Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-11-30
UNIFORMED STREET CLEANERS,
iho Matter Considered by the Street a,
Sewer Directors.


Sewer Directors
During the meeting of the Dircctors
OF the Street and Sewer Depnrtment
tuesday Street Commissipner Pier.
son recommended that the reunia,
street, cleaning force, especially the
wenr uniforms and have numbers on
Snelr caps. Directors Simmons and
Sarter, the members present. favored
.ne suggestion and Commissioner Pier
son was instructed to ascertain the cost
OF making tho change. The object is
10 MAKE IL SO that the foromen can tell
W glance what the men are doing,
peing able TO distinguish them by their
uniforms. commissioner Persons idea
Is 70 nave the men wear white duck
uniforms. ABOUT 20 men are employed
in.sumnier and Is in winter.
Tho Board OF Health made request
tnat sewer he built in Second street
between Walnut street and Stailcup
hun' Tor the relief of six dwellings on
tne south side OF Second street. En-
gineer Hatton estimated the cost at
500. Ihe sewer was ordered built, as
were also sewers in du Pont st Get
from Sixteenth street to PENNSYLVANIA
avenue, including branch in Twelfth
street toward Clayton, tho total cost
being estimated az So, ,063 and q sewer
IN an alley running from Jefferson
street between Third and Fourth. A
request Tor q sewer extension en- Seventh
street nom King TO French was referred
to Engineer hattou 10 make an esti-
mate OF the cost.
The Delmarvia Telephone Co. made
application for permission to extend its
conduits as follows: From Fourth and
French street oast on Fourth to Pine
and uorth on French to Eleventh and
west on Eleventh to Orange: ON POPLAR
and Pine streets from Fourth TO Sixth;
Eourth and Eighth from Orange to
Broome; Orange from Tenth to Thir-
teenth and along Thirteenth to WASH
ingtor, and on Eighth street from King
to Fine. The request was granted SO
tar as the extensions on Eighth from
Orange to Broome and Orange from
Tenth to Ihil teenth and along Thir-
teenth to Washington are concerned.
In giving the permission President
simmons told Capt. Wood, ,superintend-
ent OF the Telephone company, that per-
mission would be given for work that
was to be done Immediately, but unless
the streets we're to be occupied imme-
diately the matter would be held up
until the company was ready to do the
work. The franchises were granted on
the strength of Capt. Woods statement
that the work en- West Eighth, Orange
and Thirteenth streets was to be done
at once. The other work will depend
upon the arrival of material and condi-
tion of the weather.
Tho Delaware & Atlantic Telegraph
and Telephone Co. was, given permis-
sion to extend its line on Sixth
street from Madison to Adams.
Street Commissioner Pierscn reported
Eighteenth street in the Highlands in
bad condition, some portions being
almost impassable. He said he had
made an investigation and found that
before water and gas Eipes were put
down the street was in good shape, hav-
ing hard ash bed. He said something
should be done at once, and on Presi-
dent Simmons motion Secretary Wiley
was instructed to notify the Water De-
partment and Wilmington Coal Gas Co.
to repair any damage done by their
in laying pipes.
President Simmons gave notice of an
amendment to the ordinance regulating
the matter oil taxes on poles, sc as to
require the owners Of all poles to file
their statements, as TO the number uf
poles, on or before the first of October
OF each year. The statement was made
by Secretary Wiley that the Western
Union Go, has not paid any tax for
two years, en- the ground that it is ex-
empt, being carrier of government
messages. The matter was referred to
the CITY solicitor.
At tho request of the Police Depart
mont II additional red lamps were Or
dered, to be used by the police in
street obstruotions.
Complaints having been made that
the enamel has been knocked oif some
Of the street signs by boys throwing
stones at them, Secretary Wiley was
instructed to suggest to City Council
that the building ordinance be SO
amended as to require people erecting
corner buildings to place thei Elm corner
stones bearing the names of the streets.
Secretary Wiley reported balance of
S72, 977. "a; also, that he had received
stj5d. % during the week. The payiolls
were passed as follows: Weekly, labor,
s7l5.0o; carts, s35l. 45; monthly, s599.