Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-06

not be properly made until the street
settles. e5t
President Pratt remarked that tho
board was the servant of the city and
was there to do the city's business, and
had done the work to the satisfaction
of its own conscience.
Sometime after the board had put in
its defence. G. F. Wolhar of No. 1900
Pennsylvania avenue, addressed the
board ontho condition of affairs there,
duo to. tho cutting down Of tho avanue.
Since Inst October, he said that bust
moss had deprecated fully so per cent,
and he feared 1t might become even
worse. He desired something done to
relieve him. The directors had pre-
viously conferred with Mr.. Walsh, the
owner, OF the property and understood
that no would be satisfied with the
erection of steps up to the store, but
way out of the difficulty. 1t was left
for further conference with Mr., Walsh.
Engineer Theodore Leisen of the
park department asked the board to
grade tho Intersection of Market street
with the entrance to the now park
drive, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets,on Market back to the building
line.
Tho Park Commission proposes to
macadamize the intersection. No action
was taken. -
Dennis j. Mention, representing the
Harlan & Hollingsworth Co. asked the
board to lease to it the city wharf at
the foot of Tatnall street for 10 years.
The wharf is ut present leased to s. G.
Simmons & Coz and Harlan's, but the
lease will expire March 18th next. The
object of the company is to place the
ways for the two torpedoboat destroyers
between the joiner shop and the wharf
and it desires control of the wharf in
order to protect its property, proposing
to make the repairs now needed to the
wharf. Isl i
President Pratt was loath to grant
such q long lease and at nominal
rental. He remarked that the COM
pany expected to make money out of
the contracts. The question as to the
lease will be considered at special
Meeting tonight.
Mr.. Mention and others requested
that sewer be built on Van Buren,
street from Reed about 80 feet, 1t will
probably be done.
II. I. Cause asked the board to re-
pair holes in Pennsylvania avenue, this
side of the B. d o. crossing. 1t will
be done. Yr
Grading stakes will be put up on
Pennsylvania avenue, between Lincoln
and du Pont streets, and on Second,
between Monroe and Adams.
The contract for printing 500 plumb
ing inspector report blanks was awarded
to the Charles M. Smith Printing and
Stationery Co. for S675. Other bidders
were: Mercantile Printing Co., So and
Star Publishing Co., S13. 90.
An effort will be made to have the
city and companies owning poles
throughout the city to stencil them all
with their respective names.
The payroll of $75o. N was passed.
Collections of S728. IL were reported,
and balance in bank of s84, 851. "A.
AN OLD DEED FOUND.
Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr., who was Mt
one time o member Of the board, pre-
sented a deed for the beds Of number
of streets which had been granted by
Joshua 7, Head and Hannah p. Head,
his wife, November 18th, 1881, for the
consideration of 81. According to
note on the back Of the deed, it had
gone before City Council and after
being read was referred to the COM
mittee on opening streets. The note
was made by H. @. Pennington, clerk,
but no record appears of any report by
the committee, Dennis J.. Mention,
who was o member Of Council at that
time, expressed the belief last evening
that the committee never acted on the
deed. 1t had been found by Mr.. Car
penter in his safe and probably came
into his possession while the committee
was looking into the matter. The de-
partment will have it recorded.
The deed transfers the beds Of the
following streets to the city: Four
tenth, from Miller's Lane to Delaware
avenue; Gilpin avenue, between Broome
and Harrison; Shallcross, between
Broome ard Van Buren,; Lowering, be-
tween Broome and Van Buren,; Han
cock, between Gilpin and Lowering,
Broome and FRANKLIN; Rowan, between
Gilpin and Shallcross and Clayton and
Rodney Franklin, between Gilpin and
Brandywine mill race Harrison, be-
tween Gilpin and Brandywine mill race.
Action was postponed on request
from the p, W. & B. railroad for per-
mission to lay siding into its prop
erty, recently bought, at the northwest
corner of Front and King streets.
A petition for a curb on Lammot
street, between Twenty fourth and
Twenty fifth, was referred to the city
engineer,