The daily gazette., 1882-11-03
OUR LOCAL RULERS.
WEEKLY MEETING OF CITY
COUNCIL.
LIVELY sPAT BETWEEN MEMBERS
Trouble Over Contractor-Mr. Garrett
and Mr.. Quinn Distinguish Themselves
Railroad Gates.

President Conrad was on the stump down
the State last night, and at Council weekly
meeting Mr. Beecher was called 10 the chair.
Ihe Street Committee reported in favor
OF opening the gutter on Vandeyer avenue:
OF granting Isaac Dillon eight feet of space
IN 'front.' OF his place of business, No 414
King street; of paving the gutter and put
ting down crossing at Tenth and Bennett
streets All the reports were adopted
The City Treasurer reported a bank bal
ance of SS4, 1911.
The Street Commissioner reported 35 men
and 10 teams employed during the week
The Chief Engineer of the Water Depart
ment reported AZ men employed under him /;
payroll S414.62.
Il. +. Dilworth petitioncd for lamp at
the Northwest corner of Pleasant and
Monroe streets. George w. Bush 81 Son
presented communication protesting
against the resolution passed September 2G,
requiring them to remove their freight
house, at the foot of French street, and
claiming that the frame building was there
when the wharf was leased. 1t was moved
to refer it to the Street Committee. Mr..
Stevenson moved to amend to postpone the
further consideration of the matter until
April, 1884, when Mr.. Bush's lease will ex-
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to IL. 1t was afterwards referred to the
Law Committee.
David Sper petitioned for lamps at Eighth
and Lincoln and Eighth and Union streets
Residents in the north end of the Tenth
Ward petit!oned to have relief In the matter
OF the removal of ashes, an ash cart not
having been there since last summer W.
G. X. Celquohoun petitioned to set curb
on Du Pont street, Delaware avenue, and
Sixteenth street (Granted.) Residents pc
titioned for lamp at Ninth and Franklin
streets. Peter U. Furry petitioned for curb
ing and paving al Eleventh and Bennett
streets. communication was read, ask
ing that vehicles at the p, w. 81 B. station
stand at the curb and not in the middle of
the street. Robinson, Archer Il Taylor pc
titioned for curbing and crossings at Lincoln
and Gilpin and Shallcross avenues. Albert
Thatcher petitioned for curbing, &c, on
Gilpin avenue. Charles TaZcwell petitioned
for water pipes on franklin street.
Mr.. Quinn called up resolution offered
at previous meeting during the call of
communications amid a great deal of use
less discussion, and Notwithstanding the
fact that 1t should have come up under
unfinished business, the chair entertained
1t. The resolution was to require all the
railroad companies running into the city to
A motion to indefinitely postpone the
resolution was made by Mr., Stevenson.
But" expostulated Mr.. Quinn, that's
choking me off"
"That's what want to do" was Mr..
Stevenson's answer.
Well, maybe I'll choke you before we
get done with it."
That's a mans job" was the reply, and
then the ayes and nays were called and Mr..
Stevenson's motion to postpone was lost by
vote. of 5 to z. Then Mr.. Quinn moved
that it be referred to the Street Commits
sioner and Street Committee. After elo-
quent addresses by Messrs. Quinn and
Garrett the Chair stated that resolution
had been passed 16 months ago requiring
the railroad company to place gates
wherever the Street Commissioner might
direct. The motion was adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Paynter the bondsmen
of William J. Morrow, ex-Registrar of the
Water Department, were released.
The Clerk of the Market reported having
collected S36S.67 during the month.
The ordinance, amending that relating to
placing danger signals on the streets, was
called up on motion Of Mr. Bailey and
passed 1t imposes fine of $40 on all per-
sons failing or refusing to put proper danger
signals and safe guards around piles of dirt,
excavations, etc.
Council decided to meet at Front and
Clayton streets on Saturday afternoon at
80 o'clock.
Mr.. Garrett, from the Street Committee,
presented letter from T. B. Hizer IL Son
throwing up the contract for building the
sewer on Madison street, saying that there
was more work than he had thought. The
committee asked for instructions. After a
hot discussion 1t was decided to meet on
Saturday evening at 7.3O O'Clock, to con-
slider whether to release the Messrs. Hizer.
Orders were drawn as follows: John
Collins, S55; Samuel T. Bradford, SIP; w.
w. Pritchett, S132; Alfred Grinnage, 500;
Patrick Dugan, S73,33; William Simmons,
$500.