Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-02
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Council Paying for an Unused Tele-
phone-'Fhursdny NiEhI's city Leg
tstaLtOm.
Oouucil transacted its business speedily
Thursday evening and in consequence
was in session only about three.quarters
CT an hour.
City Treasurer Griffith reported that
the city has in bank 9l53, 1923 to the
credit of current expenses and Sl2, S49 Ga
to the credit Of special fund. he also
reported that he had received 5000 from
ex-Tax Collector Edmund p. Moody and
1850 from Tax Collector John j. Mealey.
The miscellaneous and police pay rolls,
respectively $l,S4717 and $S,32s.S5,
wers passed.
Mr.. Lawson upon asoertaining that the
monthly salary of Building Inspector
Patrick Dillon wes included in the mis-
celianeous payroll objected to the pay
ment of the building inspectors bill and
offered as an amendment to the motion
that the payroll be passed that
the name of Mr.. Dillon bo erased
theretrom. The amendment was seo-
onded by Mr.. Perkins. MIR. Lawson ex-
planned his amendment by stating that
the building inspector had failed 20
number buildings in South Wilmington,
thereby neglecting q duty which Council
had directed him to perform. Following
brief discussion OF the matter the
amendment was lost by a vote of 4 to 4.
To the law committee was referred O
communication from the Walton u WhGnn
Company, asking that Council direct that
the frame building at the northwest COR
ner of Front and Orange streets be put
In proper order or be demolished.
! Interest due sundry hOnd0olderH on
October LIST, amounting to $1O,s54, WAS
allow d.
I'he sum of So, 15O.5O, due Sinking
Fund Commissioners e. Il. Gayiey,
Thomas O. Young and Willard SRuls-
bury, DR., Esq, on October let, was
allowed.
A resolution offered by Mr.. sh0rkay,
authorizing the fire committee to procure
badges for the member of the fire depart
msnt, was adopted. He explained that
badges are necessary to prevent oiashss
between policemen and officsrs OF th9 f 70
department.
On motion of Mr.. McKsnney the
public buildings committee was in
structed to ask for proposals for painting
the tower of the city hall.
Mr.. Beale stated that he had been
creditably informed that the sinking fund
commissioners have not bonded aud gave
notice Of the introduction Of an ordi-
nance providing for their bonding.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Curren,
au,hor:z ng tho public buildings commit
tee to have telephone put in the office
of the city collector, wEs adopted by 4
vote of ghtto two. City Solicitor Lyman
occupies his own Office, instead of the
one which II. O. Turner occupied when
he was city solicitor, which was leased by
the public buildings committee aud
vnich Mr.. Turner still occupies. The
public buildings oommittee's lease of the
latter office has not yet expired and ths
telephone which was put therein during
MIR. Turner's term is still there aud paid
for by the city. The object of Mr.. Our
ren's resolution is to have the telephone
in the Office of the city solicitor, that is
the otfise which the city pays for and
which Mr.. Turner uges, transferred to
the private oftios of Mr.. Lyman.
MIR. Baush called attention til the ap-
parent ignorance of the location of the
fire alarm stations and said that the indi-
vidual who struck the alarm on Sunday
morning last went to the box in front of
the city hall instead of going to the box
at Sixth and ID nall streets, which is
only few feet distant from whsre the
fire was. He further stated that there
are in the possession of the clerk of
Council o large quantity Of cards contain
ing the location OF the fire alarm stations
and that the pubic can obtain them by
calling upon the clerk.
The following bills were allowed:
Leland Collins.s13t i6: Thomas Pagan s4OT.Si;
| Fred " nch0ster, Sl0l.1E Edmund L. Moody,
| Il i Fh..
Frank Elingsby, 50; William Gray and six
| laborers, Sll5.