Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-30
LEVY COURT TO
IMPROVE ROADS
At Request of Mayor. Who An
nounces Opening of New Trans
portation Service.

Mavor Lawson appeared before the
LEVY Court today and requested improve
mcnt Of Brandvwinc hundred highways.
especially the \aamans Greek road
The mayor told the court that the l}can
Fletcher transportation Co, capitalized
al $3.50 900 and owning 80 trucks. m
tends To run automobile freight trans
from New Nork hv way Of Reading, Pa
and " I!mlngtou to NaShlngt on. u. g.
and asked that such business ventures hc
encouraged James J Connolly manager
of the Wilmington Transfer 60, Is also
manager Of the transportation company.
and he latter will temporarily use the
transfer company office ne freight
shipments will begin tomorrow, Rall-
road companies cannot handle such
freight quickly Commissioner Elliott
said the court was prepared 70 improve
the Faulk road and repairs should be
made to he \aaman t,reek road, The
lnavor and the court decided 10 inspect
Prandywinc hundred roads next Tuesday
afternoon.
Automobile speeding on county roads
was discussed 10 break up the dangerous
practice Deputy Attorney-Cicneral /.
Warren Green suggested that the court
CHIlHtiN iitlNll tAbl4sfl k'NAhf 4AA-s' ~
constaheS Inasmuch as automobile
fines collected in the county are paid 10
the county Mr. Green thought such funds
would be sufficient to maintain the extra
officials He recommended that their
compensation be in the form Of salary,
instead of fees Mr. Green mentioned
the fact that the State appr0prlates $500
annually to each of the three counties Tor
the maintenance Of automobile inspectors
appointed by the governor William
1Insman, Inspector for New as1le
county. had collected in one month auto
mobile fines amounting TO $3.50. Alr
Green said, beginning August !. the at
torney-generals department would strict
~ enforce the automobile law IN ali re-
spects The matter was referred 70 the
committee Of the whole the court : at
tornev and he deputy attorney-general.
City solicitor Bayard told the court
that the cIty had done It's part IN con-
Meeting Broome street with the Newpo IT
pike and asked the county to do its part
Commissioner Groves reported progress
The Wilmington City Railway Co
was granted permission TO open the
roadway OF the Newport pike at SIX places
in Christiana hundred and lay under the
roadway three-quarter inch galvanized
iron pipe enclosing a No. s rubber covered
copper wire
The court decided to inspect bridge
work at Fennimore Landing tomorrow.
Philip L. Garrett. attorney, asked the
court to compensate Arthur VI Guy,
whose automobile was wrecked recently
BY striking a bridge wall on the taulk
road near the Concord pike Mr.
Garrett said Mir Guy purchased the car
for $3.50 and sold the wreckage for S25
I he matter was referred to the committee
Of the whole, the court attorney and the
assistant engineer
To the committee Of the whole and the
assistant engineer was referred an offer
from John p ReardOn of SI02 80 for old
lumber taken from Washington street
bridge
Similar disposition was made Of the
following bids for road rollers. ! J HoI-
lingsworth. 81 $50 and S2.200. Good
Roads Machinery Co, $1,000 Spring
field Roller Co, $500, $3.50 and
IS, 800
4 tax table. prepared by John l..
Wright clerk of the peace, was approved
County Comptroller Clark reported
that during the SIX months ended June
80 justices Of the peace had imposed fines
amount iilg 10 NeJ9f, VI Hillt4i i'At
SlI2had iecn paid to the county treasurer
The balance Of S225 withheld BY con
stables was referred to the court $ at
torney. Mr. Clark also reported the fol-
lowing collections for the six months,
which funds have been deposited III the
county treasury Recorder Of deeds
1S.64S - prothonotary, 50 3,G42. 90, reg
istcr Of wills. $l0.j7S "A; clerk of the
(.rphapS Cour4 Sd IG2 x. sheriff 5000 =
S6 clerk Of the peace 80, 1881; Court 0
Common Pleas, $293 40; court u o.,
Sl07 AZ; total, S47 ,574.j7
The court adopted resolutions Of con
dolcncc on the death Of James Wilson,
county highway commissioner, and re-
solved 70 attend his funeral in a body.
Road supervisors were ordered TO sus-
pend road work Thursday, the day Of the
funeral The court adjourned until Thurs
day morning.