Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-03
City Council.
TIE BILL 40 SELL THE SAND
LOT AND PAY THE MONEY INTO
THE TREAsURYNDEFE
LITTLE BUSINESS DON E

Tho regular meeting bf CITY (,oupc;
was held on Thursday evening. witt
President Conrad in the chair. tn,
roll was called, aud he minutes r.,
the last stated meeting read and an
Iproved. "p
| The Standing Com mmiI iItees were then
called, and the Lamp C(mmitt4e renort
cd favorably on the peti ton of J. II. For.
rest, for lamp on Lodg& street, be, ween
clay mont and Heald streets, and on
the petition OF Charles Blocker, for a
lamp at Conrad and Harrison streets.
Under the head of unfinished business
the act to sell the sand lot was taken
up.
After 1t was read, Mr.. Moore yyanted
to know what was the idea of having
the old act repealed, anc Mr.. Mentor
SAID the object was to obtain the money
and turn II into thu city treasury. no
that 1t could be used for current expen.
ses. He thought II was q nuisarc cs for
the city to own a sand lot, as In his
opinion 1t was better to buy what.
ever sand was needed. This lot can be
sold at good price, and then be a
| source of revenue,to the city.
Mr.. Moore said that the lot had more
| than paid Tor itself three times over, and
he could not zee the use ofselling it
unless the city intended to buy another,
although he did not know what sand
could be bought for.
In reply Mr.. Mention said that he
mad learned from several Street Com.
missioners that every load of sand
taken out OF that lot cost the city three
dollars, and as he knew it could be
bought for less than that, he was in
favor of selling it.
.Iraf ~ ha
put the motion that Council concur I'm
The act, the ayes and nays were called
for, and the vote resulted in IL rays to
II ayes, all the Republicans, and
Messrs. Blake, McKenna and Il. II.
Taylor voting in the negative. Mr..
Blake explained his vote, and said that
he was IL favor of the city owning o
sand lot and that this could be- sold at
any time aud bring good price.
The City Treasurer reported q balance
OF $,906.4 in the Union National
Bank to the credit of the city, and that
during the past week he had collected
the following amounts: Chief of Police
Mcconnell, STA; City Auditor Bali,
$500 6l ; Chief. Engineer and Surveyor
Robinson, $l06 80; Tax Collector
Moody, $3.50 In crest from the Latimer
Fund, $40 Tax Collector Kane, 81, 200.
On motion of Mr.. Mention, the proper
officers were instructed to make entries
on the lien book to the credit of those
who have settled the claims agains,
them.
The Street Commissioner reported Is
men and teams employed, with pay
roll amounting to S57.77, and the So " er
Department reported five men employ
ed, with pay roll of $3i, 90.
Thu Nna1 n,1
during the past month he had inspected
IL, 920 gallons of oil.
The petition of Alexander j. Hart,
for lamp on Eighth streets, between
Clayton aud Rodney stree " al refer red
to the Lamp Committee.
The Malleable Iron Company aud
Hilles & Jones asked that Ninth street
from Buttonwood street to the Brandy.
wine be vacated, to allow them to build
wharves and make other improvements,
and the petition was referred to the
Committee on Legislation.
The j. Barkley Brothers Confection.
cry Co., petitioned for permission to
to make an excavation in the sidewalk
at Fourth aud French streets, for the
purpose of building a coal vault, and
the petition was referred to the Street
Committee.
The petition of Patrick Dillon, ask
ing that the grade of Fifth street at
Van Buren, street be lowered two feet,
was referred to the Opening Streets
Committee. Mr.. Murray moved that
when Council adjourn it be to me-t at
Fifth and Van Buren, streets at o'clock
Saturday afternoon and the motion was
carried.
A communication was received from
the Chief Engineer and Surveyor,
stating that as the Wilmington g.
Northern Railroad Company contem-
plated erecting fences on Maryland
avenue, he thought the city should
adopt some means to ascertain its
rights and titles to the beds of streets
in that part of the city bounded by
Front and Justison streets, the P. w.
g. B. Railroad, and East Liberty street,
and Maryland avenue.
In another communication, the Sur
veyor called attention to the fact that
the centre stone at Fourth and King
streets had been removed, and the one
on Adams street between Eleventh
street and Delaware avenuey badly mu-
tilated.
Mr.. Mention presented and had read a
second time an ordinance authorizing
the Mayor and City Council to issue
certificates Of Indebtedness, In antici-
patton of the Legislature passing the
act creating the loan asked for by
Council.
Mr.. Murray offered an act repeating
that portion of section AZ of the city
charter, which provides that the
members OF the Board of Revision
shall be paid $500 salary each and
moved that Council concur in it.
Mr.. Mention said that he did not con-
slider this act necessary, as the act now
before the Legislature, he thought, made
provisions for that.
Mr.. Murray said that no provision
was made for the repeal of the salary,
and he could not understand why any
member would oppose 1t.
Mr.. Farrell thought tho Legislature
knew what to do without being dicta-
ted to by the distinguished gentleman n
from the Tenth ward. During the past
few years the Legislature had unfortu-
nately created several com missions, and
in each case they had fixed the salaries,
and he thought they were able to do 80
In this case.
The discussion was continued for some
time and participated in by Messrs.
Murray, Mention, Farrell, McKenna,
and Merris Taylor, and upon vote
being taken the act was concurred in,
and CouEcii adjourned.
At the Rink.
1t is thought by those who witnessed
the fancy aud trick skating of the young
couple, Hyde and McKibbin, at the