Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-13
CITY COUNCIL.
Use of the Police Patrol by Deputy Mar
sIiaIs to he Investigated.

slials to he Investigated.
City Council was in session about an
hour Thursday evening.
The city treasurer reported that the city
has in bank S107, 7,Sl7.6S to the credit of
current expenses, and q special deposit of
3I2, 1892. He also reported the following
receipts. From Tax Collector Mealey,
SOP; from Chief Engineer Boughman of
the city surveying department, S6l from
ex-Tax Collector Moody, $3.50; from Chief
of Police Swiggett, 50.
Clerk lIyland of the municipal court, re-
ported the following collections for Octo-
her Fines, $40: costs, S10I.65; fees, 1872.
He also reported that he had paid to the
city treasurer $3.50, the amount of fees due
but not claimed by witnesses.
Coal Oil Inspector Durney reported that
he inspected 1880 gallons of oil during
October.
The salaries of the president and mem
bers of Council, amountingto S245.26, were
allowed.
a communication from the Sunday Re-
public Printing Company, giving an item
ized account of its bill for printing the city
statement last year and claiming. that
Sl7.92 of the account remains unpaid was
referred to the printing committee.
The following proposals for furnishing
452 feet of submarine cable wire were
read: Standard Underground Cable Com
IullN vi lllSulltEs W. NflllG DIl lbhNi
Okonite Company of New York, 70 cents;
]. IL. Bunnell II Company of New York,
80 cents. A recess of 20 minutes was taken,
to give the police committee opportunity
to consider the bids. After Council had
reassembled the contract, on the recon-
mendation of the committee, was awarded
to j. IL. Bunncll & Company, their cable
being considered the best in quality. Clerk
MeSsiCk was requested to notify the sue
rasSfiIl hiHIarE u11 pqfIlrn In the nj her
bidders the certified checks which accom-
panied their bids. The clerk was also in
structed to notify the superintendent of
the fire alarm telegraph Of the bad posi-
tion of wire attached to the police booth
at the corner of Tenth and Orange streets
4 resolution offered by Mr.. Baugh
authorizing the police committee to ascer-
tain by whose authority the police patrol
was used on election day in transferring
United States deputy marshals over the
city was adopted, Mr.. Cotton voting in the
affirmative. Mr.. Baugh stated that he had
been informed that there was only one
horse attached to the patrol and that once
during the day the vehicle contained the
driver, three policemen and u dozen dep
uty marshals. This he considered abuse TO
the city and to the horse. Mr.. Perkins
said he supposed the mayor or the chief of
police authorized the Use of the team. lie
referred vaguely to some terrible riot and
weakly attempted to prove that every
means to quell a disturbance should be
used When questioned for more informa-
tion about the alleged riot he said il oc-
CURED at Fifth and Spruce streets and that
the participants numbered about 800. He
admitted that he did not see the fray and
said he had been told about it, Mr.. Baugh
said he favored all proper means ofpreserv-
ing order. The regular policemen, assisted
by the special policemen, he contended,
were sufficient to prevent disorder. What
he objected to was the cruelty to the horse
and the United States Government coming
to the poor city Of Wilmington for aid.
The patrol, he said, was gotten for the use
of the police, not for the use of deputy
marshals and deputy sherilis. The deputy
murshals were carried in the city's CON
veyance all over the city, while the deputy
sheritfs, who were officers as much as the
deputy marshals, had to walk. United
States Marshal Mahaify, if he desired his
deputies to ride, should have furnished
them team.
Mr. Magee said he knew of case where,
if the agent for the Society Of Prevention
to Animals had been near, the driver of
the patrol would probably have been ar
rested. The patrol, drawn by only one
horse and containing three policemen and
13 deputy marshals was out in the Elev-
enth ward, when the horse had to stop for
rest and the deputy marshals had to alight
and walk the remainder of the Journey.
Mr. Hawkins made few remarks but
they were about as nonsensical as those of
Mr.. Perkins.
Mr. Cotton favored an investigation and
the resolution was adopted by vote of
1 to 6. .....