Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-10
|SHOWN BY REPORT TODAY
Indication of Much New
~ Work at This Time.
, NEW BRIDGE PROPOSITION
rooeived From the 3. e. o.
Railroad co.
REJECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

,,,,b business was brought TO the at
,..,;on of the Street and Sewer Directors,
', heir regular meeting this morning.
o., balance in bank was reported TO be
4 ~ gQ which does not indicate a
,l.,, slo, deal Of work in the shape OF inn
,.r.ysments in the near future.
Andrew f. Sanborn, counsel for the
baltimore T. Ohio Railroad Co., was at
ibs meeting in regard to the overhead
triige at Eighth street. Some time ago
Js board granted permission TO the com
rsnv to tear down the present wooden
! s-;jye with the understanding that IL
wonid be replaced with a permanent iron
/ s,,5ge when the board thought it was
Dos5ed An agreement was drawn up
i 20 tbis effect. but It was returned by the
,olroad company today, with the amend
msnt that it be a foot bridge. The board
r.tructed the secretary TO notify the
connanv that it would not accept the
. amendment and the original agreement
vill probably be entered into.
4 petition was received from property
. owners in the vicinity OF Eighteenth street
eni Mt Salem Lane, asking the depart
mont IN build a sewer on Eighteenth
street between Mt. Salem Lane and Wood
. lawn avenue. The commissioners looked
4 over this section last Wednesday with the
nropertv owners. William ID. Brinckle,
ubo is one of the property owners, was
nresent and said he would be glad to give
. Inc board any information on the matter
4 It desired
Inc board. after considering the matter
carefully decided to let the matter go over
#untl the meeting next week
James II. Westcott made complaint
about water draining into the yard of his
prouertv al Lowering avenue and Adams
/ street. The matter was referred to the
/ attention of the Board of Health and the
| secretary of the board said that he has
been trying 20 locate the owners OF the
properties. from which the water drains
into Mr. Westcott's yard but so far he
has been unsuccessful.
Complaint was made about water being
In the cellars of some Of the houses IN The
vicinity of Nandever avenue and Church
street Sewer Engineer Rommel salc
the sewer in that vicinity was entirely
too small to carry of the water and there
fore it backs up in the cellars. He saiC
that the only way to prevent the trouble
would be to build a larger sewer. Ih
board stated one would be built later.
Applications for more crossings in tn
lower end of the Ninth ward were hell
under advisement.
Application was made for a sewer a
Fourth and Scott streets, for severa
houses 20 be erected in that vicinity. Ih
board ordered the sewer built.
communication was received iroI
the Twelfth ward Improvement Associ'
ton requesting a betterment OF the COZ
ditons Of the streets in that ward, an
10 compel property owners to repair sidl
Enalks; also, TO compel the railway con
panies to put in better condition the
Iportion Of the streets. The communic'
/ ton was filed.
n Secretary Hamann Of the Board
ltealth complained about local plumbe
taking out permits TO do certain wol
and not finishing il. He was requests
to furnish the board with a list of Il
Iplumbers so offending, when measures
reform would be applied.