Daily Republican., 1881-01-06
CITY COUNCIL.
Tho Special session Last Night
Report or tho Vacoi8e Physician
Matters OF LegisIatisn-The Tar.
bine wheel accepted.

OF the Eastern District, Suomi''eo 'he
following report: oo ,ooo
THR PRESIDENT AND MEABEkS Or THE
| Cry COUNCIL
GKsrLEMES.--As Vaccine Physician
Of the Eastern District,l have the honor
to report the following number OF CAGES
veccinated:
Adults-sIalea, 2;MiAors-MsIes, sc;
females. So; total, 1T.
The Vaccine Physician of the West
ern District being absent vaccinated
the following number Of cases in his
district:
Adults-Ma1es, 2. Minors-Males, 10;
females, &c; total, 81.
Yours with respect,
DR.. HoWARD OGLE.
Council next resumed the considera-
tion Of matters OF legislation.
A bill authorizing the City Council
TO sell and convey the City Hospital
and use the proceeds for current ex-
pGuses WAS read.
Merris Taylor p.oved'tha: tho bill be
Approved. -,
Mr.. Rodney asked whether 1t would
nos be better to rei5r tho bill back TO
tho Legislative Committee tnd soc II
the bri!ting could not be usod for
school pIrpuros. The School Board,
sad he, Wa seeking TO borrow money
10 build school houses, and /! might be
that Aha hegpital would serve the
Boards purposes. At any rate, the
building, If cold, would probably not
bring mach more than hstf its value.
The geptleman's objection to the bill
ySo supported by Meaors. aoAenamin
aad Bailey,
Nr. Blake said a member OF the
School Board had told him that tho
Beard did not want the building.
Mr.. Rodney nevertheless, moved
that the bill b. referred back to the
committee with Instructions 10 confer
with tho Board Of Education to sse II
they wanted the building for educa-
ti9rsl purposes.
Tie motion did not prevail and the
original motion to accept the bill was
carried.
A bill amending the law regulating,
the collection Of liens created against
property for city paying was approved.
A bill relating to railway tracks in
the city of WILMINGTON, authorizing
the City Council to license BY ordinance
the extension Of railways in the city,
was approved.
A bill providing that holding over
memb Der Of Council or the President pro
tsm, in the absence Of the President,
shall have power to swear in newly
elected members, was approved.
A bill providing for an amendment
TO tho present law with regard to lieu0
arising in the building Of sewers, ETC.,
w2a al:o approved.
The last bill read is an endment to
section 46, chapter 73, of the Revised
Statutes OF this State. The design is
to change the fscsl year so that 1t will
commence on the first day Of July, to
change the time for making The annual
estimates for tue city's expenses from
November to June, and the time OF
making the annual appropriations from
TIE frs. stated meeting in January to
tho first stated meeting in July.
Er. Rodney moved that tho bill be
referred back to the Legislative Com
ui..gc Gli suggested that the fiscal
yoGr 10 .r'Hnged go that on the Ccun-
ciI tLat make .the appropriations shall
| Tcl alas v,.pOD-;hilItin, NJ ,,SiD0 tho
money raised that all the city officers
who are to DO CHOSEN by the people,
including the School Board, be elected
in December, so that the Council
should 60 into power the first OF the
year.
In The animated discussion which
followed, it was suggested that the
Coulcilmen elected in September, take
their seats in January that all elsc.
tive city officers be chosen In December
90 az to enter upon their duties with
tho first 0; each year, that the fiscal
year be retained as Il is at present and
the banks be asked to make advances
until the July taxes are received. The
motion to refer tae bill back prevailed.
The following reports of the new tur-
bine wheel and pumps were presented
by Mr.. Paynter:
To the Water Committee Of Council Of
the City Of Wilmington, Del:
Gentlemen--Th undersigned having
been appointed by you to conduct the
test OF the new pumps and turbine
wheel, supplied 20 your city b! Messrs.
R D. Wood X Co., of Philadelphia,
aud having arranged the usual appli
easss for this purpose, the test was bt-
gun on January 4, 1881, by mea1uring
the head Of water over the wier at the
sail race Of tho city mills as discharged
from tbs turbine wheel when running
full open. The calculation is accord.
ing to the weIl-known formula Of
Francis, tho supply being at the rate
OF coo cubic feet per minute, q proper
allowance having been made for the
water taken up by the pumps.
On January 5th, tho head over tbs
Vier at the Cool Spring Reservoir was
measured from ] 10 p. IN. TO 3 80 p
in., notation being taken every nVe
minutes, as given in the following
table
At l0p. m, 0,3s4 feet l5, do. +;
l.2O, DO. 1.25, 0.3s3 1,30, do. :,
i.35, 0 392 from l.35 to 3 30 the
gauge remained at the same mark.
The fact that variation vas found
during two hours, showed that the
pumps were able SO keep up the head
The discharge calculated according to
the above mentioned formula was found
to be at the rate Of 1895, 300 gallons
per twenty. four hours, being slightly
In excess Of the requirements of the
contract. During this test, the water
in the head race Of the City Mills was
run down to the height allowed to the
city, but no variation in the dischargel
at the reservoir was noted. JOHN HAUo,
Tackled TO this was the following re-.