Evening journal., 1899-07-01
FAHEY is LOW BIDDER
VIII Probably Build Seventh
Street Bridge.
BIDS OF MANY KINDS MADE TODAY

BIDS OF MANY KINDS MADE TO-DAY
LEVY COURT COMPLETED WORK
ON COLLECTORS BOOKS YES
TERDAY AND MADE DUE AL
LowANcE FOR ERRORS AND DE-
LINQUENTs.
Levy Court yesterday afternoon com
pleted its work on the error and delin-
quent lists of the collectors, and made
the following allowances:
Appoquinimink hundred-For 1895,
property tax, s51.ss; road tax, s272O4;
colored school, $3.50; dog, $3.50 For
1896, general tax, 1904; road, s3Os.s3;
colored school. sG2.14; dog, s2O5.
Blackbird hundred-For 1897, assess
ment, s616Os; county and poor tax,
sSG9.62; road, sl9712; colored school,
s294li dog. so7.
Mill Creek hundred--For 1897, assess
ment, sl77,65O; colored, sS71.25; coun-
ty and poor, sl,O479O; colored school,
$l11.S7; dog, $3.50; road. s611.2s. For
1898, county and poor. S1S6.S7; road,
sl0S.99; dog. $3.50.
New Castle hundred-For 1897. as
sessment, S2s6,915; colorcd. $s2, 500;
county and poor tax. s172149; colored
school, s9S.40; road, sl6S.9S; dog,
ss4o.
ST. Georges hundred-For 1897, as
sessment. sl2S.oe2: tax. s7ss.s7; road.
S27O.7S; colored school. s225.i3; dogs,
s145.
ADpoquinimink hundred-For 1897.
assessment, s72.26S; county and poor
tax. s4ss.61.
Appointments hundred-For 1897.
assessment. s1O2.5O.
Pencader hundred-For 1897. county
and poor tax. s326S2; road, s15251.
dog, si14.5O; colored school. sso27 For
1898. assessment. s24O55; county and
poor s14435; dog. s5s.5O; road. se7a5
A warrant was drawn in favor of the
Farmers Bank for 5000 to pay the
Court House loan. A warrant for $40
goo for the bonds falling due on July /
was drawn on the same bank. This is
the loan Of 1888, for funding the
county's floating debt.
This morning Commissioners Mealev
Gallagher and White, constituting the
Bridge Committee for Wilmington hun
dred, opened the several bids made for
building a new bridge over the Bran
dywine to replace the gallows-frame
structure at Seventh street PatricI,
tahey was the lowest bidder. but No
award win be made until Tuesday as
the department at Washington has TO
be heard from. It is believed. however
that Mr.. Fahey will secure the con-
tract The bids were as follows:
Delaware Construction Companv of
Wilmington-$s6,OOO for a wooden
bridge with wooden stringers. accord
ing to plans and specifications. An
IRON bridge Of the same Characters
$4,000; for a bridge built according to
eompany's plans, ss1 900 for a wooden
bridge with wooden stringers: s32 .OoOI
Tor one Of iron and steel. and ss5. 900
Tor one Of iron. with iron stringers
The work will be finished in five
months.
Patrick Fahey. Of Wilmington-For
a thirty-foot bridge according to plans
and specifications. $4,000; for a twen-
ty-one foot bridge, Of same kind. s17.-
500.
Youngstown Bridge Company. oil
Youngstown, ohio-s44,O0 for a bridge
according to plans and specifications.
Robert R. Morrison, Of New Castle
Iron and steel bridge according to
plans and specifications. $50, ,634.s4 his
own plans, with steel span 14S feet
long, or fixed span so feet long. ss2.-
2s2.S2. To DO the work in six months.
With pin construction and wooden
stringers. $4,000; and with iron string
ers, $4,000.