Daily Republican., 1884-12-12
CITY COUNCIL.
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,.sr NIGHT-A NUMbLH
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,,ar weekly meeting Of City
!, issu, sss held last evening, with |
u sc"nrad In the chair. Tho roll
lsns en- I and the minutes Of the last
A,.' nsrtly read, when, on motion Of
~ eth the further reading WAS dis
A With, and the standing commit
lied. ,... ..,o.e.a In
rrsiuuding Si4 SO tax paid in
=, hS William Mc0inn, and ed.
Ao y 0n " tho petition Of John Chandler
si.O a. taken off his tax, and ON
..;,,nn of Thomas SamwOrth. ask
hs relieved from paying taxes ON
hnildiugs he is now erectipR.
0oeping Streets Commitese, %
Yas referred the petition Of
y, Heuderer, asking that Sixth.
n and Eighth avenues should be
n,dsr reported in favor Of refer
~ matter 70 the Street Committee,
rsnort was not adopted. The
committe reported In favor Of
inc @ the petition Of James bradforo
S Fourteenth street between
= and Claymont streets brought
ade and that one square be done
esent,
and assess damages for the opening
,5ar street, reported In favor OF
ding sarah II. England $325. and
shris,iana Impro vement Company Q
They also report In favor OF
ain, the land on the north side Of
|tres,, belonging 70 Sarah y. Eng
d, IS cents per foot.
Street Committee reported In
Of granting the following pett.
John Doordan, to have tho west
d Townsend street, between Lob.
Nd A streets, guttered aud paved /;
nj G. Reed. to lave the pavement
(pdtd on Van Buren, street, between
nd and Third strests Henry q.
M, to have the sidewalk ON Syca-
!, street paved and curbed, and
er laid Tindall & Brother FOR .
linz at Eleventh aud Adams streets,
that OF Adam H. Fox TO have
lpty.third street from Market TO
bali street curbsd and paved.
be Law COMMITTEES reported that
had examed the ordinance forbid.
the erection OF frame buildings In
bin sections of this city, and found
hing in 1t contrary " law or the
charter. The committee also 70
led in favor of referring the commu
Ation of Chief Engineer and Survey
Robinson, in relation to the removA
he centre stone from Eleventh stree
Delaware avenue to the Street
hmittee.
he Lamp Committee reported II
bor Of granting the petition OF Pa
ek j. Long for a lamp at Clayton an
bwland streets. The City Treasure
ported balance of $52, 1913. 10 In ban
the credit Of the city, and that durip
week he had received the fOllowin
)Ounts
lax Collector Moody, $3.50 for *
Ird Provost, deceased, $3.50; Ta
Hector Kane, $3.50; City Auditor Bal
/. 20.
Ar. Mention presented = check for Il
sment Of q loan for 800, that hs
pn drawn by mistake In favor
bna HallOwell, and on his motion
y made payable to Champion Lodg
p.
The Street Com m issioner report<
At during the week he had % mt
ID teams employed, with . pay-rc
bounting to 3174.O9. The Sew
)mmittee reported 8 men employe
bth a pay. roll amounting to $46. 20.
The petition of DIR. Hitch, the pr
lietor of the All.Nieht Pharmacy
10. 4O2 Market street, asking that I
by should pay for the gas consum
lamp in front Of his place of bu
tss, was referred to the Lamp Col
|iltae.
William Scott asked permission
y drain across Union street D
long Delaware avenue, to drain :
ater from his cellar. Mr.. Latin
loved that the req uest be granted, B
u. Abele amended the mo tiOn to ref
lematter to the Street Committee, q
be motion as amended WAS Adopts
Joseph Ieigler petitioned to ha
laple street north of jackson filled
grade, and the petition was referr
the Opening Streets Committee. !
ettion OF Ii. X. Bringhurst, to hs
% l2-inch sewer pipe continued ale
aarket street between Third a
ourth, and along Fourth street, v
eierred to the Street and Sewer Go
hittees.
A communication was received fr
Z. X. Colquhoun complaining &
% account of the city failing to prov
proper drainage in the vicinity OF
esidence on Delaware avenue,
property had been overfiowed dur
Ine heavy rain last Saturday, 9
amaged to the extent of $500, VIII
neasked should be paid TO him.
eommunication was referred to
finance Committee.
hr. Farrell called up for tf
feadlng, the ordinance prescrib
certain limits in which frame buildi
cannot be erected. When the first
aon was read Council took a reces
1b minutes, to allow the member
opportunity TO examine . map OF
.Ny' and zee the hounds taken II
.ae .s ordinance. After the intermiss
'uo remaining sections of the Ordin,
wore read, and when action WAS al
70 70 % taken on the enacting clause,
saireil moved to postpone fur
.oehslderation of the ordinance I
.a1 W next meeting night, and on mo
VI " M Moore, 1t WAS agreed to have
opies printed.
mr Mention presented stater
.el the use of tue Water Commits.
,,hhowing that during the year
,suty Will he called upon TO pay the
s,Sdnx amounts Interest now
vao,o7o interest falling due
TSear, WI, ,0a0; bonds coming due, $9
.o'Ai amount of bonds on which il
VIII be due, $64O, 800.
c,1 ne Also presented the report o.
T,.y ,hy Auditor, showing that At pr
..e %sre are l ,49S telegraph poles In
"y, which are taxed one dollar
M. Murray called attention to
.Vsdition Of Front street, bet
H,uains and Jackson streets, and
.son and Van Buren, streets, '
rslties - who have laid drains have
70 re-pave tho street. He said
40 nao asketi the Street Comm iss
NJ, aonfy these persoos to have the,
~. IN proper condition, but he di
uNW IoW whether he had done 90 OF
h. o moved that the Street. Commits,
,s !" instructed to notify them to ha
"a 5psired IN five days, aud II not ut