The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-30
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MONDAY. DECEMBER 80. 1901.

memOeT OF t0S DOaEO OF 1TuSlece
from Brandy wine hundred, the
.'pest house" at Farnhurst 10 not
. fit place to put we'll person
in, let talone sick persons. The
walls on the iuslde Of this ten thous-
aud brick building has not been
stripped or lathed and on day
like Sunday, the interior would be
damp. This 10 not to be wondered
at when 1t is taken iuto considera-
tiou that the building has no gut
ters or spouting. Whea the rain
falls off Of this ten thousand dollar
building the wind blows the rain
against the walls Of the building
which from the faulty manner in
which it has been constructed al
though erected according to the
specifications OF the architect and
the builder Is not to be blamed. The
architect says that he drew the
plans according 10 the iusructions
given him by the building commit
tee. The building committee when
the building was half up, had a
meeting in the architects othce 10
this city and quite an animated
discussion then took place regard
ing this building and the plans and
spe eifcations.
The first kick came up over the
grading around the building and
the laying Of terra Gotta
drain. This work was done by
the Trustees. the labor OF digging
and laying it being done by ln-
mates of the almshouse. Then the
next big kick came over the COM
piection Of the building, when the
Trustees found that it was not to
have any cutters or spoutlng TO
carry the water oil IN case OF rain.
Trustee Fahey contended that
the building was just as good with
out cutters and spouting and that
neither plans or specifications call
cd for them.
Apparently nobody whose busi-
ness it should have been to
know anything about the tinshl ng
OF the building or else the plaster
would never have been put on the
walls and ceiling without it being
stripped as all buildings are that
are to be oecupind as living apart
ments. Now there is talk of the
grand Jury recommending to the
court that the building shall be
condemned. Some body is clearly
al fault for the manner 10 which
the building has been erected.
From what the writer knows it is
not the builder who put upthe build
Ing according TO plans and speclll-
cations. But should not the build
er as man knowing about such
matters have called the attention
oil the members OF the Board ot
Trustees TO the fact that the plans
and specifications were Eot COM
pleted aud the building liable to be
the matter Of investigation after it
was finished.
The mem bcrs OF the Board Of
Trustees have been exercised at
more than one meeting when the
subjec came up and some-pretty
sharp words were exchanged over
the manner IN which the erecting
Of his building had been progress
ing and the several defects which
were shown after the pest house
was completed. Let it be lnvesti-
gated and it will show that the
Trustees are blameless.
THE year 1901 has been an eX,
ceptionally good one in real estate
in the city OF Wilmington. The
demand Tor small houses has great
ly exceeded the supply. Daring
the past SIX months there were l4L
dwellings erected. while for the
CORES spending year there were but
b5 dwellings erected Building In
spector Cassidy during the past &
months issued permits tor l4) new
dwellings, 4 department houses, 4
shops, power house, church, ;
stables. brewery. ball. p BACK
buildings, stores and } factories
The improvement cost SOP, 800
The incoming year gives every
promise o! being better lor oul
builders and mechanics.
The Brld.cton. y. j City Coun
CT! which has the say of license OF
NO license, has decided TO fix ths
License fee for hotels and saloons a
s!.C0). The city is now dry anc
has been for a number OF years
This $ pretty steep Tor license
in city OF less than $4,000 inhabi
tants
START the new year right b.
sending your subscription TO th
RErTBIl,AN office for the daily 0
weekly for one year BY payin,
pne year ln advance you rece i've a
premium copy Of an Agricul
tural paper or a magazine calle,
'My l. ady,
ONLY one more day before yol
make your New Year resolutions
W.dnesday being the frat dav o
the year, don't forget the newsboy
who serve 5lS days in the year
barring three holidays. a dime o
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iugly happy.
MAGISTRATE W. NJ. GREEN, {
Camden, Del, fined two men VIII
had been brought before him ch al
ged with beng drunk aud dlsoI
dcrly, the sum OF So 81 IN each case
The men kicked and had wal
rant out for the Magistrate. and o.
Friday evening he was given
bearing before Magistrate Woo