Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
NEW STREET WORK.
Contracts Awarded for Fire Brick and Bel
CLAN Block. bids for Grading Received.

Contracts Awarded for Fire Brick and Bell
CLAN Biock--B bids for Grading Received.
The Board of Street and Sewer Di-
reotors at meeting Tuesday after
noon awarded contracts for imnroved
paving bricks as follows: McMahon
Porter Co., New Cumberland, w. Va,
fire clay brick, 03 cents per square
yard; Charles Warner Co., this city.
Montella ahale bricks. rs cents square
yard, and L. B. Townsend Brick and
Contracting Co., Zanesville, o., shale
blocks, 90 cents square ynrd. About
10. 600 yards are To be laid.
The directors decided upon paving
the following sections OF the streets:
With fire brick Lombard, from
Seventh to Eleventh Tatnal from
Seventh to Ninth; Fifth, from Shipley
to Orange; Second, from Shipley to
'ratnall, and Madison from Front 10
Third.
With Belgian block Third, from Pine
to French; Fifth, from Orange to Tat.
nall.
Macatlam-IIeald from Eleventh to
Twnlfth; Twelfth, from Head to Clay
mont.
Bubble Second, from West to Wash
ingtou.
At the regular meeting of the board
Tuesday proposals were received for
furnishing Belgian blocks. Tho Brandy
win Granite Go. and j. Merrick Horn
were tho bidders, each bidding ST. 03
per square yard. On motion of Mr..
Simmons the contract was awarded to
the Brandywine Granite 90. The board
will uHo 0. 200 yards more or loss.
Proposals were also received for pro-
viding two horsos and driver for the
spriDKling wagon. tho bidders being
Belts Il Watson, 81 day; Wilmington
Transfer CO., So day; Conly Bros,
SIS. so day, and M. I)onnhue, 81 a day.
On motion of Mr. Pratt the contract
was awarded to Comfy Bros.
The following bids were received for
grading on Pennsylvania avenue, Scott
and Fourteenth streeis on account of
the abolition of the baltimore IS Ohio
| railroad grade crossing at Pennsylvania
avenue: John laroby, 27ls cents a
cubic yard; James Loguc. 81 cents
| William Homewoud, 20 cents per cubic
| yard grading Fourteenth street and
| scott street aud 81 cents for Pennsyl-
| yania avenue; William Campbell, 40
cents for Pennsylvania avenue, and 35 for
| scott street and Fourteenth Htrert; NJ.
1
4 avenue, and 81 for Scott and -Four
teenth street.
The hoard ordered sewer liens entered
up on Sixth avenue between Coleman
and Duncan streets.
A nrecept was issued for the street
| commissioner to lay curb on the west
side Of du Port street between Eighth
aud Howland.
A complaint of the Shields Library
| Association concerning sewer was re.
ferred TO the engineer in charge OF
sewers.
The Wilmington City Electric Co.
received permission to eruct pole at
Reed and Van Buren, streets.
A petition was received from um
her of residents on Spruce strset asking
that the street railway tracks on that
street between Fourth and Eleventh be
removed. Tho board cannot order them
removed, but on motion of Mr.. Sim
mons the Wilmington City Railway Co.
was given lO days in which TO put the
street in good condition: and upon is
failure to do this the board ia to fix the
street at the company'H expense.
The street commissioner will make
some needeuI repairs to the Lowering
avenue bridge over Clayton street.
Mr.. Quinn asked the hoard to lool,
into the matter of injuries to his horse
in South Wilmington in May.
citizen Of the Ninth ward wanted
to know if thu board couId do anything
towards having a haystack removed
from close proximity to house on Tat
nall street between Twenty fourth and
Twenty fifth. He was told that the
board had no jurisdiction il it was not
on the street, lilo may get help through
the police department.
The weekly payroll of S449. 81 was
passed. The following collections were
reported Secretary, Sl,O76. 46; city
auuitor, $50; city engineer, Si3 The
city treasurer reported balance OF
Sl2S, COL. 42.