Evening journal., 1903-02-17

REAPP0INTED
Levy Court Reelected All
but One of the Bridge
Guards
STEVENSON SUCCEEDS C, N, YATES
Janitor, Fireman, Night Waterman and
Clock Regulator for the Court House
VIII Not Be Elected Until Next
Week.

At this mornings session Of the Levy
Court all Of the present bridgetenders
I'M both rural New Castle county and
Wilmington with one exception were
reelected They are to serve one year
from the expiration Of their present
term which is March %. The one ex-
ception is that of George n. Yates,
night tender at Third street bridge, who
is succeeded by Frederick Stevenson.
The bridgetenders elected were as
follows: Rural New Castle county,
Fleming's Laning, Jacob Gibbons;
Odessa, Israel +. Croft; Fennimore.
John Slant; Christiana. Frank Miller;
Churchman's Leonard M. Simpson and
Newport, James Mahan.
Wilmington, Market street bridge,
day man, Willard F. Gregg; Market
street, night Lindsey Wilson; Third
street, day, William G.. Wright; Third
street, night, Frederick Stevenson;
Eleventh street, Michael Police; Mar
ket street, across the Brandywine, Ken
nard Trusty; Washington street, Dam
/ iel Dougherty; Seventh street, David
King.
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be an election Tor janitor, fireman,
night watohman and clock regulator for
the county Court House, but as no agree
ment was reached at the caucus of the
Republican members previous to the
meeting the matter was held over until
next Tuesday. Those holding the
above offices at present are: Fireman,
John Levy; ianitor, John Kelley; night
watchman, Samuel Andrews; and clock
regulator William Clark.
! There are a number Of candidates for
the offices. but the most interesting
contest is between James II. Price and
j. Harry Weeks, both colored for might
watchman. Price is backed by the
lQuigley-Baeh ring and Weeks is sup
lported by Horace G. Knowles.
Mr. Willis and Mr.. Armstrong re-
ported that they had completed work
of going over the books of the assessor
of st. Georges hundred and had found
them correct. Mr.. Hopkins and Mr.
4 Elliott reported that the books of the
assessor of Mill Creek hundred had
been completed.
Z The courts attorney, Horace Greeley
Knowles. in his opinion as TO whether
or not the court should exempt the
Florence Crittenton Home and several
other institutions from taxation, stated
! that he thought the receiver Of taxes
should proceed to collect the taxes and
= then if the institutions desire to they
can take the matter to the Superior
Court and have it definitely decided
there.
Mr.. Willis asked the court TO au-
thorize the county comptroller TO hand
over to him the contract of Alvin Nor
rison for building Fleming's bridge, SO
that he could explain it to the Kent
county court. Comptroller Kelley, af-
ter making a search, said that he did
not have the contract.
John C. Corbit, of Newark, one of the
trustees of the worl5holhe, appeared
, before the court and asked for assist
ance i'm developing the stone quarry al
the worlShouse. A stone crusher was
needed, he said but the trustees have
not the funds TO secure It. He asked
that the court put the matter on its list
D of needed legislation and try to secure
an appropriation for it from the Cen
! eral Assembly. Mr.. Corbit said the
a stone crusher would be used for the
r betterment Of the county roads.
: MIR. Knowles reported progress in g
number Of matters that had been re-
: ferred to him.
AT the meeting this afternoon Trus-
tees of the Ferris Industrial School viii
again ask for an extra appropriation.
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