Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-02
STREET AND SEWER
DEPARTMENT FUNDS
Board Asks Council for Appropr'-
alton of $303.550 for
Next Year.

Asking tor an appropriation oi s"ob-
so for the fiscal year beginning July ],
next an Increase of SIS. 600 over the pres
cnt year. the directors of the Stect and
Sewer Department last night conferred
with the members of CITY Council, after
presenting their estimate ~ detail Nhlie
the items were discussed pro and con,
Council gave no decision as To what ~ WIN
do
Mir Sparks stated thnt il The depart
mcnt received less than was asked for. IT
would he necessary tn curtail some of the
functions il was now doing, but that the
question of street repairs was vital and
unless something wae done these streets
would soon he beyond repairing. lie
read two letters from the du Font TO,
stating thnt IT would he necessary 10 in
stall Ia sewer IN the section of the city where
! they arc mnlding lO0 or more houses
| Tho sewer needed al the present time.
| Mir Sparks said vas n 2i-lnch one,
hut that city Engineer lioopcs urged
that the cltv install a dS-lnch sewer there
now - take care of future needs, II was
cNplainrd that rs this was to hc 81 trunk
sewer the city would receive none oi the
cost back II was the opluon 0t somc of
the Co,Incilmcn that this sewer should he
constructed aud when the question was
ut $50 a foot Tho proposed sewer will Iic
about b. 900 feet IN length
Another proposition that was made
hv the tlu Fnnt 60, WAS that of street
paving ~ the tract they are now develop
ing, and several nf the touucilmcn cN-
pressed Themselves rs bcing opposed tn
The city DOING thus street paving when
other streets ~ the city have been on the
paving list lor some time The du Pont
Go. It was sald. was willing to do the
work and have the city reimburse # but
Nj Sparks explained that such plan
was not legal %o iorisun was reached
SHORTLY after Mir Spark had read
the estimated budget for The coming
year hc read ~ the item ui street light
ing as costing S62 00n and which he eN-
planned Ma paid for on the following
scale
Small lights $40 arc ight= s63 and
s65 each and So 80 fnr the gas light
H. supplemented those remarks hv
Saving that The rates were the lowest
n Tic country. uh,rh caused Cnunril-
man James W Robertson, chairman
of the Finance Committee. to sav "ty-
ccpi IN jacksonville. Fla whore they
haye q municipal lighting plant and
light the ciN for nothing
Mr. Sparks rctortrd Analvsc i and
scc what Il amounts to. and Mr. Robert
son sand that he bad
Mr. sparks explained that under Tho
new ahuttrnG property paylng act. no
street work 81 that nature Was provided
for N budget for The coming year
During the conference President ot
Council .von. speaking of street lighting
wanted "a know whether thc city was un-
der obligations to the fraction 60 Mr.
Sparks rrplcd III tho affirmative. explain
ing that IN some former tunes The citv had
hecn IN ,lcht to the company In regard 10
lights he ss,d deduction had hccn made
tor lamps not lighted on lishtlcss nights
Councilman Cathcart also took the
occasion to ash that West Second street
near pclamnrc Place hc paved ~ repaired
AT once and Councilman Ahllcrgrr said hc
y o,id likr tu see West Fourth street
between Washington and Jefferson street
lcvclCd on The question Was asked of Mr.
Sparks hy Mr. Ahhcrgrr why the street
was not paved and he was told that the
Fcdcral govcrnmcn, had ordered that all
such work bc stopped
The board If directors nf the Street
and Sewer Department hcg~ 10 submit
herewith tho estimates of the ordinary
and additional expenses Of tho Street
and Sewer Department over and above
its probable revenue for the fiscal wear
beginning July l. 1918, and ending Juno
30 1919. which aggregate tho sum of
s3O3. $50. divided as follows