Evening journal., 1920-12-31


There were 1880 permits issued for
the year OF 1919 and ii32 for the year
1870 showing a loss for the present
year OF 1873 permits.
The fees collected by the Building
Inspector for year OF 1919 t0taled TIE
sum OF S7,737; this year. S5,O52; show
ing a loss OF S2,6S5.
The records Of the ofllce show that
only ~ per cent. OF the buildings
erected this year were dwellings while
in 1919 the percentage OF dwellings
was 4i8 and In 1918. 26.7 per cent.
Many Fires During Year.
With one report missing during the
term Of Fire Chief Joseph c.. Hynd-
man, The month OF May, the loss Dy
fire In Wilmington, during ne year
OF 1920, shows total OF ", Io5.9l4.
The total loss during Chief hynd-
mans term was si2S.6S5. During this
period there were flfty-1ve box alarms
and "a still alarms.
The report OF Fire Chief William j.
Lutz shows 81 box alarms and t3S
still alarms, since he assumed Ofllce.
The total loss during this period,
June 1 10 December 81, was S2,62i,-
$50. There were i37 box alarms dur
inS the calendar year and 1852 still
alSrms.
ib inches OF hain fcll.
The annual report OF C. II. Simmons,
OF the Street and Sewer Department,
who makes a daily record OF rainfall
for the Federal Government, shows
total precipitation during 1920, OF
1857 inches. The total by months is
as follows: January, 1.92; February,
227; March, 4.75; April, 3SS; May,
2gO: June, 5i8: July. 396; August,
SIP; September, A.S6; October, 80
November, 3D; December, 4.40. The
wettest month was August, with S.i2
inches; the drlest, October, with only
3S OF an inch.
alany New street, Paved.
During the year just ending tho
Street and Sewer Department com
pleted paving those streets that were
on the list prepared by Council. These
tOtaled AZ 25S.7 square yards OF about
two and One-Quarter miles. The
streets paved were Franklin, Twenty
nfth 10 Concord avenue; jefferson,
Twenty-flfih 10 Twenty-slXih; Mon
roc, Nineteenth TO Twentieth; Van
Buren, Concord avenue TO Twenty-sev-
enth; Van Buren, Concord avenue to
Boulevard: West, Twenty-flfth to
Twenty-eighth: Fourth, Washington
TO Jefferson: Ninth. Van Buren to
Rodney; Twenty-flrst. Boulevard TO
tVan Buren; Twenty-third. Boulevard
10 Harrison: Tweniy-fourth. Harrison
10 Boulevard: Twenty-flfih, Market 10
Van Buren: TNNenty-sixth, Boulevard
10 Van Buren: Twenty-soventh, Van
Buren 10 Boulevard; Eighteenth, Van
Buren 10 Franklin; approaches 10 new
b. & q. bridge; Twentieth, Van Buren
10 Franklin; Harrison, Twenty-second
10 Twenty-eigiith.
City Bank Balances.
The City Treasurer reports the fol-
| lowing bank balances for the week
ending last night: Current account,
s629. 1914: special account: Paving
tax, S3.iSiiS: bond sale, 1892 II
harbor Improvement, 81. .6g.45; fuel
for poor, Si32; total. S692, ii0t5.
297 sudden Deaths
Coroner Isaac 5 Bullock reports 2g1
sudden deaths in this city and county
during the year OF which inQuests
were held In it7 cases. The causes OF
death have been classified as follows
Automobile accidents, 49,; railroad ac-
cidents. 9; gas poisoning, i6; drown
ing, p; burns, 10: powder explosions
49,: murder, 4: fractured skull, 3
electrocuted, 4; gunshOt, self-inflictcd
81; sufiocatlon, 3 !: poison, 4: suicide, 2
explosions, 2; falls, 2: fumes OF paint
81; dope" 4 sparklers, 4; sunstroke
a; hit by crane, 2: smothered by
mother. 4; cleaning out furnace.
hanglngs, legal execution, =; broken
back. 4 miscellaneous. 2S.
1854 Marriage Licenses.
During the year Clerk OF the Peace
John Wright issued 90 mar q,
licc~ -s 10 the six magistrates OF ths
cOU' and TO couples applying at his
Office in the Court House.