Daily Republican., 1886-05-05
THE WAFER COMMISSION.
COUNCIL THRksATEkAsD WITH LE-
GAL PROCEEDINGS
Unless the Ordinance Providing for the
New Loan is Passed at Once
A Very Sharp Letter.

| The regular no Meeting of the Board of
Water Comm issioners was hold last
levening with President Porter in the
chair. The minutes were read and ap-
proved, after which petition WAS pre-
sented from Patrick Dillon asking
that water pipe, be laid on Filth Htreet
between Jackson and VanBureu streets.
to supply eighteen houses; also one
from Andrew Taylor for 1,009 feet of
pipe on the cauSeway, to supply four
houses. Both petitions were referred
to Chief Engineer Bond. The presi-
dent presented a letter from Robert
Wetherill & Company, of Chester,
stating that as the Board had failed to
make the first payment due them, they
would be Obliged to borrow the amount
for their own use, and that they would
| charge the interest to the Board.
A bill from Frank r Carswell for
S4l.3l, for work on the new storage
house At Cool Spring reservoir, was
presented and passed. A commune
cation was also received from Mr. Cars-
well recommending the payment of
/ $3.50 to Thomas j. Bowen Tor extra
work on the storage house, but as the
be unfair to the other bidders to paes
this bill, the recommendation was not
complied with.
The petition of James B. Ssidham for
permission to use water from the strees
hydrants for the purpose of sprinkling
the streets, was granted, on condition
that he pays the same rent as he paid
last year,
A proposition was received from the
Yale & Towne manufacturing company
Offering to supply a tramway and rail
OF 200 pounds capacity for $407, and
the matter was laid over. Chief Engi-
neer Bond and Registrar GroSe pre-
sented their bonds and they were
approved.
The Chisf Engineer reported that he
had received the following bids for fur
nishing plants and arranging the gar
den In the yard Of the department at
Sixth and King streets: John Stewart
presented two bids, one Of $136 and the
other $50. 80, the later being for only q
part of the work required to be done;
j. L. Brown, sos. 40; M. +. Hayden, So
per hundred for the plants, and no
charge for setting out. After some
discussion the contract was awarded to
j. j.. Brown.
The Edge Moor Iron Company was
awarded the contract to build a stack
at the City Mill station for $1,000. and
B. f. Perkins contract to erect a force
pump at the same station for $4,000.
This work is necessary on account Of
the new Wetberill engine. These bids
were the lowest among those received
81 the previous meeting
The City Treasurer reported bal
ance of S63, 000,14 in the Union Ma
tional Bank to the credit of the COM
mission. The monthly pay- roll,
Amounting TO $l97 45, and the weekly
payroll of S507 81 were presented and
orders drawn in favor of Chiof Engi-
neer Bond for the amounts.
| The folio wing communication was
adopted, and the Registrar instructed to
send copy to City Council:
WILMINGTON, BEL, May 4, 1886.
To the Honorable the City Council of
Wilmi nRton.
GENTLEMEN: We very much re-
gret the necessity OF having TO call
your attention to the fact that fully
four months ago, under the require
ments of an act passed at Dover, April
10, 1888, bv the General Assem- bly,, the
Board OF Water Com missioners made a
requisition upon you for city bonds to
the amount of 500, 200.
The board having patiently awaited
the issuance of these bonds, bu; heliev-
ling from your action at the meeting Of
| April 80 that a serious matter ie being
trlfied with by the Council, and that the
issuance of said bonds is made doubtful,
the Board of Water Comm issiouers beg
to notify the City Council that they
will, unless said bonds are Immediately
Issued, at once resort to legal proceed
Iings to compel compliance with the
provisions of the law in that behalf.
!. AS such proceed ings may be attended
by pTotracted delays, the Board o.
Water Commissioners intend TO notify
the contractors under all existing con-
tracts for improve ments to the water
works, to look to Council for the pay
ments to which they may be entitled
under said contracts, or to legal pro-
ceedings against the city to suforce
such payments.
With the hope that the C5uucil
fully apprehends the situation, and is
aware of their own responsible .ity, we
are With assurances of the hi Le.t con-
sideration,
Very res pectfully yours,
| WILLIAM T. PORTER,
| CHRISTIAN FEBIGER,
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