Daily Republican., 1881-04-01
THE CITY LEGISLATORS.
THE SESSION LAST
EVENING.
The Finance Committee Author
izpd TO Accept Loan OF siS's
Thousand Dollars.

The City Council met last evening, |
President Slarpley in the chair.
The Street Committee reported favor
ably upon the neutrality-suspicious. lhat
of Samuel n. thaltant, asking Tor
paving. curbing and gutteriRg on the
south side Of rwenty-third street that
of Joshua l.. Simms, asking that the
south side of Linden street. between
jackson and Van l.urcn streets, be
paved also that the east Sdr oil van
Burcn street, between Linden ana
Maplr streets. be curhd ; that OF W m.
Lea Il Son asking that curb be se' on
Carter street, north OF Nand"Nrr avenue
that of Jesse bingham, asking thar
curb be- set on Adams street, between
Second and Third streets that OF hef-
nard Bonner, asking that Spruce street
north of Fourth street. be paved mat
of A. :. Reed, asking that curb pe SCI
on Twrnty-Sr,ond street that VI >. W
Hanna, asking that curb ht set ON the
east side Of jackson street brt"tcn
sixth and Seventh streets. The eporlS
were adopted, &c.,.
The same committee reported IN 'aFo'
of awarding contracts as follows 10
Davidson and Bro, for grading ana
also setting curb stone on pnfon'
street TO james Mckendrich, for iur,
pishiur curb stone: 70 Davidson and
Bro, for grading aud paving Elerenfh
street. between jefferson and Madison
streets. The reports were adopted
The Committee on Opening Streets
reported tayurably upon the following
netitions: That of Eev. Thomas A.
Beckcr, asking that DUPONT street, from
Riddles road to ST. lanes K. '.churrh,
be pa we'd; that Of William n. Btnnet,
asking that West street, between Eigh-
tpenth and Nineteenth stretS, he
brought to proper grade; that OF Peter
Wood, asking that kirkwood street ot
opened and cleaned. The reports were
adopted.
The City Treasurer reported a bal
ancr of 2,7l3.6O in bank 10 the credit OF
current expenses.
The Chief Engineer OF the Wafer de-
partncnt reported that for the week
ending with Tuesday, March ~, he had
employed forty men, with pay roI
amounting to S3l7.4
The Street Commissions reported that
for the week ending with saturday
March 2G, he had employed twenty-five
men, and four Singl" aud ten double
= teams. with pay roll amounting t'
Sl67
Petitions and communications were
received as follows
From the Fame Hose Company, ask
ING that $3.50 he donated toward the
t payInent Of a pair of horses recently
: purchased.
l From Harlan Cause, asking tina
l crossings be placed across West street
at the south side Of Thirteenth street
across NanBuren street, at the nortl
side of Seventh street; across Seventh
street. ut the west side OF Van BureI
street; also that cutters he paved on tn
west side Of Van Burcn street, betweel
Sixth and seventh streets on the Soutl
side Of Seventh street. west OF Van Bu
rem street: on the north side OF Seventh
: street; from NanIuren to Harrison SIS.
on the east and west side of NanBnrci
street, north of Seventh street; ou tn
east side Of Harrison street north o
Seventh street.
From Frank Pyle. asking that III
; east side Of Franklin street, from
Eighth to Tenth street, he curbed an'
paved. Referred 10 the Street Commit
.. tee with power 10 act,
: From &. Eigg, asking that Il lamp b
I placed on the west side OF West stree
t between Front and Second streets.
From II. Schiller, asking that eur
-, be set on the south side Of Elevent
= street, west Of Madison street.
e From Thomas McComb, asking that
: lamp be placed on Madison street, b,
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets.
, From II. e. Simpson and Win.
Bullock, calling attention to the bn
n condition of the pavement in front {
Rice 3 foundry, Tenth and Orange Strert'
r, and asking that the same be- put in be
=. ter order.
u From John McSorlcy, asking tha
Il water pipes BIZ placed on rwenty-secon
street
), From q. Osborn Reynolds. aSkn
$ that the west side Of Tatnall street, b,
S tween Twenty-Third street and EIIio
avenue, be- paved, guttcrcd and curbet
Il From Samuel Davis, asking that
r lamp be placed at the southwest cornt
l. of Chestnut and Porter streets.
The following resolution, presentc
>. by Mr.. Talley, was adopted
:, Resolved That the Chief Engineer ,
p the Surveying Department is hereby il
structed to report plans for the constrn'
q ton of traps, or other contrivances.
81 prevent the wash from streets and sew
ers going into the Christiana river. an
1t in every way conform to the plan Of tf
D United States engineer for such preveI
tive, that we may bc able to demand ;
the earliest possible moment, the i'll
4 provement of our river, in accordant
IN with the plans set forth by said engines
1. upon which Congress made the last al
- preparation.
n The following preamble and rcsol'
d tioh, presented by Mr.. McMenamin, VIZ
Of referred to the Legislative COMMITTEE
" , WHEREAS, There is a bill before II
3 Legislature, praying for the incorpor
lr tion of the Shiplcy Run Sewer Con
Or pany and
n WHEREAS, The city charter gives RI
f. city entire control of all the street
lanes and alleys within the city limit
and the drainage thereof, therefore be
RESOLVED, That it is the sense
this Council that said petition should IL
be granted, and that the clerk of Cou
Gil be instructed to transmit Il copy
ar the above preamble and resolution
IL, the Legislature at once.
~. =. The following preamble and resol
in ton, presented by Colonel Taylor, WI
IS, adopted
'k WHEREAS, The Union National Bar
ne of Wilmington has offered to loan IL
re- r., Mayor and Council Of Wilmington Il
~ SItn a. xcTl
no to wit: the fifteenth thousandth pa
yse thereof, payable on or before the fir
iia day of August, 1881, without interes
" SIC, 5000, another part thereof, payab
on or before the first day ofAugust, 18s
with interest at 2L per cent. per annu1
,d payable semi-annually; $15, 900, anoth
IS, part thereof, payable on or before ii
,d first day of August, 1883, with intere