The daily gazette., 1883-10-12
COUNCIL. TN SESSION.
WEEKLY MEETING OF our
CITY FATHERS.
POLLUTION OF DRINKING WATER
Protection OF the South Side From tho
Ravages of Ffre-Com pittee Reports
Petitions and Passage of Bills.

i
night after the reading of the minutes of
| the last regular and special meetings the
| favorable report of the Street Committee on
| the petition OF Frank Chandler for curbInp
and paving was accepted. The Law Com
mittee reported nothing in the proposed
ordinance for the relief of j. Newlin, and
Alfred Gawthrop to conflict with the city
charter.
The Committee on Opening Streets recon.
mended the paying of $500 to Patrick Car
berry on account, but Mr.. Pickles raised the
| point OF order that II required certificate
President Conrad ruled that the motion to
allow the bill was In order, but at the re-
| quest of the chair the motion was with
drawn until a formal written report was
presented. Upon such being done later In
the evening the order was allowed.
The Lamp Committee reported fayorabIy
| on the petition for new street lamps Of
Joseph .A@Zeigler, on Lincoln street between
Adams and jackson streets; Joseph L. Car
peDter, at Elm and jackson streets; Andrew
| Berry, at the Intersections of Fifth street
with Broome and Searles streets; Andrew
I. Peterson, at Front and Searles streets;
Michael Maloney, on Fifth street between
Spruce and Church.
The Committee on Fire Companies re.
ported adversely on the petition of James
WOolley and others for the stationing of
| fire engine south Of the Christiana while the
Market street bridge is off. Several amend
| ments were suggested to o motion to adopt
the report, and resolution offered by Mr..
Pickles as a substitute instructing the COM
mittee to ascertain cost of stationing hose
| carriage and a few hundred feet of hose
there while the bridge was off was lost The
motion to adopt the report was then carried.
The City Treasurer reported q balance In
bank of $94, ,530OS.
The City Auditor returned the Water De-
partment checks without his approval and
Nj. Stevenson's stereotyped resolution was
| adopted by party vote OF IL to 8.
Chief Engineer Coyle reported 40 men en-
| ployed in the Water Department with
| weekly pay roll of $40250.
The Street Commissioner reported 81 men
| and eight teams employed in his department
with weekly pay roll of $iG9 95.
The following petitions were read and re-
lerred to the appropriate committees: d. II.
Kent, 70 water pipes on Franklin street
| north OF Fourth; Peter Carney, for the paw
ing of sidewalks on Twelfth street; John s.
Talley, for gutteriDg OH Eighth street, be-
| tween Poplar and Walnut; George II. Tin
dali, so feet of water pipe on Maple and
Chandler streets ia she Eleventh ward; Al
fred Herman, for safety gates at the crossing
OF Beech street and the p, W. g. B.raiIroad.
The fsllo~ing petitions wee granted, the
work TO be done at the expense of the prop
| erty owners under the Q upervision OF the
1 Street Commissioner: Nathan Lieberman,
l for permission to curb at Thirteenth ard
Claymont streets; George II. Tindall, to set
curb and pave the sidewalk On Tenth street
between Bennett and Church.
On motion of Mr.. Taylor, Ex-Councilman
Quinn was heard In behalf of the petition
Tor the relayiug of the cutters on Market
etreet below Second.
The deed for the bed OF Morrow street, as
feet wide and about 40 feet long, rendered
by James Morrow and wife, was accepted.
Mr.. Garrett gave notice OF an ordinance
amending the ordinance authorizing the
Wilmington & Northern railroad to cross
certain streets.
The ordinance allowing Gawthrop, Bro
81 Co, to lay Belgian block pavement
In front of the drive way entering tteir new
building on Fourth street between Shipley
and Orange streets, in conformity with the
ordinance recently passed, was called up
for third reading anu unanimously passed.
Mr.. Farrell called attention to a state
N mt that d. Ii. Kent had totally disre-
garded the grade established by City Coun
ell at Fourth and Franklin streets, and the
Street Commissioner and Chief Engineer of
tue Surveying Department were instructed
to examine into the matter and report at
the uext meeting.
The Chief Engineer of the Surveying De-
paTtment was instructed to present to
Council at its next meeting, the drawings
of Shipley Run sewer at Maryland avenue
at The suggestion of Mr.. Baugh.
Mr.. Lynn called attention to the matter
of grading Fourteenth street from the Phila.
delpha, Wilmington S Baltimore railroad
to Marsh lane, which was not being done,
and Mr.. Garrett explained that he had been
instructed to advertise for proposals, but
that he was unable to find the records au-
thorizing him to do so. Mr.. Simmons was
then, by resolution, asked to have new
petition prepared.
Mr.. Pickles reported that the City Auditor
had made an assessment of 81 1862 on tele-
graph, telephone and fire alarm poles, and
the auditor was, by resolution, instructed to
proceed to collect the came. The same
member submitted an ordinance providing
that the money paid to the City Treasurer
on account of curbing and paving sidewalks
shall be placed to the credit of that appro-
priation, and 1t passed second reading. He
also submitted a resolution, which was
adopted, requesting the hoerd Of Health to
investigate the eompla Mt OF the filthy matter
that is flowing into the drinking water
supply of the city from Rattlesnake run,
and to take such steps to remedy the evil as
they may deem necessary or expedient.
The following bills were allowed and
orders were drawn Tor the respective
amounts: Water Commttee-P., W. g. B.
r. Co. ,$64.22; Knowles Steam Pump Works,
S32 so; II. r. Worthington, S6l, so; George
W. Bush 81 Sons, s705.55; Walker & Elliott,
S21.12; George w. Stone, $3.50; Phillips &
Kane, S45.15; F. L. Stevenson, S794 60;
Mellert Foundry and Machine Comany,
limited, $470.49; Chapman Valve Company,
S132.60; j. V. Carlisle s. Company, 1887 81;
Electric Line Steamers, S13.14; Samuel
Coyle, $99; w. g. N. Railroad Company,
$21. .43; Gillespie s. Marshall, $i.65; Lindley
O. Kent, $529; Charles w. Pusey, $50;
Adams & Brother, $t.09; Kennebec Ice and
Coal Company, SS.7O; Charles Warner &
Company, S25.3S; Wilmington Coal Gas
Company, $57.O1; CT. Thomas q Company,
S1435 and 35 cents; William 8. Bullock,
$S462; George D. Cleland, SIS; Forrest
& Pierce, 5000; Betsy Morris, S.;
Gawthrop, Brother & Company, SIS. .65;
H. F. Pickles, S113.61; Springer,
Morley s. Cause. $511; James s.
Brother, $22.35; w. H. Kramer, S57: total,
s., ,27632 Committee on Streets-J. T.
simmons, $272. .1S; Forrest 8 Pierce, ,S304. SO;
VIM. Simmons, S269.30; Nelson Morris,
S11523; William s. Bullock, $500; Peter
u: Furry, So; Walter G. Tatnall, SI05;
Kent & Weeks, S62S; Martin Keogh,
S173. 90; Philip P. Tyre, S2S6.84; James Nc