Daily Republican., 1885-11-14
Special Meeting.
A VARIETY OF BUSINESS TRANs
ACTED-THE T. DOG ExTERMINA.
TORS HoRsE.
THE SAND LOT QUESTION


The special meeting OF City Council
| con vened at 1880 O'Clock last evening
with President Barra in tho chair.
The City Treasurer reported a balance
OF $3.50, 424 46 In the Union National
Bank TO the credit of current expenses.
special deposit Of s9.6SO.s5 from sale OF
sand lot. He also reported having re-
| ceived the following amounts during
the week Tax Receiver Moody
S765; Tax Receiver Kane, $450; James
| Murray. 30 cents; John w. Hawkins,
| 81 City Auditor Ball, SG22 II; Clerk
OF Municipal Court Pennington, S238.
l57.
| On motion Of Mr.. Mention, the proper
enteries we're ordered TO bo made on the
lien book for the collections for setting
curb and laying sidewalk.
The Street Commissioner reported
that during the past week he had Al
men aud 8 teams employed III cleaning
and repairing the streets.
The Chief Engineer of the Survey ing
Department made report In reference
to the Baltimore e. Philadelphia Rail.
road crossing certain streets In the
northern part of the city at grades other
than those established by law; also a
report on the liens In the Auditors of.
| flee.
The petition of Susanna Pyle for
. another commission to condemn the
bed OF Mcdowell street, and assess dam
| ages, WAS referred to the Opening
Streets Committee.
William K. Beatty WAS granite per.
mission TO set 100 feet OF curb on
DUPONT street above Second, and 100
feet on Second street at Dup ont.
The petition Of T. A. Keables, on
behalf of the Building Committee OF
the Board OF Education, to have the curb
at Eighth and Adams streets reset was
referred TO the Street Committee with
power to act.
George w. Bright petitioned for per.
missien TO tap the sewer on Shipley
street above Sixth, 10 drain tho property
at No Ut Market street, and tho peti-
| tion was referred to the Sewer Com
| mittee with power to act.
| Theodore II. Pratt WAS granted Dor
mission to set ll2 feet of curb on Fifth
| street, between Franklin and Broom
streets, and Thomas Tsy lor was granted
permission to Get cusb on Gilpin avenue
between Lincoln and Union streets.
The petition of Thomas s. Anderson
to have 200 feet OF Third street east
of DUPONT, and 100 feet west, grad ed,
vas referred to the Opening Sire cts
Com mittee.
A communication was received from
| the National Dredging Company, rs
| turning bill ior tax on thiIty.seven
telephone poles, and stating that the
line WAS erected for private use, ard at
| the company had removed from h
city 1t was abandoned last July.
WAS referred to the Finance Com mite
The petition Of Patrick Haggerty, for
a lamp nj Sixth aud Sesrles and one at
Sixth and Clayton streets, was referred
to the Lamp Committee.
Mr.. Mention presented the assessme en- Is
for new curb and curb lines, and on h 10
motion liens were ordered to be entered
against the parties named, aud the City
/ Auditor was instructed to collect she
amounts.
Mr. Moore offered resolution that
the Police Committee be instructed To
sell Mt public auction, on Saturday
November l4th, the horse, wagon and
harness used by the dog exterminator
As soon as the clerk finished reading
the resolution, Mr.. Moore moved tina,
Iit be adopted. Mr.. Barnhill said tha,
he could not zee any use In selling the
horse now, as he had made arrange
1 Witu NY WhiOii 40 Was W
feed the horse, and save the city any
further expense. He therefore thought
1t better for the city to keep 1t.
Mr.. BauRh thought it better TO keep
the horse and have the dogs hauled tc
the pound than TO have them dragged
Through the streets with ropes around
their necks, attracting crowd of meI
and boys. Az the horse would no lon
ger no an expense to tho oity he was in
favor of keeping it.
Mr.. Hawkins contended that the hors
Iehould be sold; he said that Council ha,
never bought it, and had no right d
keep horse for Foster, as he Ii not
sa lsried officer.
Mr.. Barney could not see why 3
much objection was made TO the dog
catcher having horse, when he /
willing to keep it without any expense t
the city. If, AZ in claimed, the horse |
selfsupporting, and source of revenu
to the city, he he did not think 1t shoul
be sold.
The discussion was continued 70
, some time, and participated in D
Messrs. Mitchell, Baynard an
Blake, in addition TO those above noted
Mr.. Blake moved that the furthe
consideration Of the resolution be post
, lponed for one week, anu that til
! Finance Committee be instructed I
ascertain the amount Of income fror
registration of dogs, and the expense
of catching and killing them, an
re port to Council at the next meeting
Upon a vote being taken on tho motion
| the President declared 1t lost.
Hr. Blake contende1 that the Presi
ldeat had erred u de ,laring the motion
lost, and tn hreatened to appeal from hi
I decision, when Mr. Il. ii. Tgy lOr otfeI
ed a motion which was substantially,
the same as Mr.. Blake's, and It wa
carried.
Mr.. McKenua offered resolution
providing That no more money be pa il
( by Council TO: feeding the dog. catcher
ihCrse when Mr.. Il. Ell, Taylor mo ve
ithAu vhe further consideration of til
' matter be postponed until next meeting
might, and the motion was carried.
2 The Street Committee and tho Open
ling Streets COMMITTEES reported favor
tably on the petition of Francis e. GA
y ilaghof to have Twenty. second street
from Lamotte 10 Market street, opened
lgraded, curbed and paved, and the re
port was adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. X. III. Tay lor, ,Coun
Gil took q recess Of 8 minutes TO examin
the plot prepared by the Chief Engi
lneer and Surveyor, of the Elliott lol
The plan shows that when the proposes
!, Istreet is cut through 1t will make tw
btr.snRnlar lots, and 1t was urged b.
1.-THE advocates Of the Robinson lot tina
this would ruin it for building lots.
As soon as Council re assem- bled, MI
Farrell moved that the matter be re
Iferred back to the Chief Engineer, wit
instructions TO ascertain and report :
lCnunail how ruanu hnildinu Inta nnulj