Evening journal., 1896-06-17
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PRATT PREFERS THE LATTER BUT
THE FORMER WINS THE DAY.

And the Contracts for Paving Brick for
the Year Were Awarded Along That
Line-The DeImasvia Telephone Com
psny Asks for a Franchise other Busi-
ness Done Bs the street and Sewer
Board.
There was difference OF opinion laat
evening over the question of awarding
the contract for paving brick used by the
city OF Wilmington during the coming
year. President Chambers and ex-
Sheriff Simmons favored clay brick while
Mr.. Pratt expressed bis preference FOR
shsls ct cents a yard less price
The contracts we're awarded as follows
King street from Eleventh to Twelfth
and Ninth from shipley to West and
from Jeffsrson 20 Monroe to the Athens
Bsick Company Tor 81 05 per fqusre
yard; Van Buren from Delaware 70
( Lowering avenues. 70 Mcmahon. Porter a.
Co.. Of Cumberland, w. Va, 80 cents per
square yard West street from Twelfth
street. to the park drive. TO the Charles
Warner Company at SO cents per fquarc
yard Van Bursn and Harrison streets
| from Seventh TO Ninth, to Francis q
Rauck for 50 csnts; TatnRll street from
/ fourth to Seventh, TO the Shale Brick
Exchange at 81 06
The pay roll Of $745 GO vas audited
Collections reported S1SG 56; balanco Ia
bank was $126 1853 AZ. No action was
taken on a petition from Christopher
Ptrommer for lights on Union below
Front street.
Property owners on Psnnsy lvauia
avenue east of Broome street were
| ordered to lay sidewalk Within twenty
days No action was taken on the
petition Of residents In the vicinity OF
the B & 0 railroad station to have q
mscadam road laid on Dup, Mt street
from Delaware to Gllpin avenues.
The Friends School sent IN a petition
asking 70 have West street from Fourth
TO Fifth streets roped of on Thursday
afternoon during commencement exer-
clses This was referred to Street Com
missioner Lewis.
communication from Thomas Ferry.
offsrlDg TO clean tho streets with 4
pateut machine sor $l2 a day was
referred.
Plans for draining the Boulevard were
submitted. One Is by puttlng a sewer
through the centre OF the street, to coal
81 4j0 The other TO place sewers OF
each side Of the street under the grass
plots; cost, SO 200; another for putting I
sewer through the park property Thi,
will be 10 inch pipe and cost 81 COO
The engineer was instructed 70 20 aheac
with that part Of the work Toe deed OF
John II Brown for certain streets IN
Brcwntown was received aud accepted.
The attorneys Of the Delmarvia Tele
phone Company cent a Communication /.
hioh It named the price Of telephone,
for public Offices gt $l8 aud foi
business and private houses q
$40 year, provided they ar,
overhead wires II forced TO 20 unde
the ground the cost will be $40 extra fo
all Instruments. A bond to protect tn,
city from damage suits will a,so b.
given and another bond for $40 600 vii
, be given to perform the provisions Il
the franchise for period Of Eve years
The matter OF franchise was rsferrei
to the city solicitor for examination. and
10 the meantime q conference will b,
, given the telephone company directors
A. = Reed and Brother Company wa
. awarded sontrScts for grading and paw
ing The sidewalk on the south side O
Ninth street east of Rrooms, for So cent
: per squsre yard; also paving sidewal
southeast corner Delaware avenue an
/. Lincoln street, 6S cents q tqaars ysrd
. The firms bill for $50 90 for PAWN
around the Garfield monument was or
| iersd paid.
NJ Dsnforth was given perm iaslo
= 10 build vault under the pavsmen 9
= Second snd Market streets, aud Ereinee
a Hatton was instructed to put 10 a fash
= log gate for the Lombard street sewer
y to cost $3.50