Daily Republican., 1880-07-06
SECOND EDITION.
CITY COUNCIL.

Disc Q. ward Electet
OIL InspeciOr-Annunl MeetiHs
Yesterday Morning - officer
Elected.
An adjourned meeting of the Cit,
Council, to transact business whiol
should have been done on Thursda,
evening, was held Saturday evening
President Harry Sharpley presiding.
The Law Committee having reported
favorably upon an ordinance which
establishes the grades of parts ofstreeti
in the Ninth Ward, it was adopted.
The Clerk Of the Market reported
that for the quarter ending June 80, ht
had collected the sum of $175.S3.
The street Commissioner reported
that he had employed 26 men, 2 single
and 2 double teams, with pay roll
amounting to $2o5.92.
A petition from Samuel A. McClary,
asking that $277.26 and interest, the
amount of surity for Joseph L. Kill.
gore, illegally collected, be refunded,
was referred to the Law Committee.
The petition Of Bennett Hazlett and
others, asking that the cutters at Sixth
and Poplar streets be kept clean dur
ing the summer months, was referred
to the Street Committee with power to
act.
Michael Grasp petitioned to have
paved the gutter on the west side Of
Apple between Reald aDd Claymont
streets.
John Mcsorley asked that gutter,
pavement and curb be placed along the
south side of Twenty-second betweeA
Market and Lamotte streets.
The petition of Jacob Winks, ask
ing that water pipes be extended along
Thirteenth to Head street, was re-
ferred to the Water Committee.
The Public Building Committee re-
ported favorably upon the petition Of
the W. Il N. R. R. Co., asking for per-
mission to erect 60 feet enclosed plat.
form at the foot Of Madison street, and
also to erect 60 feet covered platform
at the southern end of the enclosed
building.
An ordinance to repeal an ordinance
to clean streets by contract, and another |
providing that after the FIRST day of
next August garbage shall be removed |
by districts, and that no persol shall
be awarded the contract for more than
one district, were ordered to be read q
second time.
The deed for the bed of Beech street
was presented to the Street Committee |
by the Christiana Improvement COM
pany.
R. Fl. Taylor gave notice that the
FIRST Mondayiin July was the time 10
appoint the Clerk of the Market, and !
the Clerk of Council was instructed to
notify the members of Council that the
annual meeting would he held on Mon
day morning at o'clock.
Mr.. Chandler rising to question Of
privilege, stated that he had several
questions which he desired to ask Mr..
McGlinchey, the Chairman of the 0per-
ing Street Committee; first he wished
10 know why that gentlemen had not
called the committee together upon the
petition of Albert Thatcher, asking for
The grading Of Sixth street, and that
The reported estimate was for s400,
when it was likely to cost four times
that amount. He was member of the
committee, but nevertheless he had
not been asks d to attend the meeting
In response Mr.. McGlinchey sisted
that the estimate was correct, Mr..
Chandler had not shown himself cor
'ect in other estimates, especially on
front street, which he had discussed at
ength some time ago, and for that rea-
on the opinion of Mr.. MeMenamin had
,sen preferred.
Mr.. Chandler stated that he had been
old by the Chief Engineer of the Sur t
'sying Department that there were g.
100 cubic yards on Sixth street which
hould be graded; now, continued the /
peaker, in all probability the cost will J
'e one dollar per cubic yard, at least it !
'ill not be less than eighty cents, and ]
or the whole the cost will bs from g..
100 to $500; the action in not calling
he committee showed that the chair
aan was on the side of the majority,
md had toit t.lTiiac1 that the minority J
lad no rights which the majority were 1
,ound to respect. II
Mr.. Payntsr said that he did not i
Ike to hear Of the minority not being t
ecognizsd in the committee, it had q
lot a pleasant sound. If the commit :
90 had not had meeting the report t
vas certainly not one of majority.
Mr.. McGlinchey offered as an expla- a
lation that the reason the committee !
Lad not been called was that a quorum
ould not be had, but he had taken the :
8port to several members and when he I
sked them to sign it they did 80. As 6
o continued speaking the blood rapid
= coursed through his veins and in an q
2cited manner he referred to the time !
7hen the Republicans had power, and !
sserted that they had declared in. Is
;ourcil that they would not respect me
ights of the minority (the Demo ,rats) !
t all; and now these men COTE here ,
nd complain without grJund that
hey are not respected as che minority.
;hame on such men | They had the
ems of power and mismanaged the
:ity affairs. They do not deserve to bs
listened to.
Mr.. McGlinchey also charged Mr..
Chandler with being member of a
committee, which, some
years ago, had selected members of a
Board Of Health without consulting the
Democratic members of the committee.
Mr.. Chandler having arisen to deny
that he had done such thing, Mr.. Nc
loudly asserted that he could
not deny it for the committee of FIVE
made majority report, and neither of
the two Democratic members signed it.