The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-05-03
oousorLmss WERE uusr.
They Hear Monihiy Reports And Talk OF
An Increased Salary for the City soiiei-

An Increased Salary for the City soiiei-
tor.
City Councils session last night was
botl long and interesting. The greater
interest was centered on the election OF
milk anu building inspector and that In.
terest was manifested In the presence OF
large number OF the friends OF Lewis L.
Gtubb ahd John McMulien, who had been
eeleored for the Offices by the Republican
members. Daniel Dohl and several OF his
frlends were also present.
Mr. Staats. to whom Mr.. Gruhb owes
his election as building Inspector, moved
that Council go iEto an election for that
Office and also for that OF inspector of
milk. The motion was seconded and
wheI President Perkins called for other
nominations, MIR. O'Neal named John Cas-.
sldy. for tho office OF building inspector.
ballot was cast and 1t resulted in tho
election OF MIR. Grubb he receiving eight
votes and Mr.. Cassidy hve votes.
The election OF a milk Inspector followed
Only ono nomination was made, that OF
John McMullen. but two men were voted
for, the second the dark horse" nominee
being Daniel Dohl Mr. McMullen re.
oeived s votes and Mr.. Dohl l. The Dem
ocratlc members voted blank.
The Finance Committee re ported favor
nbly on the bill OF Daniel Dohl, Tor $25
and an order was drawn for tho amount
The estimates for the coming year were
elso submitted by the committee. The
receipts are expected to amountto S32l7i.-
49, The expenditures to $3.50 l2l.54.
The Law Com .nittee reported fav0rably
on the ordinance making CERTAIN transio ors
Of fapproprlations and after passing Coun-
iii ii was referred to the mayor for his
e,ynpture and was then declared law.
Tie new ordinance transfers $4,000 from
tha orenatory fund to that for salaries;
$500 from crematory to fueli 500 from
tlat OF In. crest to fuel; goo from tne N.
terest fund to pablo buildings ann siVo
from the redemhtIon OF ioah iuno 10
the garbage appropriation
Tho Fire CoinDltt'e, to which had been
referred at the last meeting tho com mhni-
oations from the Washington, Water
Witch and Wecacoe Compahes' whi'n
called tho attention OF the Inenbers oil
Council to tho fact that the bill had be-
come law and therefore Incumbent
unon tho body TO grant an additional ap.
proprlatlon for the support oil chemical
engines, were reported favorauly upon
and ordered accepted ana nled.
Superintendent L. w. Dayett oil the
cremhtory repor ted that 743 tons OF gar.
bape were burn ed during the month OF
April and that the works required the
burning OF eight tons OF ocal and 5oT7 Ral'
Iona OF oil.
Ions OF refined Gil during the month. The
reuorts with those OF Building Inspector
DohI and Chief Walker OF the Fire De.
partment were accepted.
Ctty Treasurer Adams reported bal
| ance in bank 0f S3l. .999 50 Collections
were received from james Wilson amount
Ing to $l09, Daniel Oohl s2O3; Eugene h
savers $500 and Edward Mitchell, Jr..
$500. The miscellaneous pay roll OF
s29al 81; Councils OF S275.26 and the police
OF $500 66 were passed. =,
MIR. Danuenberg gave notice OF an orul'
! nance making appropriations for the ils-
| cal year and OF another creating loan for
| the Street and Sewer Department.
| Under the head OF new business, several
communications were read and other In
| teresting matters transacted. Inc nret
| communication was one from the Postal
| Telegraph Company asking for the return
| OF S7y paid tax on twenty-four poles Tor
the years Of 92. '93 and 94. on which po :
lice and fire alarm wires are strung.
these wires are city property and the
company believed thoy should not pay
tile tax for that reason. The communi ca
ton was referred 10 the Street and Sower
The directors of the City Market House
Association sent com unleatloh ASKING
for continuance oi the lease OF the bed
OF Second street between King and Mar
ket streets The lease will expire In a
short time, and the directors asked that
Immediate action be TAKEN The com.
municaton was relerred to the Law
Committee.
Upon the permission OF the membsrs
CITY Solicitor Elliott was permitted to ad-
dress the body. He spoke In the interest
of the solicitor who is to succeed him. In
tie matter OF salary. This he aald, was
not com mensuIate with thoee paid other
| city oflicers and referred to several. MIR.
| Elliott said that when the act creating the
o(lloo was passed the salary OF Sl2OO was
large enough, but with the growth OF the
| city which has caused Increased business
| a.. m haa m tha
| poorest ono under the council and that the
salary was .insuflci Rt to maintain the In
cumDent.
lie did not state figure but left that
matter for the Council to decide. II The
salary was fixed by Legislative enactment
| he suQRested that section be drawn uI
| and be presented to the Legislature al
| the present session. There was bill
In which the clause could be inserted. he
believed and urged immediate action on
! tho part OF the Law Committee.
| MIR. Tyre then moved that the salary oil
tho city solicitor be increased to $1,000 and
that a section TO the act to that efleot be
drawn up. Before the motion was sec.
onded MIR. Smith was on his feet He 10
| opposed to the increasing OF any salariea
while the city Is situated financial lily as II
Is, and the proposed increase was no ex'
ceptlon. MIR. Smlth's argument did not
touch on figures, but upon the simple In
crease Other men had been refused
advances and he thought the samo rule
should hold good In tho case OF tho city
solicitor.
Mr. Meaney considered an increase oi
$500 entirely too great und thought the
| Law Committee should be consulted be-
fore any Increase was made. de for one.
would not vote in Its favor, II the vote
was called then.
Mr. Tyre explained that he neither wal
In favor OF increasing the salsrles OF any
officers but as there had to be ii change he
thought it should be made before the new
solicitor Is elected. He reduced his for
mer figures $4,000 and the matter was theE
referred to the Law and Finance Commit
| tee.
Council then adjourned.