The daily gazette., 1880-01-03
FIRST EDITION
CITY COUNCIL.


PkIATI0N ORDINANCE PASSED AND
oTHER BgsINEss TRANSACTED.
C4y Council held All adjourned meet
Ing last evening, President Sharpley In
tie chair.
Mr.. McGlinchey offered a resolution
declaring that persons WHO receive per-
mission from Council to set curb In
font Of their property may employ such
persons - they may see proper to per-
form the work, provided they must CON-
ply In all respects with the instructions
OF the Street Commissioner.
The resolution was adopted, Messrs.
r. II. Taylor, McMenamin and Presi-
dent Shsrpley voting against It, because
theS consid' red the law was sufficie. Z
10 give persons this privilege, without
any further legislation.
The police pay rol Si566 dS. and the
miscellaneous pay roll, $ll9l 30, were
departed and assed. Ff
The kegls,r.r r r'porfed that the ~ =
ceipis Of the Water Department for De-
crmber amounted 10 81, ,0s3 03.
Mr.. r. ii. Taylor pres nte the report
Of the Law Committee IN The resolution
offered on Thursday night, by Mr..
Chandler, instructing the proper officers
To pay the Delaware y. +. g. Company
$4,000 for their engine house on Slxtr
street. The report stated that q confer
ence had been held with q committee of
thu company, at which II was represent
ed that the sum Of $4.s00 was the low
est the company would accept. The re-
port recommended this award. Adopted
unanimously.
Mr. McM namin, from the Street
Committee, pre-ented report In favor
of ava. ding the contract for furnishing
stone for the stone crusher TO john
Dougherty, o. 40 cents per perch.
As the adoption Of this report would
involve the location OF the crisher ne I
Nr. Dougherty's quarries, on the Bran
dywine. Mr.. Rodney moved TO have
further consideration Of the matter lusi
toned for two weeks, In orde' TO asce
tain whether or not the people In that
neighbo hood were opposed to having il
In their midst.
The motion to postpone prevailed.
Mr. Merris Taylor prese"ted check
for S20, from the Treasury Department
Of the United States for interest due The
Latimer Trust Fund on Four per reut.
ronsuls, and, on his mott n, IL was for
warded tJ the City Treasurer for col
lection.
The Presi1ent appointed the following
gentlemen 40 the committee TO distribute
ft,ei among the poor:
First ward, Nm. Heusted; Secon,
ward, Mr.. X. II. Taylor; Third war
Mr.. McGlinchey; Fourth ward, Mr.Abele
Fifth ward, Mr.. Allen; Sixth ward, MIR
Adams; Seventh ward, Mr.. Chandler
Eighth ward, Mr.. McMenamin; Mini
ward, Mr.. Barnhili; Tenth ward, Mr.
| Menton.
On Mr.. Townsend's motion Counci
| pr3eeested the nomination and election
| city vaccine pbyhcians.
Mr.. PAyntsT nominated DR.. Howar,
Ogls for the East District and Dr. Geo
| Tr. mp Maxwell for the West DisiricI
| No o her nominations were made. AZ,
doctors ORls and Max well were elects d
the following being the vote cast: DIR
| Ole, II: Dr.. Maxwell, 10; DR.. Springer
| chey, 2; blaUk. 4.
| Mr.. Merri> Taylor called up for y third
reading the ordinance entitled, "An or
dinanco making appropriations for tn
| year OF our Lord, 1880, aud it WAS pass
| sd by n unanimous vote. with the ex
ceptlon OF that of MIR. Chandler.
The ordinance will be found in fhe all
vertisinR Columns Of to.day's paper,
Previous to She hnal reading OF the or
diBance certain blanks were hllod by
tbs insertion Of amo1nts uamed by Mr.
Msrris Taylor When 81 600 was sug
gested ~ the sum fcr the fuel apprOpfl
alton. Mr.. Chandler promptly objected
saying that no thought me amount Wal
f'r too little. For years, he said, th'
amount appropriated had been $4,000
aud last year, when IL was 81, 800, th
committee onuli scal cely get a,ong. 1
was not half enough, In his opinion, AL,
he moved that IL be- amended by an in
crease ts 81, 800
Mr.. Taylor informed the gentleman
that the reason the amount pas no low
was that there was some 81 200 or 81 40,
accrued Interest ON the Lann,er Tru
fund, In bank and, ~ that was apple,
TO the same object as the aPpropdai OF
10 question, it was the inteution OF th,
Finance CnmnIttee TO make up III,
small amount by using that, AMI tn
txO sums combined would DO amply su
hcient.
mr.. Chandler failed TO see the obje-
in this tight AMI declared that no sucl
amount u interest on the Latimer Trus
fund existed, notwithstanding state
ments that the Treasurer's books shove,
it to be n stated by Mr.. TAvlor.
The amendment VAS lost, but MI
Chandler considered the appropriation
so grossly iDsuffi cient that they vote,
Agaln nst the ordinance, an stated.
| Council adjourned upon the passag
Of the appropriation ordinance.
| Sheriff Vs. Constable.