |
what price. 1t was their business to 81
that the work was done according TO Tt
written agreement and to their best az
vantage.
On the morning of June 10Th, MajS
, Candy, the park engineer, called on Il
president of the North Side Company aL
, stated that he was ready to drive IL
stakes, but that Mr.. William Nj. Canb
: who left that morning for Chicago, hi
left him peremptory orders not to drive
stake, or allow pick or shovel to go in
the ground until some satisfactory arrang
| meIlt was made about the top soil. III
| president replied that Mr.. Gallagher OF u
Levy Court had agreed to do the gradlI
, for the dirt, which they needed to fill !
{ the approach on the south side and that
! ! hoped the engineer would not interfe
! now, for the work was to be finished tn
!. week, the bridge contractor having agre
: to allow the graders to use the bridge 7
e fore il was turned over to the county. r.
d engineer replied that he had no option
the matter, and was then informed that
+, this work was stopped now by the Pa
" Commission that the North Side Compai
9 would consider their agreement at an q
II and would make no further effort to
+ the work. The engineer did go to n
j. Gallagher and made the same stateme
v about the top soil and his orders, and \
y Gallagher reported the same TO the co
:. nissioners, and they countermanded I
= order for the grading.
% On Friday last MIR. William NJ. Can
le called upon the president OF the MOI
Side Company and stated that he want
ia to make some arrangements whereby
e roadway could be finished After quite
- animated discussion over the merits a
IS present status of the case, the president
d. the company told him that he could ms
10 Canby) had stopped the work and nov
e. was his place to start it again. and that
NJ North Side Company considered their G.
4 Il tract at an end, and that If the Park Co
y, mission did not so consider II they still /
ie the written agreement and could do
ct work and then proceed against the CO
pany for the cost of the same.
m MIR. Candy replied that the compa
"a would do the work or he would board
III each end of the way through the pa
~ The reply to that threat was that the pi
70 land belonged to the public and that
Is public would see that the proper use '
IN made of it. Then it was that the Sti
to and Sewer Department was called in
or asked to be party to the putting up
ke that little temporary fence, until the a
IN ton of grading, which could be done i
- ,,,oalr nnuI1 he settled. Ks,