The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-09-28
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OWNERS.
Property Owners Will
Compel the City to Pay
Damages for Street
Vacation.

{'NProrerty owners along Pennsylvania
l Avenue, Lincoln, Union. Scott and Four
X teenth streets who have been damaged
very materially by the lowering OF the
/ grade Of Pennsylvania avenue, held An in
\ d,gra,ion meeting in the office OF Joseph
n. Gooding ut Thirteenth and Scott streets
J last evening and said many unkind things
/ of the departments responsible for the
! present condition of the thoreughfnres.
The meeting was attended by perhaps
{ seventy property owners. and they each
, raised tn ir voice in condemnation OF what
they Justly consider an outrage. They
= CHOSE Mr. Gocdlng as chairman and j. w.
| 8 sCamperson Chairman Gooding thanked
Ahis friends for the honor conferred and
In taking the chair said that the grading
Of -Four zenith street had boen completed
In june last and the grading of Scott
street in July, AID up to about two weeks
AGO nothing further had been done on 1t.
( The grading OF Scott street removed means
Of ing, ess and epress of his coal yard, and
In addition made mud puddle of tho bed
of the street. Ho said that In one month
since this condition was thrust uponfim
bis merchandise receipts had deprecated
Just &e00, and no il colHpelled to supply his
patrons from yards elsewhere in the city.
.Since July he has had numerous conference
with tho street and sewer directors, but
the only satisfaction he received, he said
was give US time and we will do it.
Mr.. Gooding further snid no wrote TO
the street and sewer department under
date of September IS. informing the body
that they had damaged his property and
business by the vacation of tho street and
that no desired compensation which he
hoped could DO agreed upon without going
into court Theletter was not acted favor
Ably on, however, as the following reply
Of September 22d shows
I'm reply to your communication of the
18th instant, am instructed to lay: We
have not ever vacated any portion of the
street, and any changes that have been
made we have felt was Of great advantage
instand of u detfiment to your lot.
MIR GoodlnR in ali probability will fight
the matter to the end In the courts, ~ he
cannot discover vague trace OF benefits
sccruing from the work there. Neither
can other residents. If their statements
made In the meeting go for aught.
Samuel Couoll said his house is now
twelve feet above tho bed Of the street,
whereas it was level before. He estimates
bis damage to property and Interests at
800.
Johh Miller 5ail he thought he owned
certain property on Clayton street and he
wanted to find GU II he or the city owned
It, The sidewalks and curb had been torn
mp during tho street work there and ho
will let them remain in their present con-
dition until they are repaired, He thought
Me proper holders should demand their
sights and II no rights are forthcoming
he believed IN taking the matter to the
courts
j. B. Rhoads sad 1t was due to tho
property. holders tina tho streets should TO
repaired and the project completed in the
vicinity.
Granville Hopes said ho understood
there was society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to animals in Mi, city, but no
understood ii did not visit the corner Of
fourteenth and Scott reefs, where it is
needcd daily
Paul Mark said that he condition Of
tho streets there was hurting his bushes,
and that something surely sh 'ult b. done
w. j. McGarr said ho had talked with
the directors of the Street AN : wer De-
partment about the strest, 0na week ago,
but he re eive1 very "short" answers.
''Thcy say they haven the money" he
exclaimed Where are The taxes? They
cnn go to Indiana and Ohio md sport
Aaound. but they can't fix the STREETS
James Sawdon, Jr., snd The condition
OF the streets around there WAS great
outrage. He said he heard many persons
express the same opinion, and he Thought
It the greatest perre'ration that could be
imposed Oh u community.
r. II. Young said his ,enanr at Thr-
IL teenth and Scott streets sprotosting about
the streets Mr. Young thinks the cond.
ttOn there is M outrage.
Thomas 9. Doud. George Cucgran, Den
MS Dou gherty Alben NJ Temple, John
Holton, Mr.. Hardness, George r. Camp
erson, William II. wilkins Charles Vol.
hRr and Bernard Kelley spoke IN the same
strain. nnd Thomas G. loud. Henry
7 IA
acommittce 10 draft the foregoing tc5olu.
lions. They will DO presented to City
Council Is committees To-day, and dupli-
cate copy will be forwarded TO the Street
and SeweI directors. The committee also
WINS con- inucd to lean what lesa! iuteg-
esta can ba b ken to protect property own
ofs' interests
About ten days ag, Scot erect was
treated tn Il layer Of stone Yesterday hi
rectors simmons and Web.ter vswelt the
street to learn the status Of mo work
there
The resolutions adopted, which, give in
general manner the Calleh Of tho rcsil9n
Just Indignation, and which convey an
Idea of the existing conditions thrrr, are
Atm nesting held on September G., lS3iS
the undersigned, owners and occupants Of
the properties in the vicinity Of Penusyl
vania avenue, delaware avenue, Lincoln
SCOTT and fuutt :enth st.rIs, do protest
and by thass resolutions he eby rxI. 'ja.
our sentiments against the ou' rug2ous
work done by the Street and suWer lie.
pnrtment, as follows:
"Resolvcd, 1t Is our opinion hat the va
cation OF Union street from Pennsylvania
avenue, to Eleventh street and ~cDtt l.ot
from Fourteen street to Ford street is
bot In accordance to our Gig Chut,r, Sec
tion ll3
"Kesolved, That it isan outrage on The
general public swell As nur,ryos. that
tho sidewalks on lie above atlat' should
be In Tho condition us follows Not graded
20 conform to the excava ans ma 10 IN he
beds VI above street. fail 1i brlCi., bu'lcr
stones and curb making it iInlUa ,,b.o tor
us to uso same and dang "Jil; TO travel |
ppon. especially at night
no Owed. That the bsdS uf Lincoln
streets Il ON Eiventh st!rrL to 9hir.vcuth, |
Scott street from nelAwnlr avenue to Ford
street, Fourteenth st,crt tram Dupont to
Lincoln Ford ST. set from scott to Lincoln !
streets, are impossible, dangerous to
travel ana uetrlneu. al to our inLr.a4ts.
"Reaolvgt, That we do not think the
Street and Sewer Department, or It's oil
corr, have nspd due diligence as T. the
progress OF this work.
"RHsUlv.J Thata committee Of .hruo be
appplntal to SEQ what legal Il Jns 3un be
taken to pro Get our i'.rC%ts.
Resolved That S,pt OF tho above
resolutions be sont TO the mayor and City
Coun' tho director, Of the Street and
Sewer Denar msnt, and published in tho
city papers
Tho resolution were sianed by J. II.
Goodng, r. II. Young, luomas G. Doud,
Dennis NauEherty, GArrO,t >. smith, vi il
liam II. K Rupp, William ii, Wilkins, |
John Is. Taylor, Gsorge Cochran, George
T. Camper,on, Alben ~ Temple, Paul |
Mark - pIar.,. ia l.