Daily Republican., 1885-01-16
CITY COUNCIL,
the REGULAR MEETING Last
EVENING" A SHORT SESSION.
VERY LITTLE BUsI n ES8.

TIE AEGULAk MEETING LAST
EVENING" A sHORT SESSION.
VERY LITTLE BUsINEss.
The regular weekly meeting Of Cit
Council was held last evening, with
President Conrad in the chair. Tho
roll was called and the reading of the
minutes WAS, On motion of Mr.. Grubb,
dispe nsed with, and the sta nd ing comit
tees called.
The Finance Comm ittee, to whom was
referred the petition Of William Cron-
In, asking for q donation of $50 to pay
expenses incurred by him from an &C
cident, while he was in the employ Of
the city. made report, with the opin-
ion Of the City Solicitor, stati that
as 1t had been shown that he was in
jnred BY the carlessness Of employees
OF the Wilmington Gas Company, he
was not entitled TO recover from the
city.
The committee also reported apainst
granting the pet ition, and the report
was adopted. The Lamp Committee
reported In favor Of granting the petit
tion Of William II. Clay ton, for lamp
at Fourth and Lincoln streets.
The City Treasurer reported balance
In the Union National Bank of $1S.-
209. IL to the credit of the city, and that
during the week he had received the
Moody. $s27 for Edward Provost. 'V. de-
ceased, $40 Tax Collector Kane, $500.
The Street Commissioner reported
that during the week he had IA men.
and l team employed in cleaning,
opening and repairing the streets Of
this city, with q payroll amounting TO
The Sewer Department reported nine
men employed. with . payroll of $50.
A communication was received from
the Second street Market Company, stat
Ing that the building had cost them
?N,oVo TO erect, and that they are pay
Ing the city an annual rental of 81, 900
foe the use of ground on which it stands.
The company now petition for permis-
sion to erect two stands, or booths, on
the King street end, to be used for the
ea le OF fish as long as King street is
used for market purposes. The COM
munication was referred to the Commit
tee on Public Buildings.
The petition of William II. Bratton.
for lamp at Chestnut and Harrison
streets, and one at Brown and Franklin
streets, was referred to the Lamp Com
mittee.
A communication was received from
the Gas Saving Company of New York,
offering to put one of their Governors
In the City Hall, guaranteeing that un-
less IL effected saving of 20 per cent. in
the amount of gas consumed, to remove
1t without any expense to the city, and.
II 1t should prove satisfactory, and do
what Is claimed, to sell 1t to the city
ior $l3O. The communication was re-
ferred to the Public Buildings Com.
mites.
Margaret Burk petitioned to have four
feet OF ground on Reed street and
Maryland avenue condemned for SIDE
walk, and the petition was referred to
the Street Committee.
The petition of ~ oseph Hyde, for a
lamp on Seventh street bet ween POPLAR
and Lombard strsets, was referred to
the Lamp Committee
William Thompson petitioned for a
lamp at Van Buren and Maple streets.
and the petition was referred to the
Lamp Committee.
John Irwin and others asked that.
Columbia avenue, between Maryland
avenue and Harrison street, be filed
and graded. The petition was referred
to the Opening Streets Committee.
The Finance Committee presented
the assessm ent for new curb and side
walk in the western part of the city.
amounting altogether TO 1924 40, and
liens were ordered to be entered against
the parties named, which the City
Auditor was instructed to collect.
A communication enclosing a 25- cent
currency Dote, issued by this city, was
received from ID. Broskey, of Paterson, :,
N. d., which he asked TO have re-
deemed, and on motion an order for the
amount was drawn in his favor
The annual report of Chief Engi neer
and Surveyor Robinson was presented
and three hundred copies ordered to be
priuted.
The Mayor returned with his ap-
proval the amendment to the Fire Or
dinauce, extending the limits in which
the erection of frame buildings is pro-
hibited, and it was declared law of
the city.
Mr.. Merris Tay lor called up the ordi-
nance relating to private alley ways,
and IL was read a third time and passed.
subject to the approval of the Mayor.
Council then adjourned, having been
in session half an hour.
Orders were directed to be drawn for
the following amounts /: Wilmington
Coal Gas Company, S265.38 Thomas
l.. johnson, $iS Kennsbec Ice and
Goal Co., S43 80 +; A. r. Wingate, $64
Walter McEvilly, $47 Sewer Com.
nittee. SOC; Hugh Mcconnell, S48. go;
John Lynch, $27. 80.