The daily gazette., 1883-09-14
FEEDING PRISONERS.
THE COST TO BE LOOKED
INTO By COUNCIL.
THE CONDITION OF OUR SEWERS.
business transacted at Last Nights Meet
ing of City Council Routine Matters
and Passage of Monthly Bills.

The only absentee at roll call was Council
man Blake. After the reading of the min
utes of the last regular and special meeting
of Council the report of the Street Com
mittee, in favor of awarding the contract for
paving the bed of Front street from Walnut
/ TO Poplar streets TO Davis & Bro. at 25L
cents per cubic yard. Adopted. Also In
favor of granting the petition of Bailey g.
Hughs for curbing, guttering and paving 65
feet on Eighth street between Harrison and
Franklin streets and reported In favor of al
| lowing the property owners to do the work.
The new plan of the Sdipley run sewer, be-
low the railroad, was reported by the Com
mittee and referred back for further con-
sideration. The plan ia for sewer 10 feet
wide In the clear with an arch feet inches
in heighth. The deed of j. T. Heald and
wife for the bed of Railroad avenue, 25 feet
wide, between Twelfth and Sixteenth streets
was presented and accepted.
The Police Committee's report included
an item of $102, In favor of James L. Hawk
ins, for feeding prisoners for the month OF
August. Mr.. Taylor called attention to the
small revenue reported from the Police De
partment durins the month and said that he
| believed the city was entitled to receive
| more money from that source, and further
said that he should hereafter decline to ap-
prove bills of this nature unless there was an
| improvement IN this respect
Mr.. Pickles said that the gentleman was
not the only one looking into the matter,
and that efforts were being made to avoid
further trouble Of the kind.
Gas lamps were directed to be placed at
sixth and Seventh and Penn streets, Elev-
enth at Rodney and Clayton streets and
Clayton street and Pennsylvania avenue,
| and at Fourth and Sixth and Union streets,
q nd lfN1A la af A. i
Union streets.
The " ater Department check was re-
turned by the City Auditor without his
signature and the usual rule of over uling
| his objection was gone through with.
The City Treasurer reported a balance In
bank of Sl42, 1874.
Chief Engineer Coyle reported As men en-
ployed in the Water Department with a
payroll Of S43S.17.
Street Commissioner Zebly reported 2s
men and eight teams employed IN his de-
| partment, with payroll Of S206.6S.
The report of the street committee on the
condition of the city sewers was presented
and read.
In the Sallcup sewer between Second
and Fourth streets they found the fat bot
tom obstructed in many places and very of.
| fensive from filth which ei ters 1t from Kirk.
mans livery stable, Bush's morocco factory
and other buildings. The sewer was as
clean as possible with fat bottom, and
the sides In good condition. The commit
tee recommended the putting. in of an In.
verted arch bottom and traps to prevent
the escape of foul odors. Shipley run sewer
which was entered at Maryland avenue, was
| found in very filthy condition, the walls
giving way in many places. The same con-
| dition of the sewer was found at Ninth and
Adams streets. They recommended the re-
pairing of the walls, the putting In of In
verted arch bottoms, the cutting off of all
cesspools unless an adequate amount was
paid, that proper traps be put in and the
open parts of the sewer be covered as soon
as practicable. The report was adopted
and 100 copies ordered printed
At the call for petitions and communica-
tors, the following were read and referred
Samuel Sayers, for the repaying of the side
walk ON the south side of Sixth street be-
tween French and Walnut; A. j. Peters, for
1 information In regard to the law In reference
to party walls; William s. Hitch, for lamp
In front of his drug store, ON Market street
| above Fourth; Kennard Smith, for a lamp
on Peoples street east of the P, W. & B.
| Railroad; j. Taylor Cause, for lamp at
Tenth and Clayton streets; Andrew Cole,
| for the curbing and paving of the east side
| of Spruce street from No. 92S to the corner
of Tenth street; John Brooks of the Board
of Education, for curbing and paving In
front of school No. 12, in the Ninth ward;
| James Mckay for the fixing of the grade OF
VanBureE street between Lowering avenue
| and Wawaset street. The following were
granted Lewis P. Lynch, to curl at his
| own expense under the supervision of the
Street Commits ioner 100 feet on the east
side of jackson street between Seventh and
| Eighth; Frederick Pyle, to set curb at his
own expense in front of his property on
| Broome street above Ninth; George II. Tin
| dali, to have curb lines laid and to set curb
on jackson street between Chandler and
| Maple, the work to be done at his expense
and under the supervision of the Street Com
missioner
communication was received from the
Board of Health with reference to the nui-
i sance complained of on Race street In the
| Ninth Ward, stating that when that part of
| the city was Incorporated all the streets.
lanes and alleys thereof were given to the
i city, The communication was referred to
the Stl eet Committee.
A communication was presented by Mr..
johnson from Chief OF the Fire Department
| Murphy, In which he stated that he had no
| official knowledge of the fact that the
Water Witch intended disbanding, but was
persuaded that such was the case, from the
TACT that the company had disposed of all
| their property at public sale.
| Mr.. johnson also presented the following
communication from John B. Ginder, secre-
| tary of the Water Witch Steam Fire Engine
| CompanYi
"1his is to notify your honorable body
that the Water Witch Steam Fire Engine
Company, No. 5, will go out of service to-
morrow, Friday evening, September IA,
1883, sine die. We also notify you that the
| gong and fire alarm in our house are at
your sposal, and as we have to give up
possession OF our house on the 10Th inst. the
gong ought to be out before that Time" A
reques that the semi-annusl appropriation
OF 81, $50 less than $500 due by them to
City Coun, il, be paid to them was granted
and an order was drawn for that amount
| The communications on the subject were
accepted and ordered recorded.
The deed of Liberia street, 39 feet wide
between Scott and Union streets was pre-
sented by j. 7 Head and wife and was re-
ferred to the proper committee.
| Mr.. Farrell offered an ordinance proyid-
| ing that sidewalks of Belgian blocks or
other small stones should have double row
Of iagstones, each at least 20 inches wide,
near the eurbstone; that such pavements
should not be laid without an ordinance of
Council; requiring the Street Commissioner
to notify ali yiolators of the ordinance to
comply with 1t in 20 days, and imposing a
fine of $40 tor all violations and an addi-
tional $5 day for every day the ordinance
is not complied with after the expiration OF
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