Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-17
CANNOT GET RAILS
TO- REPAIR TRACKS
TROLLEY co. STATES
Supplies Ordered Two Years Ago
Untitled, Government Orders
Having Priority.
WARS END, ONLY RELIEF

There is little likelihood of West Fourth
street trolley tracks, between adams and
| Broomc streets, being replaced until
| after the ond Of tho war, according 10
! a report submitted 10 the directors of
/ the street and Sewer department at
| their regular weekly meeting today he
| directors nj their meeting last week
referred to the Wilmington and Philadelph-
! IN Traction Company, complaining
/ pctition. referred to the Street directions
| from City Council The reply OF the
! Traction Company officials, WAS IN answ-
/ or 10 a request from the Street directors,
| for immediate Improvement on the Wcat
! Fourth street trolley tracks.
/ Through T " Wilson, the Traction
! Company set forth IN it's answer, that
! they had ordered steel rails IN 1910, n
| portion Of which order had been intended
to replace rails on West Fourth strce'
That the order had hecn partly filled IN
1917 hut that he Lorraine Steel Comp
any. from which the rails were ordered,
had written, stating that II was mpos-
! sible 10 furnish he rails now and the comp
any. asserted, that IT did not know when
they would That this was because
government work had priority over ali
! other casscs. and that ihc Wilmington
/ order Ind been placed IN class
Tho Steel corporation wrote that II
| hoped to get the order completed early
next wear. hut that there was nothing
| sum about II, and urged tho fraction
/ Company 10 try and get along with what
1 had lccn sent them
President Sparks. directed that n
I lrrttcr hc sent 10 CITY Council, and the
/ Trart iou COMPANY hc communicated
! with asking II itc, rail unused IN tn" hod
of jefferson street. ~ not available Tor
use on West Fourth street THIS stretch
of track unused runs from Second +"
Thirteenth street
The plumbing Inspector reported t0 the
directors that the lynch Construction ..
was living up stnctly to the law IN rvgard
to cast iron p,pc used IN scwcrng the
homes being built for ship workers
The contractor had asked to hc allowed t.
usc lighter weight pipe, Which request
the sewer directors had refused
L. W. Green, wrote tho street directors
complaining of the condition oi Madison
street between Ninth and Tcuth, the
county official asserting that this stretch
was full of holes President Spark'
commented that Council had failed e
appropriatc any money for repairs e
streets. and consequently, the directors
were not IN position to do any repair
work
An Emergency Fleet official informed
the directors that in the housing operation
az Front and Union. that q run of watel
that crossed tho property, was being part
" filled in. As an cxpcdicnt. that woul6
no, affect tho plans, and would and the
contractor
resolution. granting PERMISSION e
the Diamond Ice and Coal 90 to lay =
railroad siding on Eleventh street. be
tween Union street and Grant avenue
was adopted
A resolution widening Washington
street, between Delaware avenue ans
Eleventh street, To g. 8 feet was adopted
A resolution had first and sccono
readings, calling for alterations 10 the sire
of the sidewalk at the northeast corner oi
! Delaware avenue. al Nan Buren, anC
Harrison streets
President sparks caused 70 be noted
on the minutes tho wish of the directors
IN have more suitable street named after
the hero LAFAYETTE, than the thorough
farr now bearing that name. Tins Is e
be done. probably next summer