The daily gazette., 1883-11-02
OUR LOCAL AFFAIRS.
CITY COUNCILS OCULAR
MEETING.
ONLY THE USUAL BUSINESS
Committee Reports. Pay Rolls, Petitions
and Bills Th" PrOcoediDgs In Dotan of
Last HIght'S Session.

AT the regular session Of City Council
last evening, with President Conrad presid-
Ing the following business was acted upon /:
The Street Committee reported favorably
| upon the petition of William NJ. Candy ask
ing that five foot sidewalk be laid on the
north side of Rodney street between Penn
sylvania avenue and Fourteenth street.
On the petition of - Fprnan, asking
hat the gutter be paved and sdewalts laid
on the north side OF Twelfth street between
Poplar and Lombard.
Tn same committee on the petition of G.
T. johnson asking pei mission to construct
coal vault under the pavement at the
northeast corner Of Fl b aud Orange streets,
made similar repo /.
awarding the contract for repairing Staulcup
run sewer, between Third and Fourth
streets, TO 2. C9rberry.
The same committee reported that they
had examined the eluice on Christiana
avenue and found 1t In bad condition, and
recommended that 1t be repaired. The re-
ports were adopted.
The Opening Streets Committee reported
avorably upon the petition OF N. Lleberman
that CLAY mont street b. brought to grade
from Thirteenth to d re streets.
The same committee reported In favor OF
awarding the contract for grading the beds
ni Rodney, Oak, Fourteenth aud Railroad
avenue 10 z. Carberry.
The L, amp Committee made favorable re-
ports as 70 lows:
l. T. Pyle for lamp on jackson street
between Fifth and Sixth streets.
IL. @. MtLesr ror a lamp on Washington
street between Fourth and Fifth streets
john j Kennedy, for lamp on Madison
street, between Fourth and Fifth streets.
DR.. E &. Shortlidge, for lamp on New
street, Ninth ward.
The CITY Treasurer reported S78 ,0S2. "a In
bark to the credit of the city.
The Chief Of Poll g reported that he had
collected SIT during the past month, $40 for
show license and 81 for dog tax.
2. Chandler, Building Inspector, reported
having collected S242 during the past
month.
The Chief Engineer Of the Survey Depart
ment reported Sl13 collected last month.
Clerk Pennington, of the Municipal Court,
ported 81 collected last month.
The check for the Water Department was
returned by the City Auditor, and over
ruled by party vote.
Chief Engineer Coyle reported 81 men In
his emplov for the week ending October 80;
paw roll, $308 .28.
The Street Commissioner reported 81 men
and eight single teams in HIS employ for
the week ending October 27; pay roll,
$l75.91.
Robert Graves, Coal OIL Inspector, re-
ported that he had inspected Il, 900 gallons
Of oil during last month.
Building Inspector Chandler reported
having inspected property to tho value of
Sl52, $50 during October.
The following petitions were read and re.
ferred: William r. Beatty, for grading
Lowering avenue from jackson TO Van Buren
streets; Samuel t. Warner, for guttering
Fourteenth street firm jefferson TO West;
Mr.. Lindsey, and others, for two lamps on
new stairway leading from the end of the
suspension foot bridge on the Brandywlne
opposite DUPONT street 10 the top of the hill;
Samuel Cook, for a lamp on Taylor street
between Locust and Buttonwood; John
Davis, for lamp at the corner of CIaymont
and Davis streets; Robert A. Armstrong,
for lamps at the corner OF Second and
Broome and Second and Rodney streets;
James Monagan, for gutter plates on Madi-
son street crossings from Front to Fifth;
Jacob Snex, fol curbing and paving on
Pleasant street between Van Buren and Har-
rlson. John Fl. Miller and other property
owners on the west siGe of Sixteenth street
between Delaware avenue and Sixteenth
street were granted permission to set curb
at their own expense under the supervision
of the Street Commissioner. The petition
of James Taylor for the repairing of por-
iinn of the sidewalk on Ninth street between
Poplar and Lombard streets was referred to
the Street Committee with power to act.
A communication was received from the
Mayor announcing that he had appointed
w. II. Cochran patrclman to fill the va
cancy occasioned by the death of Officer
Thomas. thomas B. Turner was also ap-
pointed in the fighth district.
Mr. Garrett introduced an ordinance es-
tahlshing the grade on Beech street, from
Maryland avenue to Anchorage street.
The Mayor returned with his approval Of
the ordinance permitting the Delaware
Western railroad to cross certain streets,
also the ordinance in reference to paving
aud curbing sidewalks.
Adjourned.
During the session orders were directed
to he be drawn as follows:
j. T. German, $40; NJ. Keogh, 1925, ,91; P.
Carberry, 81 ,7Sl "A; pay roll of memhrrs Of
Council and and Board OF Revision, S3a0. .S4;
John E. johnson, $40 49,; VI. Keogh Sl53, ~;
A. g, b. Anderson, Sll6.66; John Grinnage,
S72 OF; +. Dugan, S64.5Si P. j. Ford,
$194.4l.