Milford chronicle., 1913-07-04
SUSSEX COUNTY LEVY COURT.

At "a meeting Of the Sussex County
/ Lew Court neid on Tuesday afternoon,
1 Commissioner John E. James. Of the
Fourth District. was authorized and di-
rected to have erected a porch and the
house piastered a Woodland Ferry.
which was badly damaged by lightning
several DAYS ago
The motion passed at the session of
the body in June 20 allow Recorder of
Deeds Harvey f. Wolfe an additional
clerk at a salary not to exceed Sl.00 per
day, dating from the first of the year.
and also the motion to allow him ABOUT
$500 of the $500 he has paid for extra
clerical work during his ncumocncy
were reconsidered and the motion for
same prevailed
Rev H. L. Schlincke pastor of First
NJ. P Church, Georgetown, was granted
permission to take from the county
gravel pit at Gravely Hill, sufficient ma
terial for the laying Of concrete pave
ment on King Street, running to the side
of the church.
Clerk of the Peace Mark L. Davis
was authorized and directed to write to
the Secretary of State for the law passed
at the last session Of the Legislature re-
latiye to the construction of the bridge
across the Laurel River at Laurel
The attorney for the court, Daniel j
Layton. Jr., was directed-t0 prepare a
petition for the laying out Of a new road
in Baltimore Hundred from Ocean View
to Omar.
Commissioner Joseph Virden's mo-
ton was lost, relatives to the allowing
of person who has two or three pairs
of horsesswhich are accustomed to work
together and are worked on the roads
Just the same as that allowed for each
pair and man.
A resolution was adopted that whe n
the bonds heretofore ordered printed for
the improvement of the COurt-HOuse
and the building of the bridges over the
proposed canal at Lewes are completed,
that arrangements be made for the ad-
vertising of same and the sale thereof.
Clerk of the Peace Mark L. Davis Of
Milford and George Z. Reed of the First
District were appointed a committee to
look after the construction of the bridge
spanning the stream between Sussex
and Kent counties. The bridge in Ques-
ton is the one which recently gave way
at what is known as Silver Lake in Mil
ford. and it is the desire that a concrete
structure be placed there, estimates for
which have been made to cost about /
$500. The Equitable Guarantee and /
Trust Company Of Wilmington, acting /
as trustee for the Causey estate, hold |
ers of nearby property. which is effected |
by the break. have asked that bridge /
be placed over the stream as soon as /
possible according 70 the advice given I
the court at Tuesday S meeting
Levy Courtman Joseph q. Virden was
to make the necessary repairs
to the bridge spanning Broadkiln River
Clerk of the Peace Davis was directed
-o write TO Major r. r. Raymond head
IF the Government Engineer Corps, no
flying him that the bridge spanning
he canal at Lewes viii be removed
when work Of dredging the proposed
ANAL from Rehob0th to Lews Is started. [
md further that nothing viii be in the
way to impede progress on this much
ought inland waterway, which viii de-
-elop hundreds Of acres of waste land
n that section of the county.
The court has authorized and directed
Peter S. Shockley to write {
ach collector for 1911 and 1912 to pay
he taxes due the county for said years
n or before the first Tuesday in August.