Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-11-19
CITY COUNCIL.
THE STREET OoMnIrrnx UNpxK
MIR. Murray Wants to Prosecute For Z
Violation OF the City Charter, and
Mr.. Hawkins Offers . Years
saIary For the Purpose.

mootiuB Vi OOuDcii 10 OrO0f last ovonlnQ 2
punosually ut 730 O'Clock, and the
clerk called the roll. The minutes
were partly read, when on motion Of
Mr.. Blake the tho further reading WA
dispensed with. At the request Of Mr..
Chambers the minutes Of the special
session, held last Saturday, were read
and approved.
The Finance and Law Comm ittees
reported favorably on the ordinance for
Inc relief of the appropriation for paw.
ing streets.
Tho Street Committee reported in
favor Of granting the petition of the
Fort Wayne Electric Light Company,
for permission to erect their poles and
stretch wires Through the streets of this
city. under certain restrictive ordin
ances, providing that ths plant be com.
menced within sixty days, and COM
pleted within three months.
! Mr.. Merris Taylor advised Council tc
proceed with caution In this II after and
| thought they should be fully assured
that this company is not coming here
for speculative purposes. He moved
that the further consideration OF ths
matter be postponed one week.
l Mr.. X. 81. Taylor agreed with all
was OF considerable Importance to this
city. This Is foreign company CON.
Ing here 70 make money, and he thought
they shouid pay something for the pri
vilege.
The agent Of the company was pre-
sent and on motion OF Mr.. Blake wa,
allowed to make j statement concern.
ing his company, with the places where
they are now operating.
A discussion ensued which was par
ticipated In BY Messys. Norris Taylor,
Murray and Blake, when the last
named offered an am endment that the
matter be referred to the Finance and
Street Committees, and the motion 81
Ianended was carried.
The Law Committee reported that
they had examined an ordinance pro
viding for the protection Of centre
stones, and an ordinance authorizing
the Water commissioners to create q
loan Of SIS, 600, aud found nothing In
either contrary to law or the city char
ter.
The Park Committee, to whom was
referred the return Of the oommis sion
appointed to assess damages for the
lands of j. CLOUD Elliott, reported in
favor OF rejecting It, and the report
was adopted.
The City Treasurer reported q bal
auce In the Union National Bask OF
SS7, ,S70.34 to the credit of current ex
penses, and . balance Of 356, 100 to the
credit OF the park fund.
Tho treasurer also reported that
during the week he hsd received the
following amounts: Tax Receiver
Moody, $743; Tax Receiver Kane,
S6T5; Mechanics Loan Association, $16
for interest.
The Street Com missioner reported
that during the week he had sS men
and 8 teams employed, with q psy-rolI
amounting to $eo9 81.
The petition Of A. 8. Reed, for per.
mission 70 set 70 feet of curb on Clay.
mont street, between Twelfth and Thir-
teenth streets, was granted.
A communication Was received from
the Phoenix Fire Company, stating thai
on the night Of September Goth, while
proceeding along Claymont street, be
iween Twelfth and Thirteart tn streets,
In responding to an alarm OF Are, they
oollided with some building material,
With which all but nine feet Of the
street was blocked; that this material
belonged to Archie 8. Rsed, and that
be hal no lights or danger signals dis.
played.
The collision permanently Injured
both their horses so that they are no
longer ft for Gre purposes, and they
therefore ask Council to appropriate
5000 to enable them to purchase d pair
OF horses.
Tho petition was referrsd to the FL
nance and Law Com mittees.
Il William II piarsna HaHt;4naA
the opening Of Second street from Lin.
coin to Scott, and the petition was re-
ferred to the Opening Streets Commit.
tee.
A communication was received from
George A. Elliott, Esq, the attorney OF
the Philadelphia Turnpike Company,
calling attention to the fact that
although their bill had been presented
to Council some time ago no action had
been taken, and threatening that unless
the m after WAS attended 10 at once to
enter suit against the city in the Supe.
rior Court. The matter WAS referred to
the Street Coinmi ittoe, with ipetruc.
tions to report ut the next meeting OF
Council.
DR.. l.. Kittenger petitioned for the
grading and opening of Twsnty.sixth
street from Market and Tatnall, and
the petition was referred to the Open
Ing Streets Committee.
A remOnstrance was received from
Patrick Heaney and others against
changing the grade of Seventh avenue,
aud the matter WAS referred to the
Opening Streets Com mmittee.
Mr.. Newell introduced an ordinance
fixing and establishing the grade of .
part OF Lowering avenue, which was
read . second time and referred to the
Law Committee.
MIR. Norris Taylor called up dor
third reading the ordinance providing
for the relief of the appropriation for
paving streets. When the first section
was read Mr. Taylor offered substi
tnte, providing for taking certain
amounts from the different appr0pria-
lions, amounting In the aggregate tol
S6, ,226, ,62, and moved Its adoption.
Mr.. Chambers asked II the chairman
'of the Finance Committee had made
any calculation for paving one square
with friedrich. when Mr.. Taylor re
piled that ho had not, as he had hard
enough work to raise money TO pay the
bills nj eady contracted.
MIR. Murray said that he was opposed
to the ordinance, as the Street Commit
tee had S2s. 600 for paving streets At the
commencement OF the year. and that
now they only have $1O4 lett, They
have gone ahead and contracted debts
amounting to S6,465.44 and thus vio.
lated the city charter, which provides
that no committee shall exceed their
appropriation, and when their appropria-
tion is exhausted they shall stop work.
He moved as an amendment that the
Street. Committee be dealt with accord
ing to the city charter. The amend
msnt was seconded by Mr.. Hawkins
hut the President declared it out OF
OF der, az it was foreign to che subject
aid aratiop