The sun., 1898-06-29
'PETIT|ONED
. FOR RIGHTS /
Front and Union Railway Com
pany Wants to Lay Rails
in the City's Streets.
CONNECT WITH CHESTER LINE
Street and Sewer Department
Will Render Decision Today.
ROPING OFF THOROUGBFARES
Police Depart ment Notifies the Street
Directors That This Was Done
without Their Authority.
Parties Must Get
Permission.

peared before the Street and Sewer De-
partment at its meeting last evening,
with petition requesting the depart
ment to give the company the right to
lay tracks, erect poles and use electricity,
if SO desired, on Dupont street from Lam
caster avenue to Fourth street, Walnut
street from Front to Fifth street, Fifth
street from Walnut to Church street.,
Church street from Fifth to Eighth
street, and on Vandever avenue from
Claymont to Market streets.
These are the streets the company de-
sire TO use in the city for their proposed
route to the Pennsylvania line.
Mr.. Simmons did not feel justified in
taking the matter under consideration in
such short notice, and it was agreed that
the board meet the company in special
session at the boards room to-day at II
o'clock and consider the matter. L. w.
Clark Of Philadelphia will represent the
company at the meeting.
Bids for grading the south side OF
Pennsylvania avenue from Lincoln street
west were received and opened.
John Ncoby offered to do the work
from Lincoln street to DUPONT street at
224 cents per cubic yard, the dirt to be
hauled six squares, and 40 cents per
cubic yard. the dirt to be delivered to
the Park Commissioners.
Patrick Neary's bid for the grading
from Lincoln street to Scott street on
Pennsylvania avenue was 3S cents per
cubic yard, with haul of dirt of six
squares, and As cents per cubic yard, the
dirt deliveredto the Park Commissioners.
No action will be- taken on the bids
until the Park Commissioners are con-
suited on the matter owing to the diff
ference in the price per cubic yard, 174c
on the lowest bid, between a long and
short haul
II the commissioners desire to use the
dirt taken out they can have 1t upon
payment Of the cost Of hauling, l74c per
cubic yard, and if not the Department
will let the contract at the lowest figure
and use the dirt themselves.
j. B. Oberly's request that Fourth
avenue between Lancaster avenue and
Third street be brought to a grade as
soon as possible, was referred to the
City Engineer as was the request of j. L.
Carpenter and others to grade Mary
land avenue from West to Washington
streets and Eleventh street from Madi-
son to Monroe streets. A communica-
tion from number Of residents of the
Ninth ward asking that Elliott avenue
from West to Washington streets be
brought grade, was referred to the
City Engineer and the petition signed by
ten person, requesting that Queen street
from A street to New Castle avenue be
graded, was also referred to the en-
gineer.
A communication was received from
the Police Department relative to the
roping off OF streets. The Department
stated that in no case'had any such au-
thority been given by them and that in
al! cases it was supposed to have been
done on the authority of the Street and
Sewer Department. On motion of Mr..
Summons it was decided to instruct the
street commissioner to report all cases
of blocking streets without permits to
the Department and they would be
looked into. Mr.. Simmons added that
he understood that one ortwo physicians
of this city took the authority to give
permission to stretch ropes across the
streets in cases OF sickness. r#-.
The secretary was instructed to notify
property owners on the north side of
Twenty fifth street from Washington to
a point $50 feet toward West street, that
they would be given ten days to curb
and pave along their line.
The Water Company asked the Depart-
nent to establish the grgde on Mt. Salem
Lane, between Sixteenth and Eighte-
enth streets in order that water
pipes might be laid. Referred to
the City Engineer. A communica-
tion was received from Geo sc w.
Mccall asking the Department hat it
would charge for about 10000 ire bricks
now in its possession. The secretary was
instructed to notify Mr.. Mccall that he
could have the bricks at the same figure
that it wonid cost the Department. to
procure new ones now. a letter from
Pusty 4 Jones was received relative to
.he Board having a lamp post NJ the foot
Of Poplar street, opposite their works.
The company st ted that it was too
dark without Il lamp ID that vicinity.
The matter will be looked into 1 he fol-
lowing pay.rlls were ordered paid: Pay
roll for week ending June p. x71l.S6.
Monthly pay-r,ll for June, $b24.50 and
quarterly payroll, $375.
The secretary reported weekly collec-
tiOns OF $S27.27 and city treasurer's
balance in bank Of $56, ,495.9 .93.
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