Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-07-05
CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL
L. ~ The MARKET AM
s. J. y, orrICERs ELHCTED-
ABusY SESSION
liar stated meeting OF City
lssub =. : beld on Thursday evening,
y N" Hs' sh shsepce Of President Conrad
Bal ins s,i aIi' H. Taylor was called to ! the Be
oIsi, .sioh ~ he occupied until S.3C
: IN shvu sas ",. called, and when the
.lv W, y, ,be last meeting were par
l Ifaa az Mr., NJ. speakman dispensed
rns Water Committee reported
sD pl' toy " water pipes on Linden
li.,Ueen ~, Harrison and Franklin
amt and on the petition OF John
r. and others, tor an Increased
! inI y, a a. ater at Twelfth and Market
u ,ha, they would use ever effort
t'nir with the request, rs soon as
(. Greet Committee reported in
N granting the petition of W. X.
|SaSoun for repairing the gutter at
ss,e avenue aud DUPONT street;
|, III i6e petition of Frederick Pyle,
|ru,ter on Broome street, and on
tntion of the Kent Iron ~ Hard.
| Company for repairing Shipley
between Second and Third SITS.
Sublic Buildings Committee report
/ iayOr of accepting the proposal OF
r Mcbride, for curbing and
Il around the public square at
lin aud Broome, and Seventh and
n sts., as he was the lowest bid
A motion to adopt the report was
busly opposed by Mr.. Farrell. who
IN hat the only ones that would
ktftted by the improvemeltwould
! property holders in the immedi-
Ecipity, and that in his opinion
were other places in the city
J The money could be used to a
better advantage. He moved to
the matter 10 the Street Com-
| Blake was in favor of adopting
CliOn to award the contract, and
the work done at once. He said
De frequently saw poor women
kleir sick babes in the square at
/ nd FIVE o'clock in the morning,
|icturel in eloquent terms what
|ightful resort it would be for
blg men and their families In
kol Of the evening, if it was inn
! discussion lasted some time, and
F at last a vote was taken, Mr..
Us motion 10 refer it to the street
bittee was lost, and the report OF
Committee Oh Public Buildings
I'D.
Lamp Committee reported in
Of granting the following peti.
L. j. McManus, for z lamp on
!. street between Fourth and
streets William II. Thatcher,
at Eleventh. and Kirkwood
4 William NJ, Francis, lamp al
nIh and Bennett streets.
Police Committee reported a bill
SLN for c.0thing, aud an order
PAWN ioI The amount. The Com,
Oh Bonds reported that they had
Fnei lAe cCnds of City Treasurer
s. SlHpers, and City Auditor
llk Ba' and found them correct
connlire on Navigation re
ID favor O granting the petition
me ,lrn aid 9th 80 for y l,f'
aaaOn on Thatcher street be
Efventh and T~ elfth streets
ec'llmended that $4,000 be ap
ps'ei ior the purpose. Presiden
said be hoped that an order fc
y would not be drawn until tn,
was completed, and the repor
bers. " Wa
FINANCE Com.iittee reported ad
|! Gu lhe petition of James Ben
- nave overpaid taxes refunded
. eiou'd that Mr.. Bennett did no
.ue SAFE OF lots to the tax col
a, a., iLe time 1t was made.
tHy Treasurer reported an over
" fc',''o % i'll the Union Ma
!, pank- He also reported that n,
n,I' three old city script notes
4..as vi, % q, and on motion, al
0,'' was drawn for the amount, an,
s"e NduCtIltu.
Auditor Ball reported that III,
'. '..s amounts had been receive,
: !, u, ,a9 Week, and paid to the Cit,
y collector Moody, g., 800; ex-Ta,
''s5 % rldrovost, ~. 500 ; Tax Collecto
, ,aI'u9 ,ai' City Market tax, $3.50
! ! W,s,,lPhone W polls, $40 Chief o
!, ,GIiIoohIell' e54 Building In
,n,ra, h ,Tnalu!ef, $50 Chief Enginee
'iT;'t!Js Tni:! Robinson, SllO interes
~ ~''e'! Il, states on the Latime
h. s-o, a..le Ile Auditor also reporte,
rr ro,seS. accounts Of ex-Treasurer. Pierc,
.a.nr' ,sc. % July 1st, and thos,
'i 1iilpers correct from tha
. VIal tSa oil Inspector reported tha
palI"na ill., nioaln of June he inspected
. building ,ba Inspector reported tha
nv v.I", '' niolth he had inspected
T.. salued at Si2, $50, and receiy
md 'sst . ~. Commissioner reported 8
no o,,e seains employed in cleaning
VIII Ii' repairing the streets of thi
:. payroll amounting /,
'atsy 'pOTI 10th, 81 the Chief Engineer O
.lr department. was not read
b. n,ia rGlfell said the employees
'or - pald at the office of the Cit,
NJ nav Ul ~ Saturday morning.
i H. H.. ron OF the members of Conn
:. 'as Board of Revision for ~
rt".r.n .Ilne, amounting to S475 4
,Th'ed o,s and orders drawn ,ar ~
,ii,sr rtn.iDh = of Martin Moran to nav
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