Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-06-09
1Err oouRr.s FfNANoEs.
The Members Don't Want to Pay VIM
field Coyie for Tending Cherry Island


Ihe members DON'T want TO ray VIM
field Coyie for Tending Cherry Island
Bridge.
At the Levy Court yesterday afternoon
week satisfaction was ordered on the Off
cial bond of John N. Clrswell, ex-county
treasurer. The finance committee was re-
questcd to look into the matter of the
recompense of cx-County Treasurers
George J. Kelly and John N. Carswell
who have received no pay for their SER
vices. Court adjourned TO Tuesday.
Levy Court met in regular monthly SEES.
sion Tuesday. Among the bills paid
was one of $3.50 to DR.. Henry II. Formal,
the Philadelphia expert in the Benson
murder case There was some comment
on the payment of the bill Messrs
Hutchison and Jolls thought there should
be some protection to the county treasury
against the unlimited payment of court
expenditures. letter was read from DIR.
Formal on the matter, dated June Sd, only
two days before his death.
Among the other bills were steam
ferriage at Third street bridge s55; the bills
of Constables Brown and Neutzc S66 each
were sent back to the comptroller for ex-
PLANTATION, as was also the bill of the
Journal Printing Company 1884 for pub
fishing the annual statement Of the comp
trpller and receiver of taxes. The milk
and medicine bills of the Jail commits
oiOtlCIb MbIG severely upon rs
extravagant. Milk for two months for the
prisoners cost $50. 1t was explained that
the responsibility lies entirely with the Jail
physician.
The attorney of the court was ordered 10
enter satisfaction on the bond of Collector
Willard Biggs for 1880 for the sum of
~ lass payment in full.
The finance account for the month of
May was Expenditures $40, S40.3i; re-
rninfq &pE A7t ny. ha1upna ia,
1884.
sheriff Simmons reported for the month
Of May; Hours work. 1854; "a cart loads
of stone received and SIS loads of macad-
amzed stone distributed throughout the
county.
Court adjourned to p, IN.
At Tuesday afternoons session of Levy
Court John w. Jolls of the committee on
assessors, asked to be excused from further
work ON the committee rs he found his
other court work took up all his time.
Mr.. Hutchinson thought the request
should be granted. He added that Mr.
Jolls did as much work as SIX other court
men. Chairman of the committee Isaac
n. Grubb, expressed his entire appreciation
of MIR. Jolls and also his opposition to his
leaving the committee. James H. Clark,
the other committeeman, also Objected to
MIR. Jolls leaving. On motion the latter's
request was declined.
Reginald Trump of the City Electric
Light Company appeared in answer to a
summons from the court to answer why
the electric motive power has not been
placed in Third street bridge. He ex-
planned that he had been informed that
the other work would not be ready for the
electric apparatus for another week. lie
promised that by Tuesday at latest
the electric motor power would be put in
and the bridge in working order.
The bill for last months salary, $40, for
Winfield s. Coyle, bridge-tender for the
new Cherry Island bridge at Fourth street,
evoked some discussion.
Mr.. CLARK understood that the Delaware
Construction promised to pay for the tend
ing.
We have not appointed any bridge
tender he continued. $50 don't see why
the county should pay the bill. under
stood the company was to pay for man
for month or two until the court appoint
bridge-tender.h
The court minutes did not show any
definite arrangement in regard to the cues
ton as to who should pay. The matter
was held over.
The question of the payment of the
journal Company's printing bill, 1884
came up again in the afternoon. The
comptrollers certificate. written on the
bill, stating why he refused to pass it, was
read. The bill, with certificate was as fol-
lows:
WILMINGTON, DEL, April 6. 1902.
New Castle County.
To journal Printing Company, Dr.,
Fourth and Shipley streets.
Feoy. lS-To advertising county treas
urers aud county controller's
statements, 1880 !, weeks, t.
My reason for not marking this bill is because
oil such difference In amount for printing
same report-beiEg nearly twice as much
JNO. Il. STATS
Compt
The proposition was to refer it back to
the printing committee.
Mr.. Buckingham-"I had quite talk
| with Mr.. Edwards and he did not seem
disposed to make any change. The bill is
| for the same printing that tine EVERY
| EVENING did for son, except that the
EVERY EVENING printed it three days in
succession, while the Journal printed it
three times but in three weeks, once in
each week.
| Mr.. Grubb-"Well. perhaps they may
be entitled to little more"
| Mr.. Buckingham-"Bu surely not twice
as much"
The bill was then handed to Mr.. Buck
ingham for reference
The following bill of County Superinten-
dent of Schools II. D. Griffin was passed :
| ~ 10 JonHsOll, new tNbJle, ~, Kathleen
Draper. White Clay Creek, S2i; John s.
Nichols, Pencader, Sl3,25.
The following resolution was passed
ResSlrei, That tho asscsaors of wilmington
hundred be pnid per diem al follows: John j.
| Olinrn, ~ days, at 50, sl02, Michael I. Conway,
! ~ days, at 81, SlGl. Charles Whanu, 10 DAYS al
| e., si2l- And be u further
R'.ofpsd, That the Gsaessor OF New Castle
| hundred James tlance. be paid 500 + r per
| diem and allowance and mat tho Assessor of
| 81 Georges hundred, William a. Cochran be
paid IN full for per dem aud allowance k2Os Is:
| anu TINT the ilssssHOr of He'd Lion hundred,
William A.. Anderson, 10 paid Sig.j2 for Der
diem and allowance
The sum of 1888 was reported as esti.
mated cost of the new road located in Kent
and New Castle counties, as laid ont by
commissioners John r. Roberts, Edward
W. Lapham and David Reese
The court accepted IN invitation from
the managers of the childrens home. for
reception day, June 9th.
The following was passed
RSsnlped, That Georga u. Kelly, late county
treasurer, be allowed tho sun Of 500 IA com.
pensatiOn for services rendered as county
treasurer.
Court then adjourned to Tuesday, June
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