Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-11
TME City couNoIL.
REGULAR MHHT1E0 LAST EVENING.

Inc City Council met at the regular hour last
evening, Mr.. Underwood preceding.
The Street Committoe, On a. epetition .of q olin
A. Harris and others, in relation to the condition
Of the foot OF Shipley street. reportetiiat no &C
tion was necessary, and were discharged from
consideration of the subject s
Same COMMITTEES reported IN favor OF allowing !
Christian Knittls to build bake over Il tbs NJ
w. corner Of Third and Jefferson streets, Adop. \
ted. t.e s4t
The petition o. Possy, Jones & Co... Tor ipntter
plates on front and Sscond streets, from Lonl- 1
bard % JeffeFson, was laid over until the first |
meefinR Il, Julv zee q ftE tIs4FiifJTs6 s.N
The Street Commissioners reported 10 men and
Is horses aud carts employed; tho ChiOf Engineer
The Water Committee reported in favor Of al
lowing the Delaware 8. +. H. Company the use Of
the fre plugs for tho purpose Of sprinkling the
streets. reserving the right to stop them when
thcrs il not enough Of water in the basin. AdOp-
The Committee on Opening Streets, reported
that Il was impossibla to change the grade of
Vandaver Avenue, ss petitioncd for By VIM.
Thatcher, unlees new street ives opened 10 the
| Z ThecdrsAsIniion Of tins report apas postponed,
and motion adopted for Council to meet at
Eighteenth and Market, on Saturday evening, at
4 tve o'clock, for the purpose Of examiniHg the
I Avenue sud hAing tie grades Of certain streets.
Same committee reported that they had secured
the ssrviceSlof Samuel Cabby in the Engineering
Department and commended that he be retarded
ct his former salary. Adopted e ~ We
Mr.. Quinn, chairman of the City Hospital Com
mittee, moved that the Clerk be instructed to pro-
cure from the Secretary OF State, certified cspies
Of Act Ia relation to the Hospital, ami ull other
city Acts passed by the Legislature. Adopted.
Mr. Piokeh peesented an .'s0nihan0s } f8r the
Relief Of the Finance Committee" authorizing
the issue of certificates of indebtedness, to the
amount OF 100000, tor the purpose OF paying the
floating debt Of the city, anda the oxpenscs Of
opening Eighteenth street Read twice.
The pay rolls Of the Water Depa tment, S2l3 S.
; and the Street Department, S355.75, wero read
: and passed in the usual manner
: Mr.. Febigor stated BY tie AZ gteements with
Warner q 20, In regard to the widening of Water
strtf tas ojtyll v sFl4 thia stebl,l eaPa,
bids for the same, the lowest of which was from
y J. ID. WinsIow, for $1,000 He moved that tn,
/ committee ba authorized to settle with the partie
: on that basis. Adopted.
2 The monthly report OF the CLERK Of the Marke
I was vas rad, showing she amount collected to b
Mr.. Quinn presented an @ordihanse for thS Re
u lief of the Finance OOmmitee,1 authouNuq tn
issne Of certificates Of indebtedness, to the aoun
I Of $4,000 to be used for the erection Of a Cit
T Hospital. Read twics.I QIycup E-TTHE
Mr.. Hayes moved a suspGnsion Of the rules, an
]: the appoint1uent, bf the, Char, Of the committe
= provided for Al the last meeting, to examine int
. the finances Of the city. ~ e,%a,., % ~
e Mr. Pickles moved TO smandi by feferrlng tn
. tiena 70 report at the next meetnge u eef y
ee Mr. MeIntire thought the Fnauce Coninitft
~ should not attempt to evade an id testisation@
y Ar Pickels dsclaimed any desire to do so, Ds
y y thought that the Finanse1 Oommttee could mal
es it.
y; la Dir. Baker m1Y1 tn Reeansiaer thsaSdfe L
Al Al which the resolution was adopted. Carried.
~ Mr. Baker then wed 20 amend tha fesotdtic
Ie by striking out "specIa" and inserting "Finanee
=, =, Committee, and requiring report At the ns'
Mr.. Foulk moved that eoPPitlee Of three
eo appolatsd 70 nOuAinasS members Ofthe Board
OF Health.
nd Mr., Quinn moved to amend By mskiRg Il
hS eopni4tee ten-one from each Wagd- vhish N
- Plckels moved to further amend BY adding Pres
" dent Maris. Adoptod.TIgT 81
an The Chair afterwards appointed the followiT
ne eommittes President Mariy; Messrs. Hueste
OK Quinn, Bickta, Baker, Pickles, Foulk, Phillip
a- Richardson, Febiger, Mention.
IS Acommuhieation was read from Mayor Simm
re suggesting changes in section and Of the Poll
he Ordinance mo as 70 require the Sefkants % 60
duty at o'clock, p, H., Instead Of O'Clock, as
le- present. also TO require ths Police Constables
M Ice On at 4 instead of o'clock, p M, Igtheopi
BIZ oh of the Mayor, the largest force was heceasa
ne between these hours. f--.-,s.,.tf.
he On motion Of ilr, Quinn the committee en- ci
as Hospital was instructed TO look for suitable d
for the same. aiuq3 laais
hy Tha following petitions were read aud rsferra
ne. From ElWoOd Walton, for permission to ere
IN refreshmeht stand in front Of the City Hall;
70 water pipes On Walnut street. between Thirteen
90 and F0urtee1lhs ion The cuEbing and paving Of
Ter north side OF Ninth strsst, from Poplar to Xii
Aer wood; from Henry Eekel, for permission to ia
na measures Tor the protection OF his property,
,rA joining the City hall yard; fpm John Curry Ii
me Firs Watch, for donation; for the curbing a
ne paving the eaat side oiAWnon stree abo
ob- NINTH Tor the eurbing aud paving OF the moi
I'VE side Of TWellth street. bstN cen King and FrenC
pc. for the gTadiRg Of ."snitchsr's Alley"
Stt aasEa tFFk1Er oHDERss afIgea1 ei gsslt
II Jdhn LoRue, el64.l2; VIM. ID Billahy $28.
nd Isaac MnrFay, e222; James n. Beggs, S12 50;
q Q. StotkenhuIa 3 son, si7o-16; RShk McInty
led 20 Daniel Gallagher S7es 80; John II. n
fes naF, e3675s Homer Barry, S1T76; Geo. w sBH
lue 81; j, W. Hawkins, sle.26 II. o. Eimpson, 9f2
lm- Geo, w. Btone,t S12.75; n Pickles, 4 ~; %
gas Palmeg, 1851; 5. Bark & Son. S564S; Viii @
i,iy Gas Cos S.; Boughman, Thomas & Co, Sz9.
ave 0eosW. jackson, S7.25; Geo. w Vernon, S23.
the Croasdale q Cameron, S1050, Robt. MoInty
the S28S.7l; VIM. II. Brady, %; John G. FaPra, S73
! - q. p. Thomas, e7e; Geo. q. MacAn, S64.29; g
TO w. Ortlip, e51.60 John Hanna, elO; Isaac u
and &6l0; Geo. Bennett S36l; judge Rra1io
are e2f.26: Ephrains Bowen, SS00.00; Robert \
ems Slk00Q; u H Eaallaaher, s2..ts4kl 1aacs8
,gld On mOtion, Council udioarned.
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