Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-27
Balance due OH lease.

due, on tile new lease.
By THE TERMS OF THE LEASE,
the les-ees were required 10 assume all repairs
for machinery, while the city would incur the ex-
peure Of repairs to building, water-wheel, fore
| bay, and race. Hence the bill for repairs in bar
Of rent Messrs. Price Il Phillips have also filed |
claim with the department in abatement of rent |
for damages during the time the mill was idle |
after the freshet in 1873. Their lease has been
renewed for one wear at 5000. and they are now
operating the mill under a verbal contract.
The committee next gave its attention to the
accounts of the Department in the sale OF old
material. No discrepancy was found in any of the
accounts, and they conformed with the published
I report for 1873. But while this was the case
: they were kept in such condition that one unac-
quanted with them could not readily understand
them. For instance, bills allowed in bar of ac-
J. counts did not appear only on the bills them
e selves, and were not published in the annual re-
h ports hence the letter of inquiry in the Every
,i EUeaing, when it was known that certain mater
n lal was disposed of but was unaccounted for in
D" the statement given the public. The total sales
Il, OF old material during 1873 amounted to S743 69.
N During the inspection of the books, Messrs.
III Febger Gallagher and Taylor assisted in ex-
planning the accounts.
THIS ENDED THE EXAMINATION
4 of the accounts, and Mr. Croasdale editor of
IL EUng Ecel,ing, who was present, was invited to
present any statement which he had to make,
when he proceeded TO read from paper in rota-
tion, items embodying sales of old material which
it had been represented to him had been made,
but which were not published in the annual re.
- port. Each of them MIR. Gallagher explained OF
I'' denied in toto and there being no one present
to confirm the statements of either party, they
were passed by the committee without any effort
at corroboraton. The investigation being an ex.
tra-j judicial one no oaths administered, and
the simple statements of the parties were re
ceived
THE UNPUBLIsHRD ITEMS.
l. boiler sold to H. I. Cause. Explained
credited to cash
2.-Lot of wrought iron sold to ]. C. File Ex
To planned as credited on bill.
3. A small boiler sold to VIM. Mcconnell TO
$50, which was repurchased by Gallagher fol
S75, and afterwards sold to Mr.. j. c. Baker TO
$3.50. The books of the office showed the sal
of the boiler, but only the receipt of slS.37
which Capt. Gallagher said was all he obtaine
for it. He further said that Mcconnell had sol
it to Baker for $50
M 4. Lot Of scrap iron frem the "corn kiln.
~ sold to Joseph Miller. This iron, Capt Calls
ND gher said, never belonged to the city, and h
presented papers to show that it had been sol
AR by Judge Gilpin to G. ]. Fell X Bro.
8. Lot of cast iron sold to l.. c. Stotsenbur
4 Co. Explained offset to BILL
g. Lot of old lumber sold to Price * philllI
for the repair Of the headgates of the race L,
planation furnished as the property of the ci
for city work.
Z. Lot Of old lumber sold to John Doughert
Explanation the lumber belonged to Mr.. Win
low and had been obtained from him by Doug
erty.
s. Quantity of stone from bed of Chestn
street, near Monroe, sold to Thomas For
Capt Gallagher admitted that the stone h
Vel. been quarried by the city. but denied that
- had received a cent from Ford
SHl' LETTING UP ON" FAvomTEs.
Mr.. Croasdale here stated that these were
nzed the items unpublished, which had been trac
up and placed in his possession, and up
!, anu which the inquiry of his correspondent rest,
" AS to his own charge of - letting up on the
yortes Of the ring he could only offer in G
dence the representations of Mr.. Foulk a me
eet. Der Of the Council, who after paying two
- three years water tax at time, complai,
of it as hardship, declaring that he had bt
compelled to pay it on account of a difrerel
chest with Capt. Gallagher, growing out of
INA ma Odorless Monopoly business and remarked
ctinr sit was unfair, for Joe Phillips had not paid
mend. rent since Frank Taylor was Registrar" Z
II all duplicate receipts then brought in wi
showed that Mr.. Foulk had lately paid his WI
l., tax for two years, with the penalty-S22 in
ets 1t was stated in explanation that Mr.. Foulk
NR,e bankrupt and the money nncollectable, that
o. have cut of the water would have been an ac