Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-01-04
WANTS TO OPEN STREETS.

Power Co. to Renew Its Application 10 the
street and sewsr Departments.
The Universal Conduit, Light, Heat
and Power Co., of which former Tax
Collector Edmund Mitchell, Jr., is
president and Assistant Postmaster II.
II. Billany, secretary, has given notice
that one month hence, on January SUN,
1900, it will mako application to tne
Street and Sewer Department for PER-
mission to dig up all of the streets
lanes and alleys of Wilmington for the
purpose of laying therein conduits,
| wires, uipes and mains. According to
| the statement of President Mitchell.
/ the company does snot:propose to open all
of the streets at once, but its appllca'
| tion will cover all Of the streets, lanes
and alleys, to be occupied as the COM
4 papv sees fit. The notice was given by
postipp five copies of the following.
each of which bore the seal of the COM
pany. on every street, lane and alley In
the city:
"Notice is hereby given that accord.
ing to Sections 96, 81. SO, 80, lG0. lOi
and 1O2 of an act entitled '4An Act
proyiding for General Corporation
| law passed at Dover, March 10th,
1899. that the Universal Conduit. Light,
Heat and Power Co., a corporation IN.
corporated under the provisions OF
said act will on or about the 3Oth day
of January, A. ID. 1900, make applica-
tion TO the Board OF Directors of the
Street and Sewer Department for the
consent to open and dig up the street,
to wit; the street known as -
street for the ptrFose OF laying wifes'
pipes, mains and conduits' tnefein.
r Edmund Mitchell, Jr., President.
H. I'll. Billany, Secretary.
The Universal Conduit, Light, Heat
and Powe, O.. is a corporation char.
tered under the laws of Delaware.
Oripipally its capital stock was $50,
GOO. hut recently it was Increased tt
! $500, 600. The company has tho privi
! lege of inol easing its capital further, a.
= it sees fit. Application was made tt
the Street and Sewer Depai tment lns
: Nav for PERMISSION to lay conduits
Z hut no action was ever taken by IN,
: directors. The company did not pusi
Z the matter, therefnie it remained
~ dormant, but several meetings OF thos
. interested have tesn held recently ant
!. they mean business and hcpe to got al
u answer from the Street and Sewer, De
!. partment in the near future. IN
y notices which have Just been poste'
abuut the streets we're adoptsd at
= meeting of the board of directors, thi
!. preliminary step being necessary nnoe
y the law.
President Mitchell, when seen by
rerorter of the Gazette Saturday, sal
10 the company is bona fde concern an
:, wants to get to work as soon as prat
ticabIe. Its stock is all subscribe
y and it has ample capital for the under
I, taking, which will cost something lik
~ ~ $500, 900 in the first few years, an
ns probably several million dollars IN tn
ot and. According to Mr.. Mitchell, th
- arplicatiop is made at this time, wit
~ ~ tho hope of beginning the opening {
~ streets early in the spring and gettin
~ AS much work done as possible durin
r., the spring and summer. Mr., Mitche
- said the chief object, at present, ";
~ to nut down ccnduits for telegraph an
~ reIephone wires, with the hope I
u, arranging with the telegraph and tel
!. phcne companies to iun their wir
oi therein al q reasonable annual renta
lo Mr.. Mitchell believes his company ca
!;.s nut down conduits cheaper than maj
~ other parties, as it controls son
20 valuable patents, and as the conduit
would accommodate the wires of sever
,ss companies, the cost of each would n
tn equal that of laying and maintainil
ce separate conduits. No effort has be-
I'M made yet to arrive at aE agreeme
as with the telegraph and telephone col
panies but il permission is granted
ay the Stieet and Sewer Department Il
as matter will be taken up immediate
ng with the owners of wires.
he Mr.. Mitchell said eventually the col
gal many would pl ohably lay pipes for hea
t 5 light and power, but nothing detini
pg on this line has yet been decided.
alf is the intention to begin the laying
in conduits for wires on the streets wht
ns) the greatest number of wires now Q
1rs and proceed according to the locati
his of the wires.
err MANY people have been under I
he impression that all wires in the G
ely we're to 90 under ground by some tlI
led next yenr. Secretary Harvey j. Wi
Of of the Street and Sewer DEPARTING
ply saws such is not the case. About t
lns years ago, according to Mr.. Will
on Director Webster gave notice that
the would offer resolution requiring
on, wires to be placed under ground dur
was the succeeding two years, but no 81
'ast motion was ever passed.
on. The application of the Universal O
eat duit Co. is likely to meet with oppt
,me tion, as, if granted, it will have gr
ms, power, being the right to open
irds Street, lane or alley IN the city for
,uts purpose of laying conduits or pipes.
ter. course, this would not exclude ot
out concerns from laying conduits in
ater same streets, but there is opposition
the granting of such extensive fr
rom chises without some substantial ret
ple- to the CITY,
but
the Awards for Right OF Way
3oer The commission of review of ava
ter for right of way of the New Castl