The daily gazette., 1882-04-08
Cnrx COUNCIL.

I
ING DRNouncRD.
| CITY Council met last evening In ree.
ular session, President Sharpley In d
chair. This session was ienRthenod oul
until after 0 O'Clock, owing 10 the lars,
number Of petitions and q debate II
1 which the Every Euening was rathe
bitterly denounced for the publication
Of an editorial in references TO Council
men increasing their salaries.
The Stleet COMMITTEES on the petition
OF a. Shields ofand otheIs askIpg f1r u,
curblng, paving and gathering 81 feet OF
the south side Of Reed street between
Jackson ard Adams, reported In fAvo
Of allowing The parties to do the work
themselves. Adopted.
Tbe anEno CummitteB presented re-.
port form the Chief Engineer Of the
Survey Department, Ia reference to {
water course at Linden and Harrisos
streets. The report stated that the evil
could be remedied by removing an OBJ
slruetlon existing there, and permitting
the water 10 dow down the original
course. Tne report was adopted.
| The City Treasurer reported $l4.4TS.-
eI In bA nix TO the credit of current ex-
Penses,and $4,000 to the credit Of Loan
The clerk OF The market reported that
be had collected and turned over 70 the
CITY Treasurer during the past quarter,
| Sl34.34.
The Registrar Of the Water Depart
ment, reported collections amounting to
$l2, ,O86.46 for the past month.
Chief OF Police AAxWO.l, reported that
be had collected $2O3,67 for flnes, etc,
during March.
The report Of Geo. q. Ward, coal oil
inspector was submitted showing that be
haa inspected IL, l06 gallons or oil for
the past month.
The Chief Engineer OF the Water De-
partment, reported 20 men in his en-
Plooy for the week ending April 4tb; pay
roll, S2Ti.37.
The street Commissioner reported %
men,6 double and ~ single teams in his
employ for the week ending April 1st;
pay roll, $l22.06.
PETITIONS AND CONGREGATIONS.
The following petitions and commun-
icAtlons were introduced, read and re-
fsrred 70 the propel committees
From the Board Of Trade presenting
. resolution adopted by that body on
Thursday evening, IN refsrenc, to an
analysis OF the BrandyWIne water.
! From Drake q Co., asking for the use
OF The space la front OF their auction
room, No. IL K. Fourth street.
Hartman d Fehrenbach asking that
Scott street, between LoverlRg Avenue
and Wawaset street, be graded.
From John Fl. SImms, w. Rudolph,
O. 8. Middleton w. q. Massey, John
Hanson, and others, complaining Of fur
nlture cara standing In front of their
places CT business waiting for lob.
~bey asked that some other place be
provided, and saggested Fourth street.
between French and Walnut.
Rev. J. II. Nixon, asking permission to
erect an annex 21x10 feet tOCillbertC Chap
el, Thirteenth and French streets, as the
present bull ding is too small for Sun
day school purposes.
w. I. Tull asking that the sidewalk
south side Of Eighth street between
West and Washington streets, be paved
the. full width.
W. Z. SwIggstt, asking that the bed
Of Twelfth street between Orange and
Tatnall streets, be graded.
hobsrt MeCattney asking for water
pipes on Spruce and BENEFIT streets, be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets.
A. Thatcher, asking premisslon to set
curb on Sixth street between Van Bu-
rem and Harrison streets. On motion
the request was granted, the work to be
done u0der the supervision Of the Street
Commissioner.
John I. Elliott, setting firth that on
December 10Th last an Ordinances was
passed for bis benefit permitting him to
allow carriages to stand In the street In
front OF bis shop In the Ninth Ward
while being repaired. He Is now en-
gagged In erecting . new shop but as It
will not be done for. time, he asked
that the time be extended three months
longer.
=George w. Gri6aths, asking Council
to prohibit the erection Of fame houses
on Church sreet, south OF VandeVer
Avenue, and between the boundaries OF
Tenth and Eleventh streets.
James ii. Anerns, asking permission
to set curb at N. w. corner OF Thirteenth
and West streets, running 1874 feet on
the north side. Of ThiTteeoth street.
The request was granted under the
usual provisions.
w. j. Forsyth, asking that Beech
street between Maryland Avenue and
Van Buren ttreet be graded, curbed
and guttered.
M. I. Poole asking permission to lay
a terra Gotta pipe from Delaware Ave-
nue. and jackson stree. to Shlpley Rua
to drain eight uew houses that he Is erec-
ting.
NEw BUsINsss.
Mr.. BArnhIii introduced and had read
an ordauce for the relief OF John T.
Elliott.
ON motion Of Mr.. Psynter the Water
Prot. Leeds, OF Hoboksn, to make an
analysis OF the Bfandywine water.
Mr.. Blake introduced an ordance en-
powerng the Delaware Fire Company
to sell 1t engine and hose carriage and
to purchase and maintAiu q tirst elaks
truck with four Babcook EIungu shers,
nine ladders, one Of whioh must be an
extension ladder OF not IS lhan eighty
feet.
Mr.. McMsna min was granted permits
son tos sat curb on Fourteenth street De-
tween Hsald and Olaymons streets.
Mr.. Blake presented the oertlhed re-
turns OF the d semeDs election held on
Monday evening last
Onhs motion, the proper Officers were
instructed to issue csrtl fcates of el sctlon
TO Patrick r. Aurphg as Chief Beginner;
John McOaffrey as HI s. AS ,istant En-
glneer, and Thorn as Donohu, as Second
Assistant for the time specified in the
ordinance.
Norris Taylor aross to . question Of
privilege AMI sen to tha clerks desk .
COPY OF the EUefU EueRin0 OF April 3rd,