Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-21
CONH|NE STREET WORK
TO BUSINESS SECTION
Directors Serve Notice OF Inn
provement Limitations for
This Summer.

II n the coneepsus OF opinion OF
the directors OF the Street and Sewer
Department and of the City Council
men that the pubic and citizens or the
city generally will be benefited to the
greatest degree by the concentration
Of the street departments energies
OH the paving and improving OF the
streets in the central and business
portions OF Wilmington and certain
main entrances to the city. rather
than the improving of the streets In
the residential and outlying sections,
according to a letter the street de-
pArtment has sent to the East Gen. |
trail Ninth Ward Improvement Asso-
citation. This was in reply to petition |
from this civic organization for I'M
provements TO their part of town. A
copy Of the letter was submitted TO
City Council at the meeting last night
and Il is accepted az the Street and
Sewer Departments notice TO resi- 3,
dents generally that despite the eighty
petitions on file in that department
for the paving of various streets the
Improvement work is TO be confined
this summer TO the more important
thoroughfares in the business sections
ton.
The departments letter explains the
directors attitude regarding this mat
ter and is as follows:
I'VE are in receipt of a communi-
cation from the Council referring 10
this department for consideration a
portion OF a letter received by that
body from your company. viz: request
for paving for certain streets for ad-
ditiona and increased street lighting
for the section In which you are in
tereeted. This department fully realizes
and deplores the condition OF the
streets enumerated in your letter, es-
pecially their condition at the season
OF the year when the frost is coming
Vut OF the ground At this time We
know they are practically impossible
due to the truck traffic over the road
bed which has no solid foundation. The
streets you mention are only a small
part OF the many streets In similar
condition. Some of the streets YOU re-
quest To be paved have petitioned for
paving under the terms Of the abut
ting paving law. others have not.
This Is the first step to he taken by
the abutInS property owners TO have
street paving done. The petitions we
have on file are: 22nd between Pine
and Spruce street; JeSsup between
NandeVer avenue and cath street: :
Garter between Nandever avenue and
2Sth street. The department has ON
file about SO petitions. but at this
time, with the great amount OF re-
paving work demanded in the central
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certain main. entrances to the city
it Is the consensus OF opinion OF the
directors of this department and Of
the Council that the public and Citi-
xens of Wilmington generally will be
benefited TO the greatest degree by
rhe concentration OF the energies of
the departments forces on the paving
and improving OF East and West
Fourth street. King street. Market
street, South Broome street and Heald
street, and for that reason the paving
OF the above mentioned streets he 5
been authorized for. this seasons
work and given preference over the
petitions for paving in residential sec
tons, and A. 1t Is not deemed wise 10 sci
more bonds for any purpose, the paw
ing OF the streets peuioned for, not
only in your section, but Throughout
the city, cannot be done until a later
date In the meantime we Will en-
deavor TO keep the streets in youl
section in as good condition as it !;
possible TO do with unpaved streets
We think It possible that with SOM
OF the ballast taken from the bed c
the streets TO be paved this year pu
on these streets II will put them il
much better condition for use mex
winter than they have been previous
ly. As TO the request for lighting thes
locations THESE locations will be re
placed upon the list for examination
and future consideration.