Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-11
CITY WILL INSIST ON
ALL SIDEWALK REPAIRS
Arrest Will Follow Refusal to
Comply With Orders of the
Street Department.

Directors Of the Street and Sewer
Department at their meeting this
morning inaugurated what they in
tend 10 be a vigorous campa.g go
against property owners who neglect
the sidewalks in front OF their realty
holdings, the purpose being 70 have
the walks IN a, good condition as the
street. upon which the city Ii spend
ing so much money. In mis- move
ment the board intends 10 Show no
partially and other city departments
concerned are going TO be treated the
same as any individual who has failed
TO comply with the rulings OF the
board.
Il was directed that notices be sent
10 a large number Of individuals and
by sidewalks that are IN poor repair
or where there are no sidewalks az
all, to have them laid or fixed up and
made passable After the final notice
| has gone out and those TO whom they
are sent fail 10 comply. then the yeity
! will do the work and the costs Will be
assessed aga inst the properties IN
/ the form OF len. Whece sidewalks
exist and are not kept IN proper shap pc
the owners OF those properties will be
arrested. as this can be done under
existing laws.
The directors ordered a notice sent
to James Patton 10 pave in front Of
his property al Concord avenue anC
Elliott street and a final notice 10 re
pair a curb was ordered cent TO th'
fowners of a property at Twenty flftl
aid Washington streets. the names o.
the person or persons involved no
being known at this time TO the mem
'bers OF the board.
II was stated that one evening re-
Gently while the members were on :
tour Of inspection to see the light.
about the city they found people walk
ing in the street at night time alOni
Union street because the sidewalk
there are practically impossible. Thi
they considered a dangerous thing, bu
1t developed. according TO statement
made TO the board OF Paving Inepec
tor Boetger, that a peculiar condi
ton exists there in that Bros!us
Smedley have refused to do any paw
ing until the city payes IN front o
some land IL owns along this stree
and other property owners have re
fused to do anything until Brosius
Smedley pave. Mr.. Boetger told the d
rectors Brosius & Smedley use IN
side walk space for a garage and
place TO feed their horses and that
is impossible, the people having I
! walk in the street.
It was therefore decided TO motif
/ the Board Of Park Commissioners {
, pave on both sides of the street o
; Ninth between Lincoln and Union an
on Gu Pont street between Tenth an
t Eleventh On the west side. When tn
} has been done the sidewalk inspectc
: will see that the Brosius & Smedle
paving Is done and after that all othe
!, properties along both sides Of Unto
e will have TO be paved.
3 a notice win be sent to the Wilmlnl
ton and Brandywine Cemetery Co.
5 pave Adams street north from DelS
ware avenue 10 the Brandyw!ne.
s was stated this company promised
do this work last year, but failed
= comply. Notice also will be sent to II
0 Bush estate for paving on Ninth sire
between Clayton and Rodney.
AS other sidewalks in bad conditiC
are found or where no sidewalk at q
/. exists the board will send out the n
y tees to the property owners to ha'
d the repair or the new work done. A
I ter ample time II these notices a
! ignored then the department viii tai
q the proper steps to compel complains
with their orders