The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-15
MR.. BAYNARD SPEAKS.
Hs Says That Ii Is the Fault of the
Park Cenrmissien that the Work h
Not Demo and Washington Street
| Bridge oponed.

Park Communication that the Work IL
Not Done and Washington Street
Bridge Opened.
EDITOR OF THE REPuBLIcAN;.-As the
Interview In relation to the park boule-
ward held with Mr.. William III. Candy
and published by you yesterday,
clearly demands q reply by the North
Side improvement Company, l ask
your permission to be allowed to
make such reply.
In the first place, II Mr.. Candy lie
correctedly quoted, he has certainly
got his facts mixed. He states that
the North Side Company 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 pub
lic interests. before commencing the
building Of the bridge, asked Of the
Park Commission the privilege Of @
landing place on the north side, on q
line with Washington street. as laid
out on the south side of The Brandy
wine. and also for right OF way
proposed boulevard north OF Eigh.
teenth street.
At q Joint meeting held on the
grounds to consider this matter, the
park Commission agreed to allow this
work to be done, provided the Levy
Court would properly fix up the road.
way 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 sug.
Igested that the North Side Improve.
ment Company be asked to do the
work. A meeting OF the Park Com
mission and the North Side Improve
ment Company was held that same
day, and the Park Commission Insist
ed that the Improvement Company do
that work, or they would not allow
the bridge to be built Us proposed.
The Improvement Company objected
to the conditions, but as their large
Investments were imperiled, they were
ldraRooned In agreeing to the propo.
lsitioG.
Mr.. William P. Bancroft OF the Park
Commission insisted that the agree
ment, and the character OF the work
that was to be done. should lie sub
mitted In writing. SO that they would
be enabled to compel tho improvement
company to carry out the agreement.
He was asked by the company to write
out or alter their agreement to suit
himself, which he did. and II was sign
ed by the president of the North Side
Improvement Company. In 1t there
was no reference whatever to the ie-
moyal of top soil.
During the winter the North Side
Company began the grading on their
property between Snuff Mill lane and
Elliott avenue. At that time the presi-
dent oil the company made request
of the president (Alr. Canby) OF the
Park Commission for the stakes for
the grade he wanted through the park.
He promised them. Nothing was
done for six weeks, when the request
was repeated. still no stakes were
driven. and the North Side Company
completed as much OF their grading as
they could at that time.
About the fret OF June. Mr.. Candy
was again asked to give the grades, as
tho NLrth Side Company wished TO
have the roadway completed by the
time the bridge was finished. About a
week later there was q meeting held
on the ground by the president and
engineer or the Park Commission and
thu representatives of the North Side
improvement Company. and ths plan
OF the roadway was agreed upon and
the stakes were promised by June 10th
At that meeting Mr.. Candy spoke Of
the top soil and It's value. The presi-
dent of the company replied that II
they thought 1t was worth having
they had better get their cars at work
and have II off. ..
4 NO further reference was made of
this matter at that time. The North
Side Company then arranged to
have the grading done. the work to
commence june Goth. The company
did not consider that IL was any of
Mr.. Canby's or anybody else's bust.
ness who they got to do the work, or
at what price. 1t was their business
to see that the work was done accord
ing TO the written agreement and to
their best advantage. r ..-......
4 ON the morning OF June 10th, Major
Candy, the park engineer, called on
the president of the North Side Com
pRny end stated that he was ready TO
drive the stakes but that Mr.. William
NJ Candy who left that morning for
[ hlcago. had left him peremptOry or.
'ders not to drive a stake, or allow a
pick OF shovel to go into the ground
until some satisfactory arrangement
was made about the top soil.
The president replied that Mr.. Gal
legher, OF the Levy Court, had agreed
to do the grading for the dirt. which
they needed to fill up the approach on
tho south side. and that he hoped the
engineer would not Interfere now, fol-
the work was to be finished that week
the bridge contractors having agreed
to allow the graders to use the bridge
before 1t was turned over to the coun
ty.
The engineer replied that he hat
no option In tho matter. and was theI
Informed that II this work was stop
ped now by the Park Commission thu
the North Side Company would con
! slider their agreement at an end and
would make no further effort to dc
the work. The engineer did 60 t.
Mr.. Gallagher and made the came
statement about the top soil and his
!, orders, and Mr.. Gallagherreported thu
came to the mmiesioners, and they
Icountermanded the order for the grad
ling.
On Friday last Mr.. William III. Can
by called upon the president Of thu
North Side Company and stated tina
, lie wanted to make some arrange
, ments whereby the roadway could b,
finished. After quite an animated
discussion over the merits and presen
status of the case the president OF th'
company told him that he could max,
any arrangement he pleased; that ht
(Mr. Canby) had stopped the worl
and now IL was his place to start /
again; and that tho North Side Com
n pany considered their contract at al
$ end, and that II the Park Commission
q did not 80 consider 1t they still had tn
a written agreement and could do tin
: work and then proceed against til
5 company for the cost of the same.
|. MIR. Candy replied that the compan,
d would do the work or lie would boar
fup each end of the way through tn
Z park. The reply to that threat wa
q that the park land belonged to tn
public and that the public would Sc
that the proper USE WAS made OF Il
Then 1t was that the Street and Sewe
Department was called in and aske
i to he party to the putting up OF tina
t little temporary fence, until the que
:: ton OF grading. which could be don
i; in week, could be settled.
y There Is 10 uee of trying to dIyid
the responsibility of the Infamous d,
] ay In public improvements. II
p Levy Court Commissioner and Il