Daily Republican., 1882-02-04
CITY COUNCIL.
A hHORT AND DULL SESSION
LAST EVENING.
Objec ctfOn NJ ado 10 Paying the Con
tractor for Removing the
Ashes His Last Months
Salary - A Discussion
On tn N n ter.

a stated meeting of City Council wa
held last evening, with Presider
Sharoley in the chair. The@Committes
were called but had no reports to max,
The City Treasurer reported $l10,5l6. 1
lin bank to the credit of the city.
! street Commissioner Lynch repOrte
tive men and one double team employ
ed, with a pay roll amounting to Sl7. 2.
The Chief Engineer Of the Water De
partment, reported y men at work dur
ing the past week, with uay rOl
amounting TO S2iH2S.
A DetirlOn was received from tb,
National Dredging Company, Stain,
that they had disposed of plot o
ground on Christiaua Avenue, suutl
| WiIlringtpu, 10 the Delaware LJcomo
tive Company, who were ana ious u
proceed with the erection OF theiI
buildings.
The petition asks that the grade OF
ChriSflana avenue be established. Alsc
IA petition from the Rett , machine com
pany stating thai they wanted to erect
buildings on SOGth street. and asking
that the grade OF that street be eslaD
llslrd. Rsth petitions were referred IL
lie Street COumittee.
The coal on inspector presented his
report for the month Of January. which
wns received and filed The petition OF
William Is. Norton and others, asking
that lamp he placed ON Taylor street,
between Button.ooa aud Locust streets,
was referred TO the lamp committee.
When the motion was made that au
order be drawn in favor Of Amos East
hurh for $500, Tor collecting ashes dur
ing the past month, there was consider
able opposition. Mr.. McMenamia
said that he was opposed to paying it,
rs the contractor had failed to perform
his duty; that in his ward the ashes re-
manned from week to week, and there
was not day passed that he did not
receive complaints from resident, of the
ward.
Mr. Abele Of the Street Committee.
said that be had been instructed by
Council to employ teams, and collect
the ashes, when complaint was made
to him that the contractor had failed to
DO So that he had not had any such
complaints, and consequently had not
inttr.ered. He believed that Mr. East.
burn was doing his duty ~ far as he
was able, aud was in favor of the order
being drawn.
Several OF the enhers spoke in
as in their opinion the con-
tractor was not even making an
effort to perform what he had engaged
to do.
Mr.. Paynter was in favor of drawing
the order, and said the reason why the
work had been neglected for y week or
two, because Mr. Eastburn had been
sick and unable to attend
to IL, but at present he had his men aud
carts out, and was personally superin-
tending the Eatter and removing the
ashea as last az possible Upon vote
being taken il was decided tnat the or.
der be drawn: only two or three voting
against it.
Mir, McMenamin introduced and had
read a second time, an ordinance to
change the grade of Ninth street from
ButtonwOud street to the Brandywine |
creek. Referred to Ia" Law Commit. !
zee. |
During the evening the following
,rdeEs were drawn:
John Grinage, SS7. 80; a. &. Ander
ioD, 10 "a Globe nas Light Co., 5O7. AZ;
!. L. MORRISON, q -; Board of Eluca-
ion SO, S33. 80.
There being no further business Coun-
Ill adjourned.