Evening journal., 1913-12-30
SYMPATHY FOR
COL. SPARKS
Street Department Expresses
Regret at Death Of Wife Of
Their President
CITY WILL APPEAL
FROM DAMAGE AWARD

The Board of Directors of the Street
and Sewer Department this morning
expressed sympathy for President Of
the Board. Colonel George w. Sparks,
for the loss Of his wife, Mrs. Alice A.
Sparks, who died on December "A.
The expression took the form Of a
resolution, which was passed by the
board and ordered spread on the min
utes. The resolution follows:
Be it resolved by the Board of
Directors of the Street and Sewer
Department, of the city OF Will
mington, Delaware, for and on
behalf OF the directors and officers
of this department, that we take
this action as an expression OF
our deep feeling of sympathy with
our president, Colonel George w.
Sparks, in the great sorrow
caused by the loss of his beloved
wife. a woman whom we were
privileged to know and whose
memory we will ever appreciate.
The members of the board gave au-
thority this morning to City Solicitor
Daniel 0. Hastings to take an appeal
before Judge Rice from the award OF
the commission appointed to assess
damages for the widening Of Della
ware avenue at West street. The
award Of the commission was return
ed on December % and gave to the
property owners damages to the
amount Of s2.9149O, which is $1,000
more than the award of the first
90, 4tlfC
department took an appeal. The in
dividual awards follow: Nathan
Barsky. S924.90: Stephen Luther Nc
pKee, S650.40; Holding Company of
Delaware. s615.00. and Elizabeth p.
Haynes. S724.60 The department will
ask that a new commission be ap-
pointed to fix the damages which the
department considers excessive in
the last award.
I The following plumbers we're
granted licenses for the year 1914:
Thomas e. Grier, Jr.. Ellwood c.
Evans. A. /. Sharpe. John H. sharp
less. James A. Meaney. James II.
Wharry, p f. Walsh, and Charles
Stewart and Brother
Complaint was made by Council
man Jacob immermann of the noise
made by West Fourth street trolley
cars of the Wilmington and Philadel-
phia Traction Company on West
Fourth street, between Tatnall and
West streets. Mr. Zimmerman's let
ter stated that the noise was made
by fiat wheels on cars Nos. 80. SO. so.
81. SO. S4 S5. and 81. An investlga-
ticn by the department and officials
of the traction company disclosed
that the noise was made by part of
the wheels of the cars running over
the stones in the street which had
been crowded against the trolley
tracks by recent rains and
the weather. The cars did not have
fat wheels. The matter was referred
to the street commissioners for ad-
iustmcnt.
A check for $500 was received from
James g. Oberly for part of the cost
of repairing the road to his brick yard
The directors expressed their appreci-
alton of Mr.. Oberley's act, as it was
done without solicitation on their
part
Councilman John ]. McDermott re.
quested that an electric light be placed
at the corner of Maple and Porter
street The light was ordered put on
the list.
The resolution establishing a new
street between Twenty and
Twenty-seventh street. running par
,allel with Madison street, was given
its first and second readings. The new
street Will be known as zebley Place
and has been named after Frank r.
Zeblcy, a member of the Board Of Edu-
cation. who asked that the street be
laid out because he intended to erect
some houses on it.