The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-04-26
MCCL0SKEY
REMOVED.
Street and Sewer Depart
ment Appoints Mr..
PiersOn to His
Position.

, The Street and Sewer Department las
night elected the following officers:
Engineer in charg of sewers. !. Chalkle.
Hattou: street Commissioner, Frank A
Pisrson, and secretary. Harvey j. Wiley
Tbs only change made Is that Frank A
PlSrson Repu bllcan, succeeds Francis Nc
Closkey, Democrat, as street commissioner
Mr.. pierson has been aclerk In the employ
of the department for some years. Lesli'
p. Christy, another clerk In the depart
mens will succeed Mr.. Pierson.
The board passed:
President SImmons's ordinance to di'
vide the city into four districts for stree
cleaning and repairing purposes and plac
ing each under supervisor was called III
and adopted, Supervisors will be appoint
ed and salaries fixed later.
The ordinance fixing the terms of the
street commissioner. secretary and engin.
eer in charge of sewers at two years, be-
ginning on the fourth Tuesday IN April
was adopted.
Residents of the Toy estate at Rising
Sun asked for the opening OF streets there
The claim was made that the property had
heon plotted and sold for building lots.
No streets have ever been opened and
there Is no way to get to the streets leau.
ing to this city. The board replied that 1t
could not act, because therr has been no
pCIlUlOuS Op6'lluS tuo boISoVS.
4 committee from the Retail Grocers'
Exchurg, was presented and comp'ained OF
Illegal stands on King street and other
streets used for market purposes.
President Simmons said that the Street
and Sewer Department was @ Legislative
body. 1t makes the laws and 1t is the duty
of the police department to enforce them.
When Council controlled the markets DO
one over heard of councilmen swearing out
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opinion from the city solicitor has been
asked but has not yet been received. The
department wants 10 protect legitimate
storeksepers.
Tho committee said that the members
had been before the police department ana
had been seu5 to the Street and Sswor De-
partmeut.
Director Webster gave notice Of an Or
dinunce to compel telephone, telegraph
and electric light companies to remove
dead wires ut oncs A fine OF $40 Is to bo
imposed for each dead wire allowed to re-
main. Wiros not in use for six months
or longer are to he consideaed dead wires.
The new ordinance regulations fish mar
kets was read third time and adopted. 1t
allows the market to remain open one hour
longer day during the shad and herring
season.
William Aaron, R. Howard Cam and
D, u. omltn appeared DeIore Gne poaru w
protest against squatters on King street.
These are no. farmers but other persons
who sell produce OF various kinds. MIR.
Aron said they had looked up the law and
that these people, some Of whom had
stands against the houses, were violating
tho law.
President Simmons said the Directors
of the Street and Sewer Department were
ready and willing to do all In their power
to make the King street market a far
mers' market pure and simple and pro-
tcct the legitimate store keepers.
He claimed that the Directors, while
they could make laws regulating the mar
and make 1t unlawful for squatters to oc-
cupy spaoss, had no police powers.
He held that the laws made by the Di-
rectors ought to be enforced by the police
department.
He said that the opinion Of the city So
licitor would be asked in reference to the
relation OF the clerk Of the market and the
Police Department to the matter.
The grooers were told that any private
citizen had a right to swear out warrants
against persons who might be detected
violating tho market ordinances
The grocers will likely wait until the
solicitor has rendered an opinion In the
matter before taking any decisive steps.