Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-07-18
WANT TO SILL A SERER.
The Tenth and Franklin Streets sewer
Company Make Proposition to tho
Street aud Sewer Department..


Company Make Proposition TO tho
street aud Sewer Department.
At a meeting Of the Street and Sewer
Department last night, the contract for
the furnishing of lights by the Whining
ton City Electric Company WAS accepted.
A s Reed aud William O. Phillips,
representing the Tenth and Franklin
Streets Sewer Company, appeared before
the directors with proposition 10 sell
the charter and rights Of their company
to the department at hrst cost The
sewers IN question were built Ia 1886. az
an actual cost OF Sc, 1891 60 and extend
on Franklin street from Eighth to Tenth I.
seventy-lve feet on Eighth street be-
tween Franklin and Broome; q portion Of
the SAM square on Ninth street ,
on Teuth street, between Harrison and
Br0ome part Of a square on Harrison
and Broome streets, south from Tenth.
The sewers were built for the convent
ence Of the property owners and not for
profit, the representatives stated, al
though the revenue In a short time will
amount TO f3 s0S Tho stockholders
have been paid 81, l47 dividends. The
matter was held under consideration.
A communication was received from
City Council stating that committee
composed Of Messrs Dannenberg, Dona-
hoe and Stats had been appointed TO
confer with the directors ON the subject
of bridging tho railroads 40 Fourth
street. The board agreed to meet at any
time suitable to the Councils commit
tee.
Mr. ALLYN, representative Of the
Brooklyn Railway Supply Company,
esked 70 have the sweeper, the "World
Beater, tried in competition with the
other aweepers that will be tried by the
/ department Including the latter
sweeper there are three sweepers and a
new sprinkler TO be tested The Austin
Manufacturing Company. Of Chicago,
and W. @. asterly, OF New York, own
tha other two sweepers The new
| sprinkler will precede the sweepers The
test will take place at s o'clock to-
morrow morning, and Adams street may
be the thoroughfsre selected.
A petition, which was the source
of some amusement, was received
from the residents In the vicinity
Of Fifth and Harrison streets, ask
ing for a sidewalk at a certain portion
Of q street. The secretary was instructed
to inform the petitioners that the de
psrtment does not own the sidewalk
and refused the request
The matter Of placing a streetlamp on
jefferson street between Fourth and
Fifth streets. will bs considered In
recognition OF a petition received.
A resolution was adopted TO establish
q grade on Christisna avenue between
Heald and Commerce streets, aud at the
bridge crossing the Christiana creek al
Third street. No action was taken on q
resolution to establish a grade OF
rwenty-ninth street, between Marke
and Madison.
The contract for laying the bricks on
Washington street between Seventh and
Tenth, and on Tenth street between
West and Madison streets, was awarde,
to William Simmons
II was desided 60 hold a special meet
ing, on Saturday afternoon, to make
proposition to John Stuart, Martin
Woolhar and d. McCaTty, for the raising
Of their houses, which are on Gilpir
avenue, TO grade.
Application for a sewer to be put in Of
Jefferson street between Fifth ant
sixth was received.
The payroll was reported to b
$1,526 So; collections by the secretary
S673 2l balance in bank, current ez
penses, S2,ss4 Il; street improvement
$203 43.
Sewer permits were granted 10 th
trustees of the Swedenborgian Church
f. Blumenthal & Co , Samuel Brown
James White, Frank Carlisle, admins
TRAITOR; Stacia Walsh, S p. Mcdowell
Edward Pusey estate, William Bows
Francis Walker, Amanda Goodley, Georg
w. Lsckey, @. B Cooling, James N
Bryan, S. d. Carswell, Guardian Loa
Association and l. J. Anderson
The Water Department notified th
Street and Sewer Department that th
price Of water to be used In layin
fire briek pavement was 10 cents
thousand square feet Of pavement.