The daily gazette., 1879-12-05
CITY COUNCIL.

HE CII1 hOSPlIAL AbOs-
isHED- STATE OF THE APPRoPRIA-
IloNs-CHIEF 'ENGINEER or THE |
WATER DEPARTMENT ELECTED.
City Council met last evening in rsg-
tilar session, President Sharpley in the |
chair.
The Street Committee reported favor
ably Oh the petition Of W. L. Westbrook
asking permission to erect telegraph |
poles on King street, between Fifth and
Sixth, aud on Sixth between Market and
King. Adopted.
Ihc Pubic Building Committee, on
the resolution Of Mr.. Paynter, instruct
ing that committee to ascertain OH what
grounds the Delaware Fire Company
owned the house and lot they occupy,
ana ON what terms the company will
dispense of IL, reported, that the compa-
ny owned the building and sixteen ieet
front, by forty feet deep, and that they
would dispose Of 1t to the city for So
500.
Mr.. r. II. Taylor moved The adoption
of the report.
| MIR. Paynter said that the counci. was
lot prepa,ed 10 let the matter die out,
and by adopting the report, the conpnit-
Tee would not have nothing lse TO do ia
tie mat er. He thought that council
should instruc. the committee in some
| manner.
MIR. X. ii. Taylor 81 atcd that the COM
mittee had met a committee from the
| Delaware Fire Company aud ase riain-
ed from tn III what was set ioill in the
| report. The committee could do noth-
ing further. The report was adopted.
The Chief Of Police reported tLat lie
had collected for fiues, ETC., curing the
month Of November, $243.
TIE Registrar of the Water Depart
ment reported that lie had collected ST.
Z51.45 duiing the month OF Nov, mL,r.
The City Treasurer reported ST., ,54j.-
II in bank TO the credit Of Current Ex-
penses, and SG,2l5.s4 to the credit OF
the Board of Education.
The Chief Engineer of the Water
Department reported 33 men in his en-
ploy for the week ending December I'd |;
pay roll, S2s3.7O.
Tie Street Commissioner reported ID
men, double and single teaus IN his
employ for the week ending, November
20tn pay roll, SGl.24.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
The following petitions and commu-
nications were introduced, read ANA re-
ierred to the proper committees:
MIR. Blake presented a Ienonstfance
from Rev. NJ. y. Fallon and others, rc-
monstrating against the removal of the
stone crllsher TO the Fifth rect quarry.
MIR. Mct'linchey presented coininu-
nication from John Hunt, ASKING Cum
Gil TO pay him for killing Lw.nly-nine
dogs, amounting to SO.
1.-TWO similar communications had
been present ed by Nj. Hunt, and the
Police Committee reported adversely
, each time.-REp.
, On motion Of Mr.. Carmichael the
r communication was laid Oh the table.
I Mr.. Rodney presented petition from
! Charles W. Rowland, asking permission
to lay curb stone on the west side ol
Broome street, from Eighth to Tent
/ ! stre0ts.
On motion Of Mr.. Rodney it was re-
| ierred to the Street COnn,tlce, Will
, power to act.
Mr.. Rodney presented the following
petition for the abulshment OF the CITY
Hospital:
: 10 the Mayor and Council Of " lining
GENTLEMEN:-Whe in our opin
y ion, the Guy Hospital has failed TO ac
, colnpish the object for which it was de
> signed, we, the undersigned, would re
spectiully ask your honorable body tt
adopt such measures as will place sal,
esl ablishment under the control an,
II management of voluntary ass clatioi
II OF citizens, of known liability ah'
: trustw oI thiness, Or else abolish 1t eiitiit
"A nfn
The petition was signed by thiriy-thre
citizens. 1t was referred to the hospta
i, Committee.
ar. Paynter introduced the following
u resolutions:
y. Resoired, That the Law Committee
Is in conjunction with the City Solicitor
d be, and they are hereby instructed TO in
k quire into the title by which the Della
> ware Fire Company hold the lot at Sixtl
e and King streets.
:, The resolution was adopted.
= On motion of Mr.. HeusleJ the propo
e sails for lighting, eXtinguishing an
t, keeping tho lamps of the city in repair
f. ior the term OF tniee years, were take
y from the box and read. The following
d were the bids:
A. Wilmington Coal Gas Company
~ lamps, $1,000 each; naptha, $2O.0O pc
D. lamp; kerosene, $3.50 per lamp.
a Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light Com
a. pany.-Same lamps that now burn thei
!? oil. S21.21; new lamps, S2l.5O per eac
81 lamp.
II The Frazer Gas Light Company, {
'e1 Canton, Ohio, proposed to furnish vapo
.s gas burners OH lamps, equal TO a SIN fot
,e gas burner, aud oil, at $lS.ls per pos
I'd per year.
i THE CITY HOSPITAL ABOLISHED.
er Mr.. Merrs Taylor called up for
Mt third reading his substitute to the ordi
= nance abolshing the office of Superb
~ tendent of the City Hospital, and esl al
IN fishing free dispensary in lieu thereo
%. The following is the substitute:
st WHEREAS, The requirements oi IL
Id City Hospital are such as to render I'll
Is, services of Superintendent no long,
iy necessary; therefore
III Be ii ordained by the CITY Council ,
s1 s Wilmington: Section THAT the ord
us -" nance, entitled San ordinance providil
"a for the appointment of a Superintendent
us of City Hospital" passed at City Hal
September l7Lh, 1874, be and the sam
is hereby repealed. This ordinance
take effect on the first day of Januar
A. d., 1880. g,
Ter The ordinance passed unanimously l
OF the following VOTE
he Aves-N,essrs. Allen, Abele, Blak