The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-19

| The Street and Sewer Department last
| night receivedirom Hotfecker & Hoifeck
| or, representing property owners on Scot
| street whose properties have been damaged
| by tho lowering Of the street grade. stating
| that they were entitled to d amag0s Pres.
ident Pratt was ordered to inform the
Messrs Hoffecker that the board is now
putting the streets in as good shape as
they were previous to the change. and
even better, and II the property owners are
not satisfied with what is being done and
will call tho attention OF the department
10 any detail, it will try to adjust il
II the property owners desire to meet
the board to stata their troubles the board
will be glad to give Them hearing
Il. A. Bedford was chosen assistant en-
gineer in the sewer department.. Action
on petition from the Board of Education
for sewer facilities for the new High
chool was postponed. The City Railway
Company was given permission to relay
its tracks on Tenth street from Market to
Tatnall.
City Solicitor Conrad sent communi-
cation to the board, giving his opinion
relative to the departments authority to
have the street car tracks on Spruce street
removed. The tracks are no longer used
Mr.. Conrad stated that the City Railway
Company, before the Street and Sewer De-
partment came into existence obtained
permission from Council to lay tracks
Mr.. Conrad has searched the minutes OF
Council. but had failed to find where it
had ever given the Railway Company au-
thority to lay tracks on Spruce street,
but he supposes that the authority was
given and the clerk failed to indtx it. Mr..
Conrad stated that unless the board could
show that the railway had never received
authority to put tracks on Spruce street
the department could not remove the |
tracks. and the only way they could be re-
moved would be by agreement with the
railway company. The department will |
probably have conference with the rail-
way officials relative to having the tracks
taken out.
Residents OF Tatnall street between the
Avenue and Eleventh streets asked that
the street be paved with Are brick butno
action was taken,
City Solicitor Conrad sent letter to the
board setting forth the awards made by
the commissions to condemn the land for
the opening OF Eleventh and Monroe
streets. The awards were: William Il.
Porter. S9l72; Edgar Hounsfield. trustee,
$500; John Craig, $50, and William Med
holdt, 6 cents. No action was taken on the
but 10 is probable that
City Council will be asked to al the de.
partment in getting tho streets opsned, as
it ia very desirable to have the use Of them
and will prove big benefit to the city.
John A. Carr WAS awarded the contract
for repairing sidewalks on Pennsylvania
avenue between DUPONT and Lincoln
streets. SCOTT street between Fourteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue, and
Lincoln street between Pennsylvania
avenue and Eleventh street.
A resolution to exempt TatnnIl street
wharf from the provisions OF the city or.
t1inanOo to sell at nubliC auction the
wharves along the Christlana river, receiv
ID two readings Tho resolution is ncces-
sary, as the department desires to extend I
Tor three years the lesse Of tho Harlan and
Company to Tatnull street
wharf.