Evening journal., 1913-08-12
WOMEN GET
PROMISE OF
new STREET
Tired Of Looking at Torn Up
highway, Directors Say
They Will Hurry
COMPLAINT AGAINST
TROLLEY GETS ATTENTION

Directors of the Street and Sewer
Department in session today were
entertained by a delegation Of irate
female residents of Heald street be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
who wanted to know how long that
street was going 10 remain in the
torn up condition that it has been in
for a long time. The street is being
repaired but the work has progressed
so slowly that the residents, have
lost patience.
The flow of language was perfect
but a greater part OF it was in
broken English and its effect was
partly lost.
President Sparks admitted that the
complaint was a just one and told
the women that the department in
tended to improve the street as soon
as possible.
Following the visit of the women,
Fred X. Felt, representing the Con-
cord Heights Co., presented to the
department deeds for the bed of the
Boulevard, Concord avenue, Harrison
street, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-ffth
and Twenty-sixth streets These
deeds were presented by the Concord
Heights Company, A. S. Elliott, Mrs
Laura Harrar, Elwood S. Hilbert,
Albert c. Frisch, William H. Jones
Equitable Guarantee and Trust Com
pany as trustee, and the Board OF
Education. The value of the land is
$1,000. It will cost the city about
$4,000 to improve the streets and
there probably will be a special bond
issue to defray this expense.
In discussing the paving problem
President Sparks said the directors
we're confronted with a problem, the
solution of which seemed to be the
discontinuing of street repair work
for about a year He explained that
City Council had seen fiji to cut the
departments appropriation $4,000
and that this and an over-expendi-
ture of last year of $4,000, with Other
expenses, would make il necessary
FOR the department to make up $780,
600 shortage, and the only way h,
could see was to stop repairing the
streets.
Mr.. Felt announced to the directors
that the company he represented wa.
ready TO pay two-thirds of the cos
of paving the Boulevard from Concord
avenue TO Twenty-ninth street
The bank balances show the follow
ing: To current expenses, S24,Sl4.05
special fund, S15.349.2O; sewer exten
sion fund s40,216.53.
The following pay rolls we're order
ed paid: Labor, S2539.l7; carts, 81,
1890.
The formal complaint made to Cit
Council by Councilman McDermott q
the Eleventh ward against the People
Railway Company, charging that pawn
supposed to be done by that compan
in that ward had been neglected, wa
discussed by the directors, after th
complaint had been read by that bod
this morning. The directors were no
sure whether the company under 1T
franchise. was compelled TO pave With
five years or not.
Mr. Chusty. the secretary. was in
structed TO look up whether the Pee
pies Company is required to pave alon
its new lines from curb to curb with
four and one half or live years and sen
a copy OF the law to the Peoples Con
pany.
A cheering letter in behalf of a cit
Beautiful" and the clean up" crusad
was received from Richard 7. Mention a
follows:
Mr. L. V. Christy. secretary of the
Street and Sewer Department,
City.
Dear Sir: Have received Your
letter of the 3lst and wish to report
that the alley referred to therein
was cleaned up by the residents
yesterday and they are so well
pleased with the improvement it has
made that it is not probable that
there will be another occasion for
complaint very soon.
With the same effective work in
every district OF the Metropolis of
Delaware, it would be a much clean
er and brighter City Beautiful"
Respectfully.
RICHARD r. MENTION
The letter was received with expires
eione of ,,leasure hv the directors