Evening journal., 1891-03-27
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City Council held its regular session
last evening. The Law COMMITTEES rs-
ported favorably on the ordinance "a
Increase the Fire Department. adding
the Liberty Fire Company. The Fire
Committee, through its chairman.
Michael J. sharkey, presented bill OF
W for his expenses TO Baltimore and
return. President Farra announced
that the bill having Just been presented,
could not be legally adopted. The report
was rejected
A bill for $3.50 40 for L. B Jervis's ser.
vices as electrician was treated in the
same manner Mr.. Baugh thought II
should be passed as a contract bill, while
Mr.. Shsrkey declared that Mr. Jsrvis had
completed his work and should receive
the money. City Treasurer r. r Grif-
9TH reported the balance In bank TO cur
rent expenses. $40, ,S48 42; special
$12. $40 90; received Of Mechanics Loan
Association. &i20; John ]. Mealey. a8gS
2 P Moody. $22O; Edmund Mitchell,
Jr.. $4O0
The miscellaneous payroll. 81. 022. II.
and the police pay roll $3, 3l3. SO. were
approved and ordered paid.
On Mr.. Colton's motion the ordinance
providing for an increase eff the Fire
Department was read the third time by
sections and adopted accordingly by a
unanimous vote It was referred 10 the
mayor for his action. He returned Il
with his approval.
Mr. Curren then moved that an order
be drawn In favor Of the Liberty Fire
Company for 81, ,13l 60, being the appro-
priation due from the time Of It's incor
poration by the Legislature to July /
Mr bangh objected on the ground that
the company bad not been properly
recognized until the passage Of the ordi-
nance, and the amount due from that
time would be $7S9.is. City Solicitor
Lyman gave his opinion. which was
similar 30 Mr. Baugh's statements Mr.
Baugh then amended the motion bv in
serting $3.50. 10 In place Of 81. .18i. go II
was passed as amended.
hr. Baagh presented a resolution
directing that an order be drawn In
favor Of the sinking fund commissioners
for 49, on loan due Mareh 1891
IL was adopted. The interest list of
SlO, 7Os AZ was approved.
Mr. AeKenney presented a hill to Ia
presented to the Legislature. directing
snAs no peles snail be erected OF wires
strung above any highways, and that all
wltss now above ground shall be put
lnosr ground, providing that the act
snail NOS sffeet wires used by the city
government and In the electric RAILWAYS.
Several blanks in the bill were filed
mr. Cotton moved that the bill be made
operative on July /, 1896 In favoring
'his ne said that no practical seheme.had
yee been devised for conduits, and as
systems we're being experimental upon IL
would be well to walt little
PRESIDENT Farra called Mr. Ysndegrift
20 tina chair and spoke In favor of making
the date July /. 1896.
Mr. Sharkey thought two years was
ong enough. He reviled the corpora |
lions who owned ths streets. brought |
telegraph and electric light companies |
here and made thousands of dJllsrs a
month. while they filled the air and /
'overed the housetops with wirea dan
serous TO man and beast. Mr. Colton's /
notion was adopted and the bill was re- /
erred to the Law COMMITTEES with direc-
ions 10 take 1t before the Legislature.
md TO work for It's passage.
Mr. McKenney presented an act which |
he Law Committee will take before the
legislature, requiring that one third of
y money collected for liquor licenses in
Wilmington be deposited with the city
reasurer to he credit Of the Street and /
sewer Department.
The following bills were passad
edmund P. Moody. for c,mmi sslon on
axes collected, $s4 80; garbage bills for
darnh, Fred Winchester, sIS5 So; Lillian
,lollins, SlSl %; homas Fsgan S1sl 25;
comes Pagan. $3i7 is, less $125 on an
rder for Tflghmsn Johnston.