Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-30
CRY COUNCIL.


The Business Transacted at Its Session
Thursday Evening.
In the absence OF President Perkins
Mr.. Rltledge presided at last Thursday
nights session of City Council.
The city treasurer reported S25, 225. ID
in bank 10 the credit of the city's cur
rent expenses, which sum is $6,057 less
than the balance reported for tho CORE
spending week of last year. He also
reported the following receipts: From
Collector Mitchell, $425, city and school
taxes for 1898; from Collector Sayers,
$3.50 and $275, similar taxes for 1893
and 1894, respectively.
The city auditor certified to the cor.
rectness of the accounts of the city
treasurer.
1t was resolved to lease to the City
Market House Co. the land on which
| Second street market house stands at an
annual rental of $500 for the ensuing 20
years. The present rental is 81 600 per
annum The reduction was advocated
by Messrs. Smith, O'Neil and Stauts.
The annual report of the chief
engineer of the fire department was
presented and 800 copies of it were
ordered printed.
The Department Of Elections was al
lowed 81 1850, to be expended as fol-
lows Sixty-five polling places, at SIS
each, 1915; 1915 inspectors, at So each
$1,l70; 100 clerks, at So each, $500
portage and janitor, $25.
A favorable opinion from the city
solicitor relative to granting the Board
of Police Commissioners an additiona
appropriation of $3,765, to be expended
in policing the annexed district of tho
Seventh ward, was referred to thu
finance and law committees. The item
of the expenditure are as follows: Three
patrolmen, $2,2S0; clothing, 1920; on
horse, $3.50; feeding and shoeing TIN
horse, $240; equipment for horse, $50
two police boxes, $500; ono fire alarm
$l25; additional poles and wiring, $425
incidentals, 500.
An invitation to attend the dedication
and unwilling of the Garfield Monu
ment, this afternoon, at $50 O'Clock
was accepted and Messrs. Staats, Tyre
McNulty, Wainwright and Donah
were appointed a committee to max
! arrangements for Councils attendance
, Mayor Shortlidge was selected to receiv
the monument on behalf of the city.
The ordinance providing for tn
borrowing Of $l25,00O for tho Board q
Directors of the Street and Sewer De
partment was adopted and referred
= the mayor.
l Mr.. Dannenberg introduced, in blan
form, an ordinance making apprC
l priations for the next fiscal yea
Q which was given the usual reading
/, and referred to the law and financ
e committees. He announced that II
: tax collectors will have their bool
(, counted up next Saturday.
1 Mr.. Wainwright offered resolutio
e providing that after June lst next IL
/. city offices shall close at noon on Satu
d days. Mr.. Meaney thought the time IL
G closing said offices is fixed by ordinant
y and, in order to insure proper action
!, the matter, he moved that the resolutic
i 60 over for a week, which motion w
u adopted.
MIR. Ratledge gave notice of an amen
n ment to the ordinance providing for
C city milk inspector.
i Immediately preceding adjournme
J. Frederick Kienie, director Of the Ci
S. Market House Co., was given the priv
y lege of the floor and thanked Count
&c for reducing the companys ground rel