Evening journal., 1919-04-07
TO ASSESS Value
OF Street PAVING
Will Apply to All Kinds Of
Street Improvement
in City
DELAWARE AVENUE
PAVING RESUMED

Paving OF Delaware avenue has been
resumed by the Union Paving Com
pany and the work viii be rushed %
completion. Tho street was paved
from Van Buren street 20 Adams be-
fore winter set In and work has been
resumed at Adams street and IS being
pushed eastward. 10 VIII be paved 10
Market street.
The paving OF the northern half of
Delaware avenue from Van Burcn TO
Talnal street is being paid for by
Pierre 5. dupont
The paving of the southern portion
ana between the trolley tracks is be-
ing paid for by The Traction Company
ana ihe abultng property owners.
Under . bin passed by the recent
Lcgslalure property Own5rs who
paid a whole or in part for paving i'm
front of their properties prior TO
March, 1917, shall have the liens
against their property because Of such
paving cancelled. and the amount of
ihe special tax paid by such property
owners shah be returned 90 them.
The new law also assesses against
every property in the city one-third of
the amount 0f the true value OF the
street paving in front OF such proper
ty. The new law includes macad3m
as street paving The assessment for
macadam paving viii be much less
than that FOR concrete, brick or as
phalt paving. however The amend
mcnl 90 the paving law provides:
"Tho levy and assessment of the
amount of special tlN heretofore levied
under this act FOR The year 1913 shall
remain undislurbcd. II the same shall
not have been paid. The assessment as
originally laid shall stand as a lien for
ihe FIRST payment as provided for in
this act except as follows;
"That any property, adjoining orI
ahutting any street paving in existence
at timo t9l0 of the passage Of This
act. for which the adjoining or abul-
ting prnperiy owners have directly
paid the cost in whole. or in part, shall
De exempted from the provisions OF
this act, and upon satisfactory cyi-
donco thereof, approved by the Board
of Directors OF the Street and Sewer
Department, and upon cerlilication by
said board 20 the tax collector of the
Northern or Southern District of The
City OF Wilmington, in whichever dis
trict said property may be located, The
said tax collectors shall cancel said
liens of record; and The Council OF the
Mayor and Council OF Wilmington IS
authorized TO refund TO such property
owncrs, who previous TO April ~, 1917,
have directly paid cost ~ i'm whole or
ln part for The street paving adjoining
or Auditing said property, The amount
Oi HE special tax levied, assessed and
paid by said owners under this act
"That the amount 3f The special tax
hereby levied for The year 1919 and
thereafter under this act as amended,
shall be as follows:
"The special tax levied against each
property shall be 0nc-third Of the true
value OF the street bed, after deduct (
ing any portion 0f The street bed that /
might be chargeable against any street I
railway company for street paving, as
appraised by the Board OF Directors OF i
the Street and Sewer Department"
10 is also provided that the Street
and Sewer directors las early as prac-
shall determine the value OF
the street paving to be assessed and
rcriify ID 90 The Board Of Assessment N
"whosc duty 10 shall be to determine /
the amount OF special tax TO be levied
and assessed against each abutting
property and furnish forthwith the n
names OF The owners and amounts OF 4
ihc tax"
Moreover, the board IS TO classify
thc list for taxes for the fiscal year
of 1918. That is 90 furnish a "chcck-
uD"
I'm connection With thc speeding up
of street paving, it Is worth while 60 /
note That no less than IS separate |
blocks have applied TO The Street and |
Sewer Department for repaymg Count |
Ing i6 blocks TO The mile This means
no less Than five and onc-halr miles OF
The entire cily's frontage has asked for
better paving under the abulling prop
,rty law, the owners 10 pay One-third
Il The cost OF the paving.