Daily Republican., 1885-12-11
|City Council.
L.s rsANsACTED IL A ST
1.-THE CONTRACTS FOR
,aurING THE CITY.
|THLY BILLS PASSED.


,aurING THE CITY.
THLY BILLS PASSED.
.,,iar weekly meeting Of City |
sas called TO order promptly Mt
LICK Thursday evening by
y. Farra, and the roll called by
~ The minutes were party
as, a on motion Of Mr.. McKen M,
.ssr as reading was dispensed with.
n'I Y ,he public Buildings Commit
a,,ed on hills here was one from
gnI,citor @ Turner for S43.76, for
srsris rent Of his office, and Mr.. !
,as objected 10 it. At bis request
~ read several sections OF the
a.,er. 20 show that no salaried
."nId receive any fees or emolu.
Ssrond his salary. When the
snisIel, Mr.. Hawkins said the
EoiicItor was not entitled 10 an
Srless ID was authorized by City
:. :" and a. this has never been
,be city could not pay the rent,
hIps to lhe law. ii
p n. Taylor said that Council
Ebd,ed, by lsw.to furnish the City
,"r % with an office, ard he thought
sss to take up the Time in talking
nlying the rent OF 1t.
Murray objected to paying the
Ind said he thought the Solicitor
bsId enough for all he does to furn-
4 o6ice himself. He called for the
and nays On the question and 1t
pd In AL voting aye, except
:, HawkiIs, Latimer, McKenna
Mu,r2y, ond the report was adopt.
Law Com mittee reported that
bad examined the ordinance to
a All ordinance 70 prevent annoy
! irom dogs, and the ordinance re-
1, 10 telegraph, telephone and cleo.
Ili,h: wires, and found nothing in
| contrary TO law or the city char
| The same committee reported IA
! b ' on the bill Of David Lemon OF
/! damages.
/, Mitchell said before the report
| acted on he would like 10 know
4 ,he Baltimore & Philadelphia
| iroad Company have not raised
n tracks az Water and Market
n, and said il 1t was not done,
tewou.d he other and heavier claims
|damagea.
h. Nerei. said tho Opening Streets
Eriitoe had met ON the ground and
H. they ould have to have tn,
Ilso. Market street changed for som,
e,rca, at q considerable expense.
be said tha. this would cause an ex
be to the city, which he thought wa
necessary, rs the superintendent o
eB. d p. Railroad has promised II
se their track, but has not yet dom
A vote was then taken and the bill
vel.
The Sewer Committee, TO whom wa
Ierrtd the communication Of th'
Iristiana improvement Compau.
King damages 10 the amount of $l92,
which their properly had sustaine'
iu the Shipley Run Sewer, reporte'
versely on paying the bill.
The Finance Committee reported tina
account of Dennis Kane, tax II
yer, for 1855, has been settled.
The Finance and Fire Committee, I
Cm the Rsliance Fire Company, ash
|, that the amount OF their indebted
Bs to the city be deducted from the
reported that IL had bee
ne, and th > mortgage satisfied.
The City T-easurer reported q ba
ice in the Union National Bank
l3 777l6 to the credit of the cit,
nd q sTee.al deposit of S3,l21.8
eing the Balance from the sale of u
Iud lo'. Hea.so reported that durIr
le week he kaB received the followir
mounts; James Murray, g.; John v
awkins, =; Tax Receiver Kane, $50
ax Receiver Moody, $500; City Aud
: Ball, Si95 10.
The Street Commissioner report,
lat during the week he had 25 n'
nd Gteams employed in cleaning III
pairing the streets OF this city, with
.y-roll amounting to Sl48 20 and q
'wtr Department reported pay r.
S5i.25.
The Union National Bank was graz
permission 10 re set curb ON Shipl
rtet above Fifth.
The pstition of Tindall Brothers (
mps on Adams and Monroe stree
atSeen Tenth and Eleventh stree
az referred To the Lamp Committee.
OLarlesW GoodiDg petitioned to ha
10 north side of Eighth street fro
layton to DUPONT street curbed 81
aVed, and the petition WAS referred
10 Street Committee.
de also petttioned 20 haze Eigh
'feet from Clayton to DUPONT strt
FADED, and it was referred to the Opt
IS Streets Committee.
The petition of William Y. Swigg,
u gas lamp in front OF the post-offi
'is reterrt d TO the Lamp Committee,
Mr.. Newell presented the return
he commission for extending a
pening Dupont street, which has be-
oniirmed by Judge Whiteley. The
oft was accepted and orders dray
or the parties lamed.
Mr.. Miller offered a resolution, whi
'as adopted, instructlDg the Str
commissioner 10 place iron plates o,
10 cutters at the Northeast corner
,sVenth and Adams streets.
Ile Lamp Com mittee reported In ia,
awarding the contract for lighting
rs lamps in this city to the Wiimil
!, % sSH Goal Gas Company for three yea
); ezo 10 per lamp, and the report v
ipoted without opposition.
Inc same committee also reported
MoF OF awarding the contact
,,ehting the g's)line lamps 10 I
,ennsylvania Globe Gas Light Go
my, ior three years, ut S2l per Ian
'r year.
Mr NICK snns offered an amend dme
= tie effect that the contract should
VI one year, instead of three. He 8,
uat there were so many imprdveme
't'lng made in artificial illuminat
aat ae did not think 1t wise TO en-
no contract fer three years.
MI. Il Ii, Taylor said he thought
,n.ieman had made a mistake in {
natter, as he had not seid q W,
,ssinst giving :he contract for the {
no ior three years, when the fact
hoy Sa II there should be any change
Se .ss method Of lighting IL woald ts
negt ,ne ntst whers the gas lamps are, q
,Ss ,Usd ,n tne suburbs where gasoline
,ieu ,Seu. Several others expressed simi
ano' "' ana upon a vote being taken
,pof, wa was adopted, and the contr
'~arded for three years.
vhi Mr; McKenna offered a resolut