Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-26
LEVY COURT ASKED TO
A|DP. IS. HOSPITAL
County Funds Requested for the
Contagious Disease
Unit.

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William l.. White. John A. Booker.
Fred III. Gawthrop and DIR. II. II. Nea-
sey appeared before the Levy Court
today n requested it to financially
aid tht slons unit OF the Ply
sicians' ) irgeons' Hospital. which
has treated S. patients al an average
| cost OF $500 per month and been
maintained by private subscriptions.
Mr.. White said the private subacrip-
tons have ceased and the committee
will also appeal to City Council. Presi-
dent Stetser told the delegation the
court has appropriated $40 900 to the
various hospitals for the present fls-
cal year and recently enacted law
prohibits appropriating more than 81
per day for free patient. Commits
sioner Jones thought 81 per day from
the county and like sum from the
city would be sufficient. The matter
was taken under consideration.
Read Construction.
The court referred TO the commit
! tee of the whole and County Engineer
Grubb the following communication
from ID. T.. oConnell & Son:
"It has been reported to us from
many sources that there is being made
an attempt TO keep the court from
awarding us the contract for section
! 5-B OF the Lincoln Highway. due to
the fact that the next lowest bidder.
4 whose bid is considerably higher than
ours. has a time limit of 90 days. Now,
as matter of fact. on the contract
which we are working, time limit has
lost all its significance from a con
tinual holdup on the part Of the coon-
| ty for the past IL months. This.
coupled with the knowledge that the.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. has a
bridge on section 5-B to build, which
win require "A period Of four months,
led tIs to believe that it would require
all the time that we have specified TO
complete the work. However. we VIII
agree TO construet the road In ques-
tion in 30 working days ana give bond
for same, provided the court awards
Ius the contract at once and guarantees
that nothing win be permitted to inter-
fere with our working on any or all
parts Of the contract until completed"
The court also referred to the CONF
mittee of the whole and the county
engineer A communication Aom Paul
is Rossell, who wrote concerning the
Rosseil and O'Connel1 bids and stated
nc would complete said section In 100
working days and declared acceptance
.of the OConneli proposal a. complete
the contract III 150 working DAYS
meant that the road could not 10
opened % public use before June next
Mr.. Rossell submitted that the advan-
tage Of earlier completion as against
a later completion carried with II a very
material saving to the county, OUT
weighing the apparent difference in
cost. He said this is clearly estab-
lished by the following figures;
interest for two months on
funds provided by the
county for work based on
the 0'ConneH bid s s $50. 40
Extra time or engineers and
supervisors ............. 1000 90
Economic value Of the road
TO the pubiic for two
months ................ s72oo
Saving to county on COM
pletion OF road in 100 in
stead OF $50 days .. s2.422. 40
Mr.. Rossell stated II would be inn
possible to complete the road under
the To-day limit before winter stop
ped the work and completion would be
delayed until June next lie said
there would be a further loss "a the
county under the O'Connel, bid or
saving under the Rosscn bid as fol-
lows:
one-half months ........s 81. .sSs. 40
Economic Joss 10 public ~ 1890
Loss on OConnen bid or saw
ing on Rosser bid ....... $5.s22.so
Difference m bids:
Rosseil ....... Ss4.040ST
QConnell ..... Sl,ssl.92
s2.l7s.s5
Advantage by accepting
RoSsen bid ....... sa,4aS.SE
The court authorized advertising for
bids for $4,000 Lincoln Highway
bonds
J. It. Edrnondson and William Ben
son appeared before the court and
protested the closing of a section
of the Lincoln Highway near Pixies
Creek. They also criticised William
g. Little, road supervisor Benson
announced that he would Tick" Little
If County Engineer Grubb gave him
permission. and Commissioner Nc
Coy 1olsingiy remarked "go ahead.~
The court took the complaints under
consideration.
The following payrolls were passed
County officials. sse2S20: Public
Building Commission. Sss7.25. The
Delaware Industrial School for Girls
was allowed s1.002.
Joseph n MARITIME. tax collector for
Brandywine hundred was allowed
errors as follows: year 1913: County
and poor taxes. s5s.25: road. ss2o.s6;
capitation, see; dog. $3.50. Year 1919:
Road, s94s3s. Year 1890: Road $685.
"A.
ii. ID. Pierce, representing land
owners along the Delaware river be-
tween New Castle and Delaware City.
conferred with the court concerning
repairs TO the Red Lion marsh bank.
The court recessed until l.so O'Clock. /
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BUILDING PERMITS.
Plans have been approved and per-
mits issued By the building inspectors
Office for the following projscts:
Fourth street. 1905 West: CaSetan