Evening journal., 1889-05-10
DETECTIVES NOT NEEDED.
COUNCIL EVEN REFUSES TO REFER
THE PETITION FOR THEM.


Fourth street Spring.
The regular weekly meeting of City
Council was held last evening with Pres
ident Farra in the chair. When the bill
allowing each member of the Fire Com
mittee $5 for attending the fire test came
up Mr.. Hawkins objected to its payment.
He said the members of the committee
were not entitled to more than fifty
cents. 1t was an outrage TO pay the
councilmen the money and if it should
be paid to anybody, it should be to
the fremen. He did not believe there
was any law for the payment of the
money. Mr.. Quinn said the members or
the committee should be paid for their
services.
This did not satisfy Mr.. Hawkins who
said the men who would receive the
money were stealing it. The yeas and
nays we're called on the payment Of the
bin with the following result;
Ayes-Messrs. Ayars, Baugh Cham
bers. Colev. Davis Dillin, Forrest, John
son. Mcbride. McKenney Moore Roberts,
Quinn Ryan Sawdon, White-17. Nays
-Messrs Hawkins, Mccall, McGonigal,
McMenamin, Sharkey, Shea, Farra-7
City Treasurer Griffith reported bal
ance in bank of $50, 064 06, and the re-
ceipt Of the following amounts: K. p.
Moody, $500; NJ. J. Mealey, $500; viii
liam b. Hyland $760 80.
Mr., Forrest then brought up the petit
tion for two or more detectives which
was laid over from last December. Mr..
Chambers at once moved the reference Of
the petition to the Law Committee with
instructions to prepare an ordinance pro
vidinQ for two detectives
Mr. Quinn moved to indefinitely post
pone Mr.. Chambers motion. He then
jumped on detectives with both feet. He
did not propose to give any man author
ity to engage sleuth hounds. He said
that detectives came from the worst class
OF people In the community Mr.. Cham
bers objected to the disposition of the
matter proposed by Mr. Quinn. If the
members did not want detectives let
them vote down the ordinance. Some
more discussion ensued and Mr.. Quinn s
motion was finally adopted by the follow
ing vote; Ayes-Ayars Baugh, Davis,
Hawkins, johnson, Mcbride McGonigle,
McKenney, McMenamin, Quinn, Ryan,
Sawdon, Sharkey, Shea, White, 10.
Nays-Beale. Chambers, Coley, Forrest,
Mccall, Moore, Roberts. Farra- 8.
William b. Norton and others petit
toned Council to make an appropriation
to the Park Commission to enable that
body TO improve Kirkwood Park. The
matter Of $50, 900 to be paid to the
Street and Sewer Department for an in.
tercepting sewer was postponed until a
certified copy of the act should be pro.
Cured from Dover,
The Associated Charities, w. c. T. u.
and Y W. @. T. u, petitioned through
Miss Anne Semple that matron be ap-
pointed at the City Hall at salary Of
$500 per year.
MIR. Quinn offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted, and copy
ordered sent to the Street and Sewer De
partment:
Resolved. That the Board Of Direc
tors of the Street and Sewer Department
be requested 10 widen Fifth street, at OIL
near the northeast corner Of Fifth anC
Walnut streets so as to secure a uniform
width Of said street, between Walnut
and Poplar streets, and also to wider
Front street. at or near the northwes
corner Of Front and Shipley streets, s
as to secure uniform width Of sal
street, between Shipley and Orange. 4
cause proper steps TO be taken to secur
the condemnation of such property o.
said streets as may be necessary TO secur
the widening of said streets to the uni
form width aforesaid.
Mr. Baugh presented the following
resolution, which was adopted and cop
ordered sent to the Street and Sewer De
partment;
Whereas, At meeting held by th
citizens of the First ward on May s,
resolution was adopted requesting th
representatives of the ward through tn
City Council against the removal by th
Street and Sewer Department Of that ol
landmark known as the Fourth stree
spring, and
"Whereas, as now used II is not an
expense to the city, but is a benefactoi
as can be vouched for by hundreds VIII
can be seen at all hours of the day G
night using the cool beverage this
nature provides for the poor and ric
alike, therefore be it
Resolved, That the City Council as
the directors not to take any furth'
measure in its removal until the citizei
hold another meeting and appoint con
mittee to see the directors and sta
their obieetious to the abolishment
the spring
-. The ordinance providing a show licen
Of $25, was lost il only receiving elev,
votes, two short of the necessary numbe
The following bios were received for
patrol wagon John Mills, 1924 OF $88
according to style; w. g. Mahaffv, $27
John Beggs & Sons of Philadelphia, $39
During the evening the following orde
were directed to be drawn: E. d.
Sutton, $25; Megary 4 Son, $67
S. Cleland 81. so; S. s. Adams, $40
E. F. Kane $3175 James M. Brys
$40; Eliza Frazer, $11.50; NJ. F. Kell'
$40; John w. Carey, $14; ]. V. Carlii
& Co. 81; Edward Melcho
$3.50 Marvin Safe Company. $45;
gary & Son, STATS; Francis p. Ollie
$i5; James NJ Bryan, $37; A. F. NJ
sick, $16; w. G. Baugh, $25; w.
Swiggett, $50; NJ. F. Kelly. So; Eli
Brothers, IS; G. W. Gray. s3.40: G.
Wallace, M. D.. $40; Hortsman Br'
$1620; Hannah Wood, $40; j. E. WI
$50; Asbury Sterling IS; Republic
$40; News Publishing Compa
$25 co. Every Evening Printing Go
pany, $l5; Every Evening Printing Co
pany, SO. 60; Star Publishing Compa
$1.6S; DO, $11 Held & Bro, $3 so; "
mington Printing Company, $14; Tue
& Cox, $3.50; G. p. Holcomb,
Charles Warner Company $3.50;
p Moody, $780, NJ. J. Mealey, s. IA;
P. Moody, $l2040.