Evening journal., 1912-07-16
WOMAN
HANDS CITY
A SCORING
"Outrage" She Says for the
Departments to Keep
Streets Torn Up
STREET OFFICIALS
AGREE WITH COMPLAINANT

Its an outrage, when one depart
ment has done an expensive piece Of
work. for another city department to
come along and tear it all up, making
it necessary 10 spend lot more Of
the taxpayers money to do it over.
It's an outrage and you can tell the
Water Department / said So"
This was the indignant telephone
message received this morning by the
directors of the Street and Sewer De-
partment from a woman owner OF
property at No. 1905 Rodney street.
Tie street and Sewer directors
agree with this woman's sentiments.
They say that 1t happens repeatedly
that they will notify departments and
companies Of a piece of work they
are going to do, and ask that any
thing these others may have to do
in connection with the work may be
done at the same time, but other de-
partments or light or telephone COM
panies will wait until they are nearly
through and then tear up all their
work to put improvements in their
line. Just now the Street and Sewer
Board having given previous notice
TO the water board that Rodney
street, between Tenth and Eleventh
was to be paved, have gone ahead
aud had the foundation rolled and now
The Water Department wants il all
cut up into or 4 trenches. The Street
and Sewer Commissioners feel that
the Water Department. should have
saved the taxpayers money by put
ting in their trenches before it was
necessary to undo all the work the
. Street and Sewer Board have done.
So much business came up before
8 the directors at this mornings ses-
+ sion that a recess was taken until
4.S0 this afternoon.
A letter from the Delaware and Att
& lantic Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany, signed by D. G. Hosfeld, plant
q supervisor, notified the directors that
the company was willing the board
Il should use their telephone ducts to
& lay IRE alarm cable, provided a rep
fesentative Of the company was pres
& ent while the work was being done,
n The board win Law ducts from
manholes to terminal poles at Ship
81 ley street, between Fourth. and Sixth
B streets; at Sixth street, between Ship
q ley and King streets, and King
81 street, between Sixth and Tenth
4 streets. A similar request will be
q mace OF the Philadelphia and viii
81 mington Traction Company
Y First and second readings we're
given to resolutions permitting the
Peoples. Railway Company to lay
tracks on Sixteenth street, for about
& 300 feet east Of Market street. This
81 track Is nee e1aty to had not vio-
u ming through the private property OF
y the company recently acquired by the
p city for pRTk purposes.
6 Richard w. Crook, general mana
81 ger Of the Peoples Railway Company
b appeared before the board and said
he felt that tho company had been
81 placed IN false light. BY the order
n 'ssucd last week FOR tho company tc
Ss carry out the s' q sprlnkllng ordi.
q ranoos, as the apsny had not VIC.
# lated the ordinance. On the streets
complained Of, they have spriukled
# evoty day but one, said Mr., Crook
4. and thoa they were laying new
8 curve at the place not sprlnkled.
The hoasd told Mr., Crook that they
b had requested the street commission.
or to verify the complaint before al
order was issued.