The daily gazette., 1882-11-24
WILMINGToH. DEL. FI3l13AY. NOVEMBER "a, 1852

instructing the city surveyor 10 prepare O
| survey Of the city boundaries
Mr.. Bailey said map had been made az
near correct as It was possible to get it.
Mr.. Talley thought the Committee on New
Charter would need correct map as the
present description Of the bounaries was q
patched up concern.
City Surveyor Conwell said he thought
Mr.. Bailey referred to a map Issued by a
Philadelphia publisher, which had been con-
structed from drawings furnished by the sur
veyor himself. He did not think It would
be difficult to give definite description OF
the city boundaries. A new seryey, how.
ever, was needed, but so far as the charter
was concerned the map referred TO was
sufficient.
City Solicitor Turner thought yeriHca-
tion, rectiflcation and squaring up of the
boundary was needed, so that flxed points
for description were settled.
The resolution was adopted.
Ordinances to establish the grade of Scott
street from Lowering avenue to Wawasett
street, to change and regulate grade OF
Seventh street from Logan to Buttonwood,
and 10 regulate the grade of Clayton street
from Front to Beech were given q tbiri
| reading and passed.
Mr.. Baugh gave notice of his intention to
introduce at the next meeting an ordinance
repeating the existing ordinance prohibiting
stands on the streets.
Mr.. Quinn introduced and had read an
ordinance providing for the appointment OF
two special police officers, who shall patrol
Market street between Front and Second
streets and on Front street between Shipley
and French Streets. One officer is to be on
duty at night and the other during the day.
Mr.. Miller asked what had become of the
petition asking that iron plates be placed
over the gutter between the curb and cross
ing at Eighth and Monroe streets, presented
about eight weeks since. The place, he
said, was dangerous. The president said he
knew OF the gutter and several persons had
fallen there and bruised themselves The
chairman Of the Street Committee promised
to look the petition up.
On motion of Mr. Talley the clerk was in
structed to notify the presidents of the p,
W. B., Delaware Western and Whining
ton and Northern Railroad Companies OF
the action of Council In ordering the cree
ton OF safety gates at the intersection OF
the different railroads and certain streets.
The bill of w. w. Pritchett claiming the
5000 reward offered by the Mayor on author
ity of City Council for the arrest and con-
viiction OF parties participating in the riot ON
election day at the Third ward polls. The
pii was accompanied Dy eertlhcates from l..
A. Bertolette, Justice OF the Peace DEPUTY
Attorney General A. B. Cooper and Clerk
OF the Peace Cochran, certifying that Con-
stable Pritchett was the principal witness
for the prosecution in the arrest and con-
viction of Levin Woodward. The matter
was referred to the Law Committee.
Mr.. Quinn asked by what authority tee-
graph or telephone poles, higher than many
houses and containing 100 wires were erected
on tho sidewalk, three feet inside the curb,
endangering property during thunder
storms. 1t was stated by another member
that the City Solicitor had declared
the erection of the poles illegal. and that it
could only be done by means of special
act passed by the Legislature. The matter
wae referred to the Stf 81 commlssioner
Orders were granted In favor Of William
Simmons, paving Seventh street, S4l3.32,
and John Collins, cleaning traps, S55.