The daily gazette., 1881-10-29
CITY COUNCIL:
What Transpire ed at Last Nights
Regular Meeting-The Fire De-
partment Ordinance Passes, with
the District Section Stricken Out,

C1ty Council met in regular session,
last evening, President Sbarpley in the
| chair.
Inc opening Street Committee, ,eD the
subject Of changing the grade of Front
street, from Monrt e to Adams, reported
that the Chief En- gineer OF the Survey
ing Department had been instructed to
prepare plans for The proposed change
of grade. Adopted.
Same committee, on the petition of
the executors of the late Judge Gllpin,
asking payment ofthe award of damages
lor opening jackson street, amounting
| to $3.50, made several years ago, reported
In faVtr OF paying this amount, less the
sum OF $345.73, due the city from the
estate. The balance is s334.27. Adopt
| ed.
The City Treasurer reported bal
ance in bank Of $72, ,434.75.
Chief Engineer McIntire reported 40
men engaged 10 the Water Department,
with pay roll am ounting to $434.9l.
Street Commiss EOner Lynch reported
"a men and IL teams employed in the
otreet Department, with pay roll
amounting to $173 81.
Petitions and Communications were
read and referred as follows:
City Passenger Railway Company,
asking permission to extend irs line up
Spruce street from Fourth to Eleventh,
aud thencs to Eleventh street bridge;
Jesse Bingham, asking permission to Set
curo on Monroe street between Fifth
and sixth streets; John Ii. Dandy and
| others, asking for street lamp on east
side OF Orange street between Ninth and
Ienth; Leonard .. Wales, for water
pipes on Franklin street between Della.
ware and Gilpln avenues; Harlan
cause, for permission to set curb at
Iehlh and scott streets, and Twelfth
street between Jefferson and Madison;
James Ferry for permission to set curb
on Bennett street between Taylor and
Ninth; Henry G. Conner and others, for
lamp at foot Of Jones street; F. K. S.
DAVIS ard others, for change of lamp on
Front street betws en- Market and King,
from Oil to gas; Hugh johnson, and
| others, for water pipes on Cedar and
anchorage streets, Eleventh ward.
Mr.. Adele presented on behalf of the
wilmington u Notthern Railroad Com
pany the following amendment to their
original petition fur permission to Law a
railroad track along Christiana Ave
Due:
That the Wilmington and Northern
railroad Company be granted permis.
sion to connect their siding, in New
Castle hundred, at the intei section of
Chrlstiana ayenub and the city line.
acress said avenue to the Lobdell Car
heei Company's new works,and TO ex.
TEND said siding along the northeast side
OF Chrlstiana avenue, as far as the line
between the lands of the Lobdell Car
Wheel Company and the lands of the
National Dredging Company.
For the construction of the aforesaid
siding, The Wilmington and Northern
railroad Company further pelitIons that
Council may set aside as trip of land,
extending thirteen and one third feet
from the building line on the northeast
side OF ChIistiana avenue, from the city
limits to the iine between the lands of
the Lobdell Car Wheel Company and
those OF the Natio onal Dredging Com
pany, SO long as the said Wilmington
and Northern Rail road Company shall
grant to the city, fbr street purposes, a
| SUP of land OF equal width, and con-
| tiguous to the southwest eide of
| Christiana avenue.
Should the above be favorably consid-
cred, the Wilmington and Northern
Railroad Company are ready to enter
Immediately into formal agreement
with the city Tor the exchange ofgrounds,
and Will hold themselves iD readiness to
deed to the city their strip of ground
adjacent to the southwest side OF The
avenue, at any fut are time, when the
city may be prepared TO deed the corres-
ponding strip on tue northeast side to
the Wilmington and Northern Railroad
Company, by
II. A. DUPONT,
President.
Mr. Adele also Hresented number of
bills for repairing sidewalks, which were
referred.
Mr.. Blake called up for third read.
ing his ordinance recognizing the Fire
department. The only matter of dis
pute In the ordinance was the second
section, which provides for the division
OF the city into two fire districts, as fo.-
lows:
The Friendship, Phoenix, Delaware,
and Water Witch Steam Fire Engine
Companies shall respond to all fire
alarms sounded upon fire alarm boxes,
No. 2, 8, IL, 1915 1S, 21,27, and 32,and
Snail Dc taken TO Db .thinthe First Fire
Alarm District. The Reliance, Fame
Hose, Washington and Weccacoe
Steam Fire Engine Companies shall
r spond to all tire alarms sounded upon
fire alarm boxes, numbers 13, IA, IT, %,
"a, rs, 20, 81 and "a, and shall be taken
to be in the sacond Fire Alarm District.
In case of second alarm being sounded
from any one of the fire alarm boxes, it
shall be taken as a general alarm, and
the entire Fire Department shall respond.
No company shall 60 out of lis district,
except In case Of general alarm being
sounded.
In support of this section Mr.. Blake
spoke ri considerable length, referring
particularly to the original petition for
the district system and the subsequent
remonstrance which some of the peii-
TONERS signed. He knew of one large
manufacturing finn the senior member
of which signed the petition for the dis
trict system, while the junior member
signed the remoIlstrane3 ). Mr.. Blake
claimed that in urging the district sys-
tenn he was actuated solely by a desire
to improve the fire department, which
only needs system aud discipline to
make 1t the best in the world. The
district system, be claimed, would save
money to the companies and give the
people increased fire protection.
This section of the ordinance was lost
nv the following vote: