Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-02-12
CityCounciI.
RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH
OF GEN EHAL HANOOUK-
ORDERS DRAWN,
BUSINESS TRANSACTED.

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BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
The regular weekly meeting of City
Council was held last evening, with
President Farra In the chair. The roll
was called and the minutes read
and approved. The Printing Commit.
tee reported in favor OF awarding the
contract for printing three hundred
lcopies Of the report of the Chief Eugi--
neer and Surveyor to the Mercantile
Printing Company, at $l.44 per page.
The City Treasurer reported a balance
lof$1l 1858 33 in lhe Union National Bank
to the credit of the city, and special
deposit of %, ,681 so.
The treasurer also reported that he
had received the following amounts:
Tax Rsceiver Kane, $3.50; Tax Rsceiv-
er Moody, $210 Clerk OF the Municipal
Court, Pennington, S64 10.
The report OF the Clerk of the NUM-
Icipal Court was read ,and sho wed that
IdurinR the last month he had received
the following amounts: Fines, $36; fees.
1919; costs, SIG. 10; total. $64, 10.
The Street Commissioner reported
that during the week he bad ID men
Iemployed, with o pay roll of $38. Al, and
the Sewer Department reported a pay
roll of $63.
The petition Of Thomas Cottey for a
lamp at Lafayette and Justison streets,
and that Of Frank 8. Watkins. for one
on Clayton street near the Brandywine.
were reported upon fsvorably BY the
Lamp Committee, and the report was
adopted.
r. P. Young petitioned to have the
oil lamp az Second and Harrison streets
changed to gas, and William Price pre-
sented similar petition in relation to
the oil lamp ut Justison street and the
railroad. Both petitions were referred
to the Lamp Committee, with power to
act.
A communication was received from
Richard Mcclure, asking 500 for
damages sustained by his horse falling
in trench that had been dug for lay
ing water-pipe on Brown street be-
tween Fifth and Sixth avenues, on
January Goth. On motion the clerk
was instructed to forward the commu.
Inication to the Water Commissioners,
Heald q Co., attorneys for John P.
, Beech, presented petition for return
Of $l3 IS overpaid taxes on the proper
ty, No. 9O6 Madison street, and it was
3 referred to the Finance Committee.
Al A communication was received from
j. Frank Ruth, stating that he intends
to shortly commence the erection of 7S
l houses In the western part of the city,
at q cost Of about $l2O, 900 he therefore
asked that Council have the lines laid
free of charge to him. The petition
j was referred to the Finance Com
{ mittee.
I'll Mr.. Blake called attention to the
Q death of General Hancock, and, after
Il paying brief but fitting tribut9 to his
: memory, moved that committee Of
j three be appointed to draft suitable
d resolutions expressing the sense OF
q Council. The motion was unanimously
}. carried, and the President appointed
1 Messrs. Blake, Merris Tayler and
It Moore as the committee, and Council
took recess OF ten minutes, during
3 which time the committee retired.
e The committee returned In about five
o. minutes, when Council was called t1
Of order and the following resolutions
= reported and unanimously adopted
h Resolved, That this Council has, with
y feelings of emotion and sadness, re,
!" ceived the startling intelligence of the
% death OF that true type of the Ameri.
,e can citizen and soldier, Major.General
Winfield 8. Hancock.
d Resolved, That In tbs death of this
y pure man, this great soldier and de-
t, voted patriot, who, even when in the
70 discharge of his military authority,
n protected the constitutional rights OF
r. the citizsns by subordinating the
10 military TO the civil power, the Ameri-
10 can people have lost an honored friend
IS and the army one OF its greatest
.s Generals.
d Resolved, That as a marx Of respec.
y the flag on the City Hall be placed at
l. half mast, and that this Council do
10 now adjourn.
d Resolved, That copy Of these reso-
r. lutions be published in the daily news
8 papers of this city.
al Bailiff McEatee will toll the bell In
y the City Hall tower during the hours OF
.e the funeral.
Before adjournment the following bills
u were reported favorably, and orders
y were directed to be drawn for the re-
a spective amounts: Streets-Simmons
1t 81 Davis, $50, 85 Alven Allen, $25 so;
nor, 500; Neal Duffy, $I9 25; Matthew
re- Kyle, ST; pay-roll, S38 Al. Fire Com
g lpanits-W. B. Hylaud, for freight, 30
d cents; Thomas Pagan & Co., $12.
A Polica-Frank Mescham, 81 SO @.
. Brooks Foster, $110; Frank e. Smith,
IeI S. 38; G. B. Rhoads, 81; Adams & Bro.
SO 30; John J. Dougherty, S4S; William
E. Lindsay, $50. Public Buildings
g Allen Speakmau, 81 9j; James Mills,
III $58 45; j. Hamilton Aysrs, IS W. H.
70 Hsrllove, % cents A. Carswell,
h $50. so, Adams& & Bro, S5 75i Owen j.
y Hession, Sl2; ohm B Br son, $23 95.
d Printing-Every Evening Printing
L Company, $29.57; Star Publishing
COMPANY, 81 55; Wilmington Freie
Presse, SS.16; News Publishing Com.
lpany, 81 Al; the James & Webb Print
" ing and Stationery Company, $4s
d sewers-M. Kyle. $7,75; j. v. Carlisle
n 81 Co., So 25; payroll, $63 Lamps
y Wilmington Coal Gas Company, 81
d 274 46; Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light
COMPANY, S72S 81; Thomas J. Webb, $50
lFuel-W. p. Voshell, 1913 so, r Griffith
S29 40; P. Combs & Co., $50; John M
n solomon, $2s 20; William P. Hendricks
y son, $2s 26; Owen j. Hession, $43.
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