Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-20

I'm the teeth of n driving snowstorn,
yesterday employees of the Street and
sewer Department completed the now
Tenth street sewer which was one of the
most difficult undertakings ever attempted
by the department. While the elements
were raging during much OF the time the
work WAS under way. This did not seriously
interfere with the project as. on the upper
end. the operations were entirely under
ground the men working i'm a tunnel and
& made no difference what sort of weather
prevailed above ground. After the sewer
had been finished "a connection was made
with the Ford Building Nothing was
Known above ground about this work
either, as it was also a tunnel project.
The completion of the sewer was de-
cidedly gratifying TO George Rommel,
Jr., the departments engineer, who
planned 1t and kept a close watch on the
work
The chief object of this sewer was to
provide satisfactory drainage for the new
| building which is being built for the du
Pont Co., nc the northwest corner of
Tenth and Market streets. The basement
/ Of that building will be about 20 feet
below the level of Market and Tenth
streets, which is much lower than the old
matter was brought to the attention of
the Street and Sewer Department that
body. in order to facilitate the building
project. ordered a new sewer built at once
which would be doep enough to take care
of all the drainage. At some points the
new sewer is 25 feet deep, while at other
places It Is not so deep, as there is con-
siderable fall between Market and King
streets and a much greater fall between
King and French Connection is made
at French street with another trunk sewer.
the capacity of which is sufficient 10 take
care of all OF the drainage
While working up TO Market street the
sewer was constructed with the top open,
but when Market street was reached
Engineer Rommel decided to work en-
tirely under ground. which was possible.
in view of the great depth of the trench.
/ and by doing so business at that location
was not interiered with In fact, there
was comparatively little interference any
where. Ninth and Eleventh streets are
both good thoroughlares for vehicular
/ traffic, and as there are no business houses
on Tenth street between Market and King.
| the Court House Square being on one side
and tho cemetery of the First Presby-
| tcrian Church on the other, it was not
necessary TO create a blockade at any
place where business might be interfered
with. While the work was in progress at
/ King street provision was made for the
| passage OF cars and other vehicles, and
| there was no trouble at that point
The new sewer solves a problem which
has confronted the Street and Sewer De
/ partment for some time Several years
ago a sewer was laid in Tenth street bv
private parties subsequently it became
the property of the city, by purchase.
/ but IL was soon found TO be inadequate 10
the needs of the locality, because OF its
shallow depth and size, and IT, was only a
/ question of time when a now sewer would
have TO be built to take its place. The
| climax was reached when the du Pont Co.
decided TO build there, and It was then
! evident that semething would have 60 be
done without delay. Now there is pros
pect of other large building operations
in that section, including the y. M. c. A.
! Building which, is TO be at Tenth and
Orange streets. and there will ho no diff
Guilty about drainage facilities. As a
/ matter Ol fact such "a sewer as the one
/ which has just been laid will be an induce
ment To those who desire TO put up large
buildings in that locality.
The sewer building force of the Street
and Sewer Department will be put Ia
work immediately constructing "a sewer
In Shallcross avenue from Jackson street
TO Adams. thence to Gilpin avenue where
connection will bo made with "a sewer
which has been there for some time. This
sewer viii be built at the request Of the
Board OF Health.