Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-25
COUNCIL IN REGULAR SESSION.
Some Talk About Promiscuous
Bills for Supplies.

all nbur anu nalI anu WAS uefOteu
chiefly to the transaction of routine
business. Mr.. O'Neill, who is still i'll,
was the only member absent.
The payment of big batch of bills
was ordered. They included bill from
John j. Mealey, administrator of the
late Martin j. Mealey, for $828.60, COM
mission on tax collections. Mr.. Damien
berg announced that Mr.. Mealey had
completed his work of collecting of
taxes. Mr.. Stats, chairman of the COM
mittee ON accounts, stated that be had
two bills, one from @. r. Thomas & Co.
and the other from Adams & Brother,
which he had not approved. One of the
bills, he said, enumerated articles which
had been charged up to Charles M.
Curtis after his term as city solicitor had
expired. The bills had been contracted
by city officials, Mr.. Stats added,
and no doubt they were right. He had
not been consulted. however, and he
knew nothing about them personally.
He thought the officials before ordering
supplies should consult the committees
which have in charge the appropria-
tons to which the supplies are to be
charged. This, he commended, they
should do out Of courtesy. He had
letters from O. f. Thomas s. Co., and
Adams g. Brother, but he did not want
to read them publicly. Towards the
close of the session he introduced reso-
luton, to the effect that hereafter
Council will not pay bills that are not
contracted by the chairman of commit
tees, which was adopted. Subsequently
he approved the bills of @. F. Thomas
81 Co., and Adams &c Brother and they
were ordered paid. The former
amounted to $15.0S and the latter to
$40. g. +. Thomas & Co.'s bill was
for pencils, ink, memorandum books,
rubbers, blottors, &C., and Adams G.
Brothers was for stamps, matches,
towels, backing, postal cards, seals. &c.
Mr.. Dannenberg reported that the
garbage crematory is in working order
and moved that man be employed
three days TO ascertain what compensa-
ton Contractor Brown should receive
for his services during the last two
weeks and estimate what it will cost
per ton to crcmate garbage. He stated
that 60 tons had been burned in two
days and that 800 gallons of oil was
used in the consumption. Mr.. Tyre
offered an amendment, to the effect that
the contractor be continued In charge
week longer and that the regular en-
ployes be instructed to ascertain the
amount due Mr.. Brown, keep account
of the quantity of garbage consumed
and oil used and estimate the cost per
ton of burning the garbage, and the
motion as amended was adopted.
The annual reports of the officers of
the Board Of Health, presented at the
preceding meeting, were read and the
recommendation that 500 copies be
printed was referred to the printing
committee.
The city treasurer reported $63,614.33
in Union National Bank to the credit of
the city's current expenses and $12,-
349.46 in each of the four depository
banks to the same credit, making total
deposit of $113,012.17. He also reported
the following receipts: From Collector
Sayers, $125, city and school taxes for
1893, and $125, similar taxes for 1892;
from Collector Mitchell, $4,000, city and
school taxes for 1892; from Administra-
tor Mealey, $50 06, similar taxes for
| 1891; from the depository banks, $685.
interest on deposits.
The city auditor certified to the cor
| rectness Of the accounts of the city
| treasurer and submitted the following
| account Of John ]. BIealey, admins
traitor of Martin j. Mealey, deceased,
reoeiver of city and school taxes in the
Southern district during the year 1891 (:
To city assessment, SIS, 5lI, 0S2,
az vl... .Slbo, llO.32
Toschooi assessment, SIS, 697, 452,
at 40 cents. b., Tb9. W
Five per cent added TO all colec-
tons on and after September
LIST, 1891. ...................... 1,575.6e
Total. s2l9, AIS. 81
By collections in July 1891. -. SIP, 1853 10
| BY rebates in July, 1891. 9,06S.2l
BY collections in August, 1891. 4,958.69
| By collections from September
| LIST, 1891, to January 18th, 1894,
inclusive. ................... 27,060 06
By error list allowed. ........... 6,029.55
| Total. ..................... $2l9, ATS. 81
The annual report of the acting city
engineer, a voluminous document con-
tanning tabulated statements of the work
done during the past year by the City
Engineering and Surveying Department
was presented and filed. The depart
ment, during that period, deposited
i $s19.4 40 to the credit of the Mayor and
Council and $346 to the credit OF the
Board of Directors of the Street and
Sewer Department. Nine men were
employed and the report suggested
that the recent temporary increase in
the force be made permanent.
Interest due sundry bondholders Feb
ruary LIST, amounting TO $4,000, was
ordered paid.
The Board of Education was allowed
its monthly appropriation, amounting
to 9,433.12.
The withdrawal of $4,000 from each
of the depository banks and the deposit
of same in Union National Bank was
ordered.
Mr.. Dannenberg introduced an ordi.
nance entitled an ordinance relating to
the city crematory, which was given the
usual readings and referred to the law
and finance committees. 1t put the
garbage crematory under the control OF
The Board OF Health. That body is to
elect on the first Thursday of each May
superintendent, who must be com.
petent engineer, and two assistants, one
of whom must serve as Waterman. The
superintendent is to receive $3.50 pei
annum and the assistants $500 each.
Each January the board must advertise
in two papers for crude oil to be used al
the crematory. The proceeds from the
sale of ashes are to be deposited in the
city treasury. Farmers, hucksters,
grocers and others must not put garbage
in the streets, but must take it to the
crematory. Violation of the ordinance
will be punished by fine not less than
So nor more than $25.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Tyre,
in relation to the transfer of 5000 from
the public SQUARE approximation to the