The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-23
MANY BAD
STREETS.
Business Men Ask the
Street Department to
Repair Them.

t!k greUU puTbioH VI Tue tlue SGreeG lie.
partment last night was occupied By the
mater Of bad streets and roads. The
matter was introduced by E. 7. Warner
who asked that Lombard street between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets be put in
passable condition, but acton was post
poned Charles e. Cleland. H. NJ. Hayes,
John NJ. Cranston. A. Bickta and Victor
X. Pyle, also asked that Townsend road
be Improved The board replied that 1t
would do all in its power, but at present
it was greatly handicapped for funds
The apartment gets an annual appropria-
tion, of 100000. aud 1t costs SIS, 600 for the
running expenses OF the department., such
as Lighting the city, cleaning streets, re
moving ashes, and Office expenses, thus
leaving only $4,000 for new pavements,
repairs and the building Of sewers. They
said that it did not own all of the Town.
send road, but that part that corresponded
to street, as marked out on the city
plan, they would improve to the best of
their ability. A foundation Of broken
rocks will be put down and . road built
upon 1t. This tits believed, will remedy
the :eater part Of the trouble.
A. S. Reed and Brother Company sent
communication to the board calling at
teution to the fact that 1866 had been taken
from tho contract price for building the
Union Street sewer was not completed In
the time specified The company stated
that it was delayed in the work by the
department. Engineer Hatton was asked
concerning the mat err He called the
boards attention to tho fact that it had
sent letter TO the company telling them
to hurry the sewer. Tho work was delay
ed seventy'three days, and tho cost to the
city for the delay was tho salary of an In
spector. The board will take no action in
tie matter until eau make further investi.
ca, ion.
George w. Bush asked the depal tment
to do something to prevent tho water from
Fourth and Union streets coming down
Conrad St., and forming pool at Second
and Union streets. Street Commissioner
McCloskey was instructed to bring Con-
rad street to grade, and it Is thought that
will remedy the trouble.
Director Webster started a movement to
have good sidewalks in tho city. He
stated that during his walks around tho
city. be noticed large number of side
walks which needed repairing, and also
places where there were no side walks. 1t
was decided to advertise in the papers,
telling all property owners to have side
walks IN front of their proportion repaired
at once, or the department would do tho
work and collect the bills Immediately,
II the bills were not paid upon presenta-
ton they will be placed in the hands Of
constable to collect before magistrate.
Director Simmons also had something to
say regarding sidewalks. For long time
he has been Of the opinion that the board
should adopt resolution making it com.
pulsory to lay certain kinds of pavement
in the built up portion of tho city. He
said that his idea was to compel all per
sons living between Front and Sixteenth
and Lombard and Broome streets to have
placed in front of their proper ties either
1lagstone or concrete pavement These
pavements are not to be laid Immediately.
but whenever person applies for a Der
init to repair or lay new pavement in
that section of tho cit. designated by the
proposed resolution, mat he will have to
lay either lagstone or concrete sidewalk
Action on the proposed resolution was
postponed for the present