The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-02-15
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City Council Approves His Veto of the
New oralaance-aiueh Other Business.

AfOW otN"t"NS-HtNNh NthVf h"'hNSSf
Mayor Shortlldge's veto OF the ordi-
nance SO amending the ordinance Great
ing The engineering and surveying de-
partment To Increase the salaries OF those
engineers. came up for discussion In City
Council last night and that body APPROX
ed the mayors action. The matter was
the most Interesting OF the business
transacted.
In the veto the mayor said:
The amendment. which was passed by
your honorable body. Thursday, January
"a. 1898, proposes to increase. the first as.
eietants salary from the pr sent figure,
$1,000, to $1,000. and the second assistants
salary from $500 to $1,000 This Increase
seems small aud any objection lrlvaL in
behalf OF u wealthy city OF over 60 OU0 In.
habitants. Tor whose departments we want
the best men and The best service.
While III ordinary business times econ
omy in city ontiays is always most Inn
perative. IN Legislation 10y the servants OF
the people. at u time ike the present, tho
voice and demands OF our fellow citizens
call upon us FOR parslInony. to the least,
as well as to this greater, and absolutely
necessary expenses.
Every one, official or private citizen,
must conceie that only the puollc service
tie city's good, have actuated every
member OF your honorable body To wMlt
has been spoken or enacted.
III CONCLUSION. there Is one considera-
biou W MHiCu L WISH To call Tue attention
OF those. who generously, aud also con
eiderately want TO raise the present com.
peneatlon OF those WORTHY officials Dur
ing the present times these Wilmington
officials received good fixed salary.
payable monthly.
May We not therefore, without nreir.
dice, postpone the ad vance lill mora pros.
porous tilues, which we all pay for, shall
secure the cheerful approvui OF inns
amended oruinahcc. by your fellow. citi.
zehs. TO whom such projects for iucreas.
ing city expenses should lways he sub.
mitted, at popular election for their
| approval, previous TO being imposed up.
| Oh thGm.
Win regret, therefore, must decline
10 ratiiy your action. The ordinauce 10
thsh, Tor the above reasous, respectfully
Returned without my approval.
| lis name was aliXed.
Then Mr. Ratledge moved that action
| be postponed Tor one week. as MIR, smith
who Is deeply Interested in the blll,
might TO present. Mr. McNulty Ind ina
law read ON the point. which NJ that au
| ton shall DO taken us soon as the veto
was read. but lie was not In a hurry. Mr.
| O'Neil thought iui edlute action was in
order. ana his motion brought forth
| .ne Fote' IL WAS lehs, 81 nays, 4. Messrs.
Mnslligan, Tyre. Smith and Ralieugs
| voted nay.
Tue report Of the Law and Finance Com.
mittee with recon uenhattons to refuse
the award OF the damage commission IN
the EleVahth ana Madison streets matters
Caused quite lengthy DISCUSSION and
atler Messers Dopohue, Tyre ana ONetl
had the iloor the committee report was /, n.
proved without a Ill lslun
Then that blll Of the Park Commission
was presented. The very mention of the
name OF INIT body creates q str n,uonv
the meinhers and the result was I'M, solnp
| WIN lhaI blll was a communication re.
Iefrlng TO IT, calling attention to the ne.
cesslty OF park improvements and the
eeciulsitloh OF lands adjoining the parks
Mt. DallhenberB began the DISCUSSION Nv
moving that the communication h. re
celVou anu noted. but AIR Donohoe NOV.
eu thht twenty lve copies OF the bill be
prlh "a aud gwen to the members This
Mas pun 10 u vote ami lost, MIR. AlcNuity
hot Young All the RepublIoUns voted
nay; Inc original molon Of MIR. Dun.
nenberg then prevailed
Inc election for engineers and rodmer
OF the surveying department was taken
up. Only one man was numluaIpd fnr
each position. 1he Democratic mrn,lers
book no part in the election. Messrs.
| tyre anu bonohue We're telers and MIR
Dnnhenberg cast the vote
Inose elected were nominated ty MIR.
IA, ieuRe hhd were: Chief engineer James
wilson; iiIsl assistant +. A. Price second
assistant, ofsey Ash; third assistant, H.
~ Grllhth rodman, first corps Harvey
L. Nahsahl' second Corps. Amos Hahn:
'lS oh oI IaR'stfy bureau, Alahlon Belts
lhe ordinance amending the ordinance
Iii relation TO tue puulic health wns read
second time. 1t looks tuwurd I'M, ,it,,Ir.
ahtlhing OF contagious diseases aud Elm.
braces an those which are regarded as
likely TO lie dangerous to those who come
~ contact with them. II tho ordinance
becomes lazy pa s eli. ne must make N
report within six hours alter their Atten.
tiun is Gale d TO the cases A card Will
nave 10 be placed on tue door OF every
house wherein there Is disease. The or,ii.
nance was referred - tie Law Committee
| The report OF city Treasurer Adnma
showed the balance In banks TO be 49,. !.
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