Daily Republican., 1888-12-21
CITY COUNCIL.
REGULAR STATED MEETING
LAST EVENING.
A Short sesSlon-Tno Associated OhAri-
ties Denounced as Impsrtinont-
A man In . FIt-BIls Paid
-OthsF Businsss.

twtH'J 'uho ihtiHDtTH answered aye
to City Council roll call last night
amongst the hbsentees being Presiden
Farra, whose seat was filled by Council.
man Moore through the courtesy of th,
Democratic members. Then followed tn,
reading OF the minutep, after which
Premier Quinn, chairman OF the Finance
Committee, sent in some bills, which
were ordered paid.
The Park Committee answered with
more bills Mr.. sharkey, Of the Printing
Committee, sent up another batch Of
bills, and Mr., McKenney, chairman Of
the Committee on Accounts, had a bill oi
two, and SO the routine was going on
when there was a slight thud upon the
floor outside the railing, and commo.
ton amongst the lockers en- In the lobby
followed, A young man named Toner,
subject to fits, had suddenly been seized
with one, and had fallen from the chair
to the iloor.
Mr.. Beale, Mr., Forrest and Mr.. Nc
Kenny, all the nearest to him, looked
around aud went TO his assistance. Mr..
Quinn rushed over with a tumbler of
water In hand, followed by Mr.. Roberts,
Mr. Chambers, Mr.. Bower and others,
with theic tumblers Of water. President.
protein Moore declared a recess of ten
minutes, while the sympathetic Council :
men WED IN their kind attentions to the
unfortunate man, DIR. Paterson having
been sent for arrived and had the young
man removed to he clerks office, where
he was soon himself again. Councilmen
then resumed their seats and business
proceeded
The city treasu er reported balance to
current expenses, Sl0S, ,057 IS; park pur-
poses, S427. o.; received from Water Com.
missioners So, 1850; from Martin J. Mealy,
$3.50.
The city treasurer also sent commu-
ni'atlon to Council stating the amount
that would be due on water bonds from
the lst VI January, 1889, 10 the 3lst OF
December, 1889, aud the ictersst that
would be due on the same. From the
statement It was seen that the amount
due WAS SS22, 500, and the interest on the
same ti4 100. All OF II was ON @ per
cent. interest except S5O,0U0 at o p, r
cent, 100000 at ~ per cent, aud fG0,-
900 at 81 per cent.
Mr. Quinn made mo ion, which was
adopted, to have the notice spread upon
the minutes, and that the clerk be in.
strucied to send copy of the same to the
Board of Water Commissioners.
The chair announced that the erli
nance amending the ordinance concerning
ohenseA against the public economy and
certain nuisancts had been approved by
the mayor and declared II an ordinance
of the city
Mr.. Quinn stated that he, ln company
of the President Of the City Council, had
waited upon Superintf ndent Mr.. Van
Smith, OF The B. & o. Railroad, to urge
the erection OF safety gates at street aud
avenue crossings Mr.. Smith replied
that his company had received many
manifestations Of kindness and good will
from Wilmington and the safety gates
would be put In place az rs carly day as
possible.
A communication was received from
the Associated Charities asking that In
order TO avoid the duplication of orders
for al to the poor, that the interest of
the Latimer aud Herdman bequests to
the city for the poor be placed In their
hands for distribution
Mr. Mckinney moved that the com
municatiOn he accepted and fed. He
didn't IKE the tenor of the document
Mr. Quinn thought the communication
reflected upoa the honesty and rcputa-
tlon OF the City Council.
The general experience with the Asso
clated Charities was that u poor man
might freeze to death before they would
att nd TO his wants. He thought City
Council was fully capable of distributing
its own coal,
Mr.. Roberts said unless some reasons
were given for such demand the re.
qutst of the Associated Charities was
downright impertinenCe
As only about q IONS were allowed
for each ward, MIR. Chambers and Mr..
McKenney said they had already dis
tributed their allowance. After more re-
mari of like tenor the motion was
unanimously adopted.
The petition Of David R. Smith for the
return Of s. oVerpaid taxes was referred
to the Finance Committee.
Bills were passed rs follows: @. b
Doug erty, 50; E. W, Heald, SIS; Adams
h Bro, 25 cents; DR. E. G.. 81 oruldge,
t46; Groves q Co., S.; W Y swigRett,
S8l 80; Michael Riley, t34 25; William
Dollard, Sll.25; Thomas Dougherty, $40;
A. z Robe t., 81 so; Star Publ hing
Company, s IL; News PUBLISHING Com.
pAny, f7 IS; Held & Bro, 81 SO; A. F.
Messick, 81 90; Every Evening Printing
Company, sls,65,