The daily gazette., 1878-12-06
City Council.
Regular Meeting Last Erening-A Long
Session-1he Water Suppty-Two En-
ira Sergednts to be appointed.

Regular Meeting Last Erening-A Long
Session-Ihe Water Supply-Two Er-
ira Sergednts to be appointed.
The City Council met last evening,
President Lichtenstein in the chair. The
various committees were called for re-
ports on various petitions referred to
them, but in all cases asked "to be con-
tinued on all business"
The Auditor reported that he had ex-
| amined the accounts of w. j. Morrow,
Registrar, and found that he had collect
ed during the past month the sum OF
$793.35, and deposited the same in bank.
The City Treasurer reported 2,05S.74
in bank to the credit of current expenses
paid out on draft of the Water Commits
sioners since last report the sum of
$176.S1 and in total TO date, $142, ,752.97.
The Chief Engineer of the Water De-
partment reported 81 men in his employ
for the week ending December Sd, pay
roll, $224.51.
The Street Commissioner reported 81
men, 4 single and s double teams in his
employ for the week ending November
80; pay roll, $1SS.08.
When the police pay roll was passed,
Mr.. Maxwell moved that orders be drawn
for all the parties named, except the
Chief of Police, and that his order be
drawn in favor of the City Auditor !:
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
The following petitions and communi-
cations were read and referred 10 the
proper committees for their action:
From George II. Leach and forty-five
Others, asking Council to grant an in
crease of police.
From John Plunkett and others, ask
ing that lamp be placed on Front street,
between Market and King streets.
The following communication in re-
gard TO supplying the city with water,
from Joseph Bancroft & Sons, was read !:
ROCKFORD, 18th Mo. End, 1878.
To the Water Committee Of the City
Council Of Wilmington:
We wish to lay before you our views
in regard to what would be the cost to
the city of taking water from this place:
We think we can show that-while by
this means without building any sewer
along the Brandywine-the undesirable
matter from factories, cemeteries, dwell
ings, &c, on all the ground which drains
into the stream southeast of the ridge on
which the Mt. Salem meeting house and
GENE cry are situated, will be avoided; the
burdens ofthe taxpayers will not even be
temporarily increased; and that the cost
of getting water must in few years be
much less than if it should be pumped at
the present station.
We need scarcely refer to the probable
cost of building sewer along the creek.
The difficulties and vast expense of try
ing to protect the water from impurities
in that way are forcibly shown in the re-
port for the year 1877, of NJ. G.. Conwell,
the city's Chief Engineer and Surveyor.
Our proposition, laid before the Water
Committee some months since, was in sui
stance as follows:
I've are willing that the city should
take any amount of water out of our race,
or out of the stream above here, if it will
pay for the loss of power, in the % feet
fall at this place, 81 for each million of
gallons so taken.
7-If the city will lay 30-inch main
to this place we will agree to put in sutii-
cient machinery to pump 100000 gal
Ions O day; and force water inrO the main
for 81 million gallons, making the whole
charge from us $5 per million gallons.
3-We will, when the city may so de-
sire to sell it, at price to be decided by
if not otherwise agreed upon,
site for steam pumping machinery where
water can be drawn from our race, or, in
case it is empty, from the creek.
In addition to what we would receive, |
the city should compensate the owners of |
the water powers below here for the loss
which they would sustain from the water
being taken out of its natural course.
We estimate that the power derived
from 100000 gallons of water falling
one foot can be replaced by steam power
at cost of five cents. There is not more
than 25 feet fall between this place and
The millers' dam. Therefore SLIPS for
each million gallons taken out would en-
able the owners of water rights to replace
with steam power.
I'm regard to the water rights at the
head of tide: the Water department es..
Inmates that in the first and second rights