Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-18
Will FILL Street If
owners WON'T SUE
Street and Sewer Department
Announces Betterment
on This Condition
ROUTINE WORK
OF STREET BOARD

Moore street is to be filed up by the
Street and Sewer Department provided
that body is absolved from liability for
damages, according 60 a statement made
by George w. Sparks president of the
commission, this morning.
Leonard /. Purks, OF the Board of
Health, appeared before the board and
asked whether he could obtain assur-
ances that the holes in Moore street would
be filled. Frank w. Pierson said filing
In Moore street would not abato the
nuisance but would simply divide it IN
two. To put dirt in the water. he said,
will cause 1t TO become stagnant and
things will be worse than now.
President Sparks said that persons
are not burning coal now. so that no
ashes for filling purposes are being coll
leoted. He said. also, that TO nj the
hole now would divide il, and cause
two holes
We promised the Mayor as favor. " he
said, III we are absolvcd from liability.
we will mn Moore street. haven't
heard Of our being absolved. We are
willing to dump ashes there. 10 is not
our place to mn private property. The
| Board OF Health has power 10 order
nulsances abated. We are willing TO
cooperate with the Board OF Health TO
/ the extent Of our ability.
! In reply 10 another question as 20
whether there was any way OF hasten
| ing the laying Of laterals from the
sewer branches to the curb, President
/ Sparks said It was "a matter Of labor"
The Rev. z. w. Wells, pastor Of Wes-
ley NJ. +. Church. expressed bis thanks
20 ha Of NN. d In
front OF the church property.
He expressed hope that the work
would be completed by the second
Sunday I'm October, reopening day for
his church.
objection was raised by a physicier
to noises made by gasoline pump IN
a garage near Ninth and Washington
streets.
President Sparks said that the board
would do what it could IN the matter
A petition was received from fv'
residents on Rodney and Banninl
streets asking for the placing Of Gin
ders on Banning street from Rodney
TO Clayton.
The petition was signed by George
/ Green, OF No. 1909 South Rodney
street: Mrs. A. w. Brown, of No. 100;
South Rodney street; Thomas d. Nc
Kinney of No. 1901 South Rodne,
street: William X. Shaw, OF No 1907
Banning street and Michael ]. Wyck
erly. of No. 1910 Banning street. Tit
complaint is to be investigated.
/ Because the lighting appropriation
4 Is exhausted, Il was found impossible
4 to grant a petition for a light betwee
: the two wings of the High school build
, ing.
Seventeenth street will be pave
a this year and the proposed Pennsy
z vania avenue paving is to be locke
y into President Sparks announced.
The John S. Hamilton Compan
q was awarded contracts for laying col
- crete sidewalks at the addresse
: hereinafter NAMED at the rate
i, stated: Property Of David L. T9phs
- McCebe street between jefferson an
, Twenty-secouS streets. S22; 5. II
Nj Baynard. property at Twentieth an
IN Van Buren, streets S63.SO; at Va
nj Buren, street between Twenty-fr
ne and Twenty-second streets. S225.
as City Treasurer Banks presented n
f. following financial statement: Ba
n, ances in bank. account current e,
penses. S14 946.76; account speci
a fund. S95.S3726: sewer fund accoun
TO S21.42843; Brandywine sewer, sec
202.53; real estate. S1s23.79; tot
" s194 ,233.77.