Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-11

last month at an estimated cost of |
$61.500.
The miscellaneous payroll for Janu
ary, 81 ,983.84, was passed.
HOW is THIS?
The police payroll for last month,
S1,054.33, was also passed. During jan |
uary several officers were suspended |
without pay. Among them were Sam |
uel I. Brown anil George ii. Raymond,
tho former being suspended seven days |
and the latter ten. AT meeting of the |
Board of Police Commissioners Mayor |
Wiley voted for suspending Raymond
seven days and his colleagues voted for
suspension of ten days, and the record
on the minutes Of the board, it is said,
states the suspension as having been ten
days. On the payroll Brown is credited
with 25 days service last month and
Raymond 25. How man could work
rs days and be suspended seven in a
month Of 81 days and now another could
work 20 days and be suspended 10 DUR
ing month of that number of days is
a problem. For his alleged 25 days
service Brown gets $59.7S and for the
same time Raymond gets one cent more.
The payroll was made out by Chief
blackburn, approved by the Board of
Police.Commissioners, marked correct by
the city auditor and the payment of the
individual amounts recommended by the
police committee. The seeming mac
curacy of the payroll was discovered
after Council had adjourned.
The January payroll of the president
and members Of Council, $242.76, was
passed. The individual amounts were
as follows President Benson, 1928; Mr..
Cotton, $24.17 Mr.. Perkins, $22.09;
Messrs. Dannenberg, McKelvey, McVay,
Magee, Ratledge, White and Kirby,
$40 each; Mr.. Pagan, $13; Mr.. Griffin,
80; Mr.. Murray, $3.50.
Announcement was made that Presi-
dent Benson had qualified as member
of the Board of Port Wardens and that
II the mayor had approved the ordinance
regulating auctions and auctioneers.
WRITTEN OPINION WANTED.
The finance committee approved the
ordinance making an extra appropria-
tion for the police department and the
law committee reported that it contained
nothing contrary to the city charter.
Motion was made that the report be
adopted. Messrs. Murray and Magee
spoke of the personal liability and the
latter offered as an amendment that the
ordinance be referred back to the law
committee with instructions to get the
city solicitors written opinion. Mr.. Dan
nenberg said the city solicitors verbal
opinion had been gotten and he favored
the ordinance. Mr.. Cotton said he had
| no objection to the ordinance going over
u week. The amendment was adopted
Mr.. McKelvey presented bill from
A. Y. Roberts, dated June 1889 for
$6O64. for publishing in Wilmingtoniaa-
Democrat the ordinance to create a
plumbing inspector and provide rules
and regulations in relation to plumbing
and draining. Accompanying the bill
was a communication from ex-Council-
men Ryan, Baugh, Vandegrift, Shea,
Quinn and Coley, stating that the claim
is d just one and recommending its pay
ment. Mr.. McKelvey said he under
stood the debt was contracted by ex.
Councilman Sharkey and was not paid
because grievance existed between
Messrs. Sharkey and Roberts. After
twitting the Democratic members about
surplus and legacies he declared the bill
should be paid if it is a just one. Mr.
Perkins said the bill had been before
previous Council and ignored in com
mittee meeting. Mr.. Murray said he
saw it before Council long ago. Mr.
Magce thought it was strange it had not
been marked by the city auditor and
said it looked to him like it was loaded.
The bill and communication were
referred to the printing committee with
instructions to have the bill audited.
Mr.. Ratledge moved that A. ID. Van
dever be allowed to make a statement in
regard to a matter concerning the health
of the city. The opinion was expressed
that Mr.. Vandever should put the COM
munication in writing, or if it was in
regard to health he should bring it
before the Board of Health. Finally
objections were waived and Mr.. Vande-
yer was heard. He said there exists
among the horses in this city disease
called CHAMBERS, which is very infectious.
The Board of Health had nothing to do
with the matter, and it seemed nobody
had. The disease, he asserted, is very
dangerous to people as well as to horses.
| He asked Council to pass an ordinance
to stamp it out, and declared that if
something were not done there would be
in year or two hundreds of cases.
Following the reading and referring
of bills Council adjourned.
"THEY SAY CHAMBERS ISN'T IN IT."
While the election of engineers and
registry clerk was in progress Samuel
ii. Chambers, a member of the Board of
Directors of the Street and Sewer De-
partment, was present and intently
watched the proceedings. After adj
journment he was asked how he, as a
member of the board, felt about Coun-
s,sl u, 4 II ha Il 1.
how the board would regard the matter,
but he personally was delighted. The
board, if it thought there was enough
work, might employ a separate corps Of
engineers. He would be willing to hire
keep them employed, but he did not
favor saddling unnecessary expense on
the city. When he was departing he
marked, "Some papers and some people
used to say Chambers isn't i'll it.
THE OFFICERS
Chief Engineer Palmer, like all the
others elected, is young Republican.
He resides at No. 1908 Market street
and has been employed as a surveyor
on the New York division of the Penn
sylvania railroad.
First Assistant Engineer Keemle re-
sides at No. 1903 Lincoln street and has
been acting as first assistant to Major
Samuel Candy, chief engineer of the
Board of Park Commissioners.
Second Assistant Engineer Price was
reelected.
Registry Clerk Mahlon Belts resides
at No. 507 West Fifth street, and has
been acting as correspondence clerk at
the post. office.