Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-03-29
ANOTHER MEETING.
THE INTERPRETING SEWER
TO BE BUILT.
The City Council Marched Up the Hill
and Then Marched Down Again
and Voted $50, 900 to the
Streets and Sewers.

Last night witnessed another battle
amongst the bills in the City Council and
"Old General Fogg' aud his forces sui
fered decisive defeat. All the members
OF the City Council were present except
Messrs. Bower and Sharkey. Bills, pay
rolls, communications, ordinances and
resolutions were piled high up on Mr..
Quinn's desk, and the Premier looked
happy and consequential In leaders har-
ness. IL was z. As o'clock before Council
, was called TO order, AID then Clerk
Mt ssck ran over the mfr utes, reading in
Gaelic OF hindoo ior all that could be
understood and they were adopted.
Then the committees were called over
by President Farra. Mr. Quinn, from
the Finance Committee, had a bill OF S36
from the Public Ledger, Philadelphia,
for advertising sale Of S72,00) worth OF
bonds which were negotiated at home.
The bill was allowed.
Mr.. Dillin had report from the Build
I mg Committee in favor OF a loving j. T..
Mullin u Son the use of a certain portion
OF the City Hall yard, which was
adopted
Mr.. Ayars had little bill for Owen j.
heasion Tor ~ for ton OF coal, which
was passed.
| All the committees having been called,
MT. Y aims turn came again, when he
! presented the tteasurer's report, showing
that the city had $3.50, 275. IS In the
treasury, and that there was still the
stereotyped amount of Sfs7.04 to the
credit of the park fuad, and that the
city hsd received $3.50 for auctioneers
| licenses.
Mr.. Quinn then presented the police
payroll, amounting to 81, 908. 40, and the
miscellaneous payroll, amounting to
81 ,69S.s3, which were passed.
Mr.. Baugh presented a conlmun ication
from the Washing ton Steam Fire Engine
Company asking Q statement Of the
amount of money they had paid on q
loan, which was referred back to Mr..
Baugh as chairman Of the Committee on
Fire Companies.
Mr.. Chambers had petition from
William Garland, executor of the estate
of William Dornn, ssklDg the return OF
S2.31 overpAid taxes. Referred TO FL
nance Committee.
The chair presented a communication
from Eugene w. Murphy, No. 7ls West
Front street, asking to be appointed a
city weighmaster. Referred 70 the Law
Committee.
Then commenced the heavy work Of
the evening, In which the Street and
Sewer Commission were interested
hlessTs. Carpenter and Gawtbrop of thai
commission were present to represent
their claims, and Messrs. James Brad.
ford, George q. Lobdell and @. Wesley
Weldin from tie Citizens Association
were present to back up the Street and
Sewer Commissioners.
| JOhncnn lad of hy nOptu0 a ronou
sideration of the vote by which the reso
luton to convey t50,0t0 of The unex.
pended BALANCE In the city treasury u
The Street ard Sewer Department for the
purpose Of constructing an inteTcep'ing
sewer down the g 9TH side OF the Brandy.
wine was indefnit -lY postponed at pre-.
vious M citing. Mr.. Johnson believed
since then that he had made mistake IN
voting for pos'pouement after he had
thought more about the health Of the
city that was involved Ia the question,
i and there might be Others that thought
| as he did, Anyhow, 1t was nothing more
than fair that the gentlemen present ip
the interests of that sswer should be
heard upon the matter, which they could
not without reconsideration.
At the request of several members the
clerk read the postponed resolu ion.
Mr. McMenamin was opposed to re-
consideration, but when 1t was explained
| by the chair that u reconsideration would
set the question back on the question to
postpone, opposition was withdrawn, and
Mr. JohDson's motion to reconsider was
| carried almost unanimously.
On motion of Mr.. Chambers, the gen.
tlemen representing the Street and Sewer
Department were inVi ei to present their
views.
Mr.. Bradford took the 4 or first and
read an authorized apology from DR..
Draper for being unayo'd 'dably absent.
Mr.. Bradford was fortified with the
minutes of the first meeting held in Octo-
ber, 1886, by the citizens In favor of
purifying the wafer of the Brandywiue,
and traced the movements of Citizens
meetings and action of the Board of
Health from that time on down to the
present. He spoke of the great need of
! draining that slope of territory bordering
on and drained into the Brandywine.
Wet cellars prevailed on high ground. A
well dug one day at Delaware avenue aud
franklin street was full of water the next
| morning.
Geo. q. Iobdell was the next speaker.
He read from manuscript what he had to
say. His paper was critical analysis of
lHt NhltT VI tuo Dfalu1Nih ehOHinR
the impurities that exist iu the wafer
caused by the overflow OF noxious ma ter
into the stream. He was we'll fortified
In his position by copious extracts from
such chemical snd scientific experts as
Tindall and Leibeg. Recent analysis OF
the water showed that It was prolific In
an malculn and bacteria. lie was op-
posed TO high taxes as much as anybody,
! but he thought that the money expended
for this enterprise would be well ex-
pended, and In city which nature had
done so much for, 1t only required the
people to do their part to make 1t the
healthiest in the county.
Mr.. Carpenter said he suppo. cd there
was no dispute about the impurty of the
water and the need OF the sewer. The
maiL question was the money to do the
work with. As Council was the only
body that could raise the money it is for
the Council TO say whether the money
shall be raised, and the quts ion ought TO
be met in a tusiness-like manner. II 1t
does not raise the money the sewer eau
not be constructed and that was the end
oi l.. The Street ami Sewer Department
was not anxious to get tho work to do;
in 'act he taii he would rather be re-
| lieved OF the burthen, but the sewer
ought nevertheless 10 be built as II is o
| necessity. He had not foot OF ground
that would be benefited by 1t exc pt In
general sense