Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-03-01
QUE Bower LETTER.
The BiIl Authorizing the Mayer
anA city Council Of Wilnlinssen
10 Borrow slsO, OOO-Other NAT.

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terS.
Special Correspondence of the REPUBLIcAN
DOVER, Del, Feb. ga. p. Beecher
Chairman of the Legislative COMMITTEE,
of Wilmington City Council, arrived
here this afternoon, having in his pos
session a bill authorizing the Mayor ant
Council OF Wilmington 10 borrow $780,.
600, and toprovide for payment thereof
As this matter interests every taxpay.
er, as well as resident Of the city, tn,
bill is given as presented
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR
| AND COUNCIL UF WILMINGTON T,
BORROW ONE HUNDRED AND EIGH
TY THOUSAND DoLLA RS, AND T,
Provide FOR THE PAYMENT THERE
OF.
WHEREAS, 1t is found 10 be necessary
in order that the citizens of Whining
ton may be amply supplied with good
and wholesome water and the Water
Department Of said city brought to q
proper state Of efficiency, that authorit,
should be obtained from the. Genera
Assembly of the State of Delaware L
enable the Mayor and Council of vii
mington to borrow the sum of $lSO, 900
10 be applied by the Council of Viii
mington toward the carrying out of the
following purposes, TO wit:
First-That the city, by purchase OF
otherwise, obtain control of the water
rights in south long race
| Second-lhe establishment ola pump
ing station on the Brandywine abov.
the sewerage of the city and the ref,ls.
of manufacturing establishments alonl
that stream.
Thlrd-lf found impracticable to es
tabliSh pumping station on the Bran
DIVINE above the sewerage Of the city
then that another burlington pump OF
at least ten million gallons capacity
and suitable pair Of boilers he pnr
chased, to be placed in position at City
! Mill Station
Fourth, TO change the course OF
Crooked Run and to carry the same int,
Rat1lesnake Run, by means Of Il sewer
at some point near Wawaset street and
to carry the water from Rattlesnakt
Kun in pipes from point south OF
where 1t now cmp.ies into the Brandy.
wine To IA puin, east of the third dam
then underneath the race and empty
into tn stream below the source of oul
water supply.
Fifth.-Io enlarge Rodney street
reservoir and False tine height Of the
en- ban kluelit al least Ten feet, to intro
duct an outlet from each basin on thu
west side connecting with the main OF
Eighth street, west Of Rodney street
| ! IN Ia nj ~ 4 'ln, ,tr
from Eighth street, connecting with
main on Pennsylvania avenue.
SiNth-TU lay IA twenty inch main on
Jackson street from Eleventh to Second
streets, and thirty inch main at Elev-
enth and Jefferson streets, to be con.
nected with the sixteen inch main IA,
Eleventh and Market streets.
Seventh-To lay twenty inch sub.
merged main under the Christiana al
some point near Market street.
Eighth-To erect small reservoir on
the grounds east of the reservoir at Cool
Spring, to collect spring water therein,
SO that when full the water may be
pumped direct To Rodney street reser-
voir. To grade the said grounds, curb
and pave the sidewalks, plant trees on
said grounds, SO that the same may
serve as "A park,
! Ninth-To erect a workhouse at least
one hundred feet long by seventy feet
wide on the grounds east Of the reser-
vOlr at Cool Spring to be used as a store
house Tor valuable material, and as a
workshop where work can be done and
repairs made. Now, therefore, BE it
enacted by the Senate and House OF
| Representatives Of the State Of Della
ware i'll General Assembly met, two
thirds Of each branch concurring)
SECTION !. That the Mayor and
| Council Of Wilmington shall have
power and authority, and are hereby
authorized, under an ordinance Of the
City Council 10 be passed with the con
"Urrrlce Of a majority of all the mem.
ber> thereof for the time being, at any
time hereafter to borrow upon the faith
and credit of the city, the sum Of
Slso,o"o, !" be applied to the purposes
and "hj"cts specified in the preamble to
this aC', and shall have power to issue
bonds to secure the Repayment of the
money 50 authorized Ia De borrowed.
and shall tA the rate Of interest pay
able on said bonds.
SECTION .. The bond, which shall he
issued under The provisions of this act
shall be- Of the denomination Of fifty
dollars and the mutiplcs Of fifty dol.
lars, and shall be divided into mum.
ber"d SERIES and made payable with any
Interest which may be due thereon in
, manner following, 70 wit NJ rs for
seven thousand four hHndrrNl dollars 10
| fall due AID become payable October
LIST, A, y 1915 No, 10, for thirty-two
thohsanh seven tundred dollars, 10 fall
due and hernine payable April LIST, 4.
ID. >9l4i NJ. l20, for thirty-three thous-
and six hundred and fifty dollars, TO
fall dueand become payable October LIST,
\. ID. 1914; No. III, for thirty-tour
! thousand seven hundred dollars, to fail
due and become payable April lst, A.
ID. 1915: No. l22, for thirty i've thous-
and seven hundred and fifty dollars TO
fall due and become payable October list ,
A. D., 1915; 40. 1913 for thirty-fvr
Thousand light Ii jndr-d dollars. to fall
! due and becom" payable April LIST, A.
| ID. 1916
The City Council of Wilmington shall
in making it, annua. appropriations
! for any Of the fiscal years in which any
of the above SERIES % bonds shall fall due
include IN said appropriations a sum of
money sufficient for the redemption Of
the same and any interest that may be
due.
OTHER MATTERS.
The Sussex people are flooding the
Legislature with innumcrabIe petitions
for stock laws and variety Of other
things, II" less than six PETITIONS hav-
, ing been presented this afternoon.
The Sussex lawyers and physicians
are working hard for the passage of the
bill now betur" the Senate, which re-
.irveS hot Ii Of the above named from
paying an annual tax nS heretofore.
To-day Or. Richards Ihas. Cullen,
Esq. Squire Thompson, David Marvel,
Esd, and other prominent men of
Georgetown were here in the interest of
81.