Evening journal., 1905-04-25
MANY STREETS
NEED IMPROVING
Sewer Commission Besieged
With Requests for Repairs
to Pavements
GRAY OPPOSED TO MACADAM PAVING

The Board of street and Sewer Commits |
sioners today received "a petition signed I
bv officials of the Union and Water Witch
Fire Companies and a number of prop
ertv owners residing on the western side
of the city requesting the board to repair
Union street from Gnpin avenue TO Ian
caster avenue. The petition was readrand
several signers OF the paper spoke ON the
need of the street being improved as soon
as possible.
Thomas Dowd informed the board that
the Water witch Fire Company could
NOT use Union street IA responding TO an
alarm Of fire but was compelled TO so
around by way of Broomo street which
caused great loss of time. He thought re-
pairs could be made to the street at a
reasonably small cost
Mr.. Gray at this point interrupted MI
Dowd by declaring that 1t was q great
mistake TO lay macadam pavemonts. lie
said such pavements quickly TURNED TO
dust and he did not approve Of them.
Councilman Charles M zebley from tho
Twelfth ward said he thought the board
should give that section Of the city some
attention as It had received none for
years. This was admitted by the members
of the board, but they contended that
other parts Of the city had been equally
neglected.
AIR. Zebley called attention to Union
street and also TO the condition of Fourth.
street west Of Union. He said there was
a church. a home for the aged, and two
schools I'm that section and children and
ff
Obliged to walk I'm mud mp TO their shoe
tops. Presldept johnson admitted t'A-
something should be done and it is like
ly trat the members OF the board Will
visit the streets in question this week.
Walter c. Grant and Dr II. C. .ioore
also spoke Of the need of Improvement
to Union street and Fourth west of
Union.
OTHER STREETS NEED REPAIRS
Leonard e. Wales requested the board
to have the street at Eleventh and West
repaired. Work is now being done in that
vicinity by tho Water department and as
soon as completed the pavement will Be
repaired
! Mr.. Wales also asked the boards per-
mission for the Delaware Automobile and
Repair Company to put IN "a gasoline tank
under the pavement outside the building
limo Of tho structure II occupies at Elev-
onth and West streets. srhe board took mo
action on the request.
The board informed Cornelius Horfgau
that it would consider his request TO lag
a pavement in West street between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth. The board
has been pctitioned several times to lay
this pavement
The Peoples Railway Company in a
communication TO the board promised 20
make fun settlement for the balance of
the money due the city for paving done
for the company by the street depart
ment The amount due the city is about
$1,000.
MUST COMPLY WITH RULES
Secretary Christy informed the board
that the Master Plumbers Association
desired that some action be taken will
respect to the charge of violating tn,
plumbing regulations pending against
William II. Heine. The latter did som,
plumbing work at the Gibson House som,
time ago and according to the plumbing
inspector. the work was not done accord
ing to the plumbing regulations on Janu
larry Is Mr.. Heine was instructed 10 teai
the work out but he has failed to com
ply with the order. The board instructed
Secretary Christy TO notify Mr. Heinz
that until he stripped the work FOR eN
animation by the plumbing inspector an'
made all changes necessary under th'
rules OF the department no more permits
would be granted to him.
The Delaware and Atlantic TELEGRAPH
and Telephone Company was granted per
: mission to lay conduits ia about two an'
z one-half miles of streets. Before the per
mission was granted the commissioner
= discussed the matter Of tearing up street
but as the Delmarvia Company had bee
given similar permission sometime ag
the request could not be well refused. Un
der the motion the telephone compan'
must have the condults laid ana street
properly repaired by August /.
BENJAMIN Nields appeared before tn
board In reference 10 the extension of tn
% wilmington City Railway Company's lin
to the Country club Mr.. Nields desire
G Mt Vernon avenue condemned and thi
a Will eventually be done.
4 POLICE MIsINTERPRETING LAW.
A communication was received from {
II. Rudolph. jeweler at Fourth and Mal
ket streets. asking the board 10 grant hiI
permission to keep the awning in iron
r of his place of business extended 8 fec
q DO inches from the building line. The men
( bsrs Of the commission believe that th
[ police are misinterpreting cne law in r.
q gard TO awnings. Recently many bushes
e houses have been instructed by the DC
s lice to take in awnings extending NOR
than 4 feet from the building line. tn
board believes that awnings may exten
across the side walk. but that it is again'
!, the law to allow flaps TO extend MOI
/, than four feet.
3. Many business men have complained {
t the board as frequently the sun destroy
their wares displayed IN the windows ur
less protected by an awning The boar
win confer with the police officials o
o the matter.
II When the board adjourned II did SO ur
III Thursday morning when the People
q Company's request for a franchise 60 la
n tracks in Nineteenth street and Benso
= street will be taken up and decided. MI
Gray said he would vote for the fran
chise as soon as the company paid to IA
city the amount Of its Indebtedness.