Daily Republican., 1885-10-09
City Council.
THE REGUlAR uEErING Last
EVENlAG-NOr MUCH BUsI.
MEAS TRAHRACTKD.
THE GRANT PORTRAIT.

The Finance Committee reported
fAvorAbly on the bill of Thomas Hol.
comb for e3, and an order WAS drawn
| for the amount.
The Street Committee reported favor.
ably on the petition of j. j. Flanagan
for crossing and . sidewalk at Della
ware avenue and Jackson street on
| the petition Of d. Pyle for curbinR
guttering and sidewalk, and that OF
Arthur Fl. Smith 70 have Eleventh
street, from Gilpin avenue 10 Madison
street, curbed and paved. The same
committee reported on tho petition oi
William AAgee, In reference to over
how Of water, that the nuisance had
been absted, and favorably ON the peti.
ton Of @. w. Weldin for paving OF
sidewalk on Harrison street, between
Ninth and Tenth streets.
Ths bills of the Street Commit
we're presented, when Mr.. Murray
obj scted to their being passed, unles.
they were read, and made O motion
10 that effect, which was lost.
TheOpening streets COMMITTEES repert
cd favorably on the petition of Thorn o.
II. Bayard, that Maple street be brought
to grade, and on the petition OF Charles
Warner a. Co., that the grade ol
Market street be established below
Front street.
The same committee reported in
favor OF awarding the contract fol
Rrading Linden street to James II. Nc.
Bride, and recommended the rejection OF
the return OF the commission on the
opening of DUPONT street. A deed fol
| the bed Of Searles street from Fifth &c
Sixth from X Belt and wife was pre-.
| sented and accepted.
The Police Committee reported In
favor OF granting the petitions to have
the special police at the city park and
on the Brandywine retained for An
other month.
The committee also reported the bill
| of Brooks Foster, for $50, for dogs killed
last month, and the police clio, hing
pay roll, amounting to Il. 060.9S.
The Sewer Committee made All ad-
verse report on the petition TO enlarge
the sewer on King street, from Fifth to
| the Christiana, but recommended that
the storm water be cut off. The com
mittee reported In favor Of granting the
petition to improve the Bhipley Run
sewer, from Ninth and Monroe streets,
TO Tenth and Adams, whenever the
property holders in the vicinity comply
| with the law.
The City Treasurer reported q balance
of $l66 AIS As In the Union National
Bank To the credit of the city, and dur-
ing the week he had received the fol.
lowing amounts
Tax Receiver Moody, 1906 Tax Re
ceiver Kane. 800 Chief of Police
Dougher,y, f97 80 Clerk Of the MUM
cipal Court Pennington, 8238 38 John
w. Hawkins. s. James Murray, g.
The Street Commissioner reported
that during the past week he had 6t
men eleven teams employed in cleaning
and repairing the streets of thia city
with pay roll amounting to $444.66.
The Sewer Department reported 9
ipay.roll amounting to $46 IS.
The Fire Committee presented the bill
of Superintendent of Fire Alarm JohI
IAydon, Of 81 so for the hire Of a team
when Mr.. Hawkins objected to paying
1t.
Mr.. Blake explained that 1t was ab
solntely necessary for Mr.. Aydon u
have the team for the purpose of exam
ingthe telegraph, and the bill was pass
ed.
The report of the Clerk of Municipa
Court was received and filed.
A Communication was received from
the Washington Fire Company, protest
ing against the change Of the fire alarm
boxes from eight rounds to four, ant
1t was referred to to the Fire Commit
tee.
The petition of Gawthrop & Brother
for permission to tap the Delaware ave
nue. sewer was referred to the Commit
tee on Sewers, and also the petition o
1 A r. 20 . ba ad
John 8. Grohe petitloned for curbin
and paving on the north side of Eight
street, from Adams to Harrison street
i. and the petition was referred TO tn
Street Committee.
. The following Communication wa
received and read from the Whining
ton 'ciety of Artists:
, Ito THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY o
. WILMINGTON.
: We, the undersigned artists of tn
city of Wilmington, modestly assertin
that there are among our number NOR
. than one who is fully capable and will
!. ing to execute the commiss ion of
: portrait of G eneral Grant as ordered b.
: YOU for the Council chamber, hear wit
. regret that 1t Is Pre- badly TO be awarde
J. to an artist not of this city. We un
!. Iderstand that Council wishes to get til
!" lbest picture possible for the sum AZ
!. propriated. Now, we, the artists
!. Wilmington, do not object, nor hav
!. we any right to object to your commi i
: tee selecting Philadelphia or Me-
: York artist for this purpose.
!. But, as citizens, and professions
!. artists Of this city, we have, We col
}. slider, some rights in the matter,
= lbeing one touching our professions
/. standing among our fello~-citizen
t. You have read no doubt in differel
Wilmington papers the assertion OF th
!. dominion that the artists of WilmingtC
+ are throughly capable OF doing tn
/. work. Additionally, wo may be pa
t. doned in saying Gas our profession
t. ability is called In question: that al
!, member of your most intelligent aI
most cultivated citizens will reassu
It. you on this point should you or yo
t committee take the trouble
?. personally inquire. But the objectit
T. tnat we. as professional artists of 20
4 city. have Ia the following: We nc
It. emphatically object to any one sendii
1t i'm an application for this commissio
w. who, himself, is not an artist, who b
~ never touched brush to canvas or p
It. pencil to paper.
st. We obj ect professionally to any SUE
81. person posing in the role of An artist,
y, :, claiming to have any right in few
st. vantages that fall in the way OF th.
at, who have given their lifetime to
ct. profession and have spent years OF STU
81 upon this ariuous profes OF ours
at at, this present case, as in previous insts
st, ces, the names of certain parties
st. sent in for the consideration OF y
committee upon the Grant painti
: who are practically and distinctiv
-, nothing but middlemen. Now, we,as
lists, denounco this as most undignin