Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-02-22
CITY COUNCIL.
THE REGULAR SESSION LAST
EVENING.
wy 'ouhei finds squnrR of Ground
the 'ity owns and Wants to Sell it,
More Police for tho City
Orders Drawn.

0 Y ''N''as VI " Ais AhN Olntfb
( Tor privilege to erect q frame chapel Mt
Filth aud Monr.e streets, aud the repurt
was ado tied.
The Law COMMITTEES reported an act TO
make the Street and sewer Cummission
responsible for damages Obtained against
the city ON account OF imperfect streets,
I've amount oil damages ami costs 10 be
deducted nom the next app lopriatiOn
from the City Council to the Commls-
sion. The act was approved by Council
and eitrr,d TO the commit zee on law, TO
he preSeh ed To the Legislature.
Tne Law C0mmi tee a. so reported an
act to make citizens OF this city eligible
at Jurors In esses for damak kes against the
city. The act was approvtd and ordered
sent to the Legislature ior enactment In
To a law.
The Law Com mittcc, also presented an
act authorizing the City Council 10 tell
the pr pcrty owned by n bounded By
E'Gh,h and Ninth, Scott and DuPont
streets, The ptoeeedH to be applied 10 TIE
extinguishment Of the clty debt
Mr, Bower thought thert was no ne
ees ity for sell ug these lots.
Mr.. Qun said thSc WIS no compul.
sion 10 sell, but all Council wanted was
the hight 70 sell II IL desired to do so.
Mr.. Baugh did no, favor the project, as
IL might take a6ay Il IortI u Of the play
| ground attached to the scLcol hous; on
the square.
| Mr.. Quinn said The school house and
| play grounds would not he lm'rriered
with, as.they occuI led but mall portion
OF the ground.
| A recess was taken by Council to ex-
anime the ! lot OF the lot
| When tie recess was over Mr.. Cham
Der explained that the prbrerty had been
purchased tor res.rvOir. but few
members OF the Council, he said, know
that the city owned this property, and 1t
was only by accident that IL was dlscov
cred. lie thought Coun1ll should have
tha power to sell at some future time, as
several parties wanted to purchase.
Alter some fur ther interchange of
views a m tion tD r. fee TO the Legl,ls-
tive Committee to be presented to the
| Legislature or eractmt nt iuto law pre-
vailed by the following vote;
| Ayes-Ayars, Eeale, Cha mhera, Davis,
Dilllni Forrset, Mccall, McGonigai, Me-
Ken ey, McAlenamiu, Qaiun, Ryan, Saw
doo, Shea, Farra 10.
| Nays-B,u h, Bower, Co'ey, HaW klns,
Johns ~, McBdde, Moore, Whites.
The following petition was presented;
To the Honorable City Council of VII
| mJngtOn:
Gentlemen: The Undersigned, preei.
dents OF banks in this city, desire, and a.
a matter of justice ask that the funds OF
The different departments of the ci y
| government be deposited In the several
banks of the city In eGme equitab BILE and
practicable manner, and present the fol.
lowing reasons for then request:
First. As principle, u division OF large
| deposits Is prudent and desirable to in
sure the greatest safety.
Second. The deposits of bank are the
necessary source OF profit TO 1t, without
which no bank can sustain itself nor nc
coa,modate customers Who need discounts
and loans.
Third. City funds come from and be-
lcng to the people generally, who are
largely the stockholders and depositors
OF the different banks, aud hence all the
banks should participate In any adyan-
tage therrfrom.
Fourth. The July taxes are now drawn
| from our six ba ks and deposited en-
| tirely IN one of them, necessitating i've
| OF the banks to red ure their discount
| lines, aud thus inconvenience their Gus
TONERS for two or three months, uutil the
city deposits are again scattered In the
| course OF trade.
Filth. 1t is customary, so far as we
can learn, for other cities 10 divide their
| deposits among their tanks In some man
ner so that safety may be increased for
the city, and justice rendered to all the
| banks aud their customers.
| Sixth. In case OF the city needing large
temp rary loans no single tank could
| accommodate 1t, as The National Cur
| reucy act fOrbids any bank to loan
corporation more than one-tenth OF its
capital.
| fn consideration of the foregoing facts
| we ask your honorable body to aeBist us
ir having authority granted by the Legis
llturr to divide Il e city depo.i's among
all of the banks 10 as iair and equitable q
manner as may be found practicable.
And as In duty hound, etc.
| EDwARR Belts,
President of the First National Bank.
| ii. q. BANNING,
President of the National Bank Of Della
ware.
| GEORGE g. CApELLE,
President National b hnk OF Wilmington
aud BTandywine.
JOSEPH l. CARPENTER,
| President OF tile Farmers Bank.
SAMUEL MCCLARY, JR.,
President of Central National Bank.
Wilmington, Del, Feb. IL, 1889.
The petition was referred 10 the Law
Committee, after speech criticislrg the
purpose of The petitioners by Mr.. Quinn.
The chair stated that the amendment TO
the ordinance regulating the FIRE part
ment had been returned wi h the Mayor 8
approval and was declared an ordinance
OF the city.
City Treasurer Griffith reported the
balance In bank to current expenses,
S140, 500 50; park purposes, t42104; re-
ceiyed of +. 2. Moody, S720; NJ. j.
Mealcy, 1915.
MIR. Quinn offered the following resolu-
tion;
"Resolved, That the ely solicitor be
Instructed TO have the Gaze OF e. b. Eos.
ter We, the city tried before three referees,
con. posed OF one mdmber of the bar and
two laymen, to more quickly decide the
matter"
The resolution was adopted.
| An invitation was received from Du-
Popt Post. q. A. n, to attend the ami
versary OF that body in Institute Hall on
February IS.
| Mr., Quinn moved that the invitation
be accepted aud "a COMMITTEES appointed
TO make arrangements.
The chair appointed the following
lcommittc-: Quinn, johnson and Baugh.
Mr.. Moore stated that Melville Gam
brill wanted one OF his employees sworn
in as weigh mas Ter at his mills In the
Sixth ward, but Mayor Harrington, who
was present, stating that such an eiec-
tion would be illpgal, as the ordinance
requires well hms4;ers to be elected an
nually, the motion TO elect was WIN
drawn, and Mr. Moore gave notice tnA'