Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-09-13
TOWN COUNCIL GRANTS
A FRANCHISE.

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The monthly meeting Of the Town
Council Of the. town Of Milford was
held last Monday night with all mem
bers present but DR.. Grier, and the ses-
sion lasted until after eleven O'Clock.
The regular monthly bills for police
and pay rolls were passed, and bills
for making improvement on Lake
View Avenue were all gone over. 1t
was found that the work on that high
way has amounted to about $500.
This makes about 50 900 worth Of
permanent street work this year, after
the early decision Of Council in the
spring, that no work other than the
completion Of the causewsy at the east
end ofNorth Milford would be attemp'
ted. That causewsy cost in round
figures 81 200, but it is a permanent
piece of work that was an absolute
necessity.
Bills for laying concrete cutters and
the sewer on North Front Street were
received and referred for adjustment.
The sewer on North Front street cost
about S25 less than the tapping fees
received from property along the route;
so that work has been without a dollar
Of expense to the treasury.
The Alderman's report for July and
August showed a very gratifying
amount as paid into the treasurer, being
nearly $85 for July clear Of all costs,
and about $45 in August clear Of costs.
This all comes from a class who the
tax-collectsr seldom gets any cOntribu.
ton from; so they are paying literally
for their privilege to raise the devil.
The bill for printing 500 copies Of the
new Town Charter anG Ordinances was
presented, and an order drawn for the
amount $4,000.
The question Of granting permit TO
the Western Union Telegraph Co. a
right Of way was considered by COun'
Gil, and a universal desire that no more
poles should be set on the streets Of the
town than now exist. was developed,
and this resulted in the adoption Of the
following resolution, which was pre-
scented by the representative Of the
Western Union Co.
Resolved by the Board of Town Council of the
Town of Milford, Delaware, that consent be, and
is hereby given and granted to the Western I'M
ion Telegraph Company, Inc, its successors and
assigns to plant its poles under ordinances Of
the Town Of Milford and string its wires and
cables along, over and across the roads, streets,
highways and public places in the Town OF Mil
ford, Delaware, as hereafter described, and
under the terms and conditions herein mention
ed; commencing at the town limits at the bridge
over the Presbyterian Branch as mentioned in
the Charter of the Town and running thence
easterly to Lake View Avenue and thence on
that Avenne to Causey Avenue. thence over
Causey Avenue to Walnut Street, and north on
that street to their present Office; also on Jefer-
son Avenue eastward from Lake View Avenue .
20 Walnut Street, thence south on Walnut Street
TO the Town limits, or the county road leading
to Georgetown.
Provided, however, that the consent Of the
Light and Water Commission shall first be had
to use their poles on the route as above outlined.
Provided further that the poles on Eugenia
Avenue Tor Presbyterian Branch Road and on
Lake View and Causey Avenues, shall be placed
so as to afford the least possible obstruction to
the public use of said highways and public
places, and shall be under the supervision Of the
Town Council, or their representative, as they
may direct.
Provided, further, that the Light and Water
shall have the right to use any pole or set Of
poles, owned by the aforesaid Western Union
Telegraph Company, Inc, at any time for the
stringing Of their wires In special, permanent
extraordinary occasions.
Adopted by the Town Council Of the Town Of
Milford, September 9th, 1907.
1t was shown that the business
interests of the town required that
competitor should be permitted to
maintain an Office for the transmission
Of kilograms in the town, and for that
reason the proposal to use the poles
jointly, appears to be not only fair, but
a method to prevent the designation
Of our streets with unsightly poles,
which are 8 necessity to business in
Milford.
Council adjourned until the second
Monday in October.
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