Daily Republican., 1881-09-24
OUR CITY GOVERNMENT.
REGULAR MEETING OF COUNCIL
LAST EVENING.
The ~ abe Bill Ordered t. be Paid
An Ordinance read for a loan
OF $50. .OOO-AIl Business 10
Suspend ON Monday.

The regular weekly meeting of the
City Council, was held last evening
In the absence of President Sharpley,
Col. Taylor was called to the chair.
| The communication from L. 7. Lynch,
Street Commissioner, which was re-
ferred to the law committee last meet
ing night, was presented to council
with instructions to put the bill into
the hands of some one for collection.
This was bill for the Wilmington
City Railway Co., due the city, and
was presented by Mr.. Lynch to them,
and they refused to pay it.
The committee appointed to assess
damages sustained by Geo. w. Bush,
Lewis p. Bush and Peter j. Ford on
the opening Of Union street from Front
to Fifth streets, reported fayorabiy
awarding Mr.. G. w. Bush and l.. 2.
Bush 5000, jointly, and $3.50 to Peter j.
Ford. The report was referred to the
committee on opening streets.
The bill of s. +. Ware for vaccine
crusts, which was referred to Mr.. Nc
kenna, of the Committee on Accounts,
moved that the bill be allowed, and
recommend hereafter that the vaccine
physicians procure crusts from n. Il.
Dantorth. The motion was amended
but lost. Quite u discussion was
entered into, bat the original motion
finally passed.
The City Treasurer reported $ll2,-
G73.09 in bank to the credit of current
expenses.
Chief Engineer McIntire, of the
Water Department, reported hfty-tWo
men employed for the past week, with
a payroll of $46y IS.
The chairman OF the street committee
reported thirty-nine men, four double
and six single teams employed, with a
pay roll of S27291.
The following petitions were read and
referred to the proper committees: From
Board of Health on complaint OF Joseph
Stoeckle, stating that terra Gotta sewer
o. King street is too small to carry OH
the drainage, recommending 1hat
larger one be put in; Albert Thatcher,
complained of the dangerous condition
of Sixth street bet weeu VanBuren and
Harrison streets and asked That a lamp
be placed ut the place named; "A. G.
Curtis and others asking that ShallcroSs
Avenue, from Scott to Uniou streets,
be curbed, paved an gathered; McLear
Il Kendall asking for lamp on Nlnth
street, between King and French; james
Ferry asking permission to set curb
on Ninth street between Bennett and
church, which was granted him, E. &.
Gambrill, asking permission TO pave
and set curb on Buena Vista strees, be-
low Nandever avenue; w "A. Hosklhs
asking that the west side OF Adams
street be paved from Fourth TO Carpen-
ter streets, and from James Harrlgan,
claiming damages from the city Tor
water in his cellar, caused by the over
flow of the sewer at Front and Adams
streets.
Mr.. Taylor presented all ordinance,
authorizing loan Of S6O, 600 tor the use
of the Board of Education. 1t passed
irst reading and on rotation was read
the second time by its title and RET erred
to the Law Committee.
A resolution was offered by Merrls
Taylor, requesting the Mayor TO issue
a procl ,mation calling upon all citizens
to close their places OF business on
Monday, when the funeral of President
Garfield takes place, and to observe
tne uby aS Ullc Vi plhsoi "HNA
ton, also ordering all the pubic ofhces
TO be closed. The resolution was unan-
mously adopted.
On motion of Mr. Rodney, resol'l'
ton was offered, instructing the street
commissioner to have the fence around
the sand lot on Twelfth street extended
westward sufficient distance to pre-
vent all accidents.
The following orders were directed TO
be drawn:
Ply roll water Department .,,.'.. s4t'4'
Pay roll Street .'..." -,I'm -,..on
Sundry Bpndholders, ers,.............-' o'e'-'p'
Sin. ing flnd Commissioners ....... i,,e"oD
elizabeth Taylor Int. on Mort 49,. l-o'0o
w. I. Massey y....... '....,.''.. -o'o'
On motion Council adjourned to meet
this afternoon, III front of the CITY
hall, to proceed from there to Front
and Adams streets to examine lanes
Harrigan's property. who asked ior
damages sustained by him, during the
late storm; from Themes. they Will pro
coed to Rodney street to estabIsh
grades.
DsngerOuS Places.
Persons engaged in building houses,
&C., on our most prominent thorough
q. .,h.,,,ll lyaa,, ha sidewalk III 'front.'