Evening journal., 1896-05-06
WANTS MORE PRIVILEGES.
CITY RAILWAY WOULD EXTEND LINES
IN SOUTH WILMINGTON.

Contracts Awarded for GradinG Streets.
Liberty Company Allowed to Place AN
Iron Railing on Queen strset-othsr
Matters Transacted BY the street and
Sewer Directors.
At the meeting Of the Street and Sewer
Department, last night, the weekly pay
roll Of $545 IA was ordered paid The
following collections were reported. Sec
rstsry. 1853 90; clerk OF the market,
81, 553 10; city engineer. 953 Tue city
treasurer reported the balance la bank to
be 1852 203 90
plumbers license was granted to
William ID Shellady Simmons 4 Bro
were granted permits to set curb Per
mission was granted TO Clifford s lizard
to drain No. 1902 Jackson street into the
Tenth street sewer through the prope rty
No 1000 Jackson street.
Sewer permits were granted during the
week to William \ Hilles, Edward Nc
Kelvey. Catherine NJ Jones, William H .
Pyle. j. Watson Phillips. M. O Fighter,
10 w Gooding and Rev. Alex W. Mich
nopski
Bids for grading Lincoln street between
Chestnut and Sycamore. Maple street
between Clayton to Unlon Chestnut
street between Broom and Union, we're
received as follows; Comfy Brothers, 1dt
cents per cubic yard; Andrew Travis,
22t cents; William Campbell 23 cents
Martin .Keogh, 16E Comfy Brothers
secured the contract
The secretary was instructed to notify
the city engineers TO drive the stakes for
the work 70 be done by Comfy Brothers.
McssrS. Traynor and johnson asked
that lamp be placed at Maple and
Harrison strests The matter WAS laid
over
The Llberty Fire Eogine Company was
granted permission TO put an iron rail-
ing on Qasen strset, provided that IL be
removed within sixty days on notice from
the department.
The engineer in charge Of sewers was
instructed to build a concrete sewer Rt
Twenty eighth aud Washington streets.
The Wilmington City Railway Com
pany made apple oAtlon for permission to
lay tracks on Pine and Third streets in
order that 10 may connect Its South
Wilmington lines. The application was
laid over Mr.. Salisbury, who presented
the application, stated that the reason
the line was not extended east on Third
street was because the Fourth street
traffic had bean established, Aad besides
1t is a much wider street.
New inlsts and circular corner were
ordered to bs placsd at the northeast
corner Of Front and French streets.
A petition was received TO build a
sewer on May street. a street between
Seventh. Eighth, Monroe end Adams.
Mr. Hstton Was requested to give an
estimate to do the work.
The secretary was instructed to write
to the Water Department requesting
that the Gre plug at Eighth and Jackson
streets be placed inslds the building
line
South Wilmington residents petitioned
for lamps on Buttonwood street between
a and B and on Apple street betw cen
Heald and ClAymOnt. They were
granted, as WAS also the placing OF on
on Tenth street between Adams and
Jackson. Another petition wss rscslvsd
asking for an arc light ~ Seventh and
Shiplsy streets 1t was not granted
A deed for the bed OF Duncan street
from Ninth street to the city line was
received. L was referred TO tho city on
glneer.
The Mercantile Printing Company Was
awarded the coatrset for printing the
annual report at 81 90 per page.