Evening journal., 1907-04-16
TO PAVE I5S
BLOCKS IN CITY
schedule Of Street and Sewer
Directors Provides For I'm
prOVementS

Directors Of the Street and Sewer Board
;o-day adopted schedule Of 1853 blocks of
.ity streets to be paved along with sewer
construction and Improvements, at a
otal estimated cost Of S559,OOO.
OF these IMPROVEMENTS S4lSOoO is es.i-
mated for street paving and sln,Ooo for
levers. This includes the new interceptins
fewer along the north side Of the Brandy
vine.
Council has passed an ordinance author
zing the borrowing of $5OOOOO for the inn
brovements, and the street directors this
morning decided to borrow s250,0O0 as soon
Is possible to begin the work.
Estimates are for paving with bi'ulthic
which is the highest priced material but
Is many of the blocks will be paved with
ire brick or with macadam this will
.reatIy reduce the estimated cost and
eventually will enable the improving CT
many more blocks not in the schedule
ldopted.
The schedule provides for the paving
10 nearly ten miles of streets and the Wild
tning Of Tenth street from shipley toI
Orange.
The railway companies also are to be
compelled TO pave along their tracks the
tost of this work being estimated at S5l'-
bO
rhe greatest improvement scheduled isl
Tor the Seventh ward, which is to get 2il
taved blocks.
representatives Of the Standard Btu
lthic Company held a conference with the
lreet and Severe Directors after the
iagular meeting to-day and talked over
lhe comprehensive paving scheme but no
iontracts were entered into.
The estimates by wards for paving are;
First. sse47: Second. sso,e72; Third, $3.50;
fourth siso57: Fifth. 1882; Sixth, Sl4saz;
,sventh sS0172; Eighth, S2iS91' MINI.
plOi5: Tenth. s9O,sO0; Eleventh. Sh'6y';
twelfth, S6a592.
The schedule Of streets to be paYe1 is
first Ward
west street. Front to Fourth,
Third street West to Washington.
6econd Ward
Heald street, Lobdll to c.
IobdeH street, Hea d to Clayn ont.
Claymont street, Lobden to B.
New Castle avenue Lobdell to A.
Third Ward
Adams street. Second TO Third
Christiana street, jefferson to Madi-
ton.
Conrad street, Monroe to Adams.
Montgomery. street, Fourth TO Fifth.
Fourth Ward
Fifth street, Walnut TO Spruce.
Lord street. Pine TO Railroad.
fifth Ward
seventh street, dupont to Union.
sixth stret, DUPONT &c Union.
scott street. Sixth TO Eighth.
lincoln street. Sixth to Eighth.
dupont street, sixth to Ninth.
Clayton street, Sixth 70 seventh.
Sixth Ward
Wilson street, Seventh to Eleventh.
Elizabeth street, Tenth to Twelfth.
Fifteenth street, iKng TO French.
Tenth street, Market to King.
Seventh Ward
Delaware avenue. eBnsOn d. BrincSle.
Rive~view avenue, Delaware avenue
to Parlroad.
dupont street, Ninth to Delaware
avenue.
thirteenth stret, Rodney to dupont
Ninth street, Rodney to Union.
Jackson street. Gilpin to Shallcross.
Harrison street. Shalcross to Lover
ing avenue.
Eighth Ward
Bennett street. Seventh to Eleventh.
Button wood street, Seventh to Tay-
seventh street. Church to Button.
wood.
Twelfth street, KirIswood to Pine.
Ninth Ward
vandever avenue. Market to Rail
road.
Bighteehth street, Market to Wash
ington.
Twenty-second street, West to Wash
ington.
roe.
Tenth Ward
Van Buren street. Lancaster avenue
to Linden.
Elm street, Adams to Franklin.
Harrison stret, Chestnut TO Linden.
Jackson street, Lancaster avenue to
Third.
Eleventh Ward
Van Buren street, Linden to Maple.
avn Buren, street, Sycamore to Mary
land avenue.
Sycamore street, Maryland avenue to
Harrison street.
Porter street, Lindn to Maple.
Bird street. Maryland avenue to Rail-
road.
Logan street Maryland avenue to
Railroad.
Oak street, Maryland avenue to
Franklin.
Harrison street. Oak to Maryland
avenue
Cedar street. Maryland avnue to
Brown.
stroud street. Maryland avenue to
Brown.
Eighth avenue. Brown to Duncan.
Grading MaryNlnd avenue from Sew
enth avenue to city line.
Twelfth Ward
Grant avenue. Fourth to Sixth.
Fifth street. Union to Springer.
Sixth street, Union TO Grant.
dupont, Lancaster avenue to Sixth
Fourth street. Union to the bridge.
Chestnut street. II rrison to Clayton
Second street, Broome to Rodney.
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