Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-10-30
city Council.

PROCEEDINGS, LAST EvESINd-THE oDoRI.Ess Mo-
NoPoLY IN REVIEWING ORDINANCE TO SUSTAIN
IT, AND THE BOARD OF HEALTH RECOMMENDED
TO LICENSE THE scAyENaERs.
Council met at the usual hour, last evening,
and WAS presided over by President Maris.
The City Auditor reported balance in bank
of $50, 1879.
The Chief Engineer of the water works re-
ported IL men employed in the Department, and
$50 men and : carts on the new basin. The
Street Commissioner reported SO men aud II
horses and carts employed.
The special committee to which was referred
the petition for modification of the ordinance
requiring the cleansing of cess-pools by the
Odorless Exeayator reported that there was no
ordinance to require the cleansing of cess-pools
by machinery only, and recommended the grant
ing of license to night scayengers as well as to
the Odorless machine.
Mr. Baker inquired If the cleaning of CESS
pools was not sort of free business-if any
night scayengers are prevented from their work
Mr.. Mcintire replied that monopoly had
been granted to the Odorless Excavating Co.,
and that the Mayor had felt constrained under
the city charter to fine the old scavengers who
had been arrested while in the performance of
| such work
| Mr.. Baker said that the Mayor had declined to
interfere in these cases. but had he been called
upon to arrest a poor negro for illegal voting he
would have hauled him up aud fined him. Less
| than two weeks ago he saw two carts engaged In
| this business, and if he was not mistaken the
Mayor was an eye witness to the same thing.
| Mr.. Hayes thought it time something was
| done in this matter, as considerable complaint
had been made of monopoly, and while many
persons were opposed to it, it is natural that
those who are nearest it should not be. The
Mayor, he said, had imposed fines in all cases
| brought to his notice, and the friends of the
monopoly had bailed the parties.
| VIM. NJ. Candy remarked that he didn't know
that the Board of Health had the right to license
the monopoly, but it had been done and the
| scayengers under the law had no right to pur-
sue their work. The report only recommen DIS
| the licensing of the scayengers, which he
thought proper thing. He thought Council
had acted unlawfully in the matter.
| Mr. Baker stated that the Council had no au-
thorty in the matter, having delegated it to the
Board Of Health.
chine, but was OF the opinion that the men
| should be licensed. If the machine Is as good
as it III said to be let it be brought into compe-
tition with the bucket system and drive it out, if
possible.
Mr. Baker moved after some further remarks
by Mr.. Johnson to lay the subject over one
week, which WAS lost by vote of ayes and nays
as follows ayes nays, 9.
Some further discussion then ensued, when
Mr.. Baker said that if the report was adopted il
would be recommendation by Council to the
Board of Health to break contract made in
| good faith-something which the city Of Will
| mngton had never DONE
| The vote was then taken by ayes and nays and
stood Ayes, Adams, Bekta, Burke, Wm. Cam
| by Wm. NJ. Canbv, Farrell Hayes, Lynch, Nc
Intire,L LMcAlenamin, Taylor and Maris-12 nayt
MeFsis. Baker, Downing, Johngon and Under
wood-4.
Petitions were presented for the curbing and
paving of Lombard street between Sth and 9th
and for a commission to condemn the bed Of
Pleasant street. between Adams and JAG son.
The Street Committee recommended the grad
ing OF Searles street, from Front TO Second
which was adopted
Ordinances were passed Tvs follows transfer
ing -, 900 from the appropriation for sewers t,
the appropriation for repairing and cleansing
streets amending the rontIact ordinance 81
that additional horses and carts may be employ
ed on the new basin allowing the W. d W. II
r. to lay track across CArlstiana Avenue a
Head street and providing for the macadam2
ing of Orange street, below the railroad
Mr.. Adams III relation to the matter betwee
the city and the =. W. a B. II. Il. Go. in the rails
ing o their tracks along Water street, introduc
; ed resolution instluctng the Street Committe
to prepare resolution or ordinance in relatio
to the same and report at the next meeting
The resolution was adopted
alr. Candy presented proposals for grading til
bod OF Searles street between Front and Secon
as follows
Robert Mclntire, ,............23 23c per cubic par
Bernard Donahue, ,......,.25 .25c " " i"
Martin Keogh, ....2319c
The bids were referred to the committee o
opening streets with power to act.
The following orders were directed to b
drawn B. Il W. d. Evans, $41.40;Y. $. Walte
/ SIS; jenkins & Atkinson, 5222 AZ; Geo W. Vel
/, non, 1926; Ray roll of Street department
i S3i6.5 so; Pay roll water Department. Sl49; Pa
roll Of new basin. -, IA; to sundry presons fc
interest. S1,0Sl.60 Thomas Ford, $11I; S.
Nichols, S142. 80; James Hairgan, S75 Robe
}. Lee, $500; Hannah G. Baker S171; Emma Mu
/ | Dlv. a3e.