Evening journal., 1896-07-15
DRLNSRVlA 4 REALITY.
The New Telephone Comp9Dy Secures a
Franchise other business Done ~ the
street and Sewer Directors.

The New Telephone Company Secures "
Franchise other business Done ~ sbe
street and Sewer Directors.
The Board OF Street and Sewer DI-
rectors held a meeting last evening
Many congratulations were extended to
William A Pratt, recently chosen as
professor OF mechanical and electrical
engineering at Delaware College.
The most important business trans
acted WAS the granting OF q franchise
to the Delmarvia Telephone Company,
allowing II TO erect It's lines on the
streets. Under the agreement the city
of Wilmington is given the use of twenty
telephones free, and In case any more are
needed, the rental per year is set st SIS
The rates for subscribers Is $24 per
annum for residences and $50 for bust
ness places. The company gives a bond
OF $40 900 to secure EgsInEt damage
suits, breach OF contract etc. The liaes
must be completed within nine months.
The directors OF the Second German
Baptist Church were granted a reblte Of
S3S 40 on bill for sewer privileges.
amounting to $SS40 They will pay $50.
The following bids were received. For
laying gutter and curb on Eighteenth
street north of the Washington bridge
wsre received from the following: Sim
mons g. Bro. Warner II. Jenkins & Co.,
Philadelphia; A S Reed and Brother
Company. Simmons & Brother were
awarded the contract on the bid for
curb. cinder foundation, 50 cents per
lineRl foot; stone, 90 cents; combined
curb and gutter. 81 25 stone, 81 80
Removal Of ashes and rubbish for the
next year. Woodlin & Lsmpson two years,
$l6 900; Martin Keogh. ashes, one year,
81. 779: two years, $40 500; rubbish one
year, 81. 600; two years, 81 600; Elijah
Black. one year, ashes, SO 500; rubbish,
81 500; James p Rstledge. one year,
ashes. 81. .720; two years. $40, 400;
rubbish and ashes. $500. one
year; $16.S50, two years; FrAi z
Gingelbach. ashes. one year, IS $50
two years, &17 600; Michael Riley. rub
bish and ashes, one year, IS 257; two
years, $40 457; ashes. one year. 81, 657
rabblsh. 5000; two years, $15 257; one
year. 81 300; William Riley, ashes and
rubbish. one year. 81 500 81; two yesrs,
SO 99S 81; ashes, one year, 81 800 =
81; rubbish. 5000; two years,
$14 7ss 81; 81 200; A, G B Anderson,
ashes and rubbish, one year, So 500; two
years, $l6 200; ashes, one year, 81, 600
rubbish. So 500 rubbish and ashes two
years, SIS ,000 Samuel Ooyle, rubbish
and ashes. one year. 50 600; James B
Stidham, ashes and rubbish, one year
81. 300; two years, $14. 400 The contract
was not awarded
The owners o. pavements on the nortl
side of fourteenth street east OF Clay ton
also the owners Of lots on the north sid'
OF Sixth street between Van Buren, anC
( and Harrison, and tho south side OF tb'
same street. between Harrison an
Franklin were ordered to lay pavement
within twenty days. Petitions were rs
celvsd for paving Harrison street be
tween Chestnut aud Elm. aud Franklin
streets between Linden aud Sycamore
A bill OF 81 90 TO r a. Harmsn fo
/ plan to be used In tho recent sui
against the city for damages resultin
from a collision with pl.s OF brick a
| Eighth and Washington streets wa
ordered paid. The Glpin svenue tire
fund was ordered transferred 10 tn
park commission.