Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-11-13
City Council.
A BREEZY aESsION-A WARM
TIME ABOUT n CONTRACT
SAND LOT QUESTION.
THE HORSE UNDER FIRE.

4 tObidOhJ arm III lub IOll
was called and the minutes of the last
meeting, and the special meetings last
Tuesday afternoon, read ana approved,
after which the standing oommitteesl
were called.
The Public Building Committee, to
whom waa referred the petition Of X.
Parry, Jr., asking thst some action be |
taken to restrain peddlers aud fakirs /
from following their business in the
city, made report, enclosing thel
opinion of the City Solicitor to the
effect that 80 long az these people do |
moi obetruct the streets or highways,
Council has no right To interfere. and l
that peddlers have a perfect right to
cell their wares from door 10 door.
The Opening Streets Committee re
ported in favor of granting the petition
Iof Peter j. Ford, TO nave Searles street.
thirty feet south of Fifth, and fifty feet
OF Fifth street, west of Searles street,
graded, and on the petition of George
A. Henderson TO establish the grade on
Ciaymont street. from A TO b streets.
Mr.. Brison moved to amend that the
Chief Engineer be instructed to attend
| TO these grades at once, and the report
rs amended WAS adopted. The commit
| toe also reported In favor Of awarding
| the contract for grading Stroud street
To James II. Mcbride, and that for
grading Tatnall street, between Twenty
third and Twenty fourth, TO Patrick
lCarberry.
Mr.. Murray asked II Carberry WAS
the lowest bidder, and Mr.. Newell re-
piled that he was not, but the commit
tee, after careful consideration, had
coT1e to the conclusion that he was the
best, and that 1t would be TO the interest
OF the city to award the contract to
him. Mr.. Murray said that Mr.. Patton
WAS Just as good, and aB his bid was
lowcr than Carberry's he should have
had the contract, and he moved that 1t
be awarded 70 him AT l734 cents cubic
yard.
Mr.. Blake opposed the amendment,
aud contended that Patton's bid, as
presented to Council, was 70A cents,
and II there was any mistake In these
| figures it was not the fault of Council.
He oontended that If Mr.. Murray's
amendment was adopted 1t would
eytablish bad precedent IS any one
conld come forward and alter their
pre- posala.
The matter was discussed for some
time, when Mr.. Moore offered an
amendment to the amendment that
the contract be awarded 10 Mr.. Dough
erty. Mr.. Farrell moved TO lay this
amendment on the table, and themotion
was carried.
Mr.. Moore immediately offered
another amendment TO the amendment,
that the contract be awarded to- Mr..
Mcbride. when Mr.. Farrell asked him
IL he was n member of the Opening
lStreets Committee, and upon his An
tswerinR In the negative, said that as
. fAs a.
Imous, he thought he WAS assuming "A
lgreat deal TO offer any such motion, and
Imoved that 1t he laid on the table. Mr..
Moore called for the ayes and nays ion
the motion, but as the call WAS not sec.
londed, Mr.. Farreips molten was
put and carried by a viva .voce vote.
MT BaynArd made n few remarks In
reference tn the matter, and then NOV
ed to amend by referring the matter
back TO the committee, bnt on motion
of Mr.. Farrell this motion was also laid
on the table. A vote was then taken
on Mr.. Murray's amendment to award
the contract TO Patton, but 1t was
lost.
The original motion to adopt the re.
, port, and award the contract to Pat
lex Carberry was then taken up, when
Mr.. Murray called for the ayes and
Inhyb. auNt bu1 NOt5 EC5ulJtu III 10 ayes
. and nays, Mr.. BRynard being excused
from voting.
The Opening Streets Committee alsc
made a report of the return of the oOm.
IN ission to open DUPONT street from
Gilpin to lowering avenues, and aaeess
ed damages as follows Is. ~ II. Rail-
road Company, cents; Hartman &
: Fehrenbach Is cents; Lewes Bartholo-
NEW SIS; Philip p. Iyre,6 cents making
J n total OF f75.i8. MIR. Newell explained
that this was n review of former com
mission which had awarded total oi
1878, with which these parties were no
1 satisfied, and refused 10 accept. On
his motion the award was approx
ed and an order for the tota
amount drawn In favor of the Street
Commissioner.
r Che LAmp Committee reported In
favor of granting the petition. of John
Parker, for lamp On Second street be
tween King and French streets, and OF
The petition of John p. Almond, for .
lamp on Guyer avenue between Ninth
r aud Tenth, and Lombard and Pop
lar strsets.
Tho Police Committee made their re
port on bills, among which WAS on,
from Martin Farrell for $l3.13, when
Mr. Murray wanted to know what 1,
WAS TOR.
Mr.. Barnhill replied that 1t was To-
horse feed, and that as they had no
been able to sell the horse they coult
not let him starve, and were obliged K
buy feed for him.
MIR. Hawkins said that Council haC
ordered that the horse should be sold
and the committee should have obeyet
, its mandate. He thought they oueh
L ha uhlE m fya &H for hnf thu
was more than it WAS worth, but If til ey
1t would he cheaper TO kill 1t than i
is to feed IL.
Mr.. Blake called attention to the fac
that Foster had increased the revenue
!. OF tho city over thousand dollars, anC
he thought IL paid to keep the horse; il
fact, he thought II would be a good thin,
TO buy several more If they could do al
well with them rs they are doing will
this.
Mr.. Hawkins differed with him, ant
didn't think the city had any right t
own this one. The dog. catcher is moi
salaried officer, and If he wants hors,
he ought to get it himself. He also
charged that Foster had boys to bring
In dogs from the country, and said i
,, he hadn't horse and wagon he wouldn'
: do that.
Mr.. II. H. Tay lor said that Mr.. Haw
kins should not make such an assertion
unless he knew it WAS true, and If he
was prepared to substantiate IL h,
should prefer charges against the dor
8 exterminator. The discussion wal
D continued for some time, when at las
3 the motion to adopt the report an(
. draw orders for the bills whs carried.
,-I The bill of Foster for $S9 for dog