Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-22
He Protests Against Additional
Highly Charged Electric
Wires Being Erected on
Front Street
HE SAYS THERE is DANGER
Expresses the Fear That the
Fire and Police Telegraph
System Would be in
Jeopardy.

At the meeting Of the Directors Of
the Street ana Sewer Department,
this morning, City Lineman told the
board that when the Wilmington
Light, Power and Telephone Co. erects
poles and wires on Front street the
wires of the police and fire alarm sys-
tenn will be sandwiched between those
wires and the wires of the Wilmington
City Electric Co., which will jeopar
die the fire alarm and police system,
the wires Of the electric companies
being highly charged. II any of them
should break and fall on the ire and
police wires, be said that would throw
the whole system out of order, and
would also make il very dangerous
work for the city linemen TO repair
the wires of the fire and police system.
| The board placed the matter IN the
hands of Street Commissioner Pierson
| for an investigation. The board de-
/ cided to try TO purchase the remaining
| poles along Market street belonging TO
! the Delaware & Atlantic Telephone
/ Co., which are about to be taken
down, so as TO lease them to other
| companies.
Chief Engineer Leisen Of the Water
Department asked that the grade OF
| Wooddale avenue at Twenty second
street be changed. The board ordered
the grade changed.
Tie contract for cement for the
ensuing year was awarded to Walter
Hare, the lowest bidder. Mr.. Hare
bid was 81 per barrel, TO be deliv-
cred on the work when ordered.
The Wilmington Brick Co., was
awarded the contract for supplying
paving brick to the city.
The Wilmington Foundry Co., was
awarded the contract for supplying
castings
Maxwell & Sons received the con-
tract for gutter stone and the Della
ware Terra Gotta Go. received the con-
tract for supplying terra Gotta pipe.
Howard =. Sadtler asked the board
to open Grant avenue $50 feet north of
Parkway, and macadamize 1t, stating
that he had sold to Alfred d. Warner
a tract Of land on the west side of
Grant avenue north of Parkway, upon
which Mr.. Warner and his three sons
expect to build houses. The matter
was referred to Street Commissioner
Pierson, who will make an investiga-
tion and report.
At the request Of William f..
Smalley, Jr., representing the Otto
Gas Engine Works, final action on the
resolution fixing the grade of Com
merce street was deferred for at least a
week, because Of the absence Of Engi-
neer Powell of the Otto CO., stating
that there is some difference Of opinion
as to where the lines ought to be.
, Howell S. England asked that cross
/ ings be placed across Cedar street al
/ Wright and Coleman and that gutter:
be placed 100 feet on the south side
, Of Wright street and 100 feet on the
north side Of Coleman street. The
I improvement will be made when th'
, stone arrives.
A representative Of the Wilmington
I Light, Power and Telephone Co. aske,
/ permission to drain the company's con
duits, in Vandever avenue and Bueni
! Vista street, into sewer inlets. Per
! mission was granred.
r the Speakman Supply and Pipe Co
! asked for the condemnation Of Ihir
I tieth street from Market 10 Church
f so that the city can acquire and opel
3 it. The board promised to take tn
) matter up.
! Magistrate Bradley asked for sewe
s connections Cor the Independence Fir
q Co. 8 house, at Twelfth and Claymon
streets, and also for the drainage q
8 some Of the lowlands in the Mint
ward. The board will take both mat
8 ters up.