Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
CITY'S STREETS and SEWERS
Annual Report of the Directors
of That Department..
THE DOCUMENT IS INTERESTING
Reviews the Work Performed
In Year 1899.



Street and Sewer Department..
The report of the Street and Sewer
Department for the year ended January
3lst, which has just been issued from
the press of tho Wilmington Freie
Piesse, contains much interesting and
valuable information, including the
following statistics:
Assessed valuation OF real estate,
$40, COO, 600; population testimated) d,
5000; area of city, square miles,
10. l5; acres, $50. 10; parks, acres,
IS. 10; miles Of street railways, electric-
ity, %.
Streets and Avenues-Streets i'm
proved and unimproved, 93. 300 miles |;
paved with rubble stone, 10,835;
granite blocks, 10. 661; asphaltum
blocks, O. 100 ;vitrified fire brick. II. $40 /;
stone, macadam and telford road, 16. 965 |;
oyster shells. miles, 1.43O; sewers COM
pleted, miles (public $3.50, private
| Z. 1851, 60. 1856.
Granite Block Pavement-Laid prior
to 1887, l6, sos square yards; laid in
| 1887, 1,736; 1888, 13,068; 1889, 1881 I;
1890, II, 5s7; 1891, 4,099; 1892, 46,05s. 8 /;
1898, 26,06l.7; 1894, 14,520.0; 1895,
8, 500. 80; 1896, IA, $40. 80; 1897, 8, 20S. 80 ;
1898, 4,346. 90; 1899, 1,312.60,
Asphaltum Block Pavement-Laid in
4 sos. Json . na8. 1909 S,o'7 ~ AAoSY'
'' Ta,,ord and Maca5am-I ala 4, 1901
a 7aI snnaTe Yards: 1891. 95.O0l: 1892.
% so Z. 1909 *. III 4 .NiSo4. al an. 76 .
1soS 10 oa6 AL. 1896 "a. sOO. 1897
q "a On !. 1905 tx o4s. 1890, / S47
W;tr;f;ed Rr;cR PavementgI.aid in
| 400 " e.I snuara Yards. 1901 IA o2a !.
1SeS "a. e01 Q: 1888. S.4lI. 81: 1894
% aaa "a. I8a5. 32. GAG. az: 1896.
On On S S9 40. 1907 IA 454' nj Isas' Az S77
1900 ie5
p,,hhia Sto,aJaid in 1909 O. s5o a
soma,a vards. 1894. 10. SO5. 4: iS94.
7 T5a 2o. iss5. Y.b14. 40: 1896. a 400. 70 !:
isa7 1ao 40 80
Eytons;on and Maintenance If Sewars
Gast II, vaar 1897 az 931 20. 1909
| 90 aa5 "A ieso si7 aoT *. 1900
40 Soo 90. IaaI 600 161 al. 1909
ISa Yao a.. 1894. s96. Goa al: IS9i.
40 Iva Of 1907 ss0. S95 ~. 1905.
sSa nso N. 1907. s96TI14 81. 1895.
s90 SSI aS. 1900 $40 646 ri
Tbe ran,rt nj secretarv uarvev I.
WILEY ;ncIndas the fojlow;no.
nContla,nen. Tbe IAN animal stata.
r,ont ~ this de,artment for tha t;scal
naa, and;na Japnary 31st ion o;v;mo
yenorts If tbs WORK nerformed dur;ne
~ go iaea nndar d;raction IL
Sour honorabla hoard. with statist;cal
yables comn;lsd therefrom. is herewitb
snbn,;tted
1Th;s st,+ament or report enbrace.
an ,coornt ~ ali rece;nts and S;sbnrsa.
,mo,ts Of ,nooays hv the danartmeni
to,atbar w;th ranorts a. the offic,aIa i'm !
oaJ;ata,v in charoa of tba savaral al
a;s;nns :"
"Gm;,o IN tho fa;,,re of tho eo;s.
,at,ro ~, ,,ass a hill anthor;s;no sirbe
Gouno;p to nr"n;Ja fnn5s for tba AZ.
nantnan+,s nss in oont;n,;nn +ha raS.
~aSand ;mnIov;na of streats ana az ere
npas IL has boen ;mnoss;bIa IN g;ra IN
nu the advantages ;noidsnt 70 waI iii
p ouad1 sant;ans 10 wh;ch rhaa sro On
t;tisJ The ;nnrovament and renav;no
~ MarLat STRAIT was mandato,y m ~,
oarnt oe ;ts den,orabIe condit;on and
be;ns onr most nonnlar hus;nase
thanes,, taro tha rort pas dona ne ~
saS;t;nnaln .s e ,,oss;hIo ,ba eynanSe
o;n .a;a 81, tha oanaroi fund
neoas s rraventeS artens;ve worL H.
straat rana;r and the rIac;rg nf paw
anttars and crossings ="
eva are AGAIN. at this early reriod nj
new year, petitioned To nave various
thoroughfares, which we had 10 mind
to do had funds been provided during
the past year, the petitioners being
under the impression that through ar
early application their wants and needs
would be fulfilled and they are but
slowly realizing that the difficulty ex
lists in the lack of funds and not from
opportunity and desire to perform the
work. 1t Is sadly discouraging to the
owners of property and resident on un
paved streets to be denied the adyant
ages of an improved highway, while al
the moment they are contributing to the
maintenance of the improved highway
in other sections of the city. They are
entitled to the improvements in parine
which they request and II was with tht
oplect Vi pasinE az u our stieets ena'
moneys WeIe niso po'roWeu anu eA
pehueu vi uighwais VI .he nSss uireo'
lInes Vi pup.to seniouiar .rano, an "
Wnlcn ior Tue REASON inentIoneu, V
iaiiuie TO proViae iufos, Inust lle gen
eraiiy apanooneo 70 oul ciVlAens, uls
comtofture anu our regret, uhti, sucl
glme tnat sul,oisnt moneys SNAIL nave
peen proVloeu'
STREET REPAIRS.
An unusually severe thunder storm
accompanied by cloudburst occurred
during the month OF August and did I
vast amount of damage to our macadan
and unimproyed streets, thus neces
stating unexpectedly, extensive repairs
and in many instances the reconstiuc.
ton of street beds, which work wa,
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