Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-12-28
CITY COUNCIL.
A BBEExY 2EAaGOu-TME CUES.
TlON OF a AsMALL.POX
HOHPITAL.

AAV = 81
The regular meeting Of City Council
was held last even ing, and In the al
sencs Of President Conrad, Mr.. Pickei
was, on motion Of Mr.. Garrett, called t
the chair. The roll was called, an,
Clerk Fraim proceeded to real thu
minutes, but when be had read gmal
port ion, the further reading WAS, 9,
motion Of Mr.. Moore, dispensed with.
The City Treasa1es reported . balanc,
of az, ,2A6. .03 In hank TO tho credit o
the city. The City Aadisor returnel
unsigned the checks drawn In favo
Of the Water Department, and hi,
action was Overruled by ths
usual resolution Of Nj. Stevenson
which was adopted by II ayss to II
nays. S. ,7
The same oiiicef also reported that b.
had collected liens ON vsfapus propertie,
amounting to $420. 83, and satisfaction
was ordered to be entered on the Iier
book In favor Of the parties FAMED.
The Chief Engineer ofthe Water De.
partment reported twenty. .nine men enc.
ployed, with payroll amounting
10 $226 73. The payroll Was not audit
ted, and was passed by strict party
vote.
The Street Commissioner reported
three men aud two teams employed for
one day and half, working on the
streets, with o payroll amounting to
S10O1.
Mr.. Baugh said he was very much In
favor Of economy in the administration
Of all the affairs Of the city, but he
thought the Street COmmi was car
rying the matter little too far. II
some Of the members of that committee
would visit the streets In the upper part
Of the city, they would find the cutters
at the crossings obstructed with snow
and ice TO such an extent that In some
places thu water was ten or twelve
inches deep.
The President decided that Mr.. Baugb
was out of order, and when he At.
tempted to continue, said he must insist
that he should take his seat, which he
finally did with the remark :" Well, I've
said all wish to say new, but will
refer to this matter again"
When the bill Of Patrick DuRan, for
S64 SO, for collecting garbage, WAS read,
Mr.. Farrell said he would object to
paying 1t, an he had hot atten ded to his
duties. MIR. Eastbnrn said th at Coun.
ell had no,hing to do wi III this matter,
as it was in the hands Of tho Board cf
Health, and az the bill WAS indors.d ~
correct by DR.. Bush, the President of
that body, they ha1 nothing to do but
to pass it.
The police payroll amounting to]
s2,59l68. was presented, aud an order
drawn for the amount.
Tho no rn11 fnr tha v,Dli,a nln%b;,,
amounting to 81 ,0125O, was also pre-
sented, and o motion offered that an
Order for the amount be drawn in favor
of John =. Wales. Mr.. Blake said be
thought this matter should be looked
into before any action WAS taken, az
Mayor Wales Lad informed d him some
time ago, when there was some troubled
about bill, that he bad never handled
adollar OF the money.
MIR. Farrell said he had ais doubts
about Council having any right to vote
this money to John +. Wales or the
police
The statutes provided that Council |
should make provision to pay che Hh.
GERS, and he thought they were we'll |
paid, but he could not find any law
that gave Council authority 10 grant |
them money for clothing. The majori. |
ty of course have the power 10 pass the |
bill but II they did NO, 1t would be at
their peril. A vote was taken on the |
motion to draw An order for the atnoSlnt, |
and It was carried by Is ayes to 9nays, |
Mr.. Taylor being the only Democrat
who voted with the Republicans In tn
vor of it,
The miscellaneous payroll, anIount-
ing to III ,9b7.S8, was presented, but .
the amounts due Chief Engineer Coyle
and Registrar Bond we're not audited,
they were passed by al aye and nay |,
vote, and All order drawn for the full
amount.
The Finance Committee reported that
The following amounts were all that
were available tor the purchase of coal
ior the poor !: Interest from Latiner
Fund, SSl .69 GILES Fund, tll562
irtdman Fund, $50 OO, making total
OF s227.3l. The committee recommend.1
ri that this money be placed in the
hands Of the providtnt society Tor dis Z
trbntion. Ia
motion was made to adopt the re- 4
port, when Mr. Ba,igh said this was
'ut a small amount for the purpose, and
!" 'onnci had, from time immemOrial, 1
Appropriated money to provide the poor !
WIN coal during the winter season, he {
thought it should 10 done now. He Ia
was opposed to placing 1t In the hands
1i any society, rs he thought the meln- b
oers OF Council were the proper ones TO j
attend to 1t. v
Mr. Farrell also opposed the recon. q
lhenoatlon of the committee, and upon C
vote b ing taken Oh the motion TO Il
3aa"pt the report, 1t was lost by 13 nays
Dayes. l.
lhe petition of j. A. Bradford and 3
nthers Tor crossing at Thirteenth and j
rorrest streets was referred to the street 8