Evening journal., 1904-01-26
CITIZENS LIABLE
INSTEAD OF CITY
Proposed New Ordinance
Read at Meeting of
Street and Sewer
REFERRED TO CITY SOLICITOR
Directors Would Have the Property
Owners Held Responsible For DAM
age as Result of Ice-choked Cutters.
Other Business.

Other Business.
AS a result Of the numerous ice covered
streets during the recent cold snap. caused
by ice and snow being allowed to remain
in cutters, new resolution repeating or
dlnances now in force. was read at the
regular meeting Of the Street and Sewer
Commission this morning and referred to
City Solicitor Robert G. Harman. The
resolution provides:
Section 4. on and after 10 days from and
after the adoption of this resolution Il
shall be unlawful TO allow snow or ice to
remain upon any sidewalk, public footway
within the limits OF the said city Of VIII
mington.
Section 2. II shall be the duty Of every
tenant or occupant. or If there be no ten
ant or occupant. then Of the owner or
agent for the same OF any real estate sit
luated within the limits Of the said city Of
Wilmington, TO remove Immediately after
Its formation. any ice which may be
formed OF caused by the drainage or over
flow from such properties, whether the
nuisance be situated on footways Of same
or adjoining properties.
Section 3. 1t shall be unlawful to suffer
Tor permit snow to remain more than ten
working hours after the same may cease
to fan, on any pavement, footway or gut
tier OF the city. IN front or adjoining any
church. public building. house. store. sho1
stable or tenement Of any kind or tho
Iadioining sideyard thereof, or vacant lots.
land the occuplcr or owner OF agent OF
such premises. IL uuoccupied, shah be
liable for the penalty hereinafter pre-
scribed for such offence.
Section 4. It shall be the duty Of every
person. corporation or firm TO at once re-
. move from any public sidewalk. gutter oi
footway within the limits of said city, any
! snow or Ice which he. IL or they ma,
Z have deposited. permitted OF caused 10 torn
thereon or therein.
Section s. Every person. frm or cor
2 por3tion who shall fail. neglect or refus
I to perform any duty required by the fore
). going sections hereof shall be guilty O
committing and maintaining public nuls
= ance. and shall. upon conviction thereof
! IN the Municipal Court OF said city. b
s plnished bv "a fine Of not less than two no
d more than ten dollars.
Section 6. It shall be the duty Of IN
e officers. agents and servants Of any O
= the various departments OF the city O
J Wilmington. who shall have charge OF su
lperintendenoe of any property owned b.
the city to remove or cause to be removed
at the expense Of the proper department
, from the public footways. sidewalks an
/. cutters upon and adjoining such property
. all snow and ice in like manner and unde
like penalties as herein provided for prl
6 vate persons.
Section Z. When any person. firm OF cor
/, lporation has any billboard sign or car
. upon any property within the said cit
: announcing that he. they. or it has contrC
or charge thereof. either for the renting
: care. sale or exchange thereof, and ther
shall. at the same time be neither tenan
lnor occupier thereof, such person, firm c
lcorporaton shall re deemed the agent q
70 lperson in charge thereof within the near
: ing Of the provisions Of this resolution.
Complained of Crossing.
Garbage Contractor Martin keogh an
Dog Catcher George Kopp appeared b
fore the board and complained Of the cor
dition Of the railroad crossing az The foS
of Liberty street They said that Rya
II and Kelly, contractors for the Pennsy
vania railroad, had blocked the passae
! to such an extent that 81 was almost in
possible to cross the railroad al this poir
to reach the crematory or the dog poun,
The matter was referred TO Street Con
missioner Plerson.
At the request of Andrew Z. Sanborl
representing the Philadelphia and Rea,
ing railroad. the board promised to haS
a number OF wires crossing the tracks
70 the petitioners road at A street. beyon
a Third street bridge. hung higher. En-
n ployes of the railroad company on top
d freight cars have had narrow escape
d from electrocutlon. The board will motif
r the several corporations who have wir'
20 strung across the tracks to raise the
,r at once.
y The question OF the advisability OF Ia.
e ing a sewer IN Linden street betwet
p Broome and Franklin streets. was take
20 up. but no action was taken, There al
II only two houses in the street and it is
"a abate a nuisance that several Eleveni
= ward residents want a sewer located IN q
3 thoroughfare. The nuisance is a pond
d. lstagnated water Secretary Wigglcsworl
= Of the Board Of Health. says he has new
- received any complaints OF any stagnat,
surface I'm that section. but II existed AZ
was a nuisance. he would force the owne
into the sewer. providing the Street az
Sewer Commission would construct it.
A communication was received from D
~ Reed j. Mckay objectlng 10 the constru
q ton Of a sewer in Linden street at tn
time. He contends that It Is not needed.