Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-03-21
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The rteclrin Light People Given n
Hearing On tns Underground wire
HiIi-Hho tnGorcepting sewer and
Other Pubitc Measures.
City Council met Ia adjourned session
Monday pigbt foe the purpose OF further
considering pending Legislative measuree.
Previous to the meeting the legi iative
committee gave audience TO Manager
Smith and Electrician Lighthipe OF the
Wilmington Electric Light Company
upon the Underground Wire bill. They
protested Pgsinst the measure on the
ground that underground wires were as
yet but An experiment and that II would
be unfair to force small company IN =
city like Wilmington TO put it's wires
underground until wealthier companies
in larger cities had demonstrated the
success OF the system.
Superintendent of Fire Alarm hydon
was also present and eontended thai the
underground wire system was in sucsAss.
fui operation inChtcago and other cities,
aud that there was no SQUAD reason why
IL should not worK successfully in this
city.
The flrst measure taken up by Council
wss the bill cispansing with city cleo
tons until June, 1891, and providing for
triennial elections thereafter, with a
Council composed Of twelve msmhsrs and
the president, the full provisions of
which bayo already been printed IN the
GAZETTE Printed copies were distributed
among the members, but as tbs original
bill, which had been referred 10 the lea.
islative committee was l3csed MP in the
city collectors safe, the committee could
not report IN it.aud the subject was post
ponen until Tharslay nights regular
meeting.
Mr.. Qainn offered the following rsuo.
luton:
Resolred, That the city solicitor bs In.
Httucied to prepare su vet 10 provide for
the construction OF an idtercepting sewer
AMI Its branches. south OF the sOuih long
race and Bandvwine river, and that
800 600 OF tha naexpauded appropriation
for rhe redemption of bonds for ih= yeRra
1888 . shall b. applied to the payment 81
ths same; ana that Council shall he author
izsd TO make such her APPROPRIATIONS
frym time TO time that shall ue necessary
to complete the satd lnteresptiag SO Ter and
Its branches.
Gu motion Of Mr.. Baugh consideration
OF the resolution was laid over uotil
Thursday night.
Mr. Qlinn also offered the following:
Rrsolstd That 1t IA the sanse Of this
Council that IN EDITION to the sum NV
limited bylaw TO DO Appropriated for The
use OF the Sirest and Saver Department
for the fscal year 1880 % there shalt bs ap.
propriatad for the uls OF o I'D dap irtment
the further sum Ct 0 8, 900 for the sad flscal
year; also, thai councll shall have power
TO appropriate sucn further Gums from year
to year that 1t shall deem proper.
MIR. 9 linn moved TO adopt the resoIu.
tion and Mr.. MoKepney moved to postpone
consideration until Thursday night.
Me. 9 Iinu said conferences had been
held with the directors OF the s rect aud
Sewer Department during the afternoon.
The latter said they needed $50 OuO
additional this year, hut compromise
was reached. by which they agreed to 40.
cept $l5 900 this year. and hsve an
smendmsnt to their charter slio wing
Council to regulate their future annual
appropriations. he thought the rssolu.
tion should be acted ON at once.
MIR. Chambers also favored immediate
action. The partment's bill called for
332, 600 additional. but they had agreed
to accept SIS GOD. He thou bt the com.
promise should be accepted by Oouroii,
as he had no douht the Street aad Sewer
Department could get from the Lsgi,la.
ture whatever it asked for.
/ sir. Mckinney said 1t wss not 70 much
q question Whist tho department wanted
ss what the tag PAYERS were Wiling Il.
allow. Therefore, Council ought to have
soma TINA to consider the suhisot.
After soma further discussion the mo.
tion to postpone was adopted by vote
Of IS to s.
The legislative committee made an al.
verse report on Mr. Bapgh's bill to legal.
/ iIs tho sale of tobacco, cigars, news.
papers and periodicals ON Sunday.
Mr.. Rsugh said the report was most
surprising one. The bill, be said, had
been referred to the committee with Ia.
strnctions to present ii to the Lagisls.
ture, ard the committee had no right ia
report adversely on IL, or to do ANYTHING
else than to present ii to the Legislature.
! Mr.. Quipn held that such bill was
against the moral interests of tho com.
muni,y, aud that the Legislative com
ulittes would he laughed out of oourl''
il il took it to Dover. The committee re-
ported adversely because it was an Illegal
heRsure
Mr.. Chambers said the committee
merely referred the measure back "a
Council. As for himself, hs wonid be
ashamed TO be found dead with such q
! bill in his pocket.
\ Mr.. Ba1gh claimed that there was
hardly member of Council who had not
violated the law in some respect and he
saw no harm in asking for a law of this
/ kind to legalizs sales of this character.
Mr.. Quinn said be had never called his
committee togather on a Sunday morning
in order to make 80 cents apiece and be
did not propose to taks lecture OF
morality and Christianity from a member
who did. He was about to cor, pare Mr.
Raueh TO ''iha Phsrisee" when Preside NJ
FArra osllgd him to order and ended 6
discussion that was becoming personal.
The eommittee'a report was Their
adopted:
Tue legislative committee next pre-
scented favorable report on the no
authorizing the Water Commission TO pay
ita annual surplus to Council. to bs used
! iapayins of iae.ured city bonds The
report WAS adopted and the oou mittet
instructed to urRa the passage Of the bill
Nj. Dillin offered resolution in
strn9iiuR the Law COMMITTEE to prep4r,
and preseEt TO Oounoil at Its next meet
log law authoriz ag OoanoiI TO pass az
ordinance licensing psidieis M.
Dillin said that pedders came to this cit,
daily and wers constant nuisance al
nothing cou'd b. done With them exc y
tohold them for trial at court. The reso!u
ton was adopted.
Then Mr.. Sharksy of resnlutior
instrnctiuR the legislative committee I,
spars bill amending the cnavter will
respect to tho printing o. the ANIMAL cit,
statement. He said thar at pre- sent ever,
paper in The CITY, or county either, TO
that, fe.t authorized TO publish the state
ment and the cost was $500 or 5000. ri,