Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-03-28
CITY COUNCIL
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IAr n,r ORDINANCE

Fat or THE sIEn"
' TILE ORDINANCE
,,r weekly meeting of "a, "a,
til was ,rad neIt in the chair. The 70
d, = .t'on,h :, o"J the minutes of the Ia'
M read and arpfoVpu,a n ,0aae an al
ar, Ma,r' on the petition of Johnso
report .a Ua leased a lot belonging t
zaF, e,r =" :" ,hs city mill Ior Il terl
l'y ry u; wears, for the PURPOSE Z
Or 10 cssrnepter shop thereon.
ng g.a,naure VII relating to footway Y
idswaIks, U,u, that was laid over iaS d >
lde~aInkE, AIKEN lp for a third reading
n"r war being amended by Mr.: ray ay
~. a',I' passed, subject to the "pp'o'"
Mayor ,.i,,,e the bloyinI
,,a u'u,il whistles, which was also IL. lai'
I. '.in i,,, " meeting, was taken up i9r :;
a' laS, iu, - Tue first section, whicl
Isa 1sa1lnt' ,hai il shall be unlawful To-
NC, ,snsr ,r' lessee or manager OF an!
oNnl,' .L .hon or mauutactory in TIM
"oi" ,ina ,,aa,n whistles 10 blow then
aan aa0 'Is ,9e hours of o'clock In TN
t'n 1a ,'l "r & o'clock in the morning o
'isevjug =, day, was read by tn'
'l'U%'p7 rhen Mr.. Mention ofored tt
NV "Da adding after the words sol
q Iay, IA ;" "or on any locomotive .l, en-
any any time, within the city limits,
. "", ps,palty of f$lo,except in case OF
p,ucb said that he was in favor
nrdinance, or at least the section
o;naily read, but he thought II
: I na 50 amended as to allow the
,Is, on rolling mills to be blown to
lsn .,' their employees. If 1T was
ID ID in its present form it would be a
hardship on these men who nave
,h.r vay o. knowing what time to
IN and 90 to their work.
shele was under the impression
,tq managers of mills should EN-
a. man 10 20 around and awaken
amrI"yrps. He considered the
'ing If Whistles at all hours of the
4 an in'olerable nuisance.
B,ake said he was opposed TO
brlin,pce, and thought that If the
we're allowed TO blow their whis-
A. o'clock in the morning they
n A, wei. let all blow.
did no, think it would be right t"
tbe amendment relating 10 loco.
whistles, as in the western part OF
(j,y there isaplace where the trains
bree difi,reI, railroads cross At the
MONT, and the only way they
10 guard against accidents, is by
ipr certain signals with the whist
s they approach the crossing. 10
useless to tax about ringing a bell,
iba, wculd not be heard. If this
nance as amended should become a
he woull,no, at any time be surpris-
hear Of an accident, by which two
lrpe hundred people would lose
] lives.
r johnson said that he was in
}. when this ordinance was intro
klthat the manufacturers and others
BE- steam Whistles would stop blow
Them. and remove the necessity OF
being passed. lie knew of one man
J had adopted this course, and he
, that he had some trouble with his
: for ahout week, but after that
were always at their work on time.
liz he was III favor Of stopping the
srIes on workshops and mills, he
moi think II would do to intefere
j the railroads. Whenever an ac-
put LaUens now, the first thing the
spaprrs AK, and in fact nine tenths
De people ask the same thing, did
engineer bow his whistle? And
/ did not, they will say right away
t the mans life might have been
led if he had, and the engineer was
|surabIe for not blowing 1t. He
|uglt that sometimes the engineers
w their Whistles unnecessarily. and
abroad superintendent, with whom
had coEyrrsed on the matter, told
HAT i persons who were annoyed
i would report the matter to HIM,
would discharge any engineer guilty
OdoIng
II. Moore was also opposed to the
nance, and had been told by per-
living hot more than two squares
y from aroAIiug mill that the whis-
dld not disturb them, and they had
me 50 accustomed to the sound
1t was but seldom they heard them
hOHghi It would be well for per-
who complain about being woke
u an cary hour n the morning
tlc Whistles, to 20 to bed earlier,
thtn they wouId be able to get up
early hourln the morning.
T. Pickles did not see how the
h1men' could be enforced, as it
necessary, TO prevent accidents,
Tie whistles should be blown as
apl reached the Brandywine
e, Or the crossing that has been
led to.
: Newell had thought at first that
was necessary, and was
II 'he Impression that the petition
x Tor IT had been signed more by
III" III the western part CT the city
anywhere else; but since then he
.aIked with a number of residents
at Vlclnity, and they had all said
were not annoyed with the whis-
: Mention explained that he had
u Ilit amendment at the request of
lllocr OF persons residing in the
,,n sectioh OF the city. and he also
sI' mat the petition was signed by
nper OF physicians, whose patients
experienced considerable trouble
'hls cause. He knew of a case
ca !lttle girl was sick, whose pa.
resided near the railroad, and she
~ We removed to obtain the quiet
sary to her recovery. A similar
ahce .| is enforced in other cities
ould be here.
Baugh offered to amend tbe
Gfment' a by adding the words,
~ ~ "ahger - after the word fire.
4 4 " 'ote was taken, Mr.. Moore
u mat the whole matter be
nl'e'y postponed, and the ayes
,ays We're called on the motion.
,e'l mr.. Farrell's name was called
na Me'' 10 De excused from voting, and
40 ',a' an object in making the re-.
h., "a motion was made to excuse
" n'C upon avote being taken the
a , o1 WAS lost, and he then voted
~ "ll'riIiatlve. When the clerk
w W o''nt - the votes on Mr.. Moore's
"a !. was found that it was
.', ",lu th" President declared it lost.
dno'', ' was taken on Mr.. Baugh's
.a.n,,, ''. 10 the amendment, and it
onuitcd in u tie ana was lost Mr.