Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-11-11
STREETS ann sEwgRs.
Business Transacted at tho Meeting Of til,
.i3onrd TneshaN NighI.

Business Transacted at tho Meeting Of the
iSourd Tuesday Night
The owners Of the Orange streat
sewer will receive $500 from the Street
and Sewer Department for their
property. John II. Dandy. William
lowe anil Thomas Green. who are part
owners Of the sewer, accompanied by
their attorney, Levi O. Bird, appeared
before the board OF directors of tho de-
partment at tho weekly meeting Tuesday
evening and their proposition to sell
for $500 was accepted. Mr.. Bird will
draw up the necessary papers
Director Simmons desired the at
tontion OF tho police drawn to the work
heing done by the department with the
view OF preventing malicious mischief.
Bricks have been carried of and cord
wood has boon stolen. Engineer Hat.
| tor related that drunken man had
broken terra Gotta sewer "f. p"
Mr.. Simmons raised the question rs
to pay of commissioners in condemua-
tion proceedings. He thought when
one commission repUrted and itH return
was not satisfactory to tho owners,
| which thereupun ask for mother COM
mission, that the owners should pay
| the second commission. A reference
|
appeared TINT the city must pay all
comm ssioners.
Street Commissioner McCloskey was
directed 70 pave about 200 square yards
on a street between New Castle avenue
and Queen street, in front of the
Liberty enginehouse.
On motion of Mr.. Simmons, the
Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad Go. will be
| N Ia Ia n
the temporary tracks placed across
Pennsylvania avenue for use while the
new briigs WAS being huilt. The de.
partment desires TO go ahead with
sewer work and grading.
IL changing the line Of Union street
30 tnat IL will run under tho Pennsyl-
vania avenue bridge frame HOUSE, and
plot belonging TO Huxley Harvey is
brought into the bed of Union street.
Ihe house will be removed by Mr..
Harvey and the city will pay him for
the land
Storeliasper David Lemon sent com.
munication in which he suggested that
all the tools of the department be Kent
at the stnreyard, Thirteenth and Orange
streets, that tho ground of the yard he
macademized and that more sheds be
built. According TO the employees at
the meeting all except emergency tools
are Kept at the storeyarr.
Permission was granted to A. Eek
man, who ia building an addition to
Trump Bros. machine shop, to close
Anchorage street between beach and
Oak streets for not more than two
months.
Tho weekly payroll OF ss3s. 10 was
passed. Secretary Wiley reported col
lections Of SOL. AZ; clerk Of tho market,
SIG. 49, chief engineer, So. City Treas
urer Curry reported balances Ut Sl40,
l62. 70.
City Engineer Wilson estimated that
$50 cubic yards of eRrth would be
needed in grading Monroe street from
Twenty second to Pwenty-sixth.
The Van kleeck estate will BIZ re
quired to PUT iive.foot pavement or
Van Buren, street, south Of Pennsyl
vania avenue.
A crossing will be put across Wash
ington street at Eighteenth.
John p. Deputy will set rs feet o.
curb On Ruth street..
Sewer lions were entered up against
properties on Ruth street between Ian
caster avenue and Second.
Inlets will be placed at Eleventh ant
Lombard and Front and Justleon.
Announcement was.nade of the aware
to Philip Tyre OF the contract for fur
nishing Belgian block for Front stree
at 81. 03 a square yard.
Detective street signs are to he re
placed Citizens who notice such ma!
assist the department by notifying !
thereof.