Daily Republican., 1881-10-15
|@lIK CITY FATHERS.
v.S DONE AT THE MEET.
|or COUNCIL LAST hshSlS''
|, ..e, LON missioner ExOneP-
- spirited Debase over
..,or, Of the Comm ittee.

..,ular weekly meeting of City
u was held last evening. Presi.
sS,rpley in the chair.
'I Pennington, Clerk of Council,
,h.snt Merris Taylor, was on
|" called to the chair.
water committee reported Ml.
l. mon the petition Of Catharine
shn ~ wished to be relieved of the
.ent of water rent.
s,reet committee reported favora-
N the petition of complaining of
@nertect drainage on Front street
peasant street, and recommended
pleasant street be filled up. The
WAS adopted. The committee al
norted fayorably on the petition of
ael Mcdonald asking to have the
m his property removed. Adopt.
Reported adversely on the petition
MrIlvain for opening and grading
otv. second street, between Market
and Elliott Avenue.
lamp Committee reported favor
on the petitions of Geo. W. Good.
for lamp Oh Shipley street between
Mn and Fifth; Charles Reynolds,
on Water street between King
French.
e bjll OF Cooling g. Bro, amount
d 500 % being read and reported
rah]y upon the Street Committee,
McMenamin requested that the
be r. al, after which he asked for
Exclamation from the chairman of
Etreet Committee. Mr.. Adele arose
stated tina, the Street Committee
beptly hal occasion to visit remote
4 of the city, and they preferred
bg to walking, no he (Abele) pro-
4 TO the committee the advisable
fhaying the city's old wagon re.
ed, further saying that he would
ish the horse,
r. paynter, chairman of the Water
ni,tee, asked III it was customary
rounci. to furnish wagons for the
of It's comm a,ees, ifIJ was he would
|for one, Tor the use of the Water
mittee, which remark caused some
Inter. He further stated, speaking
busly, that the Street Committee
10 right to have the wagon fixed
Snd incur such a heavy expense
bout consulting Council. 1t is an
pe Of power and Council has been
bed with contempt. Other members
kessed their opinion in the matter,
reupon Mr. McMenamin moved
thc bill be laid over tor one week.
be bill was allowed without further
ley, excepting a remark from the
bident, who said "sell the wagon to
the hill.
hairman of tie Lynch investigation
pitted their report with the evil
Be in full. The report was accepted
the evidence ordered to be flied.
report will be found in another
)mn.
|ty Treasurer Guthrie reported a
lnce in bank of $92, ,397 80 to the
ilOfthe city.
b chief engineer reported A men
PlQyed for the past week with II pay
amounting to S38l.24
ne street commissioner reported 35
employed, 3 double and + single
ps, with pay roll of $26l.37.
le following petitions were received
referred 20 the proper committees
mes Taylor. asking that Bennett
I, between Taylor and Ninth, be
d, graded and guttered, and that
rossing on Bennett street at Taylor
at Ninth street be tagged. Edward
n, asking the attertiUn of Council
e grade of Liberty street, between
ry street aud Maryland avenue,
lg that it be changed. Edward
,all, asking permission to lay q u
terra cotta drain on Tenth street,
zen Jefferson and Monroe, and
re to the sewer on Ninth street.
e following communication present !
the mayor was then read
!. ENGiSEERS' OFFICE, } |
Philadelphia, October 10, 1881. { /
Or ). ?. Almond, Wilmington,
ware
sAESIR; I am indebted to you for
prompt reply to my note ofthe 9th
mt, t,relative to the traps constructed
leclty Tor the protection of the
cation of the Christiana. The United
es are now prepared to 20 forward
.aelmprovement of the river under
SSoo'OOO ofappropriation made March
DOL and proposals tor the construc.
y VI Jetty at the mouth have been
iNd oy advertisement. The contin.
ou Of l3 feet low water navigation,
ara to the pulp works will also be
si'aken. So soon as the necessary
RANGES shall have been furnished
ene deposit OF solid matter from
sfeets and sewers shall no longer
hue TO counteract the deepening of
hannel.
aer to a clear understanding of
'ole effectiveness of the traps
~ referred to, have to request that
'llce may be furnished with such
SAND drawings as will fully show
,er, position, dimentions and other
'lai Information and details of the
'eptlng works constructed by the
.i'h an accompanying statement of
,'lon that may have been tax sn
" toward the maintenance of I
WORKS In ac ondition of effective
Unless provision be made for I
" Ihe traps, they will soon fill I
u become us less.
Very Respectfully, '
n, William Ludlow
noaney offered a set of resolutions Q
oruered the Street Commissioner t
'1at these traps were properly Q
eu and that they did the work t
,acn they were built, effectively. !
0ss . oeing granted to the Chief En- !
, VI tue Water Department, he adj 6
, ana made statement as to the p
io9 OF the Brandy wine water, a t.
vi which has already appeared v
" ,oO'lumns, saying: 81 recommend K
40 water in the Brandywine be s.
eu, the water to be taken from r
a,naywine at different points, from 81
" 'ter works to the State line, in IL
'pss the difficulty may be adjusted a
nrahdywine L is natural stream II
'tu y water but these impurities are u
dotlon the ANALYSIS of Mr.. Leeds a
~ bush were referred to the tl
Of Health. AVA rt
ie e, tae motion was put Mr.. Beech Il
photographer stated that when al
i ier was allowed to strain, for an. Il
~ MY purposes, through cloths, there al
f. Sated a thick green scum on
oa aoe mat offered unmistakable