Evening journal., 1895-06-12
STREET AND SEWER MEN.
IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTED
LAST NIGHT.

Proposed Purchase OF steam Roller
Discussed Last Night. But No Action
Taken-The Bids Received Numerous
Petitions Tor Street improvements.
At the Street and Sewer Department
meeting last night Secretary Colquhoun,
Of the Board OF health, asked that the
owner OF the lots at Sixteenth and
Claymont streets be permitted TO drain
into Prices run ia order to gbate
nuisance,
He also asked that some arrangements
bs made to relieve the owners Of she
sonth side OF Columbia avenue, between
Harrison street and Maryland avenue
Of nuisance there These matters will
be considered to- day.
The secretary reported having collected
$745. 53 during the week The payroll,
amounting to $S87 40 was ordered paid
The city treasurer reported the balance
IN bank for current expenses 10 be
81 6S7 40 street Improvement, So, 6S7. OF
Gilpin avenue tree fund, $4S2 a. Chief
Engineer Wilson reported that he col
lected $40.
Sewer permits we're issued to Security
Trust and Safe Deposit Company, Joseph
Williams, J. w. Leeds, a. MeRary, Frank
A. Mitchell p, w. & Railroad
Company, John Givagoski, David H
Beeson, Arnold Kirby, Philip Plunkstt
and Michael Connell
a petition WAS received from residents
Of Chestnut street to have that thorough
fare paved between Adams and Broome
streets. The communication was laid
over.
Permits to set curb were granted to L
f. Coli, Marion Wood aud Hubert
Cassidy.
A Communication was received from s.
Garland, Offering TO grade Grant avenue
/ from Delaware to Gilpln avenues at IL
cents per cubic yard. It WAS laid over
The proprietor Of j Stoeckle's brewery
was granted permission TO build a con-
duit under Fifth street between Adams
aud Jackson.
An order was received from the Hope
Building Lean Association, asking the
department to place pavement 10 front
OF it's property on SeRrles street between
Second aud Third.
The Provident Ice Company com
l planned OF the condition Of this ap.
proaches at Commsrcs street and the B.
& railroad. The matter was referred
to the street commissioner
A letter was received from the police
commissioners stating that there we're
| 3, los houses in the city which have not
been numbered. The list can be obtained d
from them for the asking. The board
referred the letter 60 the building in
spector
w. ] Fisher complained OF the
condition OF Jackson street between
Eighth and Ninth The matter will be
considered at some future meeting,
Messrs Hawkins and Lawton, repre-
senting the North Side Improvement
Company, appeared before the board and
offered to deed the bed of the Boulevard,
100 feet wide from Eighteenth TO the
Concord pike to the city. They presented
the deeds, but the board has not yet
accepted, but promised to consider the
matter.
Petitions were received askia for the
curbing of Lincoln street. between
Sixteenth and Wawaset; El street
between VAnBuren and Harrison They
we're referred to the chief engineer
An order was passed that Ia future nc
bills are to be maize by clerks OF The
department for persons who nave claims
against the board.
Bids for street roller we're received
rs follows: Harrisburg Steam Boiler
Company, Harrisburg, Pa, 10 tons
SO 100; Erie. NJ Machine Company. Erie
Pa, tons. 81 100, tons Sc 000 w
O. Austler, New York. 10 tons, SO 250,
tons. e. 900; Julian Scholl 4 Co., tons
81 500 10 tons, S3,250, 8 tons, 1000
On motion of Mr. Simmons 1t was de
oided to purchase q roller not exceedinl
eight tons, but no bid was accepted L
was finally decided to visit, ia a few
days, some eastern city in which q role
may be seen at work
Yssger. 4Os King, Wall Papers and Shades