The daily gazette., 1879-03-28
City Council.

Another Long Sessioa-But Little Com
mttfee Business-The .Qudrry Lot"
Dirt Disposed Of-Petitions and Com
municdtions.
City Council met in regular session last
evening, President Lichtenstein in the
chair.
Mr.. McGlinchy, chairman of the Open
ing Streets committee, presented the re-
turn of the commission appointed TO as
sess damages Oh Conrad street. The
awards We're New Castle county, q
cents; Philip Plunkett, So Total costs,
500. The damages were confirmed.
The City Treasurer reported S2,S03.2S
In bank 10 the credit ofcurrent expenses !;
paid out on draft of Water Commission
efs since last report the sum Of ~ and in
total to date, sl4S, S,412.51.
The Chief Engineer OF tho Water De-
paitinent reported % men in his employ
tor the week ending March 25th pay
roll, S1SS.3S.
The ) rect Commissioner reported AZ
men, o double aud | single team in his
employ for the week ending March 9th I;
pay roll, S26l.47.
The special committee appointed to
prepare an ordinance regulating the sale
OF meat on the streets, reported progress.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
The following petitions and communi-
cations were introduced, read and refer
red TO the proper Committees:
From Frank ID. Clayton, setting forth
that the Orange street dock had become
N GllnI vrith Iirt nd ,,l aI hat
not only dangerous but was in an un-
healthy condition; and that it was next
to impossible for vessel loaded with
coal to discharge, thereby injuring his
business. lie asked that Council take
such action as To remove the dirt that had
accumulated there.
On motion of Mr.. Walton, the matter
was referred to the comm .ttee on Public
Buildings.
From G. & J. Pyle, stating that some
time ago they had petitioned Council to
allow them to build over "shipley Run"
but thus far they had not received the
perm sion asked for, and as they were
awaiting to build over the run, at their
factory on west Sixth street, they hoped
that Council would take immediate ac-
tion in the matter.
On motion OF Mr., Townsend, the COM
munication was reielled 10 the Street
Committee with power to act.
The same firm also presen cd another
communication in regard to the sloppa2e
by the city of natural flow OF water at
Fifth and Monroe streets, said stoppage
having the effect of backing up the water
TO such degree that i had heen declared
nuisance by the Board of Health. They
ked that the Council abate The cause of
the nuisance.
John Mcbride asked that a lamp be
placed at the 5. L. corner Of B and Lo-
cusl streets.
Geo. Cochran, who was one of the bid
ders for the grading of "Quarry Lot"
presented a communication, in which he
stated that he felt that justice had not
been done him in the awaI ding the con-
tract. His bid for the grading of the lot
and placing the dirt over Eleventh street
bridge, was 29a cents per yard, or S3,-
200.60 for the whole job, which was
$3.50. 40 less than the bid of MI. Rowe to
whom the contract was awarded. He
claimed the contract, or damages.
Geo. Griffith and others asksd that they
might be allowed to use some of the ma
terial from "Quarry Lot" to fill in
Thatcher street.
James l.. Hawkins, pettioned for the
curbing, gutttering and paving of the
south side of Eighteenth street, between
West and Washington streets, and also
for the placing OF flag stone crossing at
Eighteenth and West streets.
John Palmer and others asked that the
south side OF Nandever Avenue, between
Market and La Motto streets, be curbed
and paved.
William McCaulley and others pre-
sented a communication setting forth that
they believed one ton was too heavy a
load for the majority of horses to haul
through the hilly streets Of our city, and
asked council to pass a law making it n
penalty fol amy person to compel horse
to draw such load. The communica-
ton was endorsed by Miss Emily Webb,
in which she prayed that the council
would take such action as asked for ill
the petition.
Under the head of unfinished business,
the resolution of Mr.. McGlinchey, post
poned from the last stated meeting, d
recting the street committee 10 deposit
all the surplus dirt from "Quarry Lot"
on Christiana Avenue, over Third street
bridge, was called up.
Mr. Norton movedto amend the resolu-
tion, leaving the whole matter to the
Street Committee, where It properly
belonged.
Mr.. Paynter said he was not ready
for the amendment. There seemed to be
a great amount of dissatisfaction in re-
gard to the awarding Of the contract.
The matter of deposting tie dirt was
understood by all the biders, with the
exception of two. Four of the bidders,
befor making their bids, called upon the
Street Commissioner. and were told that
| the dirt was TO 90 over Third street bridge,
and they bid accordingly. 1t wuold be
Unfair to those four bidders, because two
others bid without learning where the
dirt was to go, to annul the contract. 1t
would be to the interest of the city to
deposit the dirt on Christiana Avinue, as
1t would be an inducement for manufac-
turers to locate there. He knew of a
firm from Richmond, Va, who would
| locate there it the road was properly
graded so that they could get in and out
to their works. Another thing was that
| the citv wOuId have a line to the river