Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-12-22
A MARKET FOR new CASTLE
The Ordinance Now Before
City Council.
ALL HUCKSTERS TO BE LICENSED
Objections to Certain Parts of
the Ordinance.
1t Will be Finally Acted Upon at a
Special Meeting to be Held December
28th---Major Raymond's Report on
Certain Delaware River Improvements.

pecIalCorrespondeuce Of Gazette ana journal
NEW CASTLE, Dec. 2f.-The city
| fathers met last night and took their
| first action in the city market question.
The meeting was called for the especial
| purpose OF hearing views on the subject
and discussing the matter as fully as
| possible. The ordinance to prohibit
| huckstering, vending and peddling was
presented to council. The latter body
went into committee as whole, and
acted on the document by sections.
The ordinance prohibits the ped
ding or hawking through the streets of
any general produce or merchandise of
| any description whatever, excepting
fresh fish, milk, ice, oysters, bread, wood
| and coal, without first having obtained
permit from the mayor. The costs for
permits are S125 per year for two
horse team, 500 for one-horse team
| and $40 for foot wagon. The mayor
is authorized 10 obtain necessary books
and keep accurate account of all per-
mits issued. "All persons having legiti-
mate and permanent stores in the city,
and also persons delivering goods to
storekeepers or to other persons, in pur.
suance Of orders from them, are exempt
from any and all provisions of the ordi.
nance" according to section 5. This is
the only clause in the ordinance that
was not adopted unanimously, but was
held under consideration until future
meeting.
The delivering of goods by farmers
and other persons to store keepers and
dwellers has given rise to numerous
bitches and complications. Just how
far tho In would ,,,st .bN
section would apply to should it be en-
forced is the rub and the councilmanic
committee will have to rack their brains
and improve on this section before the
next meeting. There would be howl
from several different sources should
it be passed in its present shape, while
on the other hand many citizens would
heartily approve of it.
Another section provides that nothing
in the ordinance shall in any way apply
to or be construed so as to prohibit any
person from selling, without any permit,
any or all of the merchandise men
toned in the ordinance on Tuesdays
and Fridays, commencing at 5 o'clock,
a. m. and continuing throughout the day.
The curbstone market is provided for
on the northeast side of Delaware
street, between Market and Orange, or
on the northwest side of Market street,
between Delaware and Harmony. Any
person failing to comply with or yiolat-
ing any provision of the ordinance
shall forfeit and pay fine of SO, and
in default thereof shall be imprisoned.
The ordinance will have three read
ings before it can become a law, two
months after the date of the first read
ing. Before adjourning, the council de.
cided to meet in special session on the
night of December 2sth, when it is pro-
posed to adopt the document with the
amendments, and give it its first reading.
Major Raymond, United States supsf-
intendent of the Delaware river and les
harbors, in his annual report to the
treasury department will have the fol-
lowing to say about the Bulllhead bar
and the Fiun's Point ietty of this city:
"The improvement of the Bulllhead bar,
three miles above Fort Delaware, which
formed the most marked obstruction to
commerce in the navigation of the river
between Philadelphia and the sea, has
been carried on with considerable sue
cess. In its unimprovcd condition the
shoal carried from 20 to 81 feet at low
water and dredging did not accomplish
much in deepening the channel, because
II spull IclNlNEl 10 llS original COnultlOn.
Pile dykes filled with stone and other
means have deepencd the channel across
this bar to a minimum depth of 26 feet
at low water, with width of 100 feet,
and TO n minimum depth of 12 feet and
width Of 110 feet. During the present
fiscal year it is proposed to apply avail
able funds to further deepening and
widening the channel"
The Christmas Bazaar, under the aus
pices Of the Methodist Sunday-school,
will open this evening to continue until
Christmas eve. The room has been
finely decorated, the tables are taste
fully arranged, and all preparations for
the event have been completed. Special
features will be post-oilice, in charge
of 4. l., Wilson and Miss Lucy Martini
dale's classes; fish pond, in charge of
Miss Miriam Dayidson's class; doll
table, presided over by the class Of
young men taught by Mrs. j. B.Manlove.