Evening journal., 1895-01-25
PARK IMPROVEMENTS
COUNCILMAN o'NEIL SAYS THE
CITIZENS DON'T WANT THEM.

City Already Reels over Head in Debt
and $4,000 More Should Not BE sad
died on It-Roadways Benefit Only own
ers of Fast Horses.
At last nights session Of City Council
the city treasurer reported the balance
in bank to be $92 400 46 He reported
having collected $3.50 from Eugene M
Sayers and 5000 from Edmund Mitchell,
Jr
The interest list on loan No 272S. for
81 400 was odered paid
A communication was received from
Superintendent z H Brooks, of the
'ennsy lvanis Railroad Company, stating
that he had received notice to place
& atss at the foot of Madison street. He
Fished to know where this place was.
0n motion OF Mr. Smith the clerk was
ordered to inform Mr. Brooks to inquire
Of the city engineer for the desired
information
When this amendment to the ordinance
creating surveying department was
offered to be read q third time Mr.
OouRhoe wanted to know when the
changes would take place He favored
the Increase OF the engineering corps,
but did not favor the increase Of salaries
He recommended that al assistants
except the first and second he paid $720
Instead Of 5000
Mr. Stats informed Mr. Donahoe that
the increase would take effect in Febru-
airy next On the motion to pass the
enscting clause of the amendment
Messrs McNulty. o'Neil, Donahoe and
Meaney voted against it
A check for $40 102 65 was ordered
paid In favor of l. B Jones, secretary of
the Board of Education
The supplement- TO an ordinance re-
lating to parks which will be presented
to the Legislature for action. wss sub
mite d for the Councils approval before
being sent to Dover The supplement
provides that Council be empowered to
borrow any sum not exceeding $3.50 900
10 be used by the Park Commission in
the acquisition of land and the improve
ments of parks
Mr.. o'Neil objected to Council approv
ing Of the supplement on the ground that
any communication received from the
commission on which action should be
taken by Council must be signed by two,
thirds of the park commissioners This
supplement was not signed by any Of the
commissioners He also objected to the
supplement being made a law for the
reason that at the present time the taxes
due the city cannot be collected Hun
dreds of houses were empty and the
city's finances were already in bad
condition without saddling on $3.50 600
more which would bear $1,000 or IS OOo
interest annually. He could not see how
the Improvement Of the parks could
benefit the citizens at large.
Mr. Dannenberg said that the amounts
spent now were dribblets and could not
be seen. II large sum was spent some
show would be mRde, and when once IN
| good shape the parks could be kept SO
by the small appropriations
Mr.. ONsil called the attention OF
Council to the fact that Mr. DsnnenberR
WAS an ex oficio member of the Park
Commission.
Mr.. Tyre stated that the report Of tbs
park engineer explained the improve
ments that were necessary. 1t would
pay Councilmen to read it,
Mr ONeil replied that 1t was sug-
gested by the park engineer that a road
way be made to Market street from ths
park he wanted to know who else
would be benefited by this except tbs
owners OF fast horses. The or gineer alsC
suggested that bridge be built across
the Brandywine to join the parks
This, Mr. ONeil said, would stay thers
until the hrst thaw The park commits
sion, he said, spent $40 600 several years
ago In building bridge across Rattle
snake run This bridge is now falling
down That was one OF the examples o.
improving parks
Mr.. Donahoe closed the debate b,
offering resolution that all future
legislation to be asked for by the cit,
departments must receive the consent O
two-thirds of the members of Council
before such bills are presented at Dover
The resolution was passed without I
dissenting vote