Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-08-21
CITY Council.

PROCEEDINGS, LAST EyEEISG-coMMIrIEER REPoRTs
AND PETITIONS FOR NEW woRK-AN ISvEsTIGA-
TIoN ORDERED INTO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
WATER DEPARTMENT, &c.
The City Council met in regular session, last
evening" President Maris in the chair.
The report of the Street Committee, awarding
the contract for grading and paving Orange
street from Tenth to Twelfth streets to George
| w. Keen, at 90 cents per yard was adopted.
The water committee reported that the propo-
sails OF Stephen l.. Nichols and Thomas Ford for
furnishing horses and cars with driver for each
for excavating the new city basin were the low
est, when OH motion of Mr.. Febiger the commit
tee was instructed to enter into a contract with
the persons named
MIR. Candy, from the committee on law report
ed that owing TO the absence OF the City Solicl-
tor from the city, none of the pending ordi-
nances had been acted upon, in consequence of
| which the committee asked to be continued.
| Mr.. Febiger stated that before the report was
adopted he would give notice that he would call
up for final action the ordinance exempung the
excavation for the new basin from the proyi-
! sions of the contract ordinance.
| Mr. Pickels moved to exempt the ordinance
named by Mr.. Febger from the report OF the
! Law committee.
Mr. Candy wanted to know if council had the
power to amend the report of a committe.
The chair stated that it had, but to refer back
| to the committee was the general usage.
| Mr.. Pickles then withdrew his former motion
and moved its reference back to the committee
with instructions TO report forthwith.
Mr.. McIutire contended that Council could
moi interfere with tine report of committee,
and that 1t was violation OF the ordinance re-
quiring all ordinances and resolutions to be re-
ferred to the Committee on Law He for one
would not sign another report. He called the
yeas and nays OH the motion to refer.
Mr.. Hayes contended that all such papers must
take their regular course and be approved or
disapproved by the City Solicitor, and reported
back by the committee, exactly as the committee
had done.
air Pickles said that did not amount to any
thing. The City Solicitor simply gave his opin-
ion as to whether the ordinance was correct or
not. Time rapidly rolling on and Council
could not well wait another week.
Mr.. Baker said Council made its own laws, and
it WIS fully competent to repeal the ordinance
creating the law Committee
Mr.. Candy said the committee had simply
acted according to the law in the matter as he
found 1t. The solicitor was away and could give
no report, and the committee had reported such
i fact III the council. The could do nothing less
: or nothing more In the plain expressed
u provisions OF the ordinance he did not see how
: he conld report anything but what had been re-
: ported The Solicitor, he understood, would be
J at home to-night and he suggested that spec
i ial meeting oil council should be called Tor to-
morrows( Friday evening where the report would
: he presented in proper shape.
e After considerable debate the vote was taken
: On the InotlOn 10 REFER Dhck Tie report AS fol
! lows Ayes-Mesars. Baker, Febiger, File Fonk
i Green, Murray, Johnson, Phillips, Pickels, I'm
d derwood, Marls-lI; Nays-Messrs. Adams
Burke Cmby Hayes, Lynch McIntire, Rich
# ardson, Taylor.
r The committee failing to make any other re-
port, Mr.. Candy stated that 1t would be left il
the hands of the Council, il desired, and the
,. Council could take whatever action it saw proper
e Mr.. Plckels then moved to reconsider the vot,
h by which the report was referred back TO tn,
d committee on Law, which was carried.
u u MIR. Mclntire raised the point that an tile OF
- dinance WAS III the hands of Council it must now
i, under the rules, be referred to the Committe,
hi on Law.
II The chair stated that the ordinance being il
the hands of the Council. it could make whatev
= er disposition it saw proper
4 The City Auditor reported balance OF S6s 1856.
4 is in bank, to the credit of the city.
The Street Commissioner reported so men am
IL horses and carts employed, and the Chic
Engineer of the Water Works reported 80 mel
employed.
The chair appointed Mesars. Pickels, Bake
: and Lynch, committee TO confer with the Sail
j. ors and Soldiers Monument Association IN refer
ence to transfer OF the monument to the cit
under resolution passed at the last meeting Q
Council.
On motion of Mr.. Pickles. 4 lots at Second an
Adams Streets were assessed to Joseph l.. Cai
penter at S2,200.
The following petitions were read and refei
red From Isaac Murray for the privilege {
connecting with Monroe street sewer (referre
with power to aetl for lamp at Fourth an
Franklin streets a lamp on Sixth, betwee
n Pine and Lombard ; and for one OIL Sixth b,
tween Poplar and Lombati
Morris, Tasker Co. petitioned for the priv
ege OF erecting telegraph poles within the lin
Its OF the city TO extend to their works at Ne
Castle. Referred to Street Committee with poy
or to act.
Mr.. Pickles offered the following
Resolced, That the resolution requiring all o
dnances offered in Council to be referred Ia Il
Law Committee, so AZ to give them all oppoftu
lty OF consulting the CITY solicitor with regard
TO the fact, as to whether they conflict with Il
- charter OF the city, constitution or laws of Il
va State, be and the same is hereby rescinded
FAR a. ltapples to the ordinance now in the hau
Of Council. exempting the building of the ban
of the new basin from the operations of the co
tract ordinance. The resolution passed go
Mr.. Fehlger presented communication IN
c. II. Gallagher calling attention to an edtc
ial and communication IN the Eoery Ereni
rejecting upon the character of business fin
one of whom is member of Council and al
upon the official conduct of the officers of t
Water Department, upon which Mr.. Gallagh
requested a committee of disnterested citiz =
to make a full investigation and report TO i
City Council.
/. On motion Of Mr.. Febiger to appoint such
= committee, the President appointed the folio
II. ing gentlemen Charles Warner. Francis B,
Ty J. Taylor Cause, W. q. Gibbons and Willis
mo Upon the motion OF Mr. Pickles to pay jam
- Woolley 800 on account, Mr. Hayes called /
yeas and nays, and the motion was aioptt
yeas 49, nays c.
AN The council proceeded on motion to elect
inspector for the 7th ward in place of L.
Stotsenberg, deceased, when James q. Pick
and Albert Thatcher were nominated \
MO Pickles received 13 votes and Thatcher ).
NO. The following orders were drawn Board
Education, s68OO James Woolley, 500 p
rick Daily, Sl.42 James Murray, So 20; II.
ND Ogle, 80 Joseph Flanagan, $500; Robt. Me
tyre, S325.
On motion OF Mr.. Pickles, it was ordered Il
- work be begun at once on the new basin.
- The BALTIMORE CESrRAI.s POSTAL DEMAND
ED President Wood having notified the Post OF
Department that the Baltimore Central Rairc
will not continue 10 carry the mails at redu,
lied rates, based upon readjustment according
~, later weighings, the Department has consen
anu to re-weighing of the mails carried over
road, with view to correct errors. If any
found to exist.
Il. STEAMSHIP LAUNCH. - The new steams
- Tripl.t, built by the Jackson 4 Sharp Co,
)IS the Electric Line, Wilmington and New Yoi