Daily Republican., 1884-05-16
CITY COUNCIL

CITY COUNCIL
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,ol,v meeting of Cit;
tsr,gnl,a.f I,. TJtH'i Seli last evening VIII Th
pdl Ses ceonyad rad in tie chair g air ,,a,n am
lsp,,' LENT CSp'1o ,as roll, and all the mem rem
,ass,,sSa, .,s S,rIiy IT, '"s'd 1tad, and On motto
s'*, |, sss1s ssls The further reading ""
spsd g ", S.'n. 'Gno.mmittee reported Hsn favor
% the ,inas r,,'n On Van Bnren stree Tte
zen hTEe''p1t .1I ON the petition .,I! Of Hart.
nsI,.iI, St, I"t for water pipe on Frankl,' iln.n,
n'%s,,, VT, weeu AZ, Maple ard Jackson OF
the ly'' pipes . be laid laid 1s rseorts sSpn a. :,
'|Is. ea,ss " were adopted: M ..no,,.a IN ia
sStrrt, ,iac the following petitions
q lsag hIl)aIt street. between Maple and
s'p', .s'p streets reefs repaired to hi, have ao1
aS,t sisia ',IJ "I Fourteenth street bet weeI 81,
a,D''os "I NJ ard West streets that o, },
I,m @ /. Adams. to SET .nann. cu,u In.' hs'
scS,t s;'s' a aud Union streets. Tn,
E'i,,rr V.," a,.o reported in favor OF
u1r l1S, ,tr petitlon Of John Conway,
I.s !. .,'Ir '", walk iii,'id and gutter repaired
SS,"'ry ~ , Eun sewer on Maryland
.. 0.'pwij ppUi ia favor of accepting tht
a',I ", Of, Of Davis & Brother to repav,t
st ',1t, from the railroaito Church
Wand an 10 pave Harrison street Il, DO
rirbt!. AID Ninth streets. The
IN each case was adopted.
Low Committee reported thai
haI ,,amiped the ordinance to fix
s,shji,h s the grade of Fifth street
,r.op wilson's Street, and Harrison street
rD Fourth and Fifth streets alst
TIuauce to establish the grades OF
M. But'onwood and A streets IN
h Wilmington, ard found nothing
(,u contrary to law or the city
sODeDipp Streets Committee re-
N n favor of accepting the bid OF
Il { Csrberry, for grading Sixth
nssr Clayton, and the report WAS
All also in favor Of giving tht
[sct for grading Twelfth street,
aid street, to Martin keosh, and
report was adopted.
Stevenson asked if Mr.. Mo
Ihlu was moi the lowest bidder fol
,De work on Sixth street, aud
kultb, chairman OF the committee,
he WAS, but the committee did no,
him or bis security, and they did
hjIk 'he work could be done al
rre De offered to do it for. IN
% Of Mr., Moore, the motion where.
y contract for grading Twelfth
va. awarded to Patrick Carberry
nrOrsidcTrd.
p.ckrls thought the committee
u lave done according 10 law,
AWARDED the contract TO .he lowest
II, Shl several Of the mem bers of
0Hui,tee explained that they did
uOv Mr. Mclaughlin, or the man
b he O4,r-d as his security, and az
were >a'i.hed that the work could
10 done al tie price he offered to
The contract for, they had thrown
out.
PiCstls urged that as Mr. Nc.
lil had offered to do the work for
reIs yer yard, and Mr.. Carberry
ID %Cel's, all the committee had
was 70 asctr'ain if the security
lHlNsO' aud if he was, to
t'hr cor;fart 20 the lowest bid
ffFibA qi@'lon had been discussed
b1e '!rr Mr.. Pickles moved to
ol' tie Lame Of Patrick Car.
and Ih'til that of Mclaughlin.
M iCsnDthcr discussion, when
',ln u, .a'e,l hat he was acquainted
MI Finch, ~ho offered to become
ssl,CLaughI'E's security, ami he be.
. hin to be a responsible man.
genera opinion of tho members
Vef sr+n,eI to be that Mr.. Nc
gum bad made a mistake in his
'4u l'iai II would not be right for
q, u. 70 take advantage of it.
iVEe.s sad that he would with
4" louoh, and move 70 refer the
o%S tothe committee with in
.Vl' 10 make inquiries concern.
lf %raFi'y and if they were salts.
II % a"aId the contract to Mr..
fusI III, and the motion was
EClly Treasurer reported 80, ,Os4. q
's%h' wv Ill the Union National
II tne city Auditor reported that
,Ar past week he had collected
'i4' Io i ana other sources, $35s.75,
Ds .@d pad to the city Treasurer,
Es,I H. @Ss;.,n"d I, without his signature
!, w n wa" h Tor the payroll Of the
H. 'Dtsl1F,I'atnt, =. II, and one to pay for
| r. Sd 'oT 'A' department, but his
n.n,, "'' 'V"rruI@ by Mr.. Steven.
b. p',"'I a fesOlution, which was
~ " AL aye and nay vote of u
:, I1'yi Hnginccer of the Wafer
ln ',,, ~ reported that be has ~
/" \ ."o1 g'DSr'i, e., with a payroll amount.
h., ,>,"'"' The report was NOT
,n,.. "t' wa, wa passed by an ave and
D. . u ID i'", Mr.. Mentor not.
M ,SjF%et =, Commissioner reported a3
So,,',i r'r y teams employed, with a pay
.Ipp'ltinE y, 10 4!45.sH. '''
i i"Il'u'Ls ,l's Inspector presented hi,
"a, "a report, showing that dr,jnp
tr' d, sn.IIis en.lns May list, tl.eio ha1
l9l 'lyl as follows: ''''' guy
j,.1 j1.'''f'' =, 40 dwellings #nd stores
,%o,, ,D',,, 70 additions 10 dwrllinru
,',.. ,,'1,s't,,ing ~ dwellings, into t,i,"rs' sln,ts
'+v y'S'' ~ IL stables, Is; maurfac,o'' 'frnn'
tT tTiiSG;,1 ,G1 additions, 70 offices a,","l and
ttoott,.Gi'ne,s, ,., 10 ;pnblic schools, w i
Oio ' .an value of the new buildi,,,,s
,t,,''' ,rt,s a. On which he collected
witch i1: ha1. me condemned four build.
md ord".s1 1,"s5 since been made ST.
i,teS SS'uefed two buildings 10 M he
Iri'a, iI.iu,ag !, to be used for msL;ra mai y
ii n'''R ,Rta 'he first Industry d"ti'.I Of tnai
.t,4ntts IT ,t's State. The reoort W .I@' aisn
~ n,''"n 10 hon, to the fact that the I,'v 1aw
4 / ana M aT"lIaings n is not sufiirien,,v M ,%"
'Iars "','' a,S needs changing in many many
ition on ""i ~, mat there Is genera,