Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-05-22
LEVY COURT.


BtilS Allowed, Contract Awarded anl FRO
posais Received at This Mornings
Session.
Tuesdays session of the Levy
Court was called to order at 11.20
o'clock. The members, excepting Mr.
Elliott, left the room and held con
ference with Patrick Fahey.
Magistrates and constables' bills to
the amount of 5000 we're allowed. Also,
the following bills for printing:
Mercantile Printing Co., SAG. %; Even
ing journal, S11.22.
Elwood Talley was allowed S977 70 for
repairs to bridge.
Tho following bills for examination
and conveyance of insane patients we're
received and orders drawn: j. Erwin
Stubs, 50; DR.. G. W. Bastian, SIS;
DIR. George Carmichael, ST. DIR, ii. II.
Spruance, $40: Harry W. Lowe. 81. so /;
DR.. J. p. Pyle, So; Wilmington Trans
fer Co., $2.50
Michael Donohue's bill for S31. AZ for
stone hauled to Elsmere, was sent to
the comptroller.
The bills OF Charles Green, consta-
bic, s247. Is; Magistrate Bradley,
s1S4.95, from December I'd, 1901, to
| February 2sth, 1902, were allowed.
Mr.. Chandler, chairman of the Wash
ington street bridge repairs, reported
the following bids for rlanking: Banks
IL Bros, &c. 10 per LOCO feet; Foulk i
Son, 1920; f. p. Wills, IS. 20; L. I.
Grubb, $40. The contract was awarded
to Banks d Bros.
Mr.. Armstrong contended that the
bill of Robert r. Morrison, u lump
bid, should have been considered. 1t
was for $3.50 for the entire work.
Mr.. Ewart claimed that Banks g.
Bros. were the lowest bidders.
President Willis presented the letter
of Expert Wood relative to the electric
wiring of the Court House and Third
street bridge over the Christiana The
report showad that the work at the
Court House was not, in some in
stances, as PER requirement Of the fire
insurance companies holding risks on
the building. The matter was referred
to the building committee. 1t was
decided to have the defects remediee
and to request the insurance companies
to continue the policies.
The following bids we're received fol
new top and bottom track at Market
street bridge over the Christians
River: Franklin p. Wills & Co., So, 475,
to be completed in 1853 days; Whining
ton Machine Co., SO, 46737, 100 days
Alvin r. Morrison, 1880, four months.
The bids were referred to the com
mittee on bridges, and adjournment
made to 3 p. m.
President Willis, in the Levy Court
Tuesday afternoon, referred to the
necessity for having bridge boob
containing information about all thu
county bridges, and September LIST wa'
fixed as the time for the members Il
make up the book.
Action on the claim Of the commits
soners and physician of the Jail a
, New Castle was deferred. Their tern
expired in March, but their worl
ceased several months before. Henr.
G. Conrad, attorney for the court
said that the matter of paying or no
paying for the full period was entirel.
/ with the court.
The court will hear George w. Dun
can and Solomon P. Hurd next Tues
day concerning Hurd's claim of $l
! for bridge connecting Silver Rul
, road with Duncan's fast land.
, Mr.. Chandler offered resolution
! calling upon Sheriff Mcdaniel to re
mort to the court at the next meeting
all fines and forfeitures in his posses
sion, and to make quarterly report
/. hereafter OF fines and forfeitures col
,, lected by him.
Commissioner Elliott said that man
constables had failed to settle with tn
) court for fines and forfeitures collecte
, by them. A resolution was adopte
directing the constables outside of Viii
mington to settle.
! Mr.. Megginson reported that ne,
sleepcrs are needed on Churchman
bridge, near Newport.
Court adjourned until next Tuesday