The Morning herald., 1876-12-02

The Auditor reported the accounts OF the
several city officers correct.
The Chief Engineer of the Water Depart
ment reported 81 men employed in that
department during the past week.
The Street Commissioner reported men
and horse and cart employed In the Street
Dep Ntment, for the week ending Novem
ber 25.
The pay roll of the Street Department,
amounting to $04 81, and The pay roll Of
the Water Department. amounting to
S420 80, were read, and on motion we're al
lowed and orders drawL for the amounts
Mr.. Baker presented and had read reso
luton instructing the Street Committee to
inquire into the expediency of having the
avenues, streets, inlets and covered cutters
clea ned by contract, during the year 1877,
and on his motion the resolution was adop.
ted and the committee instructed to report
at next meeting.
The ane gentlemen introduceda resolu
tion instructing the Lamp Committee to
confer with the Wilmington Coal Gas Com
pany, and request reduction In price of
gas furnished to the city, which resolution
on his motion was adopted. Mr.. Chandler
called up for a third reading, the ordinance
for the Relief of the Board Of Health which
on his motion passed as follows. Yeas,
Adams, Baker, Chandler, Candy, Downey,
Davis, Feaster, Ford Febiger, Jones, Irlan,
Kendall Lynch, McGlinchy, ,Paynter, Pickles,
Taylor, Townsend, Windle and President
Lichtenstein 20, nays "none."
'--,oa motioa, Of ,Mr. Riekelsa the Finance
Committee were granted Authoffty to ahsSsl
a note of $4,000, falling due to-day and a
note of $1,000, falling due in few days at
the Union National Bank renewed.
Mr.. Pickles introduced and had read an
ordinance changing and blishing the
grades of certain streets in the city of Viii
mington.
The same gentleman presented commu.
nication from the Finance Committee of the
Board of Education, setting forth that
$76, ,756 would be required by the Board to
carry on the Public Schools during the year
1877.
Col. Febiger called the attention of the
Council to the fact that the Board had not
compiled with the charter, and had not
sent In their estimate as provided by the
City charter,
Mr.. Chandler from the Committee on
Public Buildings stated that he had through
postal cards asked for bids for furnishing
the city with about IS tons OF coal 10 be
delivered and stored under the directions of
the Committee on Public Building, and pre-.
sented the following estimates. z. G.
Townsend, Stove, Egg and Broken Coal
IS per ton. Nut Coal 81 IS per ton. Jos.
Fout, Broken and Egg $500 per ton J. B.
Conrow & Son. Stove, 5.25; Egg, 5 100;
Broken, 500. Geo. W. Bush g. Son,
Egg, Stove and Broken, $500 per ton,
G. Warner & Co., stove, broken and egg
IS 80 per ton.
Mills & Combs, stove, broken and egg
$2.75 per ton, or $3.50 per ton emptied in
bins.
The bids were referred to the committee
with instruction to award the contract to the
lowest bidder.
During the evening the following orders
we'e drawn:
Caleb Miller in favor of Auditor IS, G. F.
Robinson IS, Walton & Bro. $4 70, VIM.
B. Davis. (less quarry lease,) $l110.53,
Pusey, Jones & Co., 1890, Henry Wit
tecker $3 "a, Patrick Reynolds. SIS, Robt.
Bruce, sl4s.34, John Peoples, cash, $40, 900,
John Peoples, cash, $4,000.
Adjourned,