Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-21
KING STREET WILL NOT
Be PAVED THIS YEAR
counciImen Say They Will En-
deavor to Have Improve
ments Made Next Spring.

Jacob Faber, one of several King
| street merchants who appeared before
the members of the finance commit
tee OF City Council last night 10 urge
that bonds already authorized by or
dinance be issued so the Street and
Sewer Department would have the
money with which TO pave that thor
oughfare, speaking with reference to
the filthy conditions which were said
to exist in King street. charged that
such conditions are allowed to exist
because someone is getting something
out of it, He said common sense
should tell everyone that.
City Council James Il. McManus
chairman of the finance committee
told Mr.. Faber that il he knew such
to be the case then il was his duty as
a citizen to report II and to prove his
assertion. Mr.. Faber said he did not
want TO be Judas. You know what
the Bible says" he retorted. Yes"
was Mr.. McManus' quick reply "and
the Bible also says Judge not lest ye
he Judged Further reference was
not made during the remainder of the
conference to the subject of graft
The meeting was terminated when
tion that they would work and do all
they could to try to have King street
paved beginning next spring. There
was no assurance given that this
would be done. but the Councilmen
expressed their willingness TO make
every effort to have King street placed
on the preferred list at the beginning
of new street work next year. The
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have the improvements made appeared
satisfied with this assertion and ex-
pressed their qualification with the
assurance from the Councilmen.
The King street merchants who
have been fighting for sometime to have
some improvements made along King
street appeared before the CouncimenI
last evening with the evident deter
mination OF getting some definite ac-
ton on their proposition, having been
before the Street and Sewer Depart
ment on Tuesday. where they were
told that il the Council would provide
the cash the street department would
be glad TO make the improvements
asked for. They pictured conditions
along the street and told of the lack
of advantages, complaining chiefly
that they are taxed without getting
a return for their money.
Mr.. McManus said he il familiar
with the conditions OF King street and
IL is not as the merchants pictured il
to be. He said some OF the merchants
and others doing business along the
street are responsible for the filthy
conditions to be found there. He
thought the merchants themselves
could remedy these conditions even
IL il became necessary to bring the
offenders into court and have them
heavily fined. He was speaking about
the dirt and filth that is allowed TO re-
main in the street.
DR. f. W. Ryon advised that such
will be arrested and he said
the merchants viii back UP the Council
or any other department that causes
such arrests. Mr.. McManus said he
could not see how King street could be
repaved this summer. but he thought IL
could be repaired and leveled up. DIR.
Ryon complained that King street is
not a back street and that the property
owners there are not getting the inn
I rovements they are paying taxes for. |
Mr.. Faber said they were promised
sometime ago. but all
they got was the laugh" He insisted
that they be given something definite
and he charged that the city had made |
'ools of all the merchants by repeatedly |
them things which were |
never fulfilled. He said they were be- |
ng treated like children.