Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-30
STILL NO DIRECTOR CHOSEN
Nothing Said at the Streetand
Sewer Meeting Last Night.
FOR PRESERVATION OF STREETS
Must Not be Torn Up for Five
Years After Paving.
The Street and Sewer Directors WIN
Not Permit Hereafter Newly paved
ThOrouEhiares to be Torn Up With
lmpunity--war on Swinging Signs.


At the meeting of the Board OF Directors
of the Street and Sewer Department rues.
day evening no reference was made to the
appointment Of director IT, succeed Col.
Moore in the department, and it is not
likely that name will be announced for
NJ least another week.
The department has decided to enforce
the law against swinging signs, and on
motion of Mr., simmons, the secretary was
instructed TO notify all persons having such
signs contrary to law on Market street
from Front to Eleventh to remove the
same within five days.
Another good move was made which
will serve etlectually toward the mainte
nance of good streets The hoard having
decided to pave and repaEe number Of
streets Mr.. simmons made a motion,
which was adopted. that the secretary
notify all property owners having premises
AUDITING said streets, as well MS the Water
Department and Wilmington CoRl tas
Co., To have all connections and other
street work done before the paving is
done, and that they will not be allowed 10
tear up any part of the newly.payed streets
for Il period Of five years.
Bids were asked for grading Third street
from Church to Pine. Pine from Third to
Fourth, Eleventh from Church TO Pine
and Tatnall from Front to Fourth
Eleventh and Tatna!l streets will be paved
with belgian blocks aud the material to
be used on the other streets was not de.
cided IN each instance it is probable that
the cObble stones removed will be used III
making the beds FOR the new paving.
Tie residents of Jackson street between
sixth and Seventh petitioned the board to
pave the bed of the square. The reply was
that the street will be paved this year if il
is possible to do 50.
Lombard street residents also asked that
the bed of that thOroughfare be paved
Consideration of the petition was deferred.
| Bids for paving stone were returned TO
the bidders, as 1t was found that Philip +.
Tyre already had the contract under an
old order.
A. q. u. Anderson was notified that his
contract Tor removing ashes, which eX-
pres September list, would be renewed for
another year. the price to be 81, 500.
l., u. Rutter was paid SIS in settlement
OF suit against the city for the loss of a
horse alleged to be due to a bad street
The Wilmington Gas Co. was ordered to
| remove lamps where semi-circular Carbs
had been set or would be set.
| The secretary was instructed not to l3sue
any more permits to the residents of Fourth
street between POPLAR and Walnut for the
| purpose of entering the sewer there.
The balance IN bank to the credit of the
/ department was reported " be 81, 80 ~
| divided as follows. Current expenses,
| S5.Sl2l6; improvement of streets and
avenues. - SSH Ciilpin avenue tree fund.
| Sis2il The secretary reported collections
amounting to S5iI.SS. and The city auditor
SIS, the latter figure representing tax On
| poles used by the Wilmington & Northern
Railroad Co.
Pay.r0lls were passed as follows:
! Weekly, S5.pS7 monthly (ensineer,
SdO5, monthly street and Sewer Depart,
| ment) 1857.
Several permits were granted to Joseph
lestc, Ellen Wall Mrs Anna Il. Baca,
Mary A. Butt, Herbert Sam worth anil
Allen II. Ainscow. Calvin g. lurnc-
asked for permission to drain his propert.
| on Lowering avenue. and the Secretar,
was directed TO notify him that the board
intends to put a sewer in Lowering avenue
Property owners were granted permis.
sion to set curb and pave as follows Sew.
enth street, between Lincoln and Union;
south side Ut Harrison street, between
Chestnut and Elm: Franklu street, be-
tween sycamore and Clayton Property
owners on Searles street, between From
and Fourth, were given five DAYS in which
| 10 pave in front Ut their premises.
| Engineer HattOn was directed to 70
ahead with the construction OF sewers or
Front street. between French and Walnut
Ninth stree, from Shipley run sewer L
Jackson street: lowering avenue, from
Harrison street to Hancock: rebuilding o
shpley run sewer, from Front stree
south 400 feet.
Mr.. tiatton was also directed to have tn
mouth OF the inlet AT Front and Oraug
streets reduced in size and to construct al
| inlet at the southeast corner of Sixth mn
du Punt streets.
Engineer Wilson was instructed to max
a survey of Wawaset street, between Scot
and Lincoln.
street Commissioner McClOskey was di
rected to have gutter stone delivered oI
ghippey street, between Twelfth am
Thirteenth
The secretary was requested to ascertain
the cost OF 7-ton street roller.