Evening journal., 1899-07-12
ONE CENT.
REMOVAL OF ASHES.
Bids Not Awarded BY Street
and Sewer Men Last Night.
wlLLIAM H. HsIEE REPRIMANDED

FOR THE CARELESSNESS OF HIS
FOREMAN IN NOT SECURING A
PERMIT FOR woRK.-oTHER
BUSINESS TRANSACTED by THE
BOARD.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Street and Sewer directors was held
last night, and an unusually large
amount Of business transacted Bids
for the collection Of rubbish and ashes
were opened, but the contract was not
awarded.
The bids are for one year with the
agreement that the board be allowed
to extend the time for two years, and
were as follows: A. e. Cole, $7,997; A.
|G. b. Anderson. $500; James Lowe,
$500; Michael Kelley, s9,95O; Mich
ael Donahoe slO.44O.
The bid OF A. Il. Cole. not be-
ing signed by a witness. was irregular.
Upon receipt of q notice from the
secretary, William II. Heine, appeared
before the board, charged with viola
tion Of the plumbing ordinance, he
having done some work on shipley
street which necessitated permit. and
which he neglected to take out.
Plumbing Inspector Kane stated that
he knew nothing Of the work, as 1t was
not reported, and that he would not
have known it il he had not looked
over some papers in the Water Depart
ments office, and upon learning Of the
fact he at once notiaed Mr.. Heine, but
never received a reply.
In reply Mr.. Heine said that he was
out of the city at the time, and the
work was in charge of his foreman,
and he was under the impression that
Everything was satisfactory, but upon
returning found that things were not
as he expected. He also stated that It
was neglect on the part of his foreman,
and that he was willing to do whatever
the board demanded The board in
formed Mr.. Heine that it would con-
isider the matter and let him know it's
decision at a future date
A communication was received from
the United States engineers Office in
forming the board of a violation Of an
ordinance in the way OF dumping ashes
and dirt at the foot of Pine street near
the Brandywine creek The secretary
was instructed TO communicate with
General Smith, and state that the board
never dumped ashes or dirt at the
ahove-named place.
Michael Dordan and John Guthrie, rep
resenting the Wilmington Ice Com
pany, appeared before the board and
asked permission to lay a two-ineh
galvanized pipe from the spring at
Fourth and Franklin streets to their
plant Oh Harrison street The idea is
to use the overflow Of water which now
drains into shipley run for the purpose
Of making ice. The board held the
matter under consideration.
The ordinance relating to vehicles
came up for its final reading, but was
not passed, and after a heated discus.
sion it was laid over for one week. ]
A. Oliver and Isaac Bowers appeared
before the board in behalf of the wheel
men Of this city and made a strong
appeal for the passage Of the ordinance
An application was received from tn,
Oxy-Hydrogen Company, signed by At
torney H. II. Ward, asking permission
, to open the bed OF Liberty street fo'
- the purpose Of laying gas pipes in ac
cordance with the charter Of the com
pany.
= In its application the company mad
!, a formal request for a permit ant
quoted a resolution passed by tn
> Street and Sewer Department on Jul,
9, 1885, Secretary Wiley stated tina
d that resolution had been superseded b,
n other resolutions Of the department
l. The application was laid over for fu
lture consideration.
A number of bills were passed, afte
,s which the board adjourned.
Z Collections were reported as follows
r Secretary Wiley, S61513; city engi
neer, s2S clerk Of the market, 1882
D. city auditor, $50. The weekly pay-rol
" lof s594.24 was ordered paid.