Daily Republican., 1886-08-27
CITY COUNCIL.
,,rp.BLE BUSINESS TRANS
'oS''p .orpp LAST EVENING.
.rav objects to Passing ray
nr ,.,ore They Arc Due
"' petitions Received.


.,r ar weekly meeting of City
Ino II Vas held last evening, WILL
ouIJda ol,dant Eckel in the chair. Ine
Presluon n"n mepced to read the minutes,
leh motion OF Mr.. Merris Taylor
vneu ing was dispensed with;
tbe Haw ic1u Comm lite reported In favor
Inn,;ng Ine Tine the pel ition of g. w. NC.
enn, fo1 s45. for damages sustained
Csa,,ei Cnnob The nesli zence Of the " ater
thlOusr thl.,s,msnt in digging 3 trench In the
vP.' hnt recommended that IL be paid
,he water Commission. l..
W ~ Nv Jsmn Committee reported In
iuo 81 Granting the petition OF Samuel
nv, p.,ce for a lamp on Third street De-
49, Adams and jackson streets, and
We, .Iobn Wagner. for lamp on
Hn,nOav tan. y. street between Twelfth ana
Thireenth streets. u.oa i. ha,ancs
The City Treasurer reported paianos
ot SlSs 900 Az in the U nion Na.ioha,
p,rk 10 the credit of the city, ana tnat
during % the past week he had received
hs ALLOWING amounts: Board OF wafer
nOmmissioners, lu 10 pay interest ON LOAD,
~ sV;n So0 Tax Receiver Moody, 81, sSs;TAx
% Psceiyer Kane, $l,T50; City Auditor
Dar' nO motion of Mr.. Merris Taylor. the
s,L was instructed to make the proper
o.,,i.s IN the lien book to the credit
" ,he parties who have settled the
claims against them
The Street Comm issioner reported
that dnring the past week he had "a
men and teams employed In cleaning
and repsiring he streets, with pay
,o ali amounting to $284.S7, and the
Saver Department reported Z men en-
nlfved with q payroll Of &63 40.
The Sewer Committee reported in
favor of granting the petition Of N. b.
Danfortb, to have the sewer at DEF :
ware avenue and DUPONT street archea
At an estimated cost of 900.
The psy-rell Of the Police Depart
mept, amounting to 81 93l.oS, was pre-.
mpted and an order drawn for the
amount
Mr.. Mtrris Taylor, chairman of the
Finance Committee, then presented the
mi,celsneous pay roll for the present
month, amounting to Sl91s IS, and
moved that orders be drawn TOR the
amount
Mr. Murray objected, on the ground
that the money was not due until the
end Of the month, and asked that the
clerk read the law relating to drawing
salaries. When the clerk finished read
ing Mr. Murray asked that the pay roll
. be referred back to the committee, but
Mr., Taylor forestailed further action by
Withdrawing it.
Mr.. K. Il. Taylor thought that &C
| cOrdlng 10 lhe law just read by the clerk
| 1t was right and proper that action
should be- taken on the roll, as 1t pro
vded that all monthly pay-rolls shall
be passed ON the last Thursday night In
/ the month. He did not think 1t just tc
Keep these people waiting for theil
/ mtDey, and thought the roll should bt
passed and the orders drawn, the same
s had always been done.
A discussion was about to snsue
| when the president announced that .,
| the roll had been withdrawn there wa.
nothing before Council, and proceeded
to call the wards.
The petition of George w. Bush snt
Others for permission to lay drain OF
Fifth street from West to Tatnall
thence to Fourth street to connect will
| tue se"rl, Wab foiciicu W huo NoWo
Committee.
George W Quinn and others peti
toned Tor the opening of B street Ii
sOuta Wilmington from Market I
Locust street, and the petition was rt
tertd to the Opening Streets Commit
tee.
The petition of M. b. Smith an
others for lamp on Mad ison street b,
tween Fifth and Sixth streets, WAS RI
ierred to the Lamp Committee wit
power to act.
Patrick Dillon petitioned for curbin
aud paving the sidewalks on the mort
side of Seventh street between Hsrriso
and franklin streets, and the petitio
was referred to the Street Committee.
A patition was read from George "
vernon aud others, asking that IL
grade Of Fifth street between Maids
and Monroe streets be allowed TO RI
main as 1t now is,as change will dan
sge not on their pre- perty hut that
numbers of others In the neighborhoo,
When the clerk finished reading tn
peti,len Mr.. Blake said that he resid'
ID that neighborhood himself, and
would say that every word of IL ws
tae' On his motion Council decide
I, meet on the ground at o. clock tn
afternoon,
The petition of William Morrow,
nave The curb reset aud the gutter r
pa7t0 on Fourteenth street, betwet
hle9 and French streets, was referre
The Street Committee.
chambers Campbell and others Pc
Hp Tpaed Tor gas lamp at Eleventh al
oaippey Streets and the petition W
,elefred to the Lamp COMMITTEES, W.
power to act.
Iae petition Of Edward Belts,
Iuoiog and gutter on the west eide
vpeuerson street between Thirteenth al
satoutteenth strsets, for the purpose
SuauhR nuisance, was referred to I
o'iset Committee.
peiiiou was received from SAINT
~ fierce and a mum Der of others, as
i,as mat the sidewalk on Scott str,
hou Eleventh street to No. II scht
ISIpaVed The petition was accomps
oNnoy communication from the Boa
,hncation endorsing 1t, and the N
nit'ee " 'Ao -eo' w
nt; uh Brison introduced resoiutit
ssnlch was adopted, authorizing I
no poSer Comrnittee to advertise for p
Sas sU'ss 10Y covering the sewer at De
e"so avenue and DUPONT stree ; q
Caesoiation instructing the Bulidi
~ u missioner to ascertain and rep
all al We Sewer Committee the names
dra d parties, public or private, who ht
,asai ns connecting with the SO ers.
TTTlutlon Th was adopted.
Man Mae President announced that
,ba ,basof mad returned with his appro'
thu thu oiullance fixing and establish
Ana sIades OF certain streets in this ci
NJ II Is now a law of this city.
had r' . Merris Taylor introduced 6
nr",tsa u teaa st eeond time an ordina
igsltlng eierh for the appointment Q
Ci,n N 10 the Finance Com mittea
yss, 1ieasnrer, at salary at $720
orSin, i Mr Taylor explained tnAt
b,1aahce b, 1asce was only Intended to conf
resoSw ,sw what had been established