Evening journal., 1898-10-19
STREET AND SEWER WORK.
CITY SOLICITOR CONRAD SENDS
COMMUNICATIONS TO BOARD.

CITY SOLICITOR CONRAD SENDS
COMMUNICATIONS TO BOARD.
AT LAST NIGHTS MEETING REfA-
TIVE TO THE REMOVAL or CAR
TRACKS ON SPRUCE STREET
AND DAMAGE AwlARDs-AssIsT-
ANT ENGINEER APPOINTED.
Regular business only consumed tho
time at the meeting OF the Street and
Sewer Department last evening.
Two communications were received
from City Solicitor Conrad, one Civ
ing his opinion relative to the depart
ment's right to remove the street car
tracks on, Spruce street, which are no
longer used, and the second letter set
forth the awards made by the commits
sions appointed TO condemn Land for
; the opening Of Eleventh and Monroe
streets.
a Relating to the car tracks on Spruce
e street MIR. Conrad said that the City
+ Railway Company before the Street
, and Sewer Department came into ex-
? istence. obtained permission from
4 Council to lay tracks. Mr.. Conrad had
9 searched the minutes of Council, but
T had failed to find where 1t had ever
II given the railway company authority
lc to lay tracks on Spruce street, but ne
St supposes that the authority was giver
ie and the clerk failSd to index 1t. Hs
of also stated that unless the board could
3. show that the railway had never re-
m ceived authority to put tracks on
1t Spruce street the department could NOD
S, remove the tracks, and the only way
n they could be removed would be by
agreement with the railway company
The awards on the land condemned
by the commissions were: William n
Porter, $3,172; Edgar Hounsield, trus
tee. 81 $500: John Craig, $50, and VIII
~ liam Medholdt, cents. No action wa
taken on the communication, but It Il
o probable that City Council will be ask
s. ed to aid the department in getting tn
Oh streets opened.
nd Honecker & Hoffecker, attorneys 70
'st property owners inthe vicinity OF Thir
OK teenth and Lincoln streets sent lette
* TO the board stating that the changin
He of grades of streets near overhea
'ut bridges Of the b. & o. railroad had ir
es- iured the property Of their clients, am
lot they felt that enough damages shout
me be awarded to put the premises in goo
,ar condition. President Pratt in repl
nd stated that the department was no
cut putting the streets I'M even better COZ
at dition than they were previous to II
na- change Of grade.
IAN Ami application was made by u
Ger Board of Education for sewer facilt'
ks. for the new High School building. tn
Wilmington City Railway COmpaI
was given permission to relay its tracl
ON Tenth street from Orange to Ia
~, nall streets. A resolution to exem
- Tatnall street from the provisions
:, the city ordinance to sell at public au
ton the use of wharves along .
,c,t Christiana river received two reading
80 upon recommendation OF Engine
- Hatton. II. A. Bedford. OF Faulklar
~ was appointed assistant engineer
-. The sewer department at salary
s5o per month. Mr. Bedford grad
O -o- ated from Delaware College in the Gle
nails Of 81
bout sewer ilens W. ,...,..,,o =
ronrteeuth street andagainst propert
on Wollaston street between Eigf
and Ninth streets.
The following bids were received
ourt repairing the sidewalks on Pennsyf
'une MIA avenue between DUPONT and Il
We're coin streets. Scott street betw'
sciue Fourteenth street and Pennsylva
ring avenue. and Lincoln street betwl
Dear' Pennsylvania avenue and Eleye
pass .-.1.. r,..,;o,, c,,,,nnev 7 cents
nfXs SQUARE yard: John A. Carr, 6h cer
William Veasey, 6lk cents; George c
bons. 7 cents, and ]. G. Adams
cents. The contract was awarded
OF at rohn A. Carr. The weekly pay
the OF s5s7.4S was ordered paid.
. will "a balance in bank of S70,S92.N
their weekly collections of s522.29 were
ported by Secretary Wiley.