Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-22
OWNERS COMPLYING
WITH PAVING ORDER
Street Directors Find Much
Work is Being Done All Over
tha City.

Directors OF the, Street and Sewer
department were much encouraged TO
day at their meeting by reports of the
manner In (which their recent order
for sidewalk paving Is being COM
piled with by the property owners
generally throughout the city. OF the
more than 200 notices sent out by the
dc partment the large majority of own-
crs are having the necessary paving
done with the result that the city Is
getting some fine new sidewalks and
{. number OF unemployed men have
heen PIT to work.
In this connection the department.
received letter from the Central
I,abcr Union expressing the apprecia-
ton of that union for the good work
the directors have accomplished along
this lise. Ii was urged that the de-
partment keep it going Just as long as
, possible In order to relieve the unem-
, pioymcnt situation as well as improve
the appearances of the town.
The Central Labor Union called at
tention to the several complaints they
have heard regarding the present con-
dition of the bed of West Fourth
street, between Franklin and Union
streets, II was pointed out the street
, IL muddy and rough and that some-
thing should be done there. II de-
veloped at the meeting today that
the Water Department has recently
| done some sewer work there and IL
was the expressed belief II this tar
ing up has been the cause of the pres
cnt unsghtly conditions. The board
decided To ask the Water Board to
dump cindcrs along the street az n
temporary rYicf until next spring
when tho new paving will he INSTALL
I'D. II was also decided 10 advise the
Central Labor Union that the street
lN'ill be paved next spring.
The directors were advised that the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad Co. has
awarded to w. Kirk simmons Co. a
contract to pave its property along
Pennsylvania avenue. The paving
is being done at the poirt where the
lCompany's tracks cross Pennsylvania
lavcnuc. Some few property owners in
letters to the board, stated good rea E
lscns why they cannot do the new paw
ing work requested of them Mt this
time, but all promised to have 1t done
later and the directors agreed to he
llcnient in such cases.
The Wilmington Gas Co. was givei
permission to. open the> following
streets to discontinue the gas LAM
lservice because these lamps hav'
been replaced by arc lights: Third an,
jefferson; Seventh and Washington
Eleventh and Jackson; Seventh an,
Van Buren; also to open the stree
In front of the following properties &
lcut off the old service; 500 East Sew
enth street; 704 Harrison; 504 Madi
son; 225 West Seventh and so
Church; also to open the street 4
front of all Shipley TO cut Off tw
service pipes: 2li West Ninth to re
new the service because of an ol
, leak; Eleventh street between Tatna
and West because OF leak in the scr
vice.
, \ resolution was given first an
second readings laying out "A boulevar
from Fourteenth and Thatcher street
10 Twenty second and Claymor
streets and thence along Claymor
street to the city line. II will be S
' feet wide, the sidewalks on either sid
being ~ feet 9 inches wide. Th
'dhoulevard will connect with the nc
! bridge TO he built from Eleventh an
Church streets to Fourteenth a.
= Thatcher streets 10 replace the pre-,
: ent Eleventh street bridge.
e Following the regular meeting Il
= directors had conference with Coui
cilmen James Il. McManus and Joh
Henry relative To the elimination of q
old quarry hole on Franklin street b.
tween Cedar and Oak. 1t is propos,
n to cut Franklin street through af;
filling in this hole. The site will
! surveyed before the board determin
what shall be done there.
|, The directors adjourned to me
with the Levy Court to discuss q
- proposed new bridge across Il
:, Brandywine creek.