Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-07-16

ferrlng the matter back to the com m it.
tee. and said that Mr.. O'Meara's bid
was characteristic OF the Tenth ward.
1t was always behind In everything,
even to bringing In the election returns.
A vote was then taken on Mr.. Bri-
ron's motion to adopt the report, and
award the contract to Mr.. Carberry,
and 1t was adopted.
The petition of P. W. Welch to have
Harrison street ourbed, paved and gut.
tered from Front to Chestnut street was
reported fAvorably by the Street Com :
mittee, as was also the following: Fran.
els Myers, TO have Lincoln street from
Eleventh street to Pen nsylvania avenue
crrbsd, paved and guttered Samuel
Murphy. to reset curb on Mary land
avenue between Liberty and East Lib
erty etreete; A. 8. Reed, for crossing
at Eleventh and Adams streets, and to
have the sidewalk paved, curbed and
Ruttered; William j. Fisher. to have
VanBuren street from Lowering avenue
to Wawsset street paved, curbed and
gnttered; by Il. Robinson, to have
SAallcross avenue between jackson and
VanBuren streets curbed, paved and
guttered.
The same committee also reported in
favor OF awarding the following con :
tracts for paving:
Davis & Brother, paving and grading
Pine street, from Fourth to Eighth,
rubble or pobbie stones, at CT cents per
square yard; Fourth street, from Lom
bard to Pine, Belgian blocks, 81 23H;
Davis & Simmons, paving and grading
Third street, from Adams to VanBuren,
rubble or cobble stones, 65 cen ts; jack
SOD, from Maryland avenue to Front,
rubble or cobble stones, 60 cents; Front,
Shipley to Justison, Belgian blocks,
/ 81 41a; Fourth, Jefferson to Madison,
Belgian blocks and rubble or cobble
stones. $1.03; Martin Keogh, ,Jr., Second,
from VanBuren to jackson, rubble or
cobble stones, "a cents; Fifth, Monroe
to Madison, rubble or cobble stones, 66
cents.
The City Treasurer reported q balance
of S12. 334.86 in the Union National
Bank to the credit Of the city, and that
during the week he had received the
following amounts: Tax Receiver
Moody, S16,272; Tax Receiver Kane,
$11, $50.
The Street Commissioner reported AZ
men and 6 teams employed ON the
streets, with a payroll amounting to
3256 02. and the Sewer Department o
payroll OF S55.12
The following petitions were referred
70 their appropriate committees:
Thomas MillingtoD and others, for per-
mission to tap a sewer on Spruce street,
near L,rd, and to lay q drain to a
house on Lord street; W. IL. Hannum
and others, for paving of walk on west
side OF Walnut, above Tenth; Daniel b.
Anderson and others, grading of Sixth
and Scott streets, at their intersec :.
tionj L, Allen Hilles, change of
grade of Seventh, between Clay Jon and
DUPONT; George 8. Capelle and others
lamp on Tenth above West; w. I'll.
Thorpe and others, for paving, gutter
Ing and curbing of the south side of
Fourteenth street from Clayton to the
culvert, and north side OF Fourteenth,
from the culvert to Cherry Island
marsh road; James Conrad and
others, re setting of curb on Bird street
between Railroad and Maryland ave.
nues; M. j. Sharkey and others. curb
extended, Franklin near Reed; Francis
r. sawdon and others, guttering, curb
ing and paving on Sixth and Seven tn
avenues, and Brown and Duncan
streets.
A communication was recsived from
the Board of Water Commissioners. on
closing the letter received from Robert
Wetherill & Co., of Chester, in refer
ence to paying for the new pumping
engine, copies OF which were published
In the REPUBLICAN last Tuesday. As
soon as the clerk had finished reading
them, Mr.. Merris Taylor III led that
they he laid on the table.
He said that the Board of Wate-
Com missioners acted like set of babies
or fools, and he was getting tired OF
having communications sent to Ooun
Gil. III the members of tie commission
would read the law they would see that
Council had done all they can do In the
matter The ordinance authorizing the
commission to create the loan haa been
passed, and IL now becomes their duty
to negotiate 1t. The Council has even
done more than the law req uires, ms the
Printing Committee had ordered the
bonds to be printed, and from the way
the commission has acted in the past he
was sure that it would leave Council 10
pay for them.
The bonds are not ready, but the com.
mission can go ahead and negotiate the
loan. They could have paid Wetherill
q 90. their bill three months ago II
they had wanted to, "a they were ad-
vised by the City Auditor thai they
could take the amount from what they
have in bank, and replace IL when they
negotiate the loan Of SOS, 900.
Mr.. Blake said he hoped Mr.. Tayior's
motion to lay the communication on
the table would not pass, and that 1t
would be referred 10 the Finance Com
mittee.
Mr.. Taylor said the Finance Com mIt.
tee did not want 1t, as they already
have two Of the same nature from the
ommission, which they did not con-
siier worth taking any action on.
President Eckel thought 1t would be-
we to answer the communication, and
call attention to the law, but Mr.. Tay :
lor contended that they already knew
what the law IL, and II they would
study 1t they would be able 10 answer
Wetherill q Co.'S question without
coming to, Council.
On motion OF Mr.. Moore the oommu
DicAtion was received and filed.
Mr.. Blake offered O resolution, which
was adopted, ins,ructine the chief engi-
neer Of the surveying department tol
ascertain whether the car tracks on
Market street, between Front and
Second, are at grade, and IL not to 80
report to the Street Commissioner, who
shall SEQ that they conform TO grade.
Mr.. Brison called up for third read
Ing the ordinance relating to drains and
sewers, but on motion of Mr.. McKenna
the further confederation was post
poned one week
Mr.. Tay lor offe, ed resolution, which
wan adopted, instructing the City So
licitor to enter satisfaction on a judg
ment of $3.50, dated Nav 16th, 1S48,
against the Reliance Fire Company. HeI
said he understood that IL had been
Lpaid, but that satisfaotion had never