Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-21
NEW BRIL- GES ARE
RECOMMENDED
In Report Submitted to the Levy
Court Today by the Bridge
Committee C1

At the meeting of the Levy Court to-
day the following report was submitted
by the bridge committee and went over
for further consideration:
Washington street bridge has been re-
plankod, the braces frightened, forty new
| beams placed and all covered with a
good coat of white lead We are preparing
to submit to your honorable body copy
of concrete structure which Will en-
hance the beauty of the park and adjacent
property, but also wish to recommend u
such bridge be built, that n tablet he
placed on the northern approach, with the
names of every sailor and soldier OF the
State of Delaware. placed on SAID tablet,
making il more Of n memorial to the boys
who offered the Government their services.
Market street bridge over the Brandy
wine, which has done double duty while
Washington street bridge was out of com
mission. should be renewed. As is, IT has
wooden stringcrs which soon rot out under
the weather conditions, but being SO old
is in need of constant repair All has been
done that can be TO put IT in perfect CON
dition, but its usefulness has gone.
The Levy Court aut uthorlzed the county
engineer TO prepare q plan for new bridge
and we believe his plans are ready, ell
mInatng those various turns and the
grade crossings OF the Pennsylvania rail
road which have 20 often delayed traffic,
also getting away from the hollow places
where the water and ice make IT almost
impossible
Eleventh street bridge is holding VI,
well under the enormous STRAIN To which II
has been placed by heavy traffic. We, your
committee, recommend that "a new set of
I L. h.. Il
mington and Philadelphia Traction Co as
there have been several delays during the
past wear to steamboat traffic, causing
consihcral L. inconvenience TO them.
AtScvcnth street bridge. as recommend.
Cd last year, retaining walls should b'
placed 10 protect approaches and abut-
mcutS. as they are becoming dangerous
10 travel The bridge has been painted anC
is in first class condition. We recommend
that the attorney for the court secure tn,
deeds for the county engineer, SO that
we can have comprehensive plans of what
| the county OWNS
On river front, Of Third street bridge
| during the year traffic has been DELAYED
| very little No boats have been hired Il
! carry passengers. and no delay 10 pcdes
| TRANS and vehicles This bridge needs
| pant very bad. as il is four years since i
| was done and We recommend that th'
| con IL engineer be authorized 70 advcrtis,
| for bids. 50 that IT can be started IN th'
early spring
| Market street bridge. over the Christi
| ana rlvcr. This bridge has done remarkably
| considering the amount Of travel ant
| heavy trucks. which were not cOntemplat
| cd when the bridge was built
The plans in the county engineer
| Office show that the county property hat
been cncroached upon and means shoulC
| be taken at once 70 preserve the ountN
interest From the plans, the approaches
! could bc wldencd and make prcsentabi'
appearance The frame house was rec
commended 10 you as \ morguC and sug
gc-,ions that plans be drawn TO place ;
Suitahl place for coroner otfce, morgl'
and dIssccting rooms. as II Is available Z
All railroads within two blocks, the river
front, front also 10 rural New Castle
I county. We recommend that q certalI
amount also be set aside In the mex
budget to build said buildings wIthou
/ recourse to bond issue. We want 10 THANH
our ounty engineer for the valuable
services ne has rendered 70 the hridg'
committee.
The bridge committee comprise!
Albert ~tctser, Robert Nj. Burns ant
James G. Shaw.