Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1906-01-30
RELATIVE TO EXPENSE
which The Street and Sewer Depart
ment Desires The County
to Share
DETAILS OF THE IMPROVEMENT
Cost of Permanent Improve
ment About $4,000.
TEMPORARY REPAIRS ABOUT $4,000

s,reet and Sewer Directors johnson
~ Melvin, and Street Commissioner
pis,sop appeared before the Levy
conrt this morning in regard TO The
natter Of improving the Causewa
sonth Of Market street bridge.
President johnson of the Street and
sever Department stated that the
r,smbers Of the board had been before
sbs court once before and that the
matter had been referred TO a commit
tea hut that was the last heard OF it.
Il vas bis idea, be said, to get the
oopnty 10 meet the city half way in
making the needed repairs. 10 rut
tbe CauseWay at grade, be said, would
cost prooably $50, 900, but that be con-
adered would be impFaotloable, and it
could be put in good condition for
tIsf8c for much less. lie said the De.
partment did not have the money to
make the repairs and therefore be
thought the county should help.
"help US out Of hole" he said,
land the people out Of the mud. "
10 answer to the question az to how
much it would cost, Street Commits
soner Pierson said, 20-foot road that
would meet the requirements could be
built for $1,000.
President MoFarlan OF the Levy
Court remarked that he noticed people
we're still filling the bitches. Mr..
Johnson said il was hard to stop that
unless some one would 60 out there
With a gun.
Mr.. LoRue said be would like to $50
The CauseWaY repaired. Mr.. Lopue
stated that Mr.. Knowles, attorney for
fhe court, had given him a verbal
opinion 10 the effect that there was
nothing to prevent the Levy Court
assisting iu repairing the CauseWay.
NJ Brown thought the court should
insist on Ny. Knowles giving a writ
ten opinion on the subject.
NJ Knowles entered the room while
the subject was being discussed.
When asked for his opinion he said he
bad looked into the law and there was
% doubt but that the Causeway is a
city street, over which the Levy Court
has 20 control and therefore it lie not
by law required to exercise any con.
uol over u, or to spend any money TO
repair It, The county, he said, could
no more be compelled to spend money
10 repairing the Causeway, than IL
could 10 repairing Market street. Mr..
Knowles thought, however, that there
is nothing to prevent the county help
ING to repair the road IL it so desired.
The committee on Wilmington hun
disd bridges, held conference with
tue Street and Sewer officials, alter
which Mr.. Logue stated that next
Tuesday the Street and Sewer Depart
ment will submit a plan AID cost Of
repairs and the amount 10 could ex-
pend. The attorney OF the court 10
lhe meantime will be asked for his
opinion as to whether OF net the work
can be done under the good roads act
communication was received by
the Street and Sewer Board today
from the Wilmington Paper box Co.,
Market and D streets, and William Il /.
6oimau d Co., South Market street,
Offering no objection TO bringing the
Causewny to grade, the statement
having been made that il was much
below grade and some abutting proper
Ties might be damaged by bringing II
y grace The Communication was died.
commissioner Melvin said objection
had been made by a property owner
along the Causeway, but the rripoipa
obstacle TO the Improvement now is the
aok OF funds. The commissioners
ss'sed that something will have 20 be
zone letter was received from the
Alls Producers Protective Assooia-
uou, asking for early cotton. The
nsociation will be informed that IL il
ine Intention of the board to do what
~ can In the way Of improvement.
fflor to going to the Court House
. confer with the members Of the
levy Court, she Street and Sewer
directors examined a profile of the
SauseWay prepared by Chief BouRh.
man OF the City Surveying Depart.
ment,as result of which examination
u was figured out that the cost Of
grading the CauseWay, within the city
limits, and surfaoing it with stone, tC
ue width of 20 feet, would be, ap-
fortunately, S32, 1000. The average
sep,n OF the present road, below the
sssaolished grade, was found to be Z.
, NV aud the filing required 5000