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Il Al the regular meeting Of City Con
OIL last night the Street committee !
aportsd favorably upon the petitions
William Cronsy, asking for psrmissi,
70 place curb in front Of his residen
on jackson street; Excelsior Lsan A
scdation, asking that the Street Goa
ndssicnsr be directed 10 give lines 4
Icertain psspsrty. James Eishar, askis
tpsrmlsaisn u sell oranges at Rours
and King streets: James Aurphy, Asl
ing pernisien 70 lay q track dow
Thorn street 10 his cosl ysrd; Job 3
Jackssn, asking for paving and onrbin
On Jackson and Adams streets. The re
lpsrts were adopted.
Mr.. Psynter Of tho Water conmitts,
presented ths following statement con
serning the damage at Cool Spring Rss
ervoir from the chief engineer Of tn
Water Department:
i would recommend that brick wall mod
vita bricks taken out in blocks from tn
damaget lining be placed at the foct OF tn
brick work on the east bank, the dimension
ot the wall to be ~ inches on the top, 8
inches at the base, portion OF the side nex
the bank TO have batter TO conform to tn
slope Of the brickwork on tho bank, tho sid
next the Reservoir 10 be perpendicular.
consider such wall tn bs ample u arsist an,
pressure frCm the brick work above and /
can be built for q mucn less sun OIL none,
than any other plan yet suggested. d'
not think 1t wise 10 put In wall whiei
would compel US 10 30 below the puddle a
| tho 0tton.
The puddle under the damaged portion O
the brick work will all have to come out ant
be repuddlGd MS would not consider 1t saf
In It's present condition.
We may be- compelled to take up portion
OF the brick w0rK at the base and renew th,
puddle. Gm quite sure this Will have to b'
dono In number oil places perhaps alout
the enare length. This and many o,he
matters can only De ascertained as the woTl
| progresses. 1t iS desirable tlat this worn
should be completed at once and ifyour com
mittee approve OF my plan or adopt any 9th
er will push the work rapidly TO completion
II. B. MCINTYRE, Chief Engineer.
Mr.. Paynter moved that the Chief
Engineer be authorised to proceed with
the work described.
Mr.. Chandler thought the wall
was too narrow and moved to amend
making 1t SO inches at the top and "a
inches at the base. The amendment
was accepted and the motion was car
ried.
The opening streets committee repor.
ted in favor OF completing the work Of
grading on Spruce street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets as per con =,
tract with the Christians River In
provement Company; estimated cost
Sle0.
Mr.. Townsend reported several bills
from the Hospital, and one OF them was
for the Wilmington Coal Gas Company
for s23.
Mr.. McGlinchey asked how it could
be that bills could be sent in frola the
City Hospital, it having been abol-
ished. The reading Of the bill was
asked for and this showed that the to.
tai amount was for gas consumed since
Jan. lst, 1880. The bill was laid over
until 1t cSuld be looked into.
The City Treasurer reported s22, ,915.-
0S in bank; the Chief Engineer Of the
Water Department reported "A men
at q pay rsll amounting to
]485. 80 and the Street Commissioner
reported Is men employed at . pay
roll anonnting To 4s6.76.
Petitions we're read and referred fren
Lewis Cardwsilo, asking for permission
to sell fruit and confectionery at the N.
W. corner Of Eighth and Market streets;
John &. Grubb and many others asking
for an ordinance creating the ofice OIL
inspector; (the text Of the Pc
tition was Published In the REPUBLICAN
seme time ago Edward Forrest asking
for water pipes on Jackson street be.
tween Eighth and Ninth: DR.. s. L.
West, asking for q lamp on French
street above Seventh; G. r. Sherburn
and others asking for lamp on Jack
son street between Ninth and Tenth;
Owen TrainOr asking for the opening Of
The bed Of Rodney street between Della
ware and PennsylvaAia Avenues; John
Taylor and others complaining Of me-
ylect by the garbage contractor on Par.
sh, Second and Third streets.
Thomas Manian calling attention to
he violation Of city ordinance BY the
?. W. & B and W. & N. R. R. oompan-
% in blocking up Reed street with
rsight cars. The last petitioner stated
n his Communication that when the
with the Railroad en-
loyes and threatened to petition to
ouneil, he was told that she and
ouncil could go To-"
The deed Of William A. Murphy for
ne bed of pleasant street, which had
cen laid over from previous meeting /
ending q motion by Mr.. MoGlinchy
, accept the deed, laid over for one Y
eek.
Objection was made to the acceptance
the deed as the street was laid out d
80 feet wide, while council had
asssd resolution binding II to take no =
led for . street Of . Less width than 40 "
ct. a.
The consideration Of the deed was y
postponed In order that
70 bids for the new city building at "
xth and King streets might be opened. p
The bids were opened, read as fol- n,
VS. and referred to the special commit n
Q on New Public Building.
James II. Ahren, %, 1856; Eiwin W. b
horn, %, ,655; William G. Pierce, Ss,- =, %
Z; J. R. D. Seeds & fson, $8, $50; T.
enry Laps, es,4s6.76; William H. |"t
'ulk, Is, $40. h'
Mr.. AcGlinohey presented a resolu-
IN providing for the appointment of to ~
Of ten, enc from each ward to Ii
port names for the Board Of Health
. the ensuing year. nj
Council then adjourned on Mr.. q, se
ake's motion to meet again tonight,
thout giving Mr.. McGlinohey time to he