The daily gazette., 1882-02-18
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PRESIDENT sHARPLEx oRITIoIsRs TIE
wATER DEPARTHENT MkNAeEMEET
AT LAST HIeHT's RRaULAR MEET-

AT LAST HIeHT's REGULAR MEET
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City Council met 10 regular session
laat evening, PresIesnt shAfplsy In ID,
Sharply. -, T
The CITY Treasurer sepurtsd a bal
ance In bank Of ee3, ,l50.32. LFT
The Auditor reported that the books
Of The Regular Of the Water DepaFtnAeD q
showed collections during Januar,
amounting to $02, ,S93.6S. 'H4
The Chief Engineer, reported 22 mer
eUployed in the Water Department: : DAY
roll, $4,000 r - ----.-ls :
The Street CommIssionef reported ID
men, z single and double teams en-
ploy.d 10 the Street Department; pay
roI, xtoVo' ~ f4
Petitions and communIcatIons were
read and referred, - follows ssa.pp A
From Wm. 81. Sterrett, stating that
be was snbpaended IN the case of ELIZA
Harris 80. the City Of Wilmington, At
tended Court, but received no whtees.
Tees when the case wRs discontinued.
DE asked Council 10 pay him. rIh
From Geo. w. Bush, Geo. W, SeideI.
i. u. Bayard and Others asking for curb
ing and gutterlng and the establishment
OF grade on Clayton street, from Front
TO Gal, and on Front street, from Broomo
70 DUPONT; also for permission 70 lay
drain tile on Clayton street and set curb
In mont Of their properties. 8Es8 I /
From M. y. TieFDAy and others, for
the grading, cuTbing and gutterInR OF
Linden street, from Van Buren TO Har.
ris0n, aud for the adoption OF some plan
to relieve them frem overflow OF surface
water.
From Bowers, Dare 4 Co., John
Melr q Son, and Ab tlttwo hundred
other business men and merchanics,
asking the adoption OF immediate meas
urea 70 improve the approaches to
Eleventh street bridge. .MaI
On Mr.. Talley's motion this petition
was referred to the Street Commissio ioner.
With Instructions to confer with the
committee OF the Levy Court In regard
to depositiDg ashes near the bridge. Itis
the intention Of the Levy Court TO pave
the approaches to the bridge with Bel
gian block.
Ar. Townsend referred TO the bad
condition OF Twelfth street, 10 the yicin-
ity OF Moir's canning factory, and said
the only practicable plan wrs TO cor.
duroy the street with old cross-ties,
which operation would cost about 5000.
He submitted n letter from John MO-.
and Sou, demanding immediate steps
for their relief, as they could not allow
the e subject 70 be put of day longer.
Inc matter was referred to the Street
Committee.
Mr.. Rodney, on behalf Of the special
to procure an oil DO rtrait Of
the late PresideHt Garfield, presented
q report stating that the picture had
been procured from r. N. Tudor, ar
tlAt, OF Philadelphia, through Council
man A. T. Beecher ct q cost Of $500.
The report stated that the execution
OF the picture was admlra BILE, the like
ness perfect, ,andhAd received the unani!
nous approval Of the COMMITTEES, on
Mr.. Rodney's motion Council took 4
recess Of ten minutes for the purpose OF
examining the picture.
The report was then adopted and the
committee dischargs d, and an order di-
rected TO be drawn In favor Of Mr..
BeecLer of $2oo,to pay for the picture. Il
was also ordered to be placsd In the Gus
tody OF Mr. Beecher, for the purpose
of having II publlcly exhibited for one
week 10 the window Of q Market street
store. araa
Mr.. Paynter called up for . third
reading the ordinance making an ex-
traordinary appropriation for the
benefit Of the Water Department.
President Sharpley, calling Mr..
Mention 10 the chair, asked that some
valid reasons be given for making this
extraordinary appropriation. he al
luded to one reasoA. assigned, that of
the increase Of new houses, and gave
the following figures in relation to |
new houses and the Water Depart
ment appropriations in past years: i