The daily gazette., 1883-08-31
COUNSEL FOR COUNCIL.
WHAT ARs THSseAwfEas RE-
TANNED FOR.
AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION,
An Opinion Asked for but not Obtained
Chief Hawkins and Police Court Costs
Council Business.

Inc street Comm1ttec, on tne petition of
Patrick Hughes, asking that the south side
of Van Buren street from Fourth to Sixth
street, curbed, guttered and paved, reported
in favor of instructlng the property owners
to do the work at their own expense.
On the petition OF w. T. Massey and
many others, residing or doing business on
Front street, asking that Council abate
nuisance existing on Front street from
Market to Union, reported In favor VI order
ing the nuisance abAted.
Mr.. Pickles desired to know what the
nuisance complained of consisted OF, and
asked for the reading Of the grievance.
The petition was then read and set forth
that the Front street railway had filed In
between their tracks with gravel which be
comes ground into dust and ruins not only
furniture but articles for sale.
Mr.. Baugh sad that the matter was
great nuisance and he would like to know
how the committee were going to have it
abated. Unless some means were specified it
would not be abated until snow fell.
Mr.. Eastburn replied that the committee
thought it would be best to leave the mat
ter to the company.
Mr.. Blake thought that the best way to
get rid of the matter was TO order the com
pany TO pave between the tracks One of
the signers to the petition was Mr.. +. N,
Buck, one OF the directors o. the road.
Mr.. Pckel's moved to amend the report
of the committee to the effect that the com.
pany be requested to pave between the
tracks.
Mr.. Taylor moved to amend the amend
nent that the Street Commissioner be in
structed to notify the railway company to
have the work done at once. The report as
amended was then adopted.
The same committee reported adversely
Nha xNfU n H.
the course of water running down Van Blu.
rem street TO the Brandywine be changed on
the grounds that the course was natural
one.
A favorable report was made by the same
committee on the petition of Thomas
Bowen, asking for the curbing and gutter
ing of the north side of Sherman street from
Lombard to Pine street.
On the pe tition of j. r. Seeds, asking for
the guttering and curbihg of the east side of
Jackson street between Ninth and Tenth
streets, the same committee reported in
favor of doing the work in fir ont of the Gle
land estate.
The same committee, on the petition of E.
j. McManus, asking for curb and guttering
on the south side of Fourth street from
Broome to Union street, reported In favor of
notifying the owners to do the work at their
own expense under the supervision of the
Street Commissioner.
The same committee, on the proposals for
gutter plates read at last meeting, asked au-
thority to advertise for new proposals as the
former ones were equal in amount. The re-
quest was granted and the reports were
adopted.
The City Treasurer reported S162, ,61S.9 81
In bank to the credit of the city.
The City Auditor reported that II. r.
Pennington, Esq, Clerk of the Municipal
Court had paid S113.70 into the City
Treasury for fines and costs for June, and
$77.07 for July.
The City Auditor reported that in COM
pliance with a motion adopted at the last
meeting he had made formal demand upon
the Chief of Police for fines and costs re-
naming in his hands from the passage of
an act creating the Municipal Court up to
the time said Court was established In re
ply to the demand the Chief stated that he
had no money in his possession belonging
to the city.
The usual check of the Water Department
was passed by parry vote.
A report, giving detailed statement of
the operations of the Municipal Court was
presented, and, In connection Herewith, the
following from the Auditor was read:
~ have the honor to report having ex-
amined the accounts OF Henry K. Pening-
IN. d..
and find that he has collected the following
amounts and has deposited the same In the
hands of the City Treasurer to the credit of
the city, as per vouchers: June, 1SS3-Fines,
SOL; fees, $40; costs, S33. 10; total, $I13 TO-
July Fines, $33; fees, $3.50; costs, $25 So;
total, SIT ,03. This includes the fines th at
were In dispute"
The Chief Engineer of the Water Depart
ment reported 43 men in his employ for the
week ending August 2S; payroll, $434 A.
The Street Commissioner reported q men
and eight single teams In his employ for the
week ending August 25; payroll, $20S.S8.
Petitions and communications were read
and referred as follows; From Henry Con-
ner and others, for a gas lamp on Penn
street between Sixth and Seventh; William
Hamilton and others, for crossing on Lin
coin street at Lowering avenue; p. j. Ford
and others, to have Fifth street opened be
tween CLAYTON and DUPONT streets; from
Board OF Education, to have one sidewalk
graded aud paved from Maryland avenue to
| school No. 10; Thomas h. Curlett, for the
extension of water pipes on Van Buren,
street between Linden aud Maple streets.
A communication and several drawings
| from the Chief Engineer of the Surveying
Department in reference to Shipley Run
sewer at MARYLAND avenue and Monroe
street, was presented and referred to the
Street Committee.
The chair announced that the ordinances
| fixing the salary of the Harbor Master and
| for the relief of s. q. Simmons q Bro, had
been approved by the Mayor, and were
therefore ordinances of the city.
The chair also announced that the ordi-
nance granting permission to the p, w. q
B. r. Co., to use the north side of Third
street between Pine and Spruce street had
been returned by the Mayor unsigned, but
inasmuch as it had not been vetoed within
the prescribed time, it had become law.
Mr.. Eastburn presented very lengthy
/ ordinance In reference to water courses in
the city. After several sections had been
read, on motion of Mr.. Pickels, further
reading was dispensed with and the Print
| ing Committee were authorized to have one
hundred copies printed.
Mr.. Eastburn presented a resolution
authorizing the Street Committee to adver-
tise for proposals for taking up and repay
ing the bed of Front street between Walnut
and Poplar streets Adopted.
Mr.. Baugh obtaining the floor stated that
some two or three months ago Council
received a communication from the City
Solicitor asking Council to employ counsel
to give an opinion as to the legality or con
stitutionality of the act creating the Water
Commissioner. Thus far no opinion hal
been received. Before going further hi