Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-12-24
CITY COUNUIL.
The Judgment Against the City in the
Case OF W. G II. Coiquhoun to be
Paid Fuel Committee Appointed,

The Judgment Against the City in tn
Case OF W. c II. Coiquhoun to b
Paid-Fuci Committee Appointed.
The regular stated weekly meeting q
City Council was held last evening
with President Eckel in the chair. Th
roll was called and the minutes OF tn
last meeting read and approved.
The Law Committee presented th
bill of Fl. W. McIntire for $25, whel
Mr.. Hawkins objected to it's being paid
but after 1t was explained that MI
McIntire had acted as clerk to the Oh,
Solicitor during the recent cases agains
the city the opposition Was Withdrawn
and the bill ordered to be paid.
The bill in the case of D. Fl. Kent
VS.. the Mayor and Council amounting
- $3.50 with $685. interest and costs
was on the recon- nendation of the CITY
Solicitor referred to the Water Com
IN ission for pay ment.
The City Treasurer reported balance
In the Union National Bank OF 81 965
"a to the cI edit OF current expenses, and
$27 ,l71.26 to the credit OF the park fund
He also reported that during the pas,
week be had received the following
amounts: Tax Receiver Moody, $565
Tax Receiver Kane, $4O0; Board OF
Water Commissioners, for interest due
January LIST, 81, $40; John W. Hawkins,
$2.
The Street Commissioner repo, ted IA
men and 2 teams employed on the
streets OF this city, with q payroll
amounting to $71. 90, and ar order was
drawn for the amount.
The pet tion OF Thomas d. Hizar, to
have % cents tax, which he had paid
on Q property belonging to the B. & o.
Railroad Company, refunded, was re.
ferred to the Finance Com mmittee.
A comm unication was received from
Bradford b Vardesrift, attorneys for
W. o. r. ColquhouD, protesting against
any further delay in settling the judg-
ment of $425 with costs, which he OBJ
tanned against the city at the recent
term Of the Superior Court. The attor.
neys asked that q check be drawn for
the amount before 70 o'clock to day,
and threatened II this was not done to
have an execution issued.
A motion was made to refer the mat.
ter to the Law Committee, when Mr..
Merris Taylor said that he thought it
would be unwise to refer 1t to the COM
mittee, as 1t was q judgment and must
he paid; IL 1t was not an execution
would be issued, and that would In.
cresse the COSTS lie would have liked
IL Mr.. Colquhoun could have waited
until the exact amount of all the judg-
ments against the city could be ascer-
tained, when an extraordinary appro.
priation could be passed But as the
money is demanded now he thought IL
would be better to pay 1t, and on his
motion the clerk was directed to draw
an order, after the City Solicitor ehall
the amount.
Mr.. Dillon offered resolution, which
was adopted, providing for the appoint
mert OF a committee on fuel, and the
President appointed Messrs. Dillon,
Murray, Miller, Brison and Forrest.
A bill OF $500 from City Solicitor
Turner for his services during the re-
cent cases against the city, was read by
the clerk, but no action whatever was
taken on it.
Mr.. Merris Taylor presented the in
terest list, amounting to al, ,790, which
will fall dle on Yater loans during
1857, snu ! IS c-efz AIS instructed To-
transmit eopy 10 the Board of W ater
Com missioners.
There being no further business
Council was about to adjourn, when
Mr.. Norton rose, and after few apprS-
pirate remarks presented Clerk Mes.
sick with 8 gold pen and Bailiff Kelley
with ring as a mark of appreciation
Of their services by the members Of
Council.
During the evening the following
bills were passed: n. W. McIntire, S25;
H G. Turner, $3.50; Prothonotary
Maxwell, $50 IL; Walter McEvely,
b24 30; p, w. & B Railroad Comp
81 cents; The Southern Electric Light
Company, $46.25; e. A. Packer,
BIB 3S; e. A. Robinson, $22; NJ. T
Pools, 1928 90; H. O'Neale, $1OO;
John Murray. $50; Mrs. Williams, $25;
John T. Elliott, 500 10; Il. Mcdowell,
30 cents; John Leonard, SIS; Matthew
Kyle, $3. %; John Hawke, $68.75; G. P.
Maroney, S13 rs; Margaret Quinn, $40;
John Leonard, $57. .05; SpechJ & Spehn,
b3S IL, Thomas Reynolds, So 70; Patrick
McGeary, $l5; h. E. McVey, 81.