Evening journal., 1891-04-16
CITY COUNCIL CONVENES
THOMAS FRAZER CHOSEN PRssl-
DENT AND J. @. JEMisoN cLERk.

Engineer-Bis Lusty Calls for Helr
sIr Herbert's Long Career as City
Father Refused another Nomination.
The New Loans First Meeting MIN.
tary Band Uniform.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL
New CASTLE, April 16 The new City
Council. majority Of which was elected
yesterday, organized in the mayors
Office last evening The members Of the
new organization are Thomas Frazer.
Prohibitionist; Henry A. Dennison,
Republican; Edwin r. Deakyne, Demo-
crat; Harry l. Mckee, Democrat; vii
liam A Vickery. Democrat. About s
o'clock. Mayor Wilmer Hanson entered
the office and swore in Messrs Deakyne
Mckee and Vickery, each repeating the
oath OF Office separately.
Mr. Frazer then moved that the body
temporarily organize by electing Mr.
Mckee chairman. This was so ordered.
and Chairman Mckee appointed Mr.
Deakyne secretary On motion Of Mr..
Frazer an election for permanent officers
was gone into. Messrs Viekerv and
Dennison were appointed tellers, and the
first ballot for president was Frazer 4.
Deakyne l. Chairman Mckee then said :
'Mr Frazer having received msiority
of the votes cast, declare him elected
president of the City Council"
The new president then took the floor,
and said IN pRrt "Gentlemen. with a
feeling Of deep gratitude at the high
honor you have conferred upon me. |
accept the Office | thank you for your
confidence, and feel 1t an endorsement of
my work in the past as a member of this
body. While have this feeling 60 night.
YeC deeply do I feel the responsibility
that has developed upon me, and the
delieacy Of my position. It viii be my
constant endeavor to discharge the duties
Of this office fairly and impartially and
TO the interest of the tax payers Of the
city Of New Castle City Council is now
ready for business
The tellers were continued to count
ballots for city clerk james c. Jemison
received the unanimous vote Of the body
and was declared elected
City Surveyor William A Kinney ap-
peared before the body and stated that
the trustees of the Leslie estate were
about to clear and grade the streets re
Gently mapped out by commission OF
citizens. 1t was decided that after the
trustees had sent written request 60
Council for permission TO do the work
and guaranteeing that il should be no
expense to the city, Council would give
its consent to have the work 20 on
Council then adjourned to meet on the
first Tuesday evening in next month.
The remaining salsried positions to be
filed by Council win probably be the prin
cipal work Of the next meeting. James
Vanarsdalen will probably be appointed
city tax collector.
Sad Drowning Accident.
An officer of the steamer Josephine
Thompson was drowned in the Delaware
river just below this city yesterday. The
Thorn pson is an Ericsson steamer and
was on her way from Baltimore to New
York, yia the Chesapeake and the New
Jersey canals Soon after passing Fort
Delaware the steamers crew began the
work of cleaning out the fire pits and
heaving the ashes overheard The first
assistant engineer was stationed on deck
to throw all the ashes into the river.
While doing this. and when the
steamer was passing the black buoy. .
the engineer tripped and fell over the
| gunwale He sank far below the surface
and as nobody on the steamer witnessed
the accident, the vessel proceeded on heI
course. Several shad fishermen from
this city were near the scene and at once
| pulled in their skiffs toward the spot
where the unfortunate man had gone
down. he arose TO the surface and be
gan to struggle for the buoy.
He was a good swimmer and kept above
the surface for several minutes The
weight of his saturated clothing finally
pulled him under. He cried loudly as he
was going down. Meanwhile the fisher
men were pulling against the strong
current with all their nights. The en-
gineer came up again and struggled like
mad man "Help, or I'll drown" he
cried as be saw the approaching skiffs,
''Oh helpl helpll belplll' A moment
later he throw up both hands. The fisher
men knew that meant that all was over
There was not ripple on the water to
mark where the man had perished.
The steamer discovered her loss
when about mile above this
city and at once changed her
course and beaded for this point. She
lay in the harbor here until the fishermen
who saw the accident reached here The
captain stated that the man had been
for years a trusted employe Of the com
pany. He lived in New York and was
about 45 years old
Forty Years In Council.
Elk State Treasurer William Herbert.
who is one Of the retiring members of
City Council, was seen last evening by
an EVENING JOURNAL reporter, and
asked about his career as a city father.
He said: ~ have served as one OF the
guardians of the city of New Castle for
forty years. In 1851 New Castle was a
town. | was In that year appointed a
town commissioner. / was reappointed
every year from that time until Febru
airy %, 1876. when New Castle was made
a city by the Legislature In the follow
ing April | was elected a member of City
Council and have Sbeen re elected each
time until yesterday
you refused to become a candidate
for re election this year, did you not2"
Yes, I'm tired of the work. I've
tried TO serve the city as faithfully as If
had been realizing a handsome salary
from the Office, and think have succeed.
have been punctual and regular in at
tendance and have spent many valuable
hours in the council cham ber The only
reward ever received was good ours.
ing, at times, from my fellow citizens.
Frequently | was condemned for not
doing something that it was utterly im
possible for me to DO No. / would not
accept a reelection to City Council II
that was unanimous.
Mr.. Herbert was present at the organi
zation of City Council last evening and
offered many valuable suggestions as tc
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