Evening journal., 1895-02-04
SUMMAT OF A FARCE.
Cases of Failure to Clean Pave
ments Which Miscarried.
LACK OF EVIDENCE AS TO AGENCY

A Dozen or More Cases which Resulted
in But Four Dollars Being Added TO the
Treasury-other Cases Before the Bsu-
nicipAl Court.
The time Of the Judge Of the Municipal
Court was taken up this morning with
number Of cases brought against prop
erty owners or sgents under orders of
Chief Dolan, for the violation of the city
ordinance requiring the removal of snow
and Ice from pavements fronting their
properties, within ten hours after snow
has fallen Sc far as'the cases we're con.
cerned, 1t was bowling farce and the
only thing developed was that there are
number of houses vacant In this city,
the agents Of which are in ignorance Of
the fact that they are not occupied
Samuel W. GILBERT agent for No 607
Tatnall street and No 102 West Second
street, was the first on the stand. The
first property he was not aware was
vacant, the second he paid So fine for
William ]. Fisher had three cases,
southwest corner Front and Adams, No
101 West Seventh and No. Sl1 West
Sixth streets These cases were dis
missed as agency Was not proved
Of vacant lot on Sixth, between Orange
before the court but the Judge held that
he could not be held as owner or agent.
He was dismissed
George R Townsend, No 70l Adams
street, not sufficient evidence rs to
agency, dismissed.
William f Hawkins, No. 708 Madison
street, no knowledge as to vacancy; No.
| 1903 French and southeast corner of
Twelfth and TRtnall streets, denied
agency before March %
Gustave Roller showed lease from par
ties renting till March 25, and the case
was dismissed.
Daniel w. Taylor, representing Heald
& Co., had o number of cases against
him He showed that his firm had taken
the greatest pains to keep pavements clean
In front Of the properties unoccupied and
/ over which they have control and showed
receipts for such cleaning 1t was evident
/ that there had been no intention Of VIC
lAting the ordinance, and as there seemed
/ to be some difference between the officer
and the man employed to clean the pave
ments, only one case was taken, Mr.
Taylor paying So fine. The rest wei
dismissed.
The cares against parties falling tc
remove snow from pavements are very
difficult to prove. When man rents
house he is required to sign |
lease for a year, ending MsrcN
90 next. This lease, 80 long as Il
Is ia operation, releases the owner OF
agent. La many instances the tenants O
tue properties in question skip by thi
light OF the moon and the agent frs
learns of il when brought into court
The case Is dismissed and the expsns
falls on the city. In future City Solicitor
Elliott proposes to serve notice Of
| owners, agents and tenants. where the,
can be learned, and II possible will clos
these loopholes
Said one of the property owners to a
| EVENING JOURNAL reporter: "Whil
the city Is looking round fCr yiolators o
this ordinance, why not issue one 70
itself The square at the intersection o
Eleventh, Delaware avenue and Was hing
ton street, the site of the proposed Gar
6eld monument, has one Of the worst bit
OF pavement in the city. 1t is alway
covered with snow and ice an
slippery when the rest Of the stree
is in good order Saturday night cay
several people fall on this walk
one man very nearly taking seat In
basket Of eggs be was carrying. By th
way he made 1t hot enough for whii
TO melt the ice for a couple Of squares
! lsoberly speaking, the city suthoritie
, should clear this of IL some one
I hurt there the city certainly would b
liable, then why is it not as liable unde
] the ordinance as the owner or agent IL
] another part OF the cityf"
WilliRmsCramer. coiored, charged wit
! assault and battery by Isaac Stokes
. colored, was arraigned. The city solicitc
stated that the two men were friends an
the assault the out growth Of spre'
The prosecuting witness desired that th
i; sAse be dismissed and this was dor
z Crsmer paying costs.
B Counsellor William Michael Byrr
' representing Columbus Neal charge
d with cruelty treating the son of Captai
Chambers, made his argument regardin
the Jurisdiction Of the court in cases
cruelty TO children, of this nature T
q argued that the intent of the act creatin
t the Society for the Prevention Of Crueli
Q to Children, was not to take cognizAn'
: OF cases Of this kind. he dwelt on the ia
{ that the boy, after the assaul
4 followed Neal and dared him to fight,
Il showing that the boy was not hurt, bI
J had simply been removed from the WACO
!. without unnecessary force. That J
/ violence Was used.
t Judge Ball, after listening to 81
70 argument decided that the court b
4, Jurisdiction. Willard Hall Porter tn
'r asked that the case be dismissed, as t
evidence was not sufficient to warra
his conviction.
N They Failed to Clean Their PavementE
N In the Municipal Court Saturday eve
IN ing a number OF parties who had fail
/. 30 clear their psVements Of the snc
~ which fell early In the week, were
II raigned, and fiued 81. the penalty p
1, | sc1ibed by the ordinance. The owns
IN and agents who were unfortunate enou
A. to have excited the wrath Of the auth
le tiles were: Hugh @. Browne, proper
1T on Tenth and Market streets; Jeremi
er Galligan, Conrad and Monroe street
j. Jackson Pierce. northwest corner
Fifth and Jefferson streets and No.
Madison street; Thomas r Laly, !
al 6O2 West Fifth street; George s. N
8. and G w. Gooding properties in w
en- Wilmington.
'rt Charges of like nature against j..
n - Il. II