Evening journal., 1899-07-25
MEETING THIS MORNING.
Street and Sewer Department
Transacts Business To-day.
POOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SERVICE

BOTH IN BROOKLYN AND OVER
ELEVENTH STREET BRIDGE.
REQUEST FOR THE CoNDEMNA-
TIoN OF COLEMAN STREET FOR
USE or THE CITY.
The first morning meeting Of the
street and Sewer Department was held
at 1890 o'clock to-day, and consider
able routine business was transacted.
The matter Of the poor lighting Of
the city was taken up and discussed at
length by the directors, and the result
Iof the discussion was that Secretary
Wiley was instructed TO notify the
Wilmington City Electric Company
that the service rendered was unsatis-
factory. The principal sections OF the
city which are in need Of better light
ing facilities are in South Wilmington.
.or Brooklyn as It is commonly
known, and that portion OF the city ly-
ing beyond Eleventh street bridge. In
these sections the light is furnished
almost entirely by incandescent lamps,
and as Councilman Cannon, Of the
Second ward, once said before the di-
rectors that In South Wilmington it
was necessary to strike a match to To-
cate the electric lights" A number OF
the arc lights in the centre Of the city
are out of order as the machinery that
adjusts the carbons does network prop
erly and causes the lights to "splut-
ter"
TO CONDEMN COLEMAN STREET.
Secretary Wiley was also instructed
TO address a communication to Mayor
Fahey requesting that he ask Judge
Spruance 10 appoint a commission to
condemn that part Of Coleman street
within the city limits that is not now
owned by the city. The object Of such
condemnation is to give the city title
Ito the entire street, so that it may be
opened throughout for traffic.
In taking up the request of the New
York Dredging Company for permits
sion to in in Townsend street to the
level Of A street, it was decided to
grant the request providing that the
company should indemnify the city
The secretary was instructed to adver-
tise the closing OF Townsend street, be-
tween Poplar and Bhttonwood streets
TO RELIEVE THB AUDITOR.
President Simmons gave notice OF an
amendment he would introduce to the
existing ordinance relative to the col
lection Of taxes on telegraph. telephone
and trolley poles and upon city wharf
properties AS the ordinance now
stands the city auditor collects the
taxes under the direction OF the Street
and Sewer Department, and is required
TO keep a similar set Of books for the
purpose as that kept by the depart
ment. This makes an unnecessary
amount OF work and accomplishes
nothing, and President Simmons
NhhtnAh1Al VIII AtlAiNt tut dhhAltl
and place the matter of collections in
the hands OF the department direct.
A complaint was received from the
directors Of the Friends School of the
noise made by vehicles passing over
the ruts in the brick street pavement
on West street, between Fourth and
Fifth strets. The street commissioner
was directed to remedy the defect
The secretary was instructed to re-
index the sewer lien books of the de-
partment under the Groves system. By
this method all liens viii be under one
cover instead Of being spread over sew
eral books. as is now the case
The weekly payroll Of s56S.49 was
ALLOWED and an order drawn for the
amount Secretary Wiley reported col
lections for the week OF s9S.92, and
City Auditor Pyle reported similar coll
lections amount to sS91.5O City Treas
urer Hamann reported balance in
bank Of S11.323.37.