The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-12
CASES CONTINUED.
Matter Of Street Lighting Post
poned Until Saturday.
No Action Taken on the Request
For Permission to Lay
Tracks.

Various matters of business came be-
fore the directors of the Street and
Sewer Department at its regular meet
/ ing yesterday. Owing to the absence of
Director Carter, who was called nm
texpectedly to Baltimore, it was decided
% defer the matter OF street lighting
'or which bids are in hand. and questions
egarding railway franchises. For con-
iderntion of these matters the directors
will hold a special meeting at 1890 o'clock
saturday morning.
Superintendent G. Reginald Van
Trump of the Wilmington City Railway
Company and Walter III. Hayes, attor-
acy for the company, We're before the
Board relative TO the company's request
for permission to lay tracks on Walnut,
fourteenth and Washington streets.
They We're told the matter would not be
aiken mp at the meeting.
Under the grants Of the department
he company's franchise on the north
idle of Washington street bridge will
expire on June 81, the resolution requiring
the lines to be in operation by that time,
hut Messrs. Hayes and Van Trump
allied the attention of the department
10 the fact that the Levy Court had re-
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;ngton street bridge until it is strength
pSa and AZ ash asked aa fqr fife d.
rectors took no action on the request,
hut may do so on Saturday. Under the
franchise time consumed in such delays
IS taken out of the limit specified.
President Webster gave notice Of
resolution requiring the railway COM
nanies to sprinkle the streets along their
lines Both companies have expressed
their willingness to comply with the
wishes of the department in this re-
rpect.
A letter was received from T. Cole
man du Pont of the Delaware Button
Go. making inquiry concerning the
oompnny's REQUEST for franchise for
!, trolley road between thu works and
the South Wilmington line of the Will
mington City Railway CO.. for the ac-
eommodation of employees. The matter
,vas held M until SATURDAY..
Several other requests are pending. in
hiding the applications of the Whining
ton. Newark & Elkton Co.. and the Will
mington & West Chester Co.. for termi-
nal facilities but II is hardly likely that
those franchises will he acted on at this
time.
Secretary Wiley was instructed to ask
the owners of the bed of Twentieth
street between Market street and the
RoIllcyard to decd il to the city. The
lnnnrtment desires to open the thorough
fare.
Owners Of property on Thirteenth
treet between Market and King asked
.hnt the bed Of the street he paved
They prefer asphalt The matter was
la'd over.
Davis & Bro. received the contract for
laving 500 SQUARE yards of brick pave
mcnt at the bid Of eight cents per yard
the. city 10 do the rolling The locality
"as not specified.
Tho secrntarv was instructed to ask
'he Water Department for n conference
IN matters Of interest to both depart
mcnts. to bc held at the convenience Of
Moth
Dr. Morgan. rcnresenting the Board q
U"alth. reported the Street Mt Fiftf
| nd Pnplar in bad condition. The mat
nr will hc "ivcn attention.
The we"kly navroll. s1.37s. and hill
Cor cart hire. SGT 81. were passed. TIL,
| rcratarv ronortcd collections amount
ing TO sG16.Os