Evening journal., 1917-03-21
ASK LEGISLATORS TO
ADOPT paving BILL
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at its present value, according to age
and use II has had, the property on
each side Of the street to pay one
third OF the assessed value at this
time, this money to go into a special
paving fund. Two plans are suggested
for these payments. One IS to re-
quire immediate payment, as is the
case with taxes, and the other to per-
NIT the payments to extend over a
period Of ten years, to be paid in ten
equal installments.
The alternative bills for future paw
ing are as follows:
Assessing one-third Of the cost
against abutting property, to be paid
for immediately. as is the case with
taxes, with the same rebate for early
payment and the same penalty for de-
linquent payment. the assessment to
const tute a prior lien until salts
fed. Another bill is the same as the
foregoing, except that the payments
are to extend over a period OF ten
years Council will be required to
return the tax collections from paw
ing each year 10 the Street and Sewer
Department for exclusive use in paw
ing under the same plan during the
ensuing year. While the money is
to be collected by the tax collectors,
along with other taxes, it is 10 be
kept in a separate fund and used for
no ether purpose.
Street and Sewer Director Sparks
explained that there are some streets
in the city where abutting property
has paid the entire paving bill, and
they VIII be exempt from paying for
the pavement now down. though they
would have to pay their share Of new
paving. He stated that under the
proposed bills when a street is to be
paved due notice will be given all
persons concerned Provision is made
for paving, too, when the owners of
property in a block petition for il
Mr.. Compton explained the Balti-
more plan, which, he said, has been
very successful. II is an abutting
property scheme. with the property
paying a fiat rate per front foot $3.50
| II the street is thirty feet wide and
| 81 il it is twenty, and so on, the
streets being classified for this pur-
pose
/ Mr. McGovern, who said he repre-
sented persons who had long been
paying full rate taxes on real estate
objected to any plan that did no. con
templte the ret rement of the paw
ing bonds now in existence. II this
could be overcome he rather favored
the Baltimore plan. he said.
At the conclusion of the hearing
Senator Go~mley said he did not con-
slider il fair for a delegation to come
to Dover within a day or two of the
close OF the session and ask for the
passage Of such TN important meas
ure. He said he would not vote for
anything proposed by the delegation
until he could consult some Of tho
people In his district
Mr. Hastings said he had drawn one
of the bills several weeks ago and Il
was sent to Dover and that he was
here about ten days ago and discussed
the abutting paving matter with al
Of the Wilmington members except
Mr. Cross. He expressed a willing
ness to draw any bill that meets with
the favor OF the legislators from vii.
mingtOn.
Chairman McNabb, Of the munich
pal corporation committee Of the
House. said the committee would be
willing to report favorably a bl
based on the Baltimore plan, with q
fiat schedule OF charges. but he die
not know what action either house
would take on the bill.