Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-11-27
THIRD EDITION.



An adjourned meeting of City Ccun-
ell WAS held last evening with Presi.
dent Eokel in the chair. The Strs ct
Committee reported In favor OF grant
ing the petition OF P. Hughes for q
crossing at Sixth aud VanBu streets.
The Police Committee presented a
hill from Dougherty q Brother OF
$2l .50 for hauling. prisoners TO the nall,
and for officers who have been obliged
to 90 long distances after prisoners.
Mr.. Hawkins was opposed to paying
the bill, rs ne considered 1t contrary to
law.
Mr.. Barnhiil eaid bills of this kind
were handed in almost every month,
and he thought u will be we'll In the
future for the officers to go TO Mr.. Haw-
kins and obtain an order for convey
aDce whenever they have drunken
prisoners to take TO the hall.
The discussion was participated In
by Messrs. Murray, Norton, Newell,
Moore and Cham oers, after which an
order was passed for t! amount.
The City Treasurer II ported balance
OF $75,11 % In bar X to the credits OF tho
city, and that during the week he had
collected the following smount:. Tax
Receiver Kane, 81, 500.
1hO otTObb EbDOELtu ~
men and teams employed, with q pay
roll of s1s3 81, and an order was Drawn
for the amount. An order wac also
drawn fer the police pay roll amounting
10 81 ,93l.6S
The petition of George A. Elliott,
Esq, the attorney OF the Wilmington
and BraDdywine Passenger Railway
Company, asking permission to lay
their tracks on French and other streets,
was referred to the Street Committee
The petition OF James McKendrick
for the paving OF the sidewalk on Union
street between Delaware and Gilpin
avenues was referred to the Street Com
mittee.
Mr.. Newell called up fer third
reading the ordinance to protect centre
stones, and 1t was passed.
Mr.. Norton then rose to q question Of
privilege, and said that he was unfor-
tuuate In not being present at she meet
ing Of Council ou the 18Th instant, but
was detained by sickness. He had,
however, read the report in the news
papere, and saw in the Every Evening
a severe criticism on the conduct of the
Street Committee, In exceeding their
appropriation OF $40, 600 for paving
streets, in which 1t was limited that the
committee had acted dishonesty. He
said that he came to this city twenty
two years ago, with about SIS in his
pocket, and had entered into business. |
Since then he had transacted business
with Harlan s. HollinRs Pusey |
b Jones and other large firms, and he !
dehed any one TO point TO q single dis
honest act on his part; he Considered
himself as honest as any Other member
OF Council, add q great deal more 50
than some.
He had rose to defend himself aeains.
the attacks CT Mr.. Murray, ana in 40
doing had TO defend the Street Com.
mittee, OF which be is q mem er Tne
ordir ance, passed BIZ = former Council, |
required the Street Com uittes 10 pave
twenty seven squares Of streets, nine |
teen of which were TO be hubble pave. |
ment and the remainder Belgian hlocks,
and for this purpose the Finance Com |
mittee, Of which Dennis Mennu was
chairman, appropriated SIC, 1000, which,
as they had based their estimates on |
previous years, they cor sidered sun.
Client. The contracts for the work were
given out at 81 24I< per square yard for !
Belgian blocks, and 67l1 per square l
yard for rubhle etonte, and this was 1
considered very low. But the commit /
tee met with number of difficulties; |!
the beds Of manv Of the streets had to i
be dug out much deeper than was ex- |
pected, causing more rand TO be used |
and eonst quent increase of expenses. |
de read the advertb emeuts inviting |
proposals., To show that tie city was to |
furnish the sand for the work, for the /
purpose Of contradicting Mr. Murray'a |
assertion that sucb vas not the fact. H. /
then turned his attention TO Mr.. Murray, |
~ d laid that no had been informed that |
whenever that gentleman thought he |
could make point, he invited his
friends to come Mp 10 Council and tear /
him, bat lie wanted this great Cassr, |
this would be Henry Clay this second. !
hand Daniel Wetster, to understand tina. !
duringth he time he had been in Council he
had never heard him advocate measure |
that was Of any benefit TO the tax
payers. He ia chronic Rrumblar and
Kicker, aud Was mad because he could
not get to be chairman Of the Street
Committee. He rem irded him Of .
child at play, who said II you don't let
me slide on Jour cellar door, | won't
play.
H5 then resumed hla defense of the
Street COMMITTEE and said that the only
deTeliction of duty on their par was
that they did not do oil the work re-
CURED by the ordinance. The Finance
Committee had figured out the amount
needed, and Council had ordered 81
squares of streets to be paved, 10 ifi
there was any fault in the matter 1t be-
longed somewhere else than with the
Street Com mit.ee.
He also preduced and read the follow
Ing report of expenditures:
Francis MeCloskey, payroll for l,to:,24
sand lot.......... ...............
Martin keOgh, Jr.. paving Fifth
street. between Madison and Men
roe with cosble stones. ga c.
Martin Keosh, Jr,, to paving Sec.
ond street between Washington
and Jackson, with cobble stoned llle.s SO
Davis h Simmons paving Front
street between ShlpIey and Justi-
son, with Belgian blocks -. e464. 20
Davis Brother, paving Pine street
between Fourth and EiRuth, and
Fourth street between Lombard
and Pine streets, OF sc,ount....., 100000
Lawrence Burns, repairing tDois So
McClepahan Bro, crossinRP.. bs %
y. u. Simmons FRO, lumber. $40
9lyap allen, paving bricks..... 400
James McKendrck, curb. ........ 1270
hauling ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1850 Al
Sls 972 10
Balance on hand ....,. .......... 2.33