Evening journal., 1895-02-15
COUNCILS BREEZY SESSION.
THE ELEVENTH AND MONROE
STREETS AWARD REJECTED.

The Members Approve Mayor shortlIdge's
Action Of vetoIng the Increase Of the
Salaries Of the Engineering and Survey
ing Department-The Contagious Disease
Ordinance.
Any amount Of interest was aroused
at the meeting Of City Council last night
when the report of the Law and Finance
Committee was read 1t recommended that
Council refuse the award of the damage
commission In the Eleventh and Monroe
streets matter.
Mr.. Donoh oe said this matter belonged
to the Street and Sewer Department and
had no right to be brought up in Council
Mr.. Eyre replied that the Street and
Sewer Department thought the awsrd too
high, and sent the communication in
reference to the matter to the Council
as matter of courtesy only. in order
that Council would know what disposi
tion had been ma de Of the case
Mr.. 0'Neil thought the case to be one
of courtesy and suggested that the city
solicitor should ask for q review Of the
award, The report was adopted.
A communication addressed ITO the
members of the Wilmington Council"
was received from the Board Of Park
Commissioners. in which was stated the
various lands that should be purchased
by the city for park purposes Mr..
Donohoe moved to amend that twenty
FIVE copies Of the communication be
typewritten, but 1t was lost Then the
communication was receiyed and voted
Mr. 0'Neil objected TO the acceptance
| Of the communication because 1t was
/ improperly addressed, and asked Presi-
dent Perkins to explain. The latter
stated that the custom had been estab
lished on previous occasions when COM
munications we're received similarly ad-
dressed
But that doesn't settle the matter.
If they were so received, they were re.
ceived Illegally"
President Perkins raped on his desk
and requested Mr.. 0'Neil TO come to
order, but the venerable representative
Of the First ward did not stir. and again
asked for an explanation He remained
on the floor for time and. after inform.
ing Mr.. Perkins that he was not out OF
order, he seated himself.
The breeze among the members began
/ to stiffen when 1t was announced that
Mayor Shortlidge had vetoed the ordi-
nance providing for the increase of the
salaries of the employees Of the Surveying
and Engineering Department. The
mayor stated In a communication tc
Council that his reasons for vetoing tht
ordinance were because the increase wal
trivial. that the employees now receive
good fixed salaries and that considering
the present condition of matters ii
general that the advance be postponed
Mr. Ratledge wanted further Rction OIL
the veto postponed for q week, bscausl
his Republican fellow councilman, Mr.
StsRts. was not present in Council.
Mr. McNulty was Of the opinion that
Council had a right to Immediately con
si6er the veto. So did other members
while Mr.. Ratledge kept up the resist
ance.
The president was called upon to de
eide and his decision was that the vet
must be acted upon at once. Accordingly
vote was taken sustaining the veto
Messrs. Donohoe. Kirby. Dan nenberg
McNulty, Wainwright, Meaney, ONE
and Perkins voting aye. and Messrs
McGuigan, Ratledge, Tyre and Smith
nay.
Before Mr. Ratledge voted he mad
an apology to the Council and the
stated that he could not consis tentl
vote TO sustain the Veto and then be
gan to ere hot shot into the mayor fc
his action. He said the mayor sat in th
Council chamber two meeting nights
heprd the the ordinance read, bud did nc
make any objections then. Here Nj
Meaney called tor order, saying that th
: Council session could not,be occupied Il
this kind Of talk, and he WAS sustaine
by the chair.
Mr. Tyre presented an ordinanC
concerning the health Of the city. l
) this ordinance 1t is compulsory Il
|, physicians to make immediate reports G
) any cases Of Asiatic cholera, yellow fsve
J smallpox, typhus fever, vsrioloid an
scarlet fevers, diphtheris and men
bransous Group to the Board o. Healt
and the latter department in turn Motif
the Board of Education which sha
! prohibit any member Of family in whic
: any of these diseases exist to attend 81
sessions of the public schools I'll
a ordinance also provides that physician
! ! be required TO post plscards on Il
houses so affected. These placards
k bear the name of disease. The penal
|: for removing ona of these cards is 81
1t is also provided that persons affects
h by any Of these diseases shall not appei
= on the sti ests for three weeks after the
a become couvalescent.
q The city treasurer reported the balsn
d in bank to be $62. 23S oil. Received fro
% Edmund Mitchell, Jr.. $325; fro
= Eugene M. sayers, g.,