The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-04-13

The preliminary arrangements for
placing the vitriffed brick pavement on
Princess street between Front and
Second streets, and on Market street
between Water and Front streets, are
progressing very satisfactorily, and ii
is only a matter of a very few days
when work will actually begin on Mar
ket street. That is the underground
drains will be placed and the granite
curbing put down, but it may be two
weeks before the placing of the paw
ing brick will begin.
The pipe for the big underground
drains to be placed on Market street
has arrived and will be put down un-
der the supervision Of the city engin-
eer, the work being lone by the city
street force. AS Soon as this is done
the curbing will be put down and
thereafter the grading for the pave
ment will begin.
1t will be of interest to note also
that it has been decided that the city
authorities will not delay the paving
of the Princess street Section-Qf street
for the Wilmington Street RSilway
Company to order and put down heay-
Ter steel rails on that section OF their
track. 1t has been found that it will
be some time yet before the new rails
can be shipped from the foundry and
the pavement cannot be delayed so
long. General Manager Shedding, of
the street railway company, has noti-
fed the chairman of the streets n
wharves committee that he need not
delay the paving on the company'S ac-
count, as he can obtain no promise of
an early shipment of the rails, the
manufacturers being very much behind
in filling orders
A telegram from the general mana
ger of the Tennessee Paving Brick Co.,
of Chattanooga, Tenn, yesterday, ask
ing when he should come to Whining
ton to begin the work. He is ready to
ship the brick and come just as 500
as he is advised that the work to be
done by the streets and wharves COM
mittee is sufficiently advanced to ad-
init of his commencing the work re-
quired in fulfilling his part of the
contract. This will be, as previously
minated, some time within two
weeks.
WANT OLD PUBLIC FOUNTAIN
MOVED.
A movement is on foot to have the
city authorities to move the old foun-
tain, which now stands at the inter-
section of Market and Front streets.
Mr.. Sol Bear said yesterday that ev-
erybody on the square wants it moved
n a petition is being circulated, and
very generally signed, asking that this
be done.
1t is understood that the authorities
will leave a plaza in the center Of the
street, extending nearly the length Of
the square to correspond with the
other sections of the streets, and Mr..
Bear is very anxious that a public sub
scription be taken with a view to rails
ing a fund for placing a handsome
hnnn11nant in tha n1aza nnar whore the
fountain o stands. He says that if
such a thing is done he will head the
list with a subscription of 500 toward
a monument to the late Hon. George
Davis.
He says that it is a lamentable fact
that the people of North Carolina n
the whole south are very backward in
the matter of erecting monuments to
their noted dead, and he is anxious
that Wilmington shall set her sister
cities of the state and southland an
example, by erecting monuments to her
worthy dead. thereby identifying the
city and, most important of all, keep
examples of their predecessors and af-
ford them inspiration for striving af-
ter the noblest things in life.
Mr.. Bears idea is a good one and
The Messenger hopes that his efforts
may be heartily seconded by the peo-
PiS 6ShCi ~ LII ladl e LILO GIG
many years be not only a handsome
monument on the Market street plaza,
but that there may be many others ad-
vantageously placed in all parts of the
city.
With good streets, handsome bust
ness blocks and residences in the gen
eral acquisition of which the city has
been making such rapid progress for
some time past, the multiplication of
substantial and diversified industries,
and a general movement for beautify-
ing the city there is every reason to
expect that Wilmington will ere long
be the queen city of the south Atlantic
coast, not only in commercial import
ance, but in beauty and general at
Effectiveness as we'll.