Daily Republican., 1884-10-31
CITY COUNCIL.
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\. ronQCll Who c~s
wvd a,.day evening At 7.30 O'Clock
mulsi ami..iSsni Conrad, and the clerk
ssssll 'su roll. when thirtssn MON hera
lu1 ~ ~, their names, but Others
~. ..tw,srWards. ~ The minutes were
~ Y, s rssd. when, on motion OF Mr'
~; ,hs further reading was dis
rI,h 'IJ and .he committees called
4, Street COMMITTEES reported 10
If granting tho following pe'''
A. McElwee, for curbing and
- ,ns n outtsr on Front street neal
~ Sorsu ran Henry G. English, 70 pave
~, an jackson street st ShAllcross
.' y. and Al one to pave . gutter on
r...ss avenue at jackson street
- Rake, TO pave . gutter on Union
!h.,rsen Shallcross and Lowering
] N. Carswell, for curb and
snt on Eighth street between
.sI,r ard Harrison streets Patrick
.r,n. @ 70 curb and pave the west
y III JACKSON street, Lowering
ebsllcross avenues.
u lamp COMMITTEES reported favor
i,m tbs following petitions
S.ahew Maloney, tor q lamp at Six
n and Union streets Joseph @.
"A lamps at Thirteenth and Four
NJ and DUPONT streets Abraham
i Jenkins, lamps 1t Fourth and
IN and Fourth and Clayton
=, John G. Herzel, lamp on Sec
a,s, between Walnut and French
4. SEVER Committee reported In IA
,daraptibg the petition Of Patrick
n 10 have wall rebuilt on Ship
IN sewer, between Second and
sreets, and adversely on the pc.
n David P. Kitchener, h have
y Kun Sewer completed at Tenth
ADAM streets.
itCy Treasurer reported q bal.
sasN, ,E.6 s in bank TO the credit
y ci,y, and that during the week
l,i rec ved the TO flowing amounts
n pepuiustou, Cl ERIK of the Munici.
Cour,, for fines, tees and c1sts, re-
we'd BY him from the first of March
di the last OF September, 81, ,272 ;
Collector Moody $3.50 for Edmund
vsr, deceased, S2G4 Tax Collector
as, $3.50.
Fhe report Of Mr.. Pennington ~as
b presented, in which he states tha,
delay IN making his report and
|ning The money over TO the City
ssurer was caused at first by the
irene cold, which prevented him
sins ont his reports, and afterwards
neglect, which he hoped would not
bar again.
lle Street Com IN issioner reported
during the week he had forty.
W men and 13 teams employed in
wing aud repairing the streets OF
seiy, with q payroll amounting to
Hl. The Sewer Department re-
siI men employed, with . pay.
ds46.25.
as miscellaneous payroll, amount
Iss,iG.sS, and the police pay roll,
lnHting To S27ll.68, were reported
adsrs drawn for the amounts.
L. Farrell Of the Sewer COMMITTEES
rtd the bill of William II. Crooks,
tl'Si for building a bulkhead nj
lot Of B street, South Wilmington,
noyed that an order be drawn for
mount.
u Ackenna objected TO paying the
es, and said he would like to know
1'awas for, ~ he was under the
psaon that Mr.. Crooks had been
Esa contract, some time ago, to
aiialeo at that point for q speci-
Hcunl, Mr.. Murray also obj jected
@ne the bill, unless the chairman
~ cnmittee would throw some
a'ol tne matter, AZ there was an
.aicr which forbade cem niittees
ne'hs for any work exceed ing
aoiaTs, without first adver Using
NO'osa,.
y fafrr,i said that the building OF
eash'ad was q work of Necessity,
uAl 10 be done at once, or a mum ber
roptily holders would have suffered
,ss ~ damage. The Delaware river
~ hot wait until the comm ittee
~ ohe TO Council and obtain per.
s aVa 10 advertise TOR proposals. Mr..
ss iso defended the action of the
~A.re' and said it. was one of the
Altre Immediate action was
'saiS The discussion was con
,s~a a ! some time, Mr.. McKenna
,u" ., : lat as the com mittee had
y" ,n ''' a contract with Mr.. Crooks
.p a'Nol a sluice, they had nc
'ss e~ - 20 any further, without first
~ a.i liz consent of Council.
n, N Syr' y aud nays were finally taken
,a.A NJ AfaI'rii's motion, when 1t wa,
s,' r,e; I, E4ere being but two votes
"''fay and McKenna's ., against
wRllllanication was received from
mail %,lsseaeoe fire company, inviting
a l,s =" attend their fair, now beips
s ~, u W. Institute Hall, and on mo
y,Ii,saf nj aif' hlake 1t was accepted.
,on "'ali cfeman sent q commuui
1s','5 .' s!5li.ny that last July, while b,
r,tiIPlpSed by the Water Depart
lpin,aSy ,Sy ing pipes, he was 30 serious
M Is,eu ), ny a blast that he has been
i. .,1, ~ WORK since. and asking tha,
ES,'s a'.'Dwed p," $6o toward paying hi.
S,Ili; I'olli; The matter was referred
~ ~ Law Committee.
Idinpp p'auon ~ 10. Of Patrick Dillon, for tn,
t1 w. =. hilth street north Of Val
NJ, r was referred to the Openinl
AuohH hHpUnmittee, Dun with power to act.
l.S Su,s ."s On n Kirkwood street, betweel
ii, IN na,i., aaa Tenth streets. Francis y
p,p p,.,.loned s,.au. for q lamp on val
GiIa;t, iI,eet, between Della ware avenu,
srst.pr,s, p,a street, and the petition
h. 1ea Nm q 70 the Lamp Committees.
tbs 1 h'' oi Davis & Simmons for pav
sun,;noe MI oeu Of West Fourth strset
,he Sus S,1sto 70 $2,038.78 was presenteI
we'd ,el tha, Committee, and Mr.. Abel,
loant an order be drawn for tb,
q .,1, Murray I,t said tha. he wa. a,wav
ae tbeir i. paying men when they haa
ftes had IA WORK soi' but in this case tn
ntacteI ~ ,ailed to do what they ha.
athat hu ,t 10 DO. There are four Ont
ha,s tney had not toucbas, 81 -,
we'd ~ ~ IN IN a very bad condition. H
Tee. 0'er The bill back to the com
10 BEEN bp''e said the cutters woul,
Nit and dle,peaired, y but they did nc
FA IN ,hd - Inc contractors had tor
ta any ha,y hney could not have mad
~ 1t vas ue,'er. y. When they took th
,s was a. anS,s, a. a very low price, and i
itwould 'nlng needed attendini
Sels, Farr','n, F.on was participated in b
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