The sun., 1901-10-16
ALL TRAINS
MUST STOP
Board Of Trade Does Not Want
Facilities Impaired.
NO ACTION ON ELEVATED
City Solicitor David j. Reinhardt Has
Not Yet Prepared His Opinion
Regarding Legality of
Resolution.
NO ACTION ON ELEVATED

tion facilities OF Wilmington appeared
before the Street and Sewer Department,
yesterday morning. The department !.
now considering the piaiis fur the ee
waited tracks through the city and before
the plans we're accepted tile board want
ed an understanding with the road in thi,
matter
The committee follows: Josiah Marvel
chairman; \. :. Reed, John :. Rosscll
n. Il. Johnson. Edgar NJ. Hoopes. IL
W. Wallace, w. B. Clerk, Samuel Ill
Baynard, Frederick Pyle, ID. w. Taylor
and William Lawton.
Mr.. Marvel acted as spokesman foi
the committee, and stated its object tc
the board. He said that the Board )t
Trade had no desire to place any oh
tacle III the way of the railroad corn.
pany, but, OH the other band, it was
glad to see the work Of Improvement 2,
~. There was one point, however, thu
Committeeman thought should be taken
.nto consideration before granting n
franchise, ana that was the subject OF
transportation. At present the city has
EXCELLENT facilities iind those should b,
protected. II was therefore desired tina,
mfore receiving II franchise the railroad
company should assure the directors
hat in the future the city should ha,,
aclities for transportation ms il now
has.
I'm some instances" Mr.. Marvel con.
inucd, in cities where elevated tracks
ad been constructed fast trains passed
Trough without stopping ana this was
feature that should be avoided here. y
u his opinion there was sufficient travel
have MI trains stop az they do now.
william Iawton said he heartily agreed
With the suggestion of AIR. Marvel, and
hat 1t was hut proposed to ask the rail
'sid company fbf any better facilities ii
iavel, nut sihipl. ask the Street and
sewer Department that it should be as
irrd by the company that the present
rstem should not he interfered with.
I'VE don't want" said he, ito see n
train from New York to Washington rush
through as If il was impossible to stop
II "
Upon suggestion OF Mr.. Carter, thu,
ohlinittee viii prepare II communication
IN the subject, which will be submitted
q the directors for their approval"
Contrary to expectation, ho action was
aiken ut the meeting On the resolution
;lnnting to the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
%. the right To build ain elevated rail.
Dad through the city, for the reason, as
Director Carter explained, that City So
icitor David j. Reinhardt has not yet
iven an opinion as to the legality of the
cSoluti0n. II was explained that Mr..
3einharlt had not had sufficient time in
which to prepare an opinion, but was ex
'rcted to submit one in the near future
when the matter will be taken up by the
department for action.
Secretary Harvey j. " Hey presented
.ettcrs to the board from George S. Ca
mllr, Alfred iawthrop. Charles W.
"usey. \. l.. johnson and William law
4on. members Of the recent condemns
ion committee. enclosed in each of which
vas cheek for $33, the amount, less Sc,
aid the commissioners for their work IN
ondemning Thirteenth street In thcl
communication each party said that hr
clieved the compensation to he out of
proportion to the work done, ana then
etained the amount allowed for two
lays services Mr.. Johnson originally
'cturned the $50, retaining SO for Il for
mer commission upon which he served
iowcvcr. he returned the SO by check,
aging thar he understood the other mat
81 woul! he adjusted. The money was
'rdered turned over to the city treas
lIrer.
After the subject of checks had been
disposed of, the directors took up the rc-
,ort of the commissioners as to awards
made. Awards for the following streets
we're accepted Twenty-fourth street
rom Market to Pine, 6 cents; Twenty
bird street, from Market to Church.
ents: Pine street from Twenty-fourth to
randrver avenue. cents, Jessup street
rom Twcnty-thrd to Twenty y-fifth, c
,rnts; Fifth street from DUPONT to I'm
On. cents: Third street from Searle
20 Lincoln. 6 cents Third street from lin
oh to Union, all except estate of
.lnoch jefferson. 5000 awarded, all Others
cents; DUPONT street from Lancaster
avenue to Third, 6 cents; Clayton street
rom Front to Fifth, 6 cents; Scott street
from Lancaster avenue to Seventh
'ents; Second street from Searles to Lin
toln, cents; Clayton street from Lam
';lstcr avenue to Banning, all proper
les, cents, except estate of Nelson a
Glcland, assessed $2,500; Rodney streel
rom Lancaster avenue to Banning al
,wners, cents, except Philip Plunkett
,12000; Henry G.. Banning. $4,000: Pat
'ick Fahey, $1,000; DIR. Il. j. Mckay
$500. 1t is said that Mr.. plunkett does
not consider the award for damages to
he property sufficient, and he will make
IN appeal.
\ communication was received from
Richard W. Crook, manager of the
Peoples Railway Company, saying that
The action OF market people in allowing
shafts of their wagons to protrude great
.y interfered with car travel, and re
dupstrd that the department take som,
action in the matter. The communca
lion was referred to the clerk of tn,
market.
Prince A. Mousley, councilman from
the Ninth ward, petitioned that II ligh
be placed ut Twenty-second and Churcl
streets. The communication was re
| ferred.
A communication was received froii
certain property owners stating tha
| they were prepared to deed to the cit.
| the bed of Bayard avenue, from Pennsyl
vania avenue to Ninth street. The lette
was referred to the city engineer.
Frank II. Carswell, representing Richart
Patzowsky, appeared before the diree
tors, and requested that the department
pave Wilson street, between Eleventh