Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-01-12

Mr.. Moore stated that he had given
Mr.. Worrell permission to use one OF
the poles, and was under the impression
at the time that be wanted to suspend
. lamp from It In front Of bis store, but
had not granted any further permission
to the Company 10 use the poles. He
stated that the representatives OF the
Company with Mr.. Westbrook had been
before the Fire Com mittee, and stated
that they could place the electric wires
upon the poles without interfering with
the fire alarm, and az he thought 1t
would be source of revenue TO the
city, be had recommended 1t.
Mr.. Quinn said that he would like 10
know what right the chairman Of the
Fire Committee, or any other commit
tee, had to grant any corporation per.
mission to use the property OF the city
For his part he did not care II 1t was
the chairman. or the bobtail of com
mittee; they had no right to give away
the rights OF the citizens TO any ono. All
this talk about the charities OF corpora
tiohs to the city WAS nonsense. and
even the match corporation had no
charity for the people, as they made us
pay one cent more for box OF matches
than they were worth.
Mr.. Paynter had no objection to
granting the petition, II the poles were
strong enough to bear the iacrea ased
weight. He was In favor of the com
psny paying for the right, and did not
think SO cents for each pole . fair price
The speaker thought that the Company
should pay at leaxt half the cost Of the
poles, and offered an amendment to
that effect.
Mr.. Talley was In favor Of charging
81 per year for the use Of each pole, and
thought that would be better than Mr..
Painters motion. II the gentleman
would accept,h would offer an amend
me.t TO that effect.
Mr.. Paynter refused TO accept the
amendment, az he thought bird in the
hand WAS worth two in the bush.
Mr.. Quinn moved to refer the matter
back to the committee, aud MI. Gar
lett undertook TO speak on the subject,
when Mr.. Quinn raised the point OF
order that bis motion was not debas
able.
The chair decided that the point was
not we'll taken, and Mr.. Garrett pro-
cseded with his remarks and closed by
Offering All amendment that the Com.
pany bo required to pay the city % for
the use of each pole for the first year,
and 81 per year afterwards.
Mr.. Quinn then withdrew his amend
meIt, and the report as amended
was adopted.
ported that all the ordinances passed
by Council had been eugrossed.
MIR. Beecher gave notice that next
Thursday night he would have copies
OF the revised city charter on each mem
ber's desk.
The City 'rsasurer reported balance
OF $43, ,460.50 In bank to the credit Of
the city.
The Chief Engineer OF the Water De-
parlment reported twenty-s six men en-
ployed, with pay roll amounting to
e2S7 OS.
The Street Commissioner reported
that he had thirteen men and three
teams at work during the past week on
the streets Of this city, with pay roll
to $4S.08.
Mr.. Eastburn said that he had been
handed q petition for II lamp on Chris.
tiaua avenue, which he had neg locted
to bring with him, and asked permis-
sion to hand 1t to the Lamp Committee
during the week.
After some discussion his request
was granted.
The petition Of 4. NJ. McNamee for
water pipes Oh Tenth street between
Clayton and DUPONT streets, WAS re-
ferred to the Water Committee.
A communication was received from
the Board OF Education with a resolu-
tion passed at their last meeting, ask
iru council what action they Intended
to take in reference TO the $40, 900 of the
boards funds which had been misap-
by the former Conmunica-
tion was received and filed.
Mr.. Taley offered resolution, which
WAS adopted, authorizing the Finance
to have q bill drawn to pre-
sent to Council at its second meeting,
with view Of presenting it TO the Leg
Is lature, for permission to issue certif-
lcates of Indebtedness to pay back this
He thought that would be the
best way of disposing Of the matter,
and 1t would not increase the tax rate
more than 5 cents on the hundred dol
lars.
President Conrad presented COM
from Robert p. Carey, Of
No. 81 King street, In which the latter
said he had been misrspresented by
Councilmen Garrett, Talley and Quinn,
who, he was in nformed, had stated that
he had rented the 12 feet granted to him
by Council TO hucksters. A motion to
receive and file gave rise to long dis
cussin, In which Messrs. Garrett and
Talley disclaimed having said 80, while
MIR. Quinn acknowledged 1t. A motion
TO receive and file was lost by vote Of
l1to7.
Mr.. Miller introduced An ordinance
defining the duties Of the Printing
which provides that
said committee shall superintend
the printing Of all books and blank 8
for the different city departments, con-
troll all advertisements for sealed pro.
posals, decide whether ordinances
passed shall be published In the fiscal
accounts uf the city in all the news
papers Of the city. The ordinance
passed second reading, and was re-
ferred to the Law Committee.
Mr.. Paynter called up for third read
ing an ordinance to amend An ordinance
the health Of the city. This
relates to the depth Of cess
pools, and was passed by . vote OF 16
,O3.
Mr.. Quinn offered resolution, which |
was adopted, instructing the Clerk to
pssrt the market ordinance In the Ger
nan paper.
On motion Of Mr.. Garrett the bids for |
trading Market street from Twenty |
Third street to the city line, were OPEN
I'd and read AZ follows:
James r, Mcbride, 81 cents per cub |