Evening journal., 1917-03-20
Citizens TO DIG ON
new Sewer FOR CITY
Residents of Thirty Third
and Washington Offer
Services Saturdays
PETITION DIDN'T
REPRESENT VIEWS

: Residents in the vicinity Of Thirty
I third and Washington streets are dis
pleased over the wording Of certain
petitions for paved streets, which
were recently drawn up by Thomas
j. Sawyer. of No. 1914 Washington
: street. and presented to City Council
and 10 the street and sewer directors.
This morning new petition, drawn
Up by the residents. was read at the
meeting Of the street and sewer
directors. The petition bore the
signatures of all of the signers of the
first petitions with the exception OF
Mr.. Sawyer.
According to the new petition. the
purport of the original was contrary
TO representations made to those who
signed It. The residents declare thai
they thought they we're signing a pc
tition for a sidewalk, whereas street
paving and other items which had No
connection with the project were in
cluded, and the wording of the whole
was in direct contrast to the senti
ments of the residents. The follow
ing statement in part was included
with the new resolution:
For the benefit Of the public and
the various city departments affected
we wish to state that all such articles
which have appeared recently in the
daily papers, signed residents OF
Thirty-third and Washington streets
and vicinity. scoring the several city
bodies nd characterizing our locality
as unsafe to remain in. we're neither
authorized by us nor did we have any
knowledge that such letters had beer
written until we first read them In the
news columns.
while it is true that the resident
OF several of the houses in a par
of this section have had drainage prob
t lens to contend with, this does no
r apply to all. However. the sewer 70
2 this part in question. which has beel
t under course of construction for som
{ weeks, is now nearing completion, an
p will adequately take care of all pres
r ent and future difficulties in this re
5 spect We deeply regret that such in
opportune remarks have been made
0 Respectfully,
. PRESIDENTS OF 33d AND WASH
INGTON STREETS"
I The new resolution follows;
"March l6, 1917.
y '''To the Board of Directors Of the Stree
and Sewer Department, Wilmington
al Del.
Gentlemen: We the undersigned res
- dents Of the territory contiguous
- Thirtv-third and Washington and Mad
son streets, having previously subscribe
our names to petitions forwarded TO u
Street and Sewer Department and liS
wise 10 the Council, do herewith decla
that we did so without a careful readu
Of the said petitions the purport
, which is directly contrary TO the repr
sensations as made TO MS. We thong
D. We were signing petitions for sidewall
Q whereas. in language of which we do II
- approve the petitions referred to sire
e having and other items which have
:, connection with this project whatev'
S We herewith ask YOU TO erase o.
L names from the petitions forwarded
YOU and would most respectfully T
}, quest that YOUR board take such acti'
q as IL consistently may and at as ear
d a date as possible 10 give us relief fro
the sidewalk and road conditions no
S existing in the section referred TO-"
4 The petition was signed by the 70
g lowing:
& Lewis A. Owens. Samuel T. Lun
beck. George Meenan, Harry NJ. Truit
s. Henry Reed. Walter J. Outten. vii
.e liam J. Conner. Frank J. Kieffe
lie Harry S. Williams. p. L. Gray, r. i
r. Grier. c. r. Grason, F.. p. Mckay, ,
re T. Green. James 7. Cooper. James !
&c Mccartney, oliver L. Hartman, Georg
y G. Turner. David +. Biddle, Thoma
lie Gibson, Jr.. Peter Rowan. James KeT
nedy. George Z. Grotz. II. c. Parrisl
jG T. Comfy, c. S. Morris, r. c. Dean
Frank Miller. J. Edgar Hall, L.
Bratton. r. o. Wilson, Emma YCun
and c. Rechsteiner.
q Oiier to Build Sewer.
The same residents sent word tn
morning offering their services to a
IT, in the completion Of the sewer unde
a ! going construction in that vicinit
mi Saturday afternoons especially we
s. specified. The board accepted the sc
I'll vices Of the residents and foremi
IT.. will direct the work OF the citizei
Ir. Saturday afternoons until the work
IL completed.
is Attention OF the board was call
RS TO the poor conullioh VA on"iiNi "
avenue, near Grant avenue, in a le
nd ter from W. S. Carpenter, Jr Wo
~. on Shallcross avenue was started Ia
" wear. but discontinued in the fall n
-, CARPENTER was notified that it was il
u, possible to pave streets during u
III winter or when the frost was leavil
o. the ground. and that the matter wou
u be attended TO as soon as the wealth
q permitted. So .,
tx Clerk OF the Council a petition fro
Ia residents OF the Sixth ward for pa
II ing Walnut street between Ninth al
e Sixteenth streets, was enclosed. h
= ceipt of the petition was acknoV
\. edged.
H. Two other petitions we're receive
one called for the laying OF SID
walk on the east side Of Pine sire
+, between Seventh street and Vandev
y. avenue. II bore sixteen signatures.
~ The other petition called for Z
lle LAYING of a sidewalk on Vandev
y, avenue between Pine and Spru
~ streets. It bore seventeen signature
n Both petitions were granted.
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