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ADOPT PROGRAM FOR
NEW STREET WORK
City to Begin Active Operations
Monday Morning Paving
Highways.

Directors OF the Street and Sewer /
Department. NJ their meeting this |
morning formally launched their new |
street paving program FOR tho sum /
mer and u Ia going TO be on more
extensive scale and moro comprehen-
sive than any tho city has attempted
heretofore 80 that next fall when all
tho work has been complcted this
city is going to have n system NJ new
streets that Will undoubtedly he the
equal 90 u not the superior Of any
other city in the country
The directors this morning were
prepared 20 hear any objections any
! citizens might have 20 any ~ tho
+ work proposed and whllc tho room
was crowded by interested residents
no objections were offered 60 any ~
: the streets as listed for the improve
! men;s. Tho petition from the prop
{ erty owners along. tho thoroughfarcs
[ TO be improved were Rad. this being
n necessary Formally and then the
f, list was voted unanimously by the
board as each was read.
4 The program as laid down this
morning Is as follows: Fourth street.
I Christiana river 20 Market street:
Fourth street Adams TO Union
streets: King street. Front TO Ninth
and Twelfth TO Sixteenth streets:
Market street. Eleventh 10 sixteenth
streets: Head street, Christiana ave-
nue. 20 Lobdell street: Broome street,
Lancaster 20 Maryland avenues:
Front, French 20 Poplar streets.
on motion OF Director Sparks IL
was decided shat the active work shall
be started next Monday morning. The
, first operations will be started at
Front and French streets so that the
present conditions about the French
street station. the gateway 20 the city
by rail. viii be improved. This. how
ever, Will be a minor project and in
l all probability the next work and one
2 OF the big tasks will he the paving of
2 King street although this has not
q been definitely decided and tho di-
G rectors were reluctant TO make any
promises on the subject TO several
3 curious citizens who wanted To know
;. what streets were 10 be paved first.
j In connection with the now work
come curiosity was shown by sovera.
u citizens as TO whether paving taxes
$ the new work TO be done this summer
T They were told that the old assess
q ment CEASED when the new work zoe,
d down and that the new assessment <
g pay for the new work as provided foi
r by state law becomes operative. j
r was explained tho old assessment Wrai
4 applied against street repair costs
II Questions were asked as TO how tn,
r new paving tax was 10 10 levied how
n much Il would DO and when Il woul,
& have 10 be paid Commissioner Pier
& son explained that the assessment 1
levied when the paving Is completes
that Il can be paid in two month";
thereafter and get a discount OF pc
I, cent or It can be paid in six install
ments over a period OF three years
The cost is difficult TO determine be
: cause the width Of the street figure
" IN this and also the fact whether O
not there are car tracks on the stree
= paved. The average cost for last yea
on an average street was approximate
, ly s3.71 per front foot.
" In connection with the paving G
Head street H IL Ward suggeste
that when this is done the car trae oil,
=, now there be moved to the center {
the street. They are now close TO on
side and as consequence there ia
condition existing which Is more {
less Of a nuisance and a detriment
public health because OF filthy gut
l. ter along tho street. Mr.. Pierson sal
y the tracks are TO be moved 10 IN
L center whether there Is one track {
1t two.
al The Street and Sewer DepartmsI
te viii give employment TO additions
p men on this street work and will kee
err large force busy all summer so ths
b. the project viii afford much reli
N In this respect to the unemploymei
o. situation.
'y On King street tho trolley tract
are 10 be removed from Front 10 Mint
The market now there will be move
10 French street while the pawn
r.. work is in progress. The separate pr,
as jects are 10 be rushed TO complete
ne just as rapidly as IL can be done (,
al the department hopes TO be able
r make a record for itself this aumm
r and given good weather there Is ever
no indication that It is going to do SO