The daily gazette., 1883-07-13
CITY COUNCIL SESSION.
VARIOUS ITEMS OF BUSINESS
DISPOSED OF.
AND A NUMBER OF BILLS PASSED
Council Looking Into the Railroad Com
pany - Request for the use Of the Side
walk on Third Street.

Ihe regular weekly session OF City Coun-
ell last evening was presided over by Mr.
| Pickles, in the absence of President Con
rad. After the reading of the minutes the
| FIJI ance Committee reported favorably upon
the bill of r. G. Fraim, amounting to $525,
| for copying the city assessment. The
amount was allowed.
The Street Committee reported faVorably
upon the petition Of the P, W. 81 B. rail-
road to be allowed to erect a freight shed
and to remove the curb and pave with Bel
gium block instead, at Third and Pine
streets. The motion TO siopt was amended
| and passed, that when Council adjourned, it
do so to meet at the freight depot at $50
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. Also upon the
petition of Thomas j. Bowen, to set S5 feet
of curb on Sherman street.
The Water Committee reported having
acted upon the following petitions for pipe :
From e. Horn for water pipe on Heald
street, between Eleventh and Twelfth;
James c. Pickels and others, for water pipe
on Twenty fourth street; estimated cost
$500; from Robert Cooling, for water pipe
on jackson street, between Fifth and Sixth,
estimated cost $3.50; adversely on petition
for water pipe on Twenty y-eighth street; from
Nathan Leiberman, for pipe on People
street; j. F. Curry, for pipe on People
| street, between Van Buren and Parrison,
estimated cost $500; from John Davis, pipe
ON Cedar street, cost $3.50; James Lang, for
$175 feet of pipe on street; from Il. A.
Beason, pipe on Tatnall street, estimated
cost $253; from Alfred Lee, for pipe from
| Rodney street basin to Rodney street chapel,
cost $175; from A. A. Eastburn, for pipe on
| Pleasant street, east of Van Buren,. The
i petition of DR.. X. j. Mckay for lamp on
Broome street, was reported upon favorably
| The chairman of the Street Committee in
presenting their report upon the awards OF
the commission appointed to award damages
occasioned by building the sewer on Della
ware avenue at the middle depot, said that
he had become convinced that the award
was not too great, although their report so
stated, and that he had signed the report
under protest, and asked that his name be
stricken from the report This occasioned
considerable debate between the committee
| and members of Council. After little talk
and an explanation of the locality affected
| by the sewer the whole matter was referred
back to the Committee.
| On motion of Mr.. Eastburn the rules
were suspended for the purpose of electing
a Harbor Master. Seth II. Feaster and
| Enoch Moore, Jr., were the only nominees,
and upon going into an election the former
was elected by a vote of IL to Z.
City Treasurer reported the balance over
drawn in the Union National Bank to be
$21, ,299.06.
The Auditor reported that he was still un-
able to get report of fines and costs col
lected by tn, Chief of Police up to the
time the new law went into effect, and
asked the advice of Council upon the mat
ter. His objection to sign the Water De-
partment checks was overruled by the usual
Il vote.
Chief Engineer of the Water Department
ported % men employed, with pay roll of
1 1un noid
The Street Commissioner reported 20 men
and single teams for the week with pay
| roll of $164.28. Report was adopted.
The Law Committee reported nothing In
the ordinance establishing grade on sun
dry streets, to conflict with the city charter
Committee on opening streets reported In
favor Of returning the petition from the
Board of Health back to that body as the
alley does not belong to the city. The pc
tition referred to Spring Alley.
The Street Committee reported favorably
upon the petition of George w. Bush and
others for the grading of DUPONT Scott
Lincoln and Union streets, south of Front
The committee appointed to sell the old
sand hole reported in favor of retaining the
lot for another year, as In their opinion
there was sufficient sand In the hole to last
one year, and also that the lot was the only
place the city had for depositing its surplus
dirt.
The Street Committee was authorized tc
advertise for proposals for the removal OF
ashes for the coming year, in two districts
east and west of Market street, and also fol
the gutter plates needed during the year.
The following petitions were presented,
| read and referred: For filling, curbing and
paving Scott street 100 feet north froT
Front street, and the opening OF Scott stree
from Second to Fourth; james Parker, for
curbing, paving and guttering OF Broomt
street, between Sixth and Seventh streets
Arthur H. Smith, for water pipes ON Sew
enth street, between Adams and Monroe
streets; and on Monroe street between Nintf
and Tenth streets; William r. Barry, fo
water pipes on Van Buren, street, between
Shallcross and Lowering avenues; John NJ
Dunn, for lamp on Eleventh street, Yves
t of Madison; Ward " Brown for lamps at th
intersection of Fifth and Sixth streets will
Rodney street; Weceaeoe Steam Fire Engin
Company, for an advance of the annual ap
J preparation of 81 800; Wilmington Coal Ga
Co., for the planking of the crossing of tn
, lP. W. & B railroad at Madison sire. t; VIM
P. Froude, for the opening of Union street
between Fourth and Fifth streets; Stepher
, Sharpless, for paving and curbing Lowering
f avenue, between Scott and Union streets
\ Francis Bradley, for flag crossings a
+ Eleventh and Heald streets, and paving tn
Eleventh street bridge approaches.
Three communications were receives
: from the Board OF Health. The resolution
n with reference to cleaning streets and flush
:. ing cutters on market days was referred t
u the Street Committee. That relating to tn
), duty of the Chief Engineer of the Survey
q ing Department, to attend the meetings q
the Board of Health, was referred to til
Chief Engineer himself. In the case re
e ferring to West street between Twelfth an
Fourteenth streets, declared a nuisance b
Is the Board OF Health, the Street Commit
sioner was ins rueted to notify the repre-
: sentatives of the Shipley estate to curb an
l. pave the sidewalks
IL Mr.. Baugh's motion instrueting the Pres
dent of Council and the City Solicitor to &
5, to Dover and procure an accurate copy
J the new city charter gave rise to length
:, discussion. The matter was finally al
e ranged by instructing the Printing Commit
e tee to have 900 copies of the certified cop
le received from the Secretary of State, printed
st Notice was given of an ordinance regl
1t lating the duties OF the bailiff, etc. On mi
he on of Mr., Mention the Street Commission,
was instructed to have the trees removed .
trimmed where they obstructed the light
the street Tampa An ordinance amendir
d. the market ordinance SO that producers fro
Id the State of New Jersey may stand In Il
ne market every day after a.. m. instad of
Id a. m. as now, and extending the ter
Id through the cauteloupe and watermelon Sc
be son as well as during the berry season, w
c; introduced and passed second reading.
t. The vote by which commission WI
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