Evening journal., 1901-09-24
WAS SATISFIED
WITH CAUSEW AY
Harry StOeCkIe Donates $50
to Each Hospital
SKEPTICAL ABOUT REPAIRS
Consumers Production and Supply
Company Ask for Franchise
Furnish Free Light

Through the generosity Of Harry j..
StOeckle, the Delaware and Homeo-
pathic Hospitals each received dcna-
tion today the fact being made public
at todays meeting Of the Street and
Sewer Department
The following letter, read by Secre-
tary Harvey J. Wiley. explains itself;
Wilmington, Del, Sept. "a.
Gentlemen: You will remember at
the time you commenced the work OF
reconstructing and rebuilding Market
street causeway. l expressed the oDin-
ion that you would not be able TO make
a road fit for permanent travel You,
on your part, insisted that it was net
only possible and practicable, but it
was your firm intention CT making a
permanent street creditable TO the city,
/ still being sl1eptical of your ability to
do so. made a proposition to the effect
that I would be willing to give 800 to
any charitable organization which your
honorable body might designate to
back Of my feeling that you would not
succeed. am now satisfied that l was
wrong,and that this rOadbed is credit
10 the city. and appreciated by myself
and a large number of persons who
have occasion TO use the same. AS an
evidence Of good faith, l enclose
checks.
Respectfully,
HARRY j. STOECKLE."
Accompanying the letters we're two
checks for $50 each, made payable 70
the hospitals. Upon motion of Mr..
Carter. they were forwarded to the in
stitutions this afternoon.
The Consumers Production and Sup
ply Company presented a communica-
tion asking permission to lay conduits,
pipes, etc, in certain streets through
out the city for the purpose of furnish
ing light heat. fuel and power The
petition was read twice and referred.
In connection with the resolution a
communication was received signed by
John T. Dickey, presidert. informing
the directors that should the privileges
asked for be granted the company
would furnish TO all public buildings
owned and used by the city, light, free
for a period of five years, and at the
expiration of that time to furnish light
to the city for all public uses at one
half the rates now current. The letter
was referred.
Considerable time was spent this
morning in discussing the recommen-
dations made by City Engineer George
BOughman regarding certain changes
which he deemed advisable TO suggest
in the plans for the proposed Pennsyl-
vania railroad elevated tracks through
the city
John Biggs, attorney for the railroad
company, in speaking Of the report
made by the city engineer upon the
plans, said Mr.. Boughman favored a
Clearance of not less than II feet, but
he was opposed to depressing any of
the streets. 1t is necessary to have
the tracks throughout the city level,
and that would be impossible unless
some streets we're depressed. If the en-
gineer plan is carried oTt, Mr.. Biggs
. continued. il would require an eleva-
alton of five and a-half feet and in some
places the tracks would have a clear
ance Of twenty feet at loist. Mr. iBggs
said that the original resolution had
been carefully prepared by the COM
pany and that-it was anxious to have
the matter settled.
1t was decided to hold an open S. S.
sion of the board on Friday afternoon.
at which Chief Engineer Brown. of ths
Pennsylvania railroad, and Engineers
Hatton and BOughman will meet and
further discuss the proposed plans.
The Wilmington City Electric Com.
pauy reported the discOntinuance o
twenty-five incandescent lamps on III,
causeway, which have been replaced b,
arc lights.
A communication was received from
the trustees OF Mt. Salem Church call
Ing the attention of the department tt
the condition of the rCadbed at Mt
Salem lane and Nineteenth street. Ths
trustees said it was necessary for team.
to drive some distance out of their wa,
TO reach the church. Upon motion o
Mr.. Fahey the subject was referred tc
the Street Commissioner.
DR.. James II. Morgan. representins
the Board of Health, presented two
subjects to the directors which tn,
health board was interested in. DIR
Morgan said 1t was the boards desir,
that the sewer in Poplar street be ex
tended from Tenth to Eleventh streets
He also said that the board had re
ceived number of complaints regard
ing the ash collectors on the West Side
II was said that the ash cart driver.
ran their hands through the loaded asl
barrels and scattered the contents CT
the sidewalks. and then refused ts
clean the dirt up. Several instances
came under DrMorgan's personal view
and in many cases the foreman of tn,
ash collecting gang became impudent
The subject will be investigated by In,
department.