Daily Republican., 1886-07-23

tpohcou too Hhuy pilIb. DE Ia maid
tgooo salary, and he thouEht he shonl,
Mr.. Blake thought the bill ahc, ii h
paid, as this expense had been ir,snrrs
attending to business for the CITY ont
side OF the Solicitors regular duties.
Mr. horton said he would like In hea
the Solicitor, as he had no eoubt In
what he could explain the matter TO IN
satisfacion OF the members. but M,
mch eana objected, rs he thought tn
Soncitor knew as well as any one tina
the bill should have been iteraized.
Il MT. Il. ID. Taylor did not think
right to object 10 the bill and attac|
the Solicitor without giving him
chance TO explain, and M. NICK enu
withdrew bis objection.
1 The City Solicitor explained hoy
these suits came to be brought aeains
the city, and said that when the css
was brought up In tho Court he foun,
that the three principal witnesses ver
returned non est, and as he could no
go to trial without these witnesses. h
had the case put off. TOE case will b
taken up at the coming session o
court, and he had been instructed b,
the sewer Committee to hunt up thes,
missing witnesses. He had spen
thres days In Philadelphia on one oc
casion, aud two at another time, bu
failed TO find the men, although be baf
made diiligent search. The men b,
wants are the contractor. Crooks. anf
the two men who be had a. work build
ing the sewer in South Wilmington
which ts the cause of the suit. In re
gard TO i'emizing the DILL he said he
would have had to put down every
Time he rode In 3 street car, and ht
dldn, feel like doing that, neither did
be think that the rule adopted by
Oouncil inteGded that he shoyld do IT,
Mr.. Norton asked the City Solicitor
II ne went to any other place beside,
philadelphia, and upon his answering
In the negative, said 1t might have been
well for him TO have gone to Lopp
| branch, as that is a summer resort, and
he had known of persons going there
when they were wanted somewhere
else.
Mr.. Murray again spoke against nav
ing the bill, and called for the ayes aad
nays.
Upon a vote being taken 1t resulted
10 ~ ayes TO 8 nays, Messrs Murray
mchehpa and Hawkins voting in the
negative, and Mr.. Baynard absent.
The Lamp Committee reported In
| favor of granting the petition of Georoe
y, Capelle for lamp on Tenth street
between West and Washington streets.
The City Treasurer reported bal.
ance OF S56. 456. 81 In the Union Nation
al Bank TO the credit of the city, and
that during the week he had received
the following amounts: Tax Receiver
Moody, $24 1876; Tax Receiver Kane.
$1s, ,250; Board of Water Comm issione ers
for interest on loan, So 1870.
The Street Com missioner reported
that during the past week he had SO
men and 8 teams employed on the
streets Of this city with q pay roll
amounting to S437-t8, and the Sewer
Department presented O psy-roll
amounting to S51.75.
The Sewer Com mittee also presented
a communication from Jeseup 8. Moore
and others, demonstrating against the
city building sewer on Webb street to
run into S.lverbrook, until after the
suit which they have brought in the
Court of Chsncery to test their aquarian
rights, Is decided. The matter was
referred 10 the Sewer Com mmittee.
Chief Engineer Robinson reported ex.
amining the tracks of the Wilmington
City Passenger Railroad Company on
Market street, from Front to Third
streets, and to giving his report to the
street comm issioner. AS Mr.. Robinson
was not present, the Street Comm lesion
or was called upon and said that the re
port was verbal.
At Second street he found the old
track on the west side from 2 to 81
inches above grade, and on the east
side from 10 inches. Az Iai.i street
1t is inches above grade. Tee Street
4 (lprra % nil
as he heard the report of the sgrveyor
he ordered the company TO stop work
until he received instructions from
Council. Ii was stated in the discussion
which followed that the grade had been
raised by the street car company, and
on motion Of Mr.. Blake the Street Com.
missioner was instructed to notify the |
company that they must lower their
tracks to conform with the grade as |
established by the city.
The following petitions were received
and referred to the proper com I'm ittees: |
william Hamilton and others calling |
attention to petition of July 9 asking
for gutterlng and crossing on Lincoln |
street and Lowering avenue; G. p. Viii.
Hanson and others, for a lamp on Four /
teenth street between Rodney and Clay
ton; w. j. Gibbons and others, for
on the south side of Logeringl
avenue from Scott TO Lincoln streets
Charles T. Morford and others, lamp on
Bennett street above Tenth.
The following bids for removingI
ashes and rubbish for the ensuing year
were opened and read;
For the first district: William OIL
Meara, for $1,000; Samuel Crothers.
% GOO; Harry o. Neill, $4,000; Martin
Keogh, &.799; Franz Ginglebach,
81, 700; James II. Mcbride, SLIGO;
Michael Riley, Sl,750; Benjamin
Ewing, Sl,769; John Page, o., 500,
James 7. Riley, S1,700
Second district: Michael Riley.
81 600; Franz Ginglebach, S2,400; M.
Keogh, Jr., S2777; Walter McEyily,
81 200; Samuel Crothers, 50, 600; James
+. Mcbride, 81, 1870; Henry Mckinney,
81, 900; William O'Meara, 50 2450; James
]. Riley, 81, 200. The bids were refer
rcd to the Street Committee. Ii
Mr.. Newell called ap for third Ii
reading the ordinance relating to drains
and sewers, and after some discussion
It was resolved to have 81 copies printed I
anil postpone the considerations of it
until this evening, when a special
meeting will be held to take action on
,he matter.
Bills were passed as follows: James {
Johnson, S13; H. G. Turner, $25; p, W.
= B. II + Co., 81 10; Frank Hyatt, S15; L
lanes McKendrick, 81 80. IL
Ho! For Harper's Ferry.
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