Daily Republican., 1884-12-05
CITY COUNCIL.



The regular weekly meeting OF. City
c,ancil was held last evening, with
p.ssidept Conrad In the chair. The
suance Committee reported In favor
y rsfuuding John Il. Hudson the sum
/, a for overpaid taxes.
The contract for grading Bro0me
.,,es, from Chestnut to Maple was
s~.r,ied s, to John r. Mcbride, and the
|,ootract for grading Peoples street west
Dam Maryland avenue was award Bd TO
walter Mckinley.
The bill of Patrick Carbery, for grad.
Inc Lowering avenue, amountiDg to
;lS,-j was allowed.
Tn. Lamp COMMITTEES reported favor
Ably on the following petitions : J. II.
IOdae for lamp at Lodge and Clay
or Streets. and to G. W. Horn for Q
amp On Walnut street between Front
Lnd Second. Tho Public Building
Fommi,tee reported = bill Of William
Morris, for putting in coal, amounting
t1Oj. and the Fire Committee pre-.
kspted bill of $40.70 from the Southern
gsctric Light Company, both Of which
rers allowed. City Treasurer Simpers
spor,ed a balance in hank, to the
Irsdit .of the city OF SIS. 800. 78, together
lib Ihe following receipts during the
reek
/ Il. Il. Pennington. Esq, clerk OF the
Municipal Court, $l42.l3 City Tax
"a lector Dennis Kane, $3.50 City Tax
Collector f. p. Moody, 5000 Chief Of
Police Hugh Mcconnell, 90. so Build.
bQ Inspector Philemma Chandler, e48;
hief Engineer of the Surveying De
artment Fred H. Robinson, S69. 40,
)uildng Inspector Chandler reported
at he had examined property valued
s9i, ,O20 during the month, and the
pal oil inspector reported that he had
zamined l3,377 gallons Of oil.
Mt. Mention, Of the Finance Com.
bittre, presented the iscellaneous
sy roll, amounting to e50O.5l, which
ss passed. Street Comm is.ioner
(ebley reported % men, double and
sing teams employed In the street
apartment, with pay roll amounting
fl4l.2l Mr.. Farrell, of the he wer
Committee, reported six men employed
that department, with . payroll
mounting to S34. He alec reported q
ill Of r. Sersen for $3.50, and one Of
Traynor for s., which were passed.
A petition from Patrick Long and
theTs, for a lamp at the corner Of
illh and DUPONT streets, and one at
layton and Rowland streets, WAS re-
lrred
The petition of Patrick Dillon, ask.
he for the privilege of setting curb Mt
be 5. W. corner of Fifth and Van.
uren streets, was granted, the work 10
done under the supervision Of the
treet Com mmitsioner.
petition was presented from John
handler, Tor the reiunding of Sl4O al.
PRed over'paii tax ON u lot at the cor
Pr Of Delaware avenue and VanBuren
aeef. which was assessed last year at
=, 800, while this year half of il IL as
ssed al sli, 500. Referred.
Thomas Samworth presented a petit.
tor the refunding of taxes for 1884 on
Puses which he had In course of erec-
On during that year and from which
received no revenue. Referred,
communication was received from
William NJ. Canny, President Of the
IA commission, asking the
pointment of commi,tee Of
ny Council TO confer with a.
nilar committee appointed at a recent
fe'ing OF the Commission, which con.
trd OF Messra, Thomas +. Bayard j.
or Cause, George II. Bates, Joseph
'arpanIer, DR.. and others, in refer
cs 10 the project Of establishing a city
fk' On motion Of Mr.. Mention, the
quest was granted, and on his fnr .her
ouuh tle rules were suspended and
resident named the committee ~
MONS Messrs, Mention, Moore,
eaKman, Bryson and X. II. Ia ylor.
mr. Newell, chairman OF the Op pening
feets committee, presented a COM
a'ht OF Chief Engineer Robinson, to
ttect that the centre stone on
dams street between Eleventh street
DeiaWare avenue had been mutt
w., anu asked that the proper steps be
heh 10 bring the guilty parties TO JUS
Tie subject was referred 10 the
ew Committee
resident Conrad presented o com.
hnieatlon from Leonard 2. Van
eeh, claiming that o certain lot
asa by the city at the corner OF Reed
monroe streets had reverted to the
ns Vi the late David G. Wilson from
dsi that there was no deed showing
a. 'he property had ever been decided
.ns city. Referred. A communica-
~ nom Earnest Henderer asking that
A'n, seventh and Eighth avenues,
a'so brown street, In the Eleventh
n' Dc put in o passable condition
,',e cold weather sets In, was read
~ referred. An order was directed
De drawn in favor of the Board of
uoalloh Tor u ,00O, the regular month
,rnppf9priation. Mayor Wales returned
.sn Ms approval the ordinance fixing
sraues of Chestnut, Elm, Oak,
aee and Broome streets.
Communication was read from
pfln'endent H. II. Carter, of the r.,
D. Railroad, stating that the
~hahy mty proposed to replace tho
Uutn railroad bridge across the
m nnaS wine by an iron structure, which
NJ W. set two feet higher than the old
winch will necessitate the raising
tne tracks for about 500 feet on either
,m tle bridge. 1t ia desired to be.
Ma .ne work on Monday next II prac'i-
s,out the Company does not propose
"'agonize the wishes Of Olty. Council,
n, ~ Nkels' resolution instructtug the
Committee to in vesti gars tbd rights
ia tne Railroad Company, which was
~ over at the last meeting, came up
r~nhection with the matter.
considerable discussion was iudu eed
aust ny tMessrs. Pickels, Grubb, Farrell,
a.gh and Lynn.
~ was stated that no streets of the
.iossed the railroad between the
Nj um ,s here he change was proposed.
1rd. .na' the raising of the tracks In ac
Sdahce wi'b the stakes that have al.
raen oeen driven would be d great
nna stage to the nd jacent streets. After
Via d iaither discu ssion 1t was finally
iued ~" that City Council should meet
oe City Hall to morrow Afternoon At
,ipck, and proceed from thence to
~ pace where the proposed chsnpe ia
c"s Se made and view the premises. an
ny ss',uingly further action in the matter
sna m postponed until that tims. Mr..
nn nn snggested that the Railroad G I'M.
my nS. oe obliged to bnild a footway in
hooeion h;oeio with the new bridge. INIT
a's n sentiments were not embodied