The daily gazette., 1883-08-17
COUNCILS QUEER MOVE
REFUSING TO HEAR THE
SOLICITORS OPINION.
A VERY INTERESTING SESSION,
About Lee g. Co.'s Stone Wall-A Variety
of Petitions An Opinion From the City
Solicitor Not Read.

Solicitor Not Read.
| City Council assembled In the Council
chamber last evening with President Conrad
In the chair.
| The Water Committee reported fayorably
on the petition of Joseph L. Carpenter, Jr,
for water pipes on Franklin street. Also
favorably on the petition of A. Fl. Smith
for water pipes on Tenth street between
Monroe and Adams.
Favorably upon the petition OF Hon. L. E.
Wales, asking for water pipes on Franklin
street below Delaware avenue.
A similar report was made on petition of
Thomas II. Mousely for water pipes on
Elliott avenue. The reports were concurred
in.
The Street Committee on the petition of
Charles T. Stevenson, asking for the curb
ing and paving of the south side OF A street
below Claymont, reported In favor of in
structng the Street Commissioner to notify
the property owners to do the work at their
own expense.
A similar report was made on a like petit
ton Of John W. Kirby for the curbing and
paving of the north side of Claymont street
below Fourteenth.
On the petition of James Clark for the
curbing and paving OF the cutters on the
north side of Seventh street between
Broome and Rodney, the committee reported
adversely as there were not the requisite
number OF sigDers to the petition.
For the laying of sidewalks up to the
building line on Walnut street above Eighth,
the same committee reported In favor of in
structing the property owners to do the
work at their own expense. The reports
were adopted.
Mr.. Eastburn, chairman of the Street
Committee, stated that at the last meeting of
Council his committee had been instructed
to obtail proposals for the rebuilding of a
stone wall belonging to William Lea & Sons
north of the Brandywine bridge. The COM
mittee had done 80, and presented the fol-
lowing proposals:
w. Q. Mcdowell, furnish all the sand and
lime and use what stone there was on the
ground, for $500. Furnish all the stone,
ETC., 500; Joseph W. Locke, S63 .25; James
Linn, use stone, $685. furnish all, Sl05.
Mr. Eastburn stated that the committee
made no recommendations, as they did lot
think it was the duty of Council to rebuild
the wall.
Mr.. Pickels moved that the contract be
awarded to Joseph W. Locke.
Mr.. Farrell said that it appeared to him
from the reading of the bids the bidders were
under the impression that they we're to fur
nish all the stohe. There is stone on the
grounds. At his suggestion the bids were
r read. He then asked whether the city
had not plenty of stone.
Mr.. Garrett replied, "Plenty of it,"
Mr.. Farrell, continuing, said =" If that is
the case would it not be better to instruct
the Street Commissioner to do the work by
employing masonP
Mr.. Lynn stated that there were only
about ten perches of stone on the ground,
and 1t would take at least AS perches to re-
build the wall.
Mr.. Moore said that the lowest bidder did
not mention stone.
Mr.. johnson wan'ed to know of Nh. Lynn
If he did not say on the floor of Council
about week ago that 1t would only cost
about $40 to repair the wall. If it would
only cost $40 then he thought it "mighty
queer move now" that it should cost so
much more. BE favored the city doing the
werk.
Mr.. Pickals withdrew his motion that the
contract be awarded to Locke, and moved
that the work be done by the city. The
motion was adopted.
The Opening Streets Committee on the
petition of H. A. Brown, complaining of the
condition of the bed of Morrow street, re-
ported that the bed of said street had been
accepted and would be put in order by the
city.
The same Committee reported favorably
on the petition of Edward Green asking that
Liberty street be brought to grade.
They reported adversely on the petition of
Joseph d. Shepherd asking that the grade
of Tenth street, between Clayton and Du-
Pont, be changed.
The Committee also presented the deed of
Joseph Tatnall for the beds of Twenty-fifth,
Twenty sixth and Twenty-seventh streets.
The reports were adopted and the deed ac-
oepted.
The City Treasurer reported S16S, ,57S. 60
in bank to the credit OF the city.
The weekly objections of the City Audi
tor in not signing the check of the Water
Department were overruled by resolution.
The Auditor reported that the accounts of
John Guthrie, ex-City Treasurer, and L. P.
Lynch, ex-Street Commissioner, were cor
rect, and on motion of Mr.. Pickels the re-
port was ordered to be spread upon the
minutes and the City Solicitor instructed to
enter satisfaction upon their bonds.
The Chief Engineer of the Water Depart
ment reported SO men in his employ for the
week ending August IA; payroll, S346 688.
The Street Commissioner reported 30 men
and seven single teams In his employ for the
week ending August IL; pay roll, $220.3S.
The following petitions and communica-
tions were introduced, read and properly
referred: From property owners on Lobdell
street to have that thoroughfare on the
north side graded, guttered and paved from
Bradford street to Christiana avenue; to
have deep hole in the gutter, on Fifth
street between Market and King attended
to; to extend Shipley run sewer $50 feet be-
tween Ninth street and Adams and Tenth
streets to accommodate large number of
builders who offer to pay SIS a year for the
use of the sewer, which will pay the city
81 800 per year; permission to pave and set
curb on jackson street between Ninth and
Tenth, and requesting that other property
holders be directed to the same; from John
Hare, complaining of the grade at Tenth
and jackson streets, where work ordered
done two years ago had never been COM
peted; j. McCloskey and others to have
Franklin street graded between Maple and
Elm Streets j. j. Simmons and other hav-
ing property in the Ninth ward to have the
city finish the grade on Fourteenth street
from Railroad avenue to Marsh lane.
H. B. Martin, complaining of the bad
condition of the cutters on the north side of
Delaware avenue from Washington to
Adams streets. The petitioner suggested
that the cutters be taken up, relaid wider