Daily Republican., 1890-06-27
CITY COUNCIL.
.R. CHAMBERS RE-lTERATes
HIS CHARGES,
j., counc,i stnuds by tho Gaynor
Company-CI,y solicitor Turnsr's
Numerous Opinions-
Election Of City
Officers.

.., n,vht was the last regular meet
aI ihs CITY Council for this year,
M viii hold An adjourned session
Tsa FINANCES Committee .eported hav-
. audited the accounts Of Il X. Grtf-
MI clty treasurer, for the period from
jnly /, 1857, to the present time' and
hound thom correct.
ON motion OF Mr.. Shea an order Tor
|s,A. SO, to pay %. GO interest and e6,00O
n bouos, due July I, was drawn.
The Public Building COMMITTEES re-
uertoG detailed statement from B. =.
f,wn.end, agent 70 effect sale. Of the
ltu recently sold for the city on Eighth,
Nip,b. DUPONT and scott strssts. The
,osl proceeds Of sale were Si4. e66.l1,
sN procesds, Si2,3s9.82 There was
p.id Ia each So, 900, and tho balance Il
IA mortgages, now in the hapds Of Will
lard Ssulsbury, Esq., and which will be
converted into mOney 10 short time.
Mr.. Forrest Of the Law Committeo re-
turned to Council the communication OF
Johu J. Mealey. administrat0r Of Martin
j. Mealey, deceased. giving notice that
he had assumed the duty Of tag receiver,
without any recommendation. On his
notion 1t was accepted and filed.
TIE Fire Committee reported favor.
soly on tho petition Of H. @. Parker and
s.hers for DIRE alarm box ct Third and
Hing Streets
After some opposition by Mr.. sharksy,
1 pa account oil being so near the Wash
/ ystun Fire Company, the motion was
idUpted.
The city treasurer reported the balance
Il = IN hsa
2oT. 10; park fund, s. 4Bi. .O4; received of
| John J. Mesley, administrator Of Martin
J. Mealey, deceased, $500.
Mr. Ryan presented the report Of the
city solicitor, showing the Gases disposed
el during his term OF Office.
Tho miscellaneous pay-roil Of 81, ,8i7.1
vss ordered paid. The police payroll oil
", 5000 was also ordered paid.
Mr. Ryan presented Communication
from City Solicitor Turner, showing that
there are only two unsAtisfied Judgments
Aaaln,t the city.
The communication, on motion Of Mr..
sh,rkey. was ordered spread upon the
minutes.
On motion OF Mr.. SheA an order was
lrAwn In favor OF W. n. Csnby, presi-
q mt Of the Park Commission, tor $2l64.-
", to pay 10 the heirs OF the Hartmann
Fehrenbsch Company Tor land cou-
smned for park purposes.
The following commune alton was re-
elved and tilsd;
"To His Honor. the Mayor, and City
Council. Wilmington, Dsl.
"GENTLEMEN: We believe II to be nc
ors than Just and lair. both to you and
nrselvus, that We notify you that we
y advised by our experts Ind counsel
At the apparatus which tlo Gaynor
SSss lsss 2ssss bs ss
bur city, contains devices which ar,
p,ered BY patents owned or control sd
US for municipal signalling purposes.
Q refer particularly to the street booth
bib glass top and to the time stamp, III
Dprked by an electro-magnet, and We
ave good reason to believe there ar,
blll other infringe menta Very respect.
aiilhe Gamewsll Fire Alarm Telegraph
,cmpany,
Gu motion VI Mr.. Shea Council wen
ato nomination and election for cit,
DGcers.
Mr.. Shea nominated A. F. Msssick 70
elirk OF Council.
Mr.. Chambers nominated Robert U
1ain.
hessrs. Davis and Colsy were appoint
"a tellers.
Mr.. Messick received II votes and Mr.
1fsim :.
hf. Shea nominated NJ. +. Kelley 70
hsilid and Mr.. Lawson nominated 5im
On Hood. colured. The vo,e resulted
Kelley, II; Hool. s.
Ar. Shea nominated Samuel Durne
~ coal oil inspector, and Mr.. Lawson
nominated FrankLewis. Durnoy receive,
- votes and Lewis TO- Ono member 20
easltz.
M. Shea nominated 8. N. smsltx 70
0hk OF the markets and Mr.. McCAl
dominated james Johnson. The vote re
eultso, smeltz. l6; JohnsoH, .; Dav i
LAmon, !. The total number Of ballot
VS. FOUND to be 26 and the chair order
~ sosr ballot taken. 1t resulted, Bmelt;
70; Jol1son. 0.
ht. Roberts offered q resol ution award
" tas contract for police alarm tel,
i.pn 10 the Gaynor Electric Compan
louisville, KY. aud instructinx III
~ committee to prepare tho conlrac
~. sharkey moved to postpone on
~, IN order to appoint committee
70 Investigate the charges Of briber
~ y M. SuAmUt1.
ei. johnson opposed the motion, an
.hat he had been ten years In Coui
WIN republicans ard Democrat
ne did rot believe that one doll,
ever been paid TO any one OF the
sote. lie thought II was the rlRl
~. nc present Council to award the col
ne uld not believe that any IA,
a. =, oeleved there was any eorrup ioI
"'u NOT believe that any man Ia u
w W., either Democrat or Republics
|sry. 'nt'f'a'h an onsf
SnA ~. mbers said: ''Ths seutlems
tho Third ward has ala ann
. are ssid in the heat Of dsh.,. IN III
10. meant Last Monday nlobt
'est OF debate made an .s.srso
am ready to stand by IL. =.
tnat know that the f3avnor Cos
mas offered money for voi.s TT ri
snon.h o," ,or Investigation. We ha'
ovusa ~ nlI iarcs Investigations. II
n,on ~ prove what IsAy 10 In the court
ssstny In my own name and
NM y 70 prove what say. TIE 20
"n MI. rom the Third ward has said
nri, ~ ostievs that any member
~" ~oa!d entertain the offer Of
;, "ish 70 God could believe Il
.sr sn considerable debate upop 4
w doring which Nj. Hawkil
M. ~ believed his colleague, N
nsis. ns. believed what he says but 3
p.sn ~ TO have gone before
sce peace and have had ii
Psss0ns arrested.