Daily Republican., 1886-06-03
CITY COUNCIL.
A LONG DISCUSSION AND A
VERY SPIRITED DEBATE ON

A LONG DISCUSSION AND A
VERY SPIRITED DEBATE ON
The Appropriations for the Ensuin,
| Year-A Test Vote on the Park Cues
ton Results In Its Favor.
Another adjourned meeting Of Citl
Council was held last evening, Will
President Farra in the chair. Mr.
Merris Tay lor presented the resignation
of Joseph Myers rs inspector In tn,
Sixth district, Third ward, and after Il
was accepted William Campbell was
elected to fill the vacsncy.
Mr.. Merris Taylor also moved tha
Council proceed to nominate and cleo
an assistant inspector in the Twentieth
district, Eighth ward, in place Of
Daniel Appleby, removed from The
ward, and the motion was adopted.
| Mr.. Taylor then nominated William
~. cloud, and he was elected. A few
min utes after o'clock Council took a
recess for half an hour, to enable the
Finance Committee to finish the books
of the Board of Revision. At 8 O'Clock
Council was called to order by Presi
dent Farra. q petition was received
from Edward Fenton, asking permis
sion TO tap the drain at Seventh and
Walnut streets, for the purpose OF
draining the water from cellars in tina,
vicinity, and 1t was referred TO the
Committee on Sewers.
| The petition of John Carney, to have
the curb reset and the sidewalks paved
on WI son street from Eighth to Taylor
/ streeh, was referred TO the Street Gem
mi ittee.
The Finance Committee presented the
following report:
To THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL OF WILMINGTON
GENTLEMEN: --..--..-- -
Your Finance Committee beg leave 10
submit the following as their estimate
Of the assessment for the fiscal year be
ginning June l, 1886:
The assessment for Gchool PURPOSES
amounts to $50, 443, ,5I3.
The assessment for city purposes
amounts to $50, ,316 ,312.
Estimated revenues from
taxes for 1856. 6.... 5 40, 900. OO
Estimated revenues from
Auditor's % Office. e.... 1900 90
Horse tax. 666 OO
Water interest. 3,277. 90
Taxes 1867 -7.,.......... 379, ,437. 49
We find from the estimates that we
can fix the tax rate for city purposes at
eighty seven cents on the Sl0O; for
school purposes at thirty eight cents
on the 500; making total tax rate OF
81. 25 on the 500, reduction of twenty
cents on the 800 from last year.
The report was signed by Messrs
Mention, Farrell and Bay1ard, but Mr.
Farrell afterwards erased his name.
The report WAS recsived, and then
Mr.. Mention moved that the ordinance
making appropriations for the coming
year be taken up for third reading,
The motion was carried and the ordi-
nance as amended was read as follows:
Sinking fund. $13, 1000; interest, S47,-
1858; redemption loan No. %, Sc, 900;
No. 26, $500; No. 90, $1,000;
No. 80, IS 5000; certificate of indebted.
ness in Union National Bank, $25,
Board of Health, $1,000; opening and
grading of streets, 81, 900; public build
ings, ". 600; public lamps, $25, 900; re-
pairing and cleaning streets, $4,000;
laying street crossings and cutters,
81, 900; removing ashes, So, 900; paving
streets, one square on East Fourth
street; four squares, Pine from Fourth
to Eighth; and one square, Lord street t,
$6,0 900; two squares on West Third
street, from Van Buren, to Adams; four
squares on Front, from Shipley to
Justisor streets one square on
West Fourth street, from Madison
to Jefferson; one square, Fifth, from
Madison to Monroe; six squares, Sec
'oud, from Washington to Van Buren,
and jackson from Front to Maryland
avenue, $l4, 900; fire companies, $780,
0o0;. new sewers. $4,000; changing
grade and sewer, Front and Adams,
So 800; incidentals and miscellaneous,
S12, 600; salaries, $67, 600; public squares,
curbing and paving sidewalks, 81 900;
Board OF Education, S94, 800; New
School, $50, 600; interest on water bonds,
$50, III; total, $464. $40.
Mr.. Moore said that last year he asked
to have Walnut street paved all the
way out, and the committee told him
that they could not go above Seventh
street, but that they would do some
thing better this year.
He, however, found that nothing had
been done, and he moved that provision
be made for the paving of Walnut
street, from Seventh to Twelfth street.
Mr.. Mention said il that was done the
appropriation would have to be in,
creased, when Mr.. Moore replied
"Well, increase 1t, then"
Mr.. McKenna said he would offer an
amendment to Mr. Moore's motion, that
everything be done east of Market
street, and nothing the other side.
Mr.. K. H. Taylor called attention to|
the fact that some seven or eight years
ago an ordinance was passed by Coun
Gil to pave Walnut street from the
Cbristiana to the Brandy wine, but on
account OF the opposition which was
developed the work was only done to
Third street, and it remained In that
until last year.
Mr.. Farrell said that In looking over
the estimates he noticed an increase In
the appropriation for interest of S., ,250,
and he thought 1t would be we'll TO use
that for paving Walnut or any other
street. After he had signed the report \
Of the Finance Committee, he noticed |
that provision had been made to nav
the interest on the park loan, and he /
then erased his name, as he considered d |
It illegal to pass an appropriation for
money to pay q debt which was not yet
Mr.. Mention said that, as 1t was conf.
iently expected that the ordinanceI
for the loan for park pur.
poses would pass, provision had been
made for the interest. II the rdinanceI
lid not pass Council would have theI
1909, and could use it in any way