Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-03-20
CITY LEaIsLATIoK.
Rsrusar szeetsns or rfty Courc

II Regular szeetfER or rfty Connect
East Might - THE Petition 0fsht
I r., w. ~ u. Rafiroad GRANTED =
? Hot words ON the FIoor OF tns
Ceuncti Chamksr - Mr.. MeGEin.
chey EalE ON q scaarge of:sH5ter-
? fage and Crookednese ana Eec
II Feeling fs EngendsFed - 1hs
Railroad Company Rsfasea Van
dever Avenue.
At the adjourned meeting OF City
, Council last night the first thing don,
was the reading Of regular reports
The city Treasurer reported $34, ,4s2. II
in bank; the Chief Engineer of the
Water Department reported 81 mer
employed, and the Street Commissioner
reported II men and i've teams en-
ployed under Kim.
John 8. Beeson and Others pstitioned
for water pipe extension on Clayton
street IS far as d street; James s. Heal,
for permission to erect frame bath
house ON his residence at No. 5l7 East
Fourth street; George W. Bash for per-
mission TO take dirt from the beds Of
Clayton Street near Eighth and from
Lom bard street; Andrew 8. Strickland
for permission to erect q frame chapel
for the Trustees Of Ezion A. N. &. church
on Bird street; Edward Forrest for per-
mission to srrb in pront Of his property
on the east side Of jackson street be-
tween Eighth and Ninth. All these
petitions were referred, with the exeep-
tion of Mr.. Forests which was granted,
subject to the Street Commissioners
supervision, as it was an urgent ease.
The question of adopting the report
of the special committee on the petition
Of the P. W. 4 3. R. B. company
laid over from the last stated
meeting wss then taken up, and, the
report, having been read, Council took a
recess for Ave minutes in order to ex-
anime the drawings made by City Sur.
yeyor Conwell.
AT the end Of the recess Mr.. Paynter
called for division Of the report, and
that portion, referring to the erection
Of the new depot, was considered.
A long discussion ensusd. The op.
position was that the city would be
voting away private rights by permit
ting the railroad company to take pos
session Of the pavement on the north
side OF Water street. The property
holders on the north side Of the street
had been promised pavement twelve
feet wide but had not received 1t, and
this would take the whole of it away
from them.
Mr.. AcGllnehey declared that he
was willing TO vote for the report Of
the committee but not for all the de-
mands OF the railroad company. Thh
company intended to entirely close a
part Of the Water street pavement, he
believed but he could not say positive
lily. He went on to describe how
on last Saturday, when Council met at
the depot, Mr.. Charles Warner ap-
peared to be suspiCiously ignorant, and
from the manner in which he answered
| the questions put 10 hina, he had bean
led 10 think that the railroad company
were intending to gain possession OF the
side walk on the north side of Water
street by q subterfugs. He also thought
that there was something crooked in
the management of this matter by some
members OF council. In his usual We
hsment manner he declared that he
was no! an eMploys of the railroad
company, and was perfectly free to act
as he chose.
This evident and somewhat pointed
allusion to Mr.. K. H. Taylor, made ev-
cry one await the subsequent proceed
iDgs with intense interest. President
Sharpley, who had previously vacated
the chair and called Mr.. Mention to pre-
side temporarily, gained the floor, but
yielded it to MIR. Taylor at his earnest
solicitation.
Mr.. Taylor arose to a personal ex-
PLANTATION with his face finished with in
dignation. BE admitted that he was
in the employ of the p. W. 4 B. R. R
company, and If his services we're not
acceptable he would not be with them.
But he was nothing more than the
gentleman who had made the charges
against hiu---a workingman.
Mr.. McGlincEey declared that he had
made no charges.
"Yes he did, Mr.. Chairman" reiter-
ated Mr.. Taylor. "He made the
charge of crookedness. and 90 not
wish to be interrupted. The gentle
man himself il employed by certain
carriage firm"
Mr.. McGlinchey cut the words short
by springing to his feet and shouting
in loud voice and angry tone. ''Mr.
Chairman, object to the gentlemans
remarks"
'Yes, "continued Mr.. Taylor" and I
further say that he has prosti!uted his ,
seat in this council"
Oscs more Mr.. McGlinchey was OF !
his feet, and in still louder tones, all
the while trembling with excitement,
he cried that the speaker was personal
and that he raised point OF order.
Mr.. Mention, who was in the chair,
decided Mr. Taylor ont of order. He
was asked how this could be when Mr.
McGlinchsy had been allowed to 60 in
unchecked, to which he replied that
"Mr. McGlinchey's remarks were not
quite so strongly put"
Mr.. Taylor went on to explain his po-
sitiop, and said that it was unkind in
Mr.. McGlinohey to charge him with be-
ing in favsr OF the railroad company,
because he was in the company's en-
ploy. If he thought this he could
challenge his vote when the matter
came up for final action.
President sharpley addressed the
Council on the subject and claimed that