Evening journal., 1903-02-28
STREETS ALL OVER CITY
COULD BE PAVED WITH
$24O,OOO BORROWED

the Brandywine to Claymont street.
Bennett street from Seventh stree, to
Eleventh street
Claymont street from Eleventh street
to Vandever avenue.
Vandever avenue from Claymont
street to Market street
Tatnall street from Concord road to
Thirtieth' street.
Washington street from Concord road
to Thirtieth street.
Wooddale avenue from the Boulevard
to Thirtieth street.
New Castle avenue from Heald street
to city line.
Garesche's Lane from New Castle
avenue to the Causeway.
Heald street from Christiana avenue
to New Castle avenue.
To Help Brandywine Village.
Twenty-second street from Market
street to Carter street
Lamotte street from Vandever avenue
to Gordon street
Twenty-fifth street from Market
street to Washington street.
Provisions of Bill.
Section 4. of the proposed act, pro-
vides that il shall be the duty of the
Mayor and Council OF Wilmington,
through its appropriate agencies upon
the approval of the bill, to begin pro-
ceedings at once for the condemnation
of the beds of all OF the streets emu
merated, which the Mayor and Council
of Wilmington shall not on the date OF
the approval of the proposed act be the
.owner thereof. It shall be the further
duty OF the Mayor and Council OF Will
mington. through the Board of Direc-
tors of the Street and Sewer Depart
ment to require that the owners of
property abutting on all Of the streets
enumerated shall set curbing. of the
kind to be approved by the Board of
Directors Of the Street and Sewer De-
partmentwhen and as they shall be di-
rected by the board i'm front of the
lands of said owners so abutting on
the specified streets. And in case of
the failure or neglect of any of the
abutting owners to set curbing upon
the demand and in such manner as the
Board of Directors OF the Street and
Sewer Department shall require and
direct, the Board OF Directors OF the
Street and Sewer Department shall
proceed itself to set said curbing and
enter up a lien against the premises OF
abutting owners as authorized by the
charter of the city Of Wilmington.
The work will be commenced upon
the improvements contemplated with
in three months from the date of the
approval of the measure and all Of the
work and materials for the improve
ments viii be contracted for within
one year from the approval of the act
and all OF the improvements contem-
plated will be completed within the
space of two years from the date OF
the approval OF the bill.
Work to Be Pushed.
Section provides that the work
shall be begun upon the streets emu
lmerated in the order in which they are
named, and the work upon each street
upon which work is begun shall be
| pushed to completion as rapidly as pos
lsible consistent with the due and per-
feet performance of the work thereon
The Board of Directors of the Street
and Sewer Department shall, through
the Surveying Department OF said city
furnish all necessary plans and speci-
lfications for advertising of proposals
for bids for the work and for the
drawing of the contracts with success
fil bidders.
Sections and outline the plans
and manner of making the improve
ments, the kind of material to be used
and how it shall be deposited in order