Daily Republican., 1879-08-26
LETTER FROM DELAWARE CITY.


LETTER FROM DELAWARE CITY.
Tho 'sCity's" Municipal Affairs
Preparations for the Mig Quarter.
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Special Correspondence OF the Republican.
DELAWARE CRY, Aug. "a, 1879.
Our city is at the present time with
out Mayor. DR.. Dunlap was chosen
to that Office some time since; he dis
charged the duties Of said Office very
accsptably during portion Of the term
for which he was chosen, and then
rendered his resignation which the
town authorities refused to accept. He
again rendered his resignation, to take
effect on the first day Of July, and as
he told the powers that he was indif-
fsrent as to whether they accepted or
rejected his resignation, we are vir-
tually minus Mayor, although no
doubt he would exercise the functions
of said Office If it was really requisite,
in case OF riot or any serious out
break, but as our city is very quiet
and orderly one, he is not troubled
with apprehensions on that score.
The doctor is held in very high astma-
tion by the people, and any sugges.
tion he makes is always for the good
of the city.
Last evening our people were re-
quested, by handbills being posted
around the city, to meet at Ridd's ho-
tel, for the purpose Of organizing
Board Of Health. The intelligent, the
highly learned, and many others, were
present. A genera! pow-pow was par
tlcipated in by all, when all at once it
was discovered that the citizens had no
power to organize such a Board, from
the fact that by an ordinance ratified
by themselves, which had been pre-
viously passed by the Legislature, all
the powers and duties OF Local Board
of Health is vested in the town commits.
sioners. They have the authority also
to appoint q Board Of Health, whose
duty it would be to report to them all
nuisancss that might come under their
observation, and 1t would then be the
duty of the commissioners to abate said
nuisances; but as there is no pay at
tached to the Office of Health Guardian
none seem ambitious TO thrust them
selves forward and make sacrifices tor
the good of the community at large.
There possibly may be a real necessi'
ty for an energetic Board Of Health,
but then such q luxury cannot be in.
dulged in without money to run it,
and as the City Treasury is not over
burdenad with cash, the Board would
be compelled to foot all expenses out Of
their private pockets. am we'll enough
acquainted with human nature to know
that no man or set of men would do
this, unless they saw prospect of get
ting two dollars for every one they ex-
pended. DR.. Dunlap, at the meeting
on Saturday evening, proposed that the
movers in this Board of Health bust
ness suggest names to the town COM
missioners as suitable persons to fill
the very important Office of guardians
of health. No names | believe were
put forward, and so the attempt to
create a Board failed.
understand that there was a grea'
deal of elimination and recriminatior
at the meeting in question; some wers
in favor Of having all the pig pent
broken up, whilst others could see
nothing in the movement but an at
tempt to injure the poorer class Of oul
community and enrich others, for if pie
pens were abolished, and they wers
not allowed to raise their own pork
they would be virtually ruined and
besides, although pig pen does no
emit d very aromatic flavor, decayec
vegetables-which the porkers con
sume-are a great deal more injurious
to the health of the citizens. Some
again assert that the Town Comnis
sioners are reckless in the discharge o
their duty in regard to abating wei
known nuisances, such as stagnan
pools of water, overhowing privies, &c.
for fear they might make themselve
, unpopular, and place in jeopardy thei
reelection. Be this as it may, any Sc
of men who refuse to discharge the wei
= known duties of their Office, for fear o
3 offending some one, are unworthy o
t the trust reposed in them, and shoult
: bs quietly retired to private life at tn
earliest opportunity that might presen
l itself. am opposed rs much as an.
5 one possibly can be to the oppression o
b the poor (for God knows | am poo
= enough myself but let justice be deal
= out to all alike, and then there canno
r be any acrid feelings between man an
3 man in the community.
The colored folks hereabouts are max
ing extensive preparations to partici
pate in the big quarterly which come
: off in your city next Sunday. Tw
boat loads will be taken from here, an
, the country adjacent. Those who hav
made up their minds to 60 can easil
. be distinguished from those who ar
:, not going. Whilst the former are con
stantly training their voices in singin
a and shouting as they pass along tn
! tow path; the latter are sullen, an
. have very little to say.
Whilst you In Wilmington are fret
ting, and fuming, and worrying owe
, who shall lord it over you for anotlle
= year, and spend with prodigsl band
your hard earned cash, We are blesse
= with peace and quietness, here We "oa
sit under our own vines and hg trees
% with none to molest or make us afraid
= Politics here is dull, flat, stale an
a Improbable, and no one seems 10 car
" to exercise himself about 1t more tha