Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-10-07
TIE THIRD STREET BRIDGE
No Report Concerning II Made
to the Levy Court.
LETTER FROM BUILDER or DRAW
Proposing That Expert Inspect
the Structure.
II the Contract work is Found to i,e Faulty
Alvin II. Morrison VIII Fay for Bbth the
Investigation and tile Hspaiys.- The Pro-
POSITION Not Acted Upon.

In the absence of Commissioner Ohm
J. Mealey. who Is member of tho
Wilmington hundred bridge COMMITTEES.
no report concerning Third street. bridge
was made TO the Levy Court Tuesday.
A letter from Alvin II. Morrison was
read at the afternoon meeting, however,
which proposed that the court have an
expert examine tho bridge In order to
learn whether the contract work done
by MIR. Morrison was faulty. and in case
it was found to be fully hp promised
to pay for both tho investigation and
the repairs. In the letter Mr.. Morrison
says:
Gentlemen There has been great
deal said by the newspapers and other
wise, in reference 10 the constr uction
of the draw OF Third street bridge. Az
sorting that some of the work waa i'm
properly done and of defective char
actar.
~ was the contractor for building
the draw and center pier of Third
street bridge in 1889, the work was
done from plans and specifications pre-
pared by Mr.. Theodore Cooper, who
| has the reputation of being one OF the
hest engineers in tbs country, and ia
\ WuUHl uDb hUuW Auf
have never seen. | have copies of these
plans and speci fcetions. also 10Y con-
tract with the county which can DO geen
at any time. The csnter pier has not
settled nor can it settle, as avery pile
is driven on rock bottom. Tho pinr
may vibrate little if tho mud has
been dredged from tho piles; II SO, it
should be rip.rapped. The electric
motor in Use is the second one that was
ever used for turning u drawhriugo 10
the United States, the fiat ono heihg
use IN bridgeport, Conn, after which
the Third street bridge machinery wns
designed and patterned. As this work
was sub contracted by me to iie dons
to the entire satisfaction OF myself aud
New Castle county, every prbcaution
was taken to have the best work done
attainable, the county even going 30 far
as to employ a disintereated engineer,
as we'll as a well-known machine com
pany of this city, to thoroughly inspect
the machinery before the bridge was
accepted.
II would ask that your body appoint
some competent bridge engineer to 20
over the plans and specifications and
work that was done from them, and if
any inferior work or material can be
found or anything that is not in accord
with the plans and speci ficatione, !
will pay for the Investigation as well as
for any repairs that may be required on
account of defective work.
"Tha bridge has been in service for
eight years and is turned Oftener In one
day than all the other county bridges
CON bined, and as natl raj consequence,
tho machinery and motive power must
! lie more or less worn, !"
On motion of Mr.. White the letter
was received and !iled
. Commissioner Gallagher offered {
! resolution to check what is looked upor
as an abuse in tina matter Of advertising
the notices of tax collectors sittings.
The resolution was adopted. as follows
"Resoved, That tho clerk of thc
Levy Court be instructed TO notify TIM
: collectors of taxes to stop advertising
in the papers as 10 when and wheFl
they will sit to collect taxes, except a
provided in chapter ,}SS, section 4, Vol
I XXX, Part H., Laws of Delaware. "
The section mentioned provides tina
L "Eyery COLLECTOR of taxes for hundreds
u outside of the city Of Wilmington ant
+. every COLLECTOR of poll taxes within th
. city of Wilmington shall, on the firs
j, Monday of every month give and pub
$ lish ia newspaper printed IN hun
&. dred of which he is collector or in oil
o adjoining hundred, or in case thcre b
none such, then in n newspaper pub
8 lished in the city of Wilmington. motto
Q that he will attend at convenient time
y and places during said munth, statinI
/. tho same, to receive such taxes.
q Some of tho collectors have boon al
, lowing the advertisements OF thei
q sittings to run every day and accorllin
8 to Mr., Gallagher some papers have hee
a printing the advertisements withou
6 warrant to do so.
A resolution presented by Com
missioner Lynn was adopted making a
extra appropriation OF $500 for tn
Second diatrct for the constructio
y Of bridge at Adams cross roads i
- Christiana hundred.
. The Wilmington City Electric Go
!, asked permission, through Enginee
~ and Manager Van Trump, to trim tree
u on the causeway where they interior
J. with the wires. On motion Ut Nj
" White tho communication was receiva
u and filed. Some question EXISTS in tn
y mind of the court as to whether it {
10 the Street and sewer Department cor
% trolls the causeway within tho cit
y limits,
70 AN order was passed. in favor OF Ii
" Farmers Bank for So, BIG. rs, to liquidat
honds Nos. 13l TO lao, of loan for ii
Trustees of the Poor.
-
~ FLAsIES RIGING IN INDIiy.i.