Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
STREETS DESCRIBED
AS MUDDY QUACM|RES
Residents Claim Coal, Grocery
and Other Teams Cannot
Reach Their Homes.

-pNI Stittl pdNiiik, cSpStidly WHtIc
the bed Of the city highways III clay
or ashes, is causing the directors OF
the Street and Sewer Department al
most unlirnited trouble at the present
time. because now that the frost Is
coming out OF the ground most OF the
dirt streets are little more than quag-
mlres and In many parts OF the city
they Are impossible. Residents from
all parts OF Wilmington are clamoring
for ashes or cinders or other forms of
temporary paving but the street de-
partment officials have been and are
helpless until such time as all the
frost has left the 'scound.
This morning at the meeting or the
Street and Sewer Directors there ap-
peared representatives of the Pure
Oil Co, Dnware Dredging Co. and
the Federal lighthouse service asking
that East Seventh street be made
passable. II developed through Street
Commissioner Plerson that the Pure
Oil Co trucks do most of the damage
there because they are the ones that
use the street the most but the COM
pany IL unwilling to pay anything to-
ward the costs of necessary repairs.
However the directors promised TO
look into the situation and they may
visit the site to see foc themselves just
what the conditions are.
Councilman Vincent from the Ninth
ward appeared before the board to
ask that something be done 10 fiS
Twenty sixth. twenty-seventh. Church
| Spruce and Washington streets and
other highways in his ward. lie said
all of them are In bad shape. that the
residents living along some of tho
streets are unable 10 have coal
groceries and other supplies delivered
| t, their homes because teams and
trucks cannot get through the mud.
1t was pointed out that there is al.
ways an uproar at this season of tn,
year when the ground is soft as a re.
suit OF the frost leaving the earth ant
that there is little to be done until tn,
roadways have hardened. The depart
ment has ~ different petitions FOL
the paving OF as many streets and th,
people OF each section think the,
should be given first consideration
The city is practically pledged thi
summer to the paving OF Fourth, King
Market and one or two other street
In the business sections and this vii
be nearly all the department can d.
this year.
The Woodlawn Trustees asked tha
Grant avenue between Sixth and Sew
enth streets be paved. This is also 4
addition to other work the trustee
have already asked be done in tn
western section of the city, The d'
rectors promised to give the complaint
their consideration and they viii d
whatever they can when they can
remedy the conditions. They made
clear they are anxious TO have cor
, ditions improved as rapidly rs possihl
and to eliminate all cause for CON
, plants.
; Edward McAteer, clerk of the cit
I markets reported that during Januar
. he had collected s95.25 from ss
l spaces in the street markets at
cents per space. This is the smalle'
sum collected In fees from tho mai
kets for several years. II is due
the very reduced attendance in II
markets during January which We
brought about by the condition of "A
country roads preventing the farm
ers from coming into the city and
] the snow storms.
Peter Terranova asked permission
install a gasoline tank in front of Il
property at 1907 Delaware avenu
> Permission was withheld by the boal
until the directors could personal
inspect the premises.
The resolution removing Chur'
street between Thirtieth and Thir
" second streets from the city map al
re-establishing Spruce street furth
west was given a third and final rea
ing and declared a law. Another res
luton was given two readings and r
ferred for further consideration wide
% ing Thirtieth street from Market sire
:. to Todds Lane. The present width
; = 60 feet. The new width will be so fe
" The Wilmington Gas Co. was Civ
= permission to open the street at Sc
ond and Tatnall on account of a brei
- in the main. The balance In bank
40 the credit of the city was reported
! be s20i,e0S.16. The weekly pay +
~ amounting TO s3.4Ss.16 and the ca
70 hire for past week amounting TO 5
W S6S.4s were ordered paid.
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