Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-01-07
THE WATER Commission.
TH f. REGULAR MEEAING LAST
EvENLNG-PETI HONS AND
OMMUNICATlONS

THE. REGULAR MEEAING LAST
EvEHING-PETIs HONS AND
COMMUNICATIONs.
The regular meeting of the Water
Com IN issioDers WAS held last evening
" ith all the mem bers present and Mr..
Porter in the chair.
Chief Engineer McIntire acted as
Secretary in the absence of M. Bond.
The weekly pay roll of the Department,
amour ting to $325, was presence and
an order drawn Tor the amount
Chief Mc1ntire reported that he had
investigated the petition of q. & w.
Pyle, for water pipes, and found
that the water would have to
be supplied from Rodney street
basin, and that while the cost of
making the extension would be $l95, it
would yield an annual revenue il water
rent, of S64. He recommended granting
the petition, and 1t was agreed 10 do so,
when an old bill of 1927. 90 was paid.
Colonel Febiger. who was auChorized
TO make some disposition OF the Bridge
Mill, reported that he had rented it to
"A ban M. Pierce, at 500 d year, for
lstore-house. The petition Of Bailey 81
} ughes tor water pipes ON Porter street,
bet~ ten Elm ana Chesib..t str t's, vas
referred 10 the Chief Engineer "A COM
muDicatiOn was received from Price 81
Phillips, offering $500 year tor the
half of the mill on the south bank of
/ the Brandywi below Market street,
. now occupied by them.
| They offered to enter into an agree
; ment 10 keep the race, machinery and
dam In repair, un less by s.me un for
seen accident the dam should be- entire
G y washed away, in which case they
) would expect the Comm issioners to re-
build IL. The offer WAS accepted, with
the understanding that in the event Of
Q an accident Of that kind occurring,
o the lease should terminate at once, and
the property revert to the Commission.
A petition was received from Mrs E.
q M. Shamahan, asking that the water
, tax which she had paid for last year on
Q the property at No. 1921 West Eighth
8 street, be refunded, as The house has not
been occupied. 1t was, however, decid-
l. ed that as the money had not been paid
> TO the Water Commissioners, they had
"A no power to refund 1t.
!, The City Treasurer reported a bal.
= ance OF -, 974.44 in tank, TO the credit
l. OF the Commission. A long communi-
!. cation was received from the Washing
h ion Steam Fire Company, stating that
a number of different kind of fire plugs
are in use In this city, the outlets OF
d which vary very much in size, making
it extremely difficult to make the at
tachments in cases of fire, whereby
: much valuable time is lost. They re-
: commended that the Chapman ping be
|. generally adopted, 10 secure uniform
standard. 1t was stated by Cbiet Mo-
lLtire that no other plug but the Chap
man had been purchased by Tbs city
since 1877, and that all tho ooiupnn iey
icarried reducers, which eLab.,t. hem
TO make attachments to any plug.
Action on the COMMUNICATED was
deferred until the next meeting, and
the Secretary was instructed 10 ac-
enowledge its receipt. 1t was II ported
in feferen3a to b Frank Tow send,
who had failed 10 comply with the
terms OF his contract TO supply the de-
D. partment with coal during the year,
81 that he is now out of busin ASS, and was
It at the time he made the contract mere
ms y the agent for a Baltimore parry, who
a, desired to continue TO furnish thc coal.
1t was proposed to substitute II Harlan
Cause for Mr.. Townsend, but no action
;, was taken, AMI it was finally agreed
to let Messrs. Townsend and Cause ar
s. range the matter between them sel YES,
petition was read from Secretary
n Bond, asking for an increase of salary,
and the matter was laid over until the
p next meeting. Chief engineer McIn-
lire reported that during the four days
ID last week Thomas M. Culbert had been
on duty as Water Inspector, h- had
ID averaged an increase of $40 per Dig in
the water rents, by detecting cases
q where more water was used than was
being paid tor.
% A communication was received and
read from A. II. Rowland, of Indian
o Orchard, Mass, asking for stat les
e which will be presented with other OBJ
tanned from different cities in the Uni
IT ted States, TO the meeting o. The A meri-
d can Water Works Assos ..on, which
will be held in Boston next Decem ber.
= Inc words water hammer" having
been used, 1t WAS explained that it was
a the rushing of broken column of
water through vacuum, and is gene.
rally caused by drawing out the water
more rapidly than it can enter the
9 pipes. Under the Wilmington system
there can be no water hammers of any
moment.
The following list of bills was pre-
sented and ordered to be paid: w. &
n. r. r. Co. $20.89 Delaware and
Atlantic 7. & 7. Co.. 500 George w.
Stone, $40 s. G Simmons & Broth
ers,SlS.68; Charles Warner & Co Sill
Joseph A. Bond, $40 Al j. V. Carlisle
Co., $40. 81 Adams & Brother SIG O6;
William II. Kramer, $95. 5.25; Lawrence
5 Burns, S2S "a Chapman Barrel Com
pany, $14. 10 Samuel S. Adams, S22 i;
. r., w. q b. r. r Co, $7.52; Will
mington Coal Gas Company, $iO8 81
, Pnsey A. Walton, s. Times Publish
Ing Company, Sc John Wise, Sl7S 13 !;
Davis & Simmons, IS 80 Alvan Allen.
$50 40 John Palmer, s2.7O;C. S. Cl,.
land. $50. j. & N. Harman, S25..
% -. N. Hickey, % cents; f Carr,
Sl.25; William DouRherty, $206 25
estate OF Caesar A. Rodney. S344 26
Inc Pusey and Jones Compan $ll2.-
I3s Isaac s. Bullock. S35 % Henry
Mckehna, $15, Kenneb+e Ice and Coal
Company, 81 50 F. G. Simpson, Ss6..
30 Phillips Il Kane $8O.7s; Meilert
Foundry and Machine Com pany. S429
"a Howard & Ellis, $50 IL Mcdonald
Co., 81. 80 Henry McKenna, S24 rs;
William I. Massey, $l3 l6; John X
hudson ~ Co., 50; George w Bush &
sons, $568.5O Walker & Ell lion, SO 81;
estate OF Lewis Paynter, S2l5 "a p,
W. ~ B. X Company, S.. SO; Penn
Isyivania Globe Light Gas Co, 81. so !;
Allen Speakman, Sill 25; William
Lawtop, IS cents Lobdell Car Wheel
company, S32.12 Morris A. Grubb,
$4S total, IS, 1892. The bill OF B. f.
townsend Tor sl,O25sl, being unap.