Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-08-22
BEALE RESIGNETH NOT.
The BUILDING INSPECTOR HAULED
OVER THE GOALS.

at Last Nights Session and Adopts Mr..
Colton's Investigation Of Charges Rule.
Gaynor Contract.
The regular meeting Of City Council
| was held last evening, President Farra
presiding. Councilmen Magee and
| Gnrren were absent, the former being
i'll.
w. Y Swiggett was allowed $72 81 for
feeding prisoners during month Of July.
The Committee on New Map reported
favorably ia regard to letting Harry
sehuler exhibit the city map at the vii.
pington Fair, and the report was
adopted.
The city treasurer reported cash bal
ance Of 9203, 22S 30 in hand, and special
deposit from sale of lots of 50. 900; re-
ceived of John j. Mealey, 1926; e. p
Moody, $3.50; Edmund Mitchell, Jr, 81,
904 OF Board of Water Commissioners s,
81, $50; Preston Ayres, $500 A com
municatlon from the Street and Sewer
Department asking for the use of the old
sand lot at Thirteenth and Orange streets
was referred to the Law Committee. A
communication from the Wilmington
Turngeminde Association inviting the
City Council to attend an exhibition at
Donshoe's grove on August 20, from 4 to
o'clock, was accepted.
Dubbs Dillon as Derelics.
communication was read from John
Boughman, protesting against the cree
ton Of two story frame building at
Fourth and Franklin streets, by Peter
J. Ford. 1t was referred TO the Law and
Public Building Committees. A portion
| of the co nmunication follows:
"The building inspector has been
appealed to in regard to the matter and
says he refused to give permit for the
erection of this building, but TO
my knowledge he was not applied
TO for q permit by Peter j. Ford
half way up. Still the work on the
same continues without any protest on
his part.
Further than this the building in
spector was not aware that the building
was being erected until so informed by
myself, and the same was then more
than over one story in height, which GER
tainly shows a dereliction of duty on his
part,
THE carpenter at work ON the build
ing says that the upper part will be COW
cred with either iron or slate, yet even
then the building is being erected con
trary to the ordinance in relation to
frame buildings; at least | was led to
believe so from the remarks of the city
solicitor when he was spoken to in re-
ga to the matter.
II would therefore respectfully ask
that the matter be referred to the Law
and Public Building Committees so they
may get from the city solicitor his con-
struetion of the law on the subject This
course seems to be necessary, as the
present building inspector seems useful
only so far as to draw monthly, from the
city, his salary, rendering very little ser
vice in return for the same.
A petition was read from William j.
Fisher to have $6.46 overpaid taxes re-
funded. Referred. Elizabeth Bird also
petitloned that SO ~ poll tax unlawfully
collected be refunded Referred
II Mr.. Mckinney offered a resolution
authorizing the Public Building Com
/ mittee to erect an annex for the accom-
mediation Of police electric system. The
resolution was adopted.
A resolution was offered BY Mr. White
authorizing the printing Of fifty copies o.
the Gaynor contract Mr. Lawson de
sired to know the object Of such print
ing. Nessrs. White, McKenney anC
Baugh made remarks explaining that they
were for the information of the members
! of Council, as few of them knew the
precise provisions of the contract The
resolution was adopted.
The Mortgage Matters.
AS Chairman of the Finance Commit
tee, Mr.. Baugh, reported that the com
mittee was not yet ready TO report on
Mr.. Hawkinss resolution, (which was
passed week ago, instrueting the com
mittee to have the mortgages for the
property recently sold for the city by B
F. Townsend, deposited with the city
treasurer. He reported that Mr.. Town
send had negotiated for about $4,000 worth
of mortgages and paid over that sum
The remaining mortgages would soon BIZ
sold, and the money turned over to the
city treasurer.
Mr. Hawkins objected to the manner
in which the lots mad been sold and the
loose way in which the securities haC
been placed. He commended that the lots
should have been sold for cash eqniya-
lent and not upon mortgage, but if Z
mortgage must be taken they should
have been deposited with the City Treas
urer and been drawing interest. He sale
that the power TO negotiate these mort
cages was rested in the Council alone
and intimated that some one was draw
ing three per cent from them, instead OIL
the city. Not only that, but the So OK
now in the hands Of the agent should b,
turned over to the City Treasurer. Tn,
matter was allowed TO 60 over without
action.
Preparing For Future Contingencies.
The question Of the adoption or reiec-
tion Of the new and revised rules was
next in order. There were few changes
made, the most important being in re-
gard to the election of committees and
the new rule giving Council power over
its officers and members for illegal and
immoral acts
The rule making the election of all com
mittees necessary by ballot, was amended
so as to apply only to standing com
mittees. The word Annually" was
stricken out Of the rule governing the
election of committees, as their term is
now for two years since the new body OF
twelve members are elected for that
time and there are no hold-overs
The most important rule was the one
applying to immortality aud dishonesty
among officers and members. II reads as
follows, after being amended so that q
two-thirds vote is necessary to it's app.i-
cation instead of q three-fourths vote:
Charges affecting the official char
acter or integrity of a member, officer or
employe of Council, shall be referred to
a special committee for Investigation,
upon the request of not less than two
thirds of the membership In the event