Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-10-22
CIrY COUNCIL.


the Report OF she Comnittee on Fire
Brick PAvament-The Matter Fully
Discussed BY Oouncil-mr. Murray
Opposes 1t and Thinks Belgian
BLOCKS rs Cheap and More Durable.
The regalsr weekly meeting OF City
Council Was held ON Thursday evening.
with rresident Eckel In the chair. In
the abeence Of Clerk Messick, Clerk
Hyland Allied the position. The roll
vas called and the minutes partly read /,
when on motion Of Mr.. McKenns the
further reading WAS dispensed with.
The Public Buildings Com mittee pre-
sente5 sn itemized bill for the expendi.
turee Oh the new police quarters, amount
ing 70 $685. 1S, and on motion Of Mr.. B.
Il. TAy Tor the report was adopted.
Tue Opening Streets Committee re.
ported In favor of awarding the con
TRACT for grading franklin street, from
Front to Fourth streets, to James 4.
Mcbride, he being the lowest bidder.
The Law Com mittee reported that
they had examined the ordinance fixing
aud establishing the grade of part OF
Lowering avenue, and found nothing In
1t contrary to law or the city charter.
The Sewer Committee reported bill
from John @. Brison Of S848 95 for work
and material for q drain on Second
street, and Mr.. Brison moved that an
order he drawn for the amount.
Mr.. Murray objected TO the bill on
the ground that ne It was over $50 the
oom mittee should, according 10 law.
have advertised for proposals, and had
no right to have the work done In any
other way.
Mr.. Brison said the work had been
ordered by q resolution OF Council, which
was passed by an aye and nay vote. He
thought the bill was very reasonable,
and asked Mr.. Murray what he thought
would be fair cost for the pipe and
1.-THE work.
That gentleman replied that be
thoue ht the pipe was worth about &c
ceDts foot, and then about as much
more for laying 1t, when Mr.. Brison
Remarked that II he would calculats
the bill he would find that the cost did
not exceed 20 cents q foot, which, at
There was considerable extra work to bt
ldone, was very reasonable.
A vota was then taken on the motion
10 draw an order for the amount, and
1t " as adopted without further discus
Ision.
The same committee made an aIvers<
report on granting the petition of j. &
ID Seeds d Son to have q part of thu
money they paid for tapping . sewer re
funded.
!, Mr.. Murray objected and offered ar
amend ment that the petition DO grant
led, which was opposed by Mr.. Brison
who stated that the Messrs. Seeds ownet
"a feet of ground on the street wher'
they had tapped the sewer on whicl
they had erected two houses, each o
which has a frontage of 18 feet. Th'
rem ainder of their ground is taken NJ
with side yards for these houses, and h'
thought they should pay as much TO
the yards as they did for the houses.
The discussion was continued TO
some time, when a vote was tai en- OF
the amendment and It was lost, and th
oriainal motion prevailed.
When the President declared th
motion carried, Mr.. Murray said b.
Z supposed now that ifa man had va
can't lot square long, and was to bnilt
, one house on 1t, he would have to pay TO
the sewer the whole length of the lot
The President replied that no sucl
Iquestion had even been before th
bouse. The question was on refundinI
q certain amount Of money to party
which Council had refused to do, AM
that was all there was In 1t.
Under the head of unfinished bust
ness, the Police Committee reported Il
favor of accepting the new quarters 70
the police and charging the bill @
1888. 18 to the miscellaneous appropris
tion, and the report was adopted wit
but one dissenting vote, that being MI
Hawkins.
The special committee appointed t
examine into the merits of the Ar
brick pavement, and the advtsabilit
lof trying 1t on one square In this city
made long report In favor OF giviD
1t q trial. They made arrangement
with the manufacturer at New Cumbe
Hand, West Virginia, to furnish brick
lenough for o sample square at 20 pt
/, lcent discount from the regular pric'
which would make the cost at the cars
Icsnts per square yard; the freight woul
be 48 cents per square ard, and 40 cen
more for laying and sand. gravel an
tar, making a total of 81. 90 per squal
Iyard. The committee found that In Il
tsquare proposed to be paved on Mark
street, between Fifth and Sixth street
~ There were 724 square yards.
3 The report COL cluded with a recon
mendation to give the new pavement
d trial.
a The subcommittee, composed
Messers Blake and Baynard, also mao
O report, In which they stated that thu
4 had visited Wheeling, W. Va, Ste
;fI beuville and Bridgeport, Ohio, ar
= also New Cumberland, where the bricl
,s are made. They found the bricks
8 :, use at the first three places NAMED, al
I at Wheeling saw pavement whit
had been in use four years, over whit
e heavy wagons loaded with coal, ar
1T Idrawn by eight horses, were constant
passing, but notwithstanding this u
, pa vement is in as good condition no
IL as when 1t was first laid. The con
10 mittee found that in each place whe
NJ lit is used, that 1t has given the create
AZ satisfaction, and that no other kind
pavement was now being used.
d Mr.. Blake said that when he start
on the trip he did not think the fl
brick would make good pavemel
s, lbut when he saw heavy teams, carryi
0. flour tons of coal, pa assing over them co
ltinually, and found that they had be
fused in this way for four years, he cal
or to the conclusion that 1t was the b'
material that could be obtained for
purpose, and he had no hesitation
saying it beat any thing he ever saw
tue way OF paving. The pavement
wheeling Ia as good to-day as it v
when first put down four yssrs al
= and although be had examined 1t We
carefully he he ) failed TO find sim
=lbriok broken, Or even t1e mark OF
wagon wheel. At is perfectly smoo
and carriage or wagon passes over
without noiFe.
He also spoke of the rapiditT "
which this psyomept cou d be laid, a