Evening journal., 1902-03-11
KENT OFFICIALS TROUBLED
By Bad Condition Of Bridges and Roads.
News Of Dover
Special to the Evening Journal.


Dover. March 1.-THE Republican
Levy Courtmen Of Kent county are dis
turbed over the i'll luck that has befall-
en- them during the past year. one
reverse has been followed by another,
enough to discourage the stoutest-
hearted public official. The necessity
of replacing all the broken down
bridges throughout the county with
new ones. then the perplexity caused
by the Bombay Hook road becoming
awash and battling the efforts to re-
store it. then the freshets injuring and
Undermining all the new bridges FOL
lowed i'm quick succession. The Berlin
Construction Company which built the
fine new Silver Lake bridge Will send
men here this week to see what can
be done with this structure. The
foundation nearest Dover has been dis
turbed because the culverts below had
not sufficient carrying capacity for the
rush of waters from the inland streams,
and the bridge has sunk two feet or
more and is regarded as unsafe Com
missioner Benson. OF Dover. has de-
clared in favor of removing the new
bridge to some other county stream.
widening the span at Silver Lake and
putting in a stone pier bridge or stone
culvert structure. The serious damage
done to the public roads by the recent
storms will also fall partly upon the
Levy Court.
The Methodists of Wesley Church
with 500 present in the public congre-
CATION and twelve tables Of cummunl-
cants. had a shouting time Sunday
IT. was DR.. Smiths last communion
service as pastor Of the church. Last
night. DR.. Baker, presiding elder OF
Dover district. preached a strong ser
mon on Power from on High.
The store which was formerly occu-
pied by H. r. Moore as feed store
is being thoroughly renovated and re
modelled for a modern law office build
ing. There are several apartment.
being made for occupancy. The build
ing was formerly owned by Mrs. Dun
ming OF Philadelphia.
Detective Hutchins. of the Delawar'
. railroad. is determined to break tn,
loafing of boys at the station. Th'
. boys congregate in the waiting rooms
and greatly Inconvenience the passen
gers.
The Clerk of the Peace has issue,
wedding licenses as follows: Frank q
Sweeny and Kate Moore, of Harbeson
and both well-known in Kent county
Ezekiel HUM and Florence Mlnlin, o
Philadelphia and Camden, respectively
The latter couple will be married earl
? in April in the Old Quaker Meetin.
- House in Camden.
. The colored people of Dover ar
y, thinking seriously Of starting a stor
!, i'm which all can have a share. Thre
strange men have been here and dis
D, cussed the plan last Friday evenin
4 and expect to be here next Frida
y evening when further details will b
j. arranged
4 The first baseball game Of the seaso
will be played next Saturday after
noon at Camden between the Dove
and Camden junior mines. The mana
ger of the team has concluded al
rangements with the Frankford Junio
s baseball team. which is the crack clu
of Sussex county.
A meeting of the Robbins Hose Con
panv will be held to elect a secon
f assistant engineer. James COad.
q Watson Broadway and Frank P. JonC
+ arc the committee appointed by Counc
p. to hold the election. Robert J. CAM
}. bell probably will be chosen chief.
Joseph r. Hoffecker will go TO Wasl
ingtOn to visit his daughter next weeI
l. He also expects to attend the meetir
lie of the Grand Lodge, A. o. u. W., Mar,
/ land. which is held there Mr.. Ho
fecker is grand trustee of the Delawai
.- A. o. L. w. and is greatly interests
n in Delaware obtaining the Distri
.- Of Columbia as part of her iurisdi
e tional territory
Il Miss Gussie Chandler, daughter
@ the Rev. Chandler. of Hmlock. NJ,
e is seriously i'll at the Wilmington Co
ference Academy.