The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-10-01
THE SEVBlTH
STREET BRIDGE
Lively Tilt Between The
Levy Court Commits.
-si0ners To-day.

Bridges, rOadS. ana reCOruS VI us
last meeting furnished the materla
for lively discussion at this morn
ing s session OF the Levy Court. Mr..
Willetts asked that it be placed on
the minutes that Contractor Fahey
was to put the Sluice at Silver Run
In condition and do certain filling In
that was not contained in the specl.
fications, without charge.
Mr.. Fahey had said sope time ago
that he would charge 40 cents per
cubic yard for all filing in on the
road, but at the last meeting Of the
court when 1t was explained that the
sluice was already in position and only
needed to be made substantial by the
use Of earth, he said he would make
no charge for that work.
Mr.. Armstrong objected to this
procedure and lively argument en-.
sued.
Nr. Willetts made motion to car.
ry out his objection AMI Chairman
Meggnson, who was acting in Mr..
Lynn S absence, voting In the affirm.
ative, carried to motion.
Mr.. Mealey reported progress in
the matter Of the Seventh Stree
bridge.
Mr.. Willis said he would like to
know how the bridge is progressing.
Mr.. Megginson then announced
that the committee had visited the
bridge and found that it was all done
excepting the planking Of the struc.
ture and he said there is no approach
to the bridge and no contract to that
effect that we could find.
Mr.. Megginson read a statement,
which he said was not the commit.
tee report, as 1t was not signed.
According to this statement, the
committee met on September 26th
and went over the pans carefully and
found that none had been made for
approaches or wing walls or filling in;
all that the contract calls for being
the centre draw land abutments and
the superstructure, width "a feet,
length 235 feet, length Of draw 1856
Mr.. Megginson said that the com.
mittec had found the mason and
iron work first class, the whole
contract being complete excepting
the planking. Any fault in the
tract, according to Mr.. Meggin-
son. was not the fault Of the pres
cut Levy Court, as the contract
was made in 1900.
Mr.. Willis inquired when the
contract and specifications seen by
the committee were sigued.
"In the fall OF lo00,' replied Meg
ginson.
Are they a matter Of record Of the
court?' asked Willis.
IL think not.
"What is the WIDTH
Twenty four feet" One speci.
fication says As feet, and one 80,
but they are not signed by the con-
tractor. y
"Who has that contract?'
1T is in Mr.. Fahey's hands.
Mr.. Willis inquired OF Mr.. Chan.
dler if he had not asked for the
briege plans; Mr.. Chandler said ne
had, and did not get them.
Mr.. Willis added that copy Of
the plans were in the hands Of the
com ptroller and suggested that
they would be good for reference.
Mr.. Chandler declared that the
plans for a "a foot bridge are not on
foot. There has been no plan here
for a "a foot bridge. Fahey said he
would show me a plan for the a foot
bridge: he failed to do it. There is
no legallzed plan in existence for a
"a foot bridge. II there is, they
have failed to show 1t. Fahey and
the bridge committee have signed
specifications to build 80 foot
bridge; he must build approaches
pile, plank and fill in. He is to put
feuders on; he las not done that:
the wall is to be pointed he has net
done that.
The contract and specifications
are in the Court House prope rly
Aligned by the contractor aad the
bridge committee.
Snow if you are going totake the
contractors plane, you have got to
prove their correctness. ask for
the evidence. Do you undertake to
say that the bridge committee is
| going to put several thousand dol
lars on this county tor approaches
to the bridge when the contractor
promised to do it.
Isay that the contractor has got
to put that approach there. He has
| get to pile and plank it. Show ME
| plans for 24.loot bringe and that
will settle it. The contractor and
the president promised to produce
| them and did notdo it,
~ think you will find plans for
| "a foot briege," remarked Mr.. Meg.
ginsou.
There may be plans" agreed
Mr.. Willis, "and yet that may not
be the contract
"Before the bridge is accepted,
suppose they will haveto show that
it is according to the contract, ;"
said Mr.. Meggineon.
Deed they will, exclaimed Mr..
Chandler. "They .will have to
build the approaches, and they
will never get the money so far az
l have anything 20 do with it, until
they do.
Mr.. Willett asked that the Comp.
troller and Treasurer furnish the
court with the names OF all collec-
tors who have not yet turned 10
their Adams tax collections in com.
pliance with orders Of the court.
The list will be furnished this af-