Daily Republican., 1889-02-07
FIXING I T. BILLS.

- s'''h hs"sy -foNfhFy MOI TO Exceed
$50 Per Month.
Presiden. j. q. FaFra, representing the
Oty Council; Geoigi W. Bush, G. W.
Weldin, Alleu SpeAA mau, David Lemon
anu l.. Y. Vandegrilt, EsC., REQ presenting
thu Citizens Association; W. 7. Porter.
representing tue Water Department; I;
Joseph l.. Carpenter and Newlin CAV
throp, representing The Street and Sewer
department; A. q. Wilson, representing
the CifS Election ard Registration De-
partment; DR.. D. 4. Draper, representing
the Health De. artment Of the city, and
:. IL. Smith, ESQ, repre- entlng the
Bo ri Of Education met In the rooms OF
the d reciors of the Street and Sew. De-
paFtment at O'Clock last night, to
con er togetntr and agree upon the draft
OF several bills affecting the city, and
10 be sent to the Legislature for enact
ment.
A telegram froh Mayor Harrington,
VINO was detained in Philadelphia, was
read, regretting his Inability to be presen t
at the meeting. George W. Bush pre-
sided.
Joseph L. Carpe1ter was asked If he
had anything to REPORT on behalf of the
street and Sewer department.
Mr.. Carpenter 81 ID he had nothing far
ther to report Than what he had laid be-
lore previous maeting. The time had
been too short, and he was to busy to
mature any bills.
L.. Z. Vandegrift, Eiq., suggested that
Mr.. Carpenter Iela 70 to the meeting what
he had before proposed, so that intelll-
gent action can betaken.
Mr.. Carpenter slid he did not wish to
appear as debating to the meeting what
the Street and Sewer ID partment wanted,
but he would cal the attention OF the
meeting to the fact that the present ap-
preparation by the City Council was not
sufficient to alloy them TO make the
needed street Improvements and to light
the city. He Thought that whether in
tended or not 1y the law creating the
commission, the lighting of the city or
anything else injected with the streets
properly belonged Q the Street and Sewer
Department. niet the present circum-
stances he thought that the appropriation
tor ligh'ing the NV should go for street
improvements, ard that the City Council
should ,ither assume the ddty of lightit z
the streets or make an additional appro-
priatlon OF the anount required for that
purpose to the stteet and Sewer Depart
ment 30 that they could do 1t.
Referring to thb building of an inter
@ ting sewer doFn the Brandywlne from
Rattlesnake Run tDwer, he was not able
to say yet what No cost would be, as the
chief engineer h4c not completed his es-
innate OF the wotk, He did not know
| whether tile cltyeould bear the expense
OF wider ing lentb street and making this
sewer, bat he understood that there
would he balRrse In the city treasury ut
the end ot iht fiscal veal which he
thought wo1ld iuly cover the cost Of the
sewer. Nr. Carpenter also supges ed
some Legislation giving tue Street and
lever department power TO compel
| builders and otilers TO connect with the
sswerS when tesl are cone, rncted, and
the departm mt sh'uld also have power
TO lay and co Ilet their own liens fol
, vurping aid pa i,l4a
Mr.. Weldin lhofed that the meeting
endorse the slgRe3tlons made by Mr..
Carpenter.
In discussingthe motion, DR.. Draper
suggested TOO, hat this surplus in the
| city treasury, of any other surplus aris-
Ing In the Street snd Sewer Depar men t
might be judic llusly expended in bu Id
Ing this sewer. As between the sewer
and widening Tenth street, he thought
that the preference should be given to
! the sew.T,
Ne. Vandegr ft-"I think not; give US
r b stree. wllened."
Dr. Draper, \ ntinuing, said that un-
der any circumstance, not more than
one of these enterprise should 20 to in
crease the bonded debt OF the cry. The
estimated cost OF the sewer was about
goo, 900, which was In the ne'ghborhood
OF the surplus that would be IN the
treasury at the end OF the year.
Allen Sp sakIhan sa id that from wbst
he coald ascertain, lie sentiment of IL
people, as between opening Tenth street
ana making thb iniercepting sewer, the
ialtsr predomlnated, as pure water
lnuchec In " ltal way every resident OF
the oitv.
DR.. Drdp' aslSed Mr.. Carpenter if tie
reHel pls OF the inercepting sewer would
ray the interest ON the investment In A
,us years.
Mr.: Carpenter er said thty would not ul.
81 the rates were made very high.
Mr.. Weldin'b motion was adopted. also
a motion made BY Allen Spes skman IN
prepare bill tb provide ior An intercep
ting sewer.
Mr.. Dav d Lemon, after being In formed
that the m'etitg wss open to the sugees
IONS OF zen ma iOi ciJlr m nj er
suggested IegAslahOn to comtel TN
heighteninc oI actory chimneys and the
weekly Cleansing a7d withdrawing nj
all mDTccc manu- factories.
The 1rst would prt vent bad smoke and
the latter bad odors from entering into
the city dwr llibge. Mr. L-mon's remarks
Were Wen puf, bnt President Bush sug-
gested that tue matters of which he spoke
came under the jurisdiction OF the Board
OF health.
Mr.. Lemon then withdrew, remarkipp
as he did 10 that he would appeal to the
public through tue press.
The B 4nri of Education being called
for as TO what legislation was needed, 8. |
X. Smith, Esq. stated that as Mr.. Baird,
president OF the Board, could not b. |
pre- ent he had been deputized to repre-
sent MIN. Ihe Hoard had not yet decided |
What IeglslAtioa II needed, but AZ a future
w'l a'-' -" Upou some
A {, w ! n Ieakieg for he depart
lnent "I elect ns ana registration, sa d |
lhAt that dspArtment Ina determined to |
await the ae ion of the meeting utol
r matterspsrtaining to the city.
The quesii pm Of the e,ec ion OF Citv |
Council comihg up, Prtsideat Farra said |
from what he had learned he conclud, d |
nat the majority OF the members en-
uorsed the bIll now pesding before the |
Legislature fixing the.r salaries.
L. G. Vandegfift, ESQ, moved that the
rms OF the present members of City |
Council be extended until the eypiratin1 |
OF the term of the present Mayor and |
that all interv, ming CITY elections he a,
ferret until The lection of his sureessnr
During thd discns ion that eDsuel the |
question of reducing the members ot
City Council one-half was considered
Mr' w llsoh thought that II all the men, |
bers of all tile Civ Council weIe 10 "a
continued tie ssIkry shorlJ ho ,o,,,,o