Evening journal., 1918-06-25
AUTO|ST Wants CITY
Streets KEPT OPEN

Blocked up entrances and exits were
the main theme at the meeting OF the
Street and Sewer Department this
morning. Morris d. Crossan, who has a
garage at No Si3 Tatnall street, ap-
peared before the board TO complain
/ that he was daily annoyed by having
/ TO wait a quarter OF an hour or more
before he could get his car into or out
Of his garage; and that il happened
several times a day The way was
blocked by automobiles parked in front
of his place, often when there was
room farther along, he said.
Persons would even change tires or
otherwise groom their machines. lie
had 10 hunt up the owners TO get the
cars out Of the way, and he frequently
had TO block traffic himself by a cum
bersome way of getting I'm or out
around machines FIe said he would
not care so much n II were in front OF
his house. but in front OF his business
place, it was an lntolerable annoyance.
He had found there was no law against
such a practice and he asked the direc-
tors TO pass an ordinance that would
give him and others in like situation,
relief. The commissioners intimated
that they thought he had good cause
TO complain, and will probably amend
the parking regulations TO prevent
such conditions.
The other people who couldn't get
I'm or out were tenants Of houses on
Townsend street The Eastern Nal
loable Iron Company has built eight or
ten houses here In the past two years
20 accommodate Its workers between e
and d streets. lt seems at the C street
end they are cut Off from delivery
wagons by a four or 1--WE foot drop IN
the grade. where the Baltimore and
Ohio tracks are laid. The city does not
own Townsend street and the owner /
has fenced It off so that delivery |
wagons cannot reach these houses by /
yay of d street The directors VIII in !
vestigate and have access made some 1
,vsv. possibly by condemning and tax
ing over part OF Townsend street.
A communication was received from
Charles W. Pusey as president OF the
HOMEOPATHIC Hospital board. The un-
ierstandng OF the hospital board Is
hat at the time OF the narrowing OF
5hallcross avenue and widening OF It's
sidewalks the Street Department prom
sed that ahutting property owners
,hould be under no expense Tor the /
,hangc. The street Department de-
'lares that this referred 20 curb and
but no such promise was
made for sodding or seeding. Ihe
homeopathic Hospital asks that the de-
lartment pay for sOddlng. Action upon
he matter was deferred.
The Wilmington Volunteer. Fire De-
partment was notified In response to /
letter from them, that the bad paving I
around the railroad tracks at the foot |.
Of Market street would be ordered re-
paired Immediately. Also matters would
be remedied in regard TO the complaint /
made by the fire department that track |
crossings were blocked for a quarter OK /
an hour and % minutes at time at /
this point. at New Castle avenue and !
Garasche's Lane, and at Fourth and !
Pine streets. The tracks arc those OF
tho p, b. and w, Philadelphia and
Reading and B. and o. railroads.
A letter Of appreciation was received
from the Speakman supply and PIPE
Company, for paving improvements
near its plant, and a similar letter from
The New Castle Leather Company. The
New Castle Leather Company asked for
the grading Of the sidewalk adjoining /
the Glen Hosiery Company on the Pop |
lar street side, as there is a 7-foot drop 7
where il connects with the sidewalk OF
the company. The directors ordered an
The Wilmington Gas Company was
ordered to locate and repair leaks at
Tenth and Shipley streets and Eleventh
md jefferson streets The trees are be-
ng killed by these leaks. A
The gas company asked permission to
introduce gas into No. 1900 Market
treet. The request was referred to the
treet commissioner.
The Wilmington Gas Company was z
iven permission 10 lay a 6-inch steel Z
ipe beginning at Eighteenth street, :
ne y. and o. right Of way, along Eigb- Z
zenith street to Franklin street, thence :
D Twenty-third street, to Harrison :
ireet, TO Twenty-slxth street, to Mar Z
ct street. II is all along unimproved
treet except at points on Washington Z
atnall and Market streets: