The daily gazette., 1883-02-02
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several parties, and tho matter WIS ex
| planned at length by two or three members
and yet Mr.. Bailey refused to be enlightened,
| although Mr.. Garrett stated that he had
distinctly elucidated the question of salary
to Mr.. Bailey before Council began. On
motion Of Mr.. Newell, the gentleman was
| finally excused from voting. He, however.
| decided to "yote no to be on the safe side. -
The ordinance was killed by tie vote as
| follows Yeas--Abele, Beecher, Garrett,
Mention, Miller, Moore, Smith, Stevenson,
Talley, Conrad-10 Nays-Bailey, Baugh,
Denny, Eastburn, File, McKenna, Newell,
PayDter, Quinn, Shaw-10.
An election for engineers was then held,
Myers G. Conwell being unanimously re-
elected Chief Engineer of the Surveying
Department, and Frederick II. Robinson
and George II. Boughman first and second
assistants.
The bids for grading Seventh street from
Broome to Rodney were then read and re-
ferred to the Opening Streets Committee, as
follows Lewis W. Lenderman, 30 cents per
cubic yard; Patrick Carberry, 80 cents
John G. Lafferty, 50 cents.
Orders were granted as follows Alfred
Grinage, removing garbage, 500; Patrick
Dugan, S73.3S; Martin Kehoe, removing
ashes, 1915 John Collins, cleaning traps,
Wv ACbCA GSOsCO o. It Dali So.
THE CHARTER FINISHED.
The regular business being finished the
charter matter was on motion taken up, the
consideration Of section Az being resumed.
Thel City, Treasurer's salary was fixed at
81 900.
A motion of Mr.. Quinn's to make the
salary of the Chief of Police 81 500, ,sergeants
81 900 and patrolmen $500 was voted down.
Upon the consideration of Section 4S an
amendment was presented and lost, by
which it was proposed to make the fees paid
to the Mayor the same as charged by the
justices Of the peace.
The section was referred to the revisers
and after short recess they offered a sub
stitute for the section, which was adopted.
It provides that the Mayor, Chief of Police,
patrolmen and officials elected by Council
be compensated by fixed salary or by fees,
or by both, as Council may decide upon.
Schedule B was then taken up and the
provisions that the present officers should
hold Office until their successors are elected
and that the salaries of the present officials
shall not be affected unless they elect within
60 days to accept the new compensation
were approved.
The Law Committee twas authorized to
change the number of the sections and to
change the form without changing the sub
stance Of the provisions Of the charter. On
motion of Mr.. Beecher the charter as
amended was approved as whole, and the
Printing Committee was authorized to have
100 copies printed for the use of the Legis-
lative Committee and the members of City
Council.
MIR. QUINN's THANKS.
When the members of Council entered
the chamber last night all eyes were directed
toward the desks of Messrs. Quinn and
Garrett, upon each of which was neatly
wrapped package addressed to them as
'from discriminating public, through the
DAILY GAZETTE" Every one knew they
were the much-talked-of dictionaries.
Mr.. Garrett, who Immediately tore the
wrapper from his book, appeared in bad
humor, and evidently did not appreciate the
kindness shown him. His volume was care
fully examined and freely commented upon,
being pronounced an excellent present and
very acceptable one, several of the mem
hers expressing themselves as being slighted
by the GAZETTE.
Mr.. Quinn did not tear the wrapper from
his gift, but at a proper time, during the
interval when the reVisers were busy In the
Clerks office, lie arose TO a question Of
privilege,
He said that he had found upon his desk
a dictionary presented him by discrimInat-
ing public through the DELAWARE GAZETTE
He did not at all feel aggrieved Cooking a.
Garrett) but thanked them kindly for
1t. He felt the need of an education, and
would rather have received the book under
different circumstances. He would keep it.,
however, and hand it down as an heirloom
in his family. He already had one diction-
ary, but he would try to digest both, and
then told story of boarding house at
which were an lrishman and Yankee. The
former ate so much that the landlady de-
termined, In order to get even and not
hurt the mans feelings, to raise the price
on all the boarders. To that the Yankee
objected, upon the ground that he had all
the work he could do to eat enough for
what he already paid, but If compelled to
eat more to get square it would kill him.
The Yankee, Mr.. Quinn said, was like him
self, and If he tried to digest both books
1t might kill him.
He then went on to tell, in a droll way,
that few weeks ago he was down the State
and saw an owl In a cage, and had he
known then that the event of the diction-
aries was about to occur he would have I'M
purchased the bird and presented
1t to the editors of the GAZETTE to put In
their owl roost. Thanking again the con-
tributors to the fund, and assuring them
that he In no degree felt hurt, he called upon
Mr.. Garrett for a few remarks, adding that
"Fools get mad, but wise men get merry
Mr.. Garrett said nothing, and after
hearty laugh all around, business was re-
sumeu