Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-14
SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL
The Proceedings of the Meet
ing Last Evening.
ROUTINE BUSINESS TRANSACTED
The Monthly Reports of the
City Officials.


Thursdays session of City Council
was devoted to the transaction of
routine business.
Tho superintendent OF the garbage
crematory reported that il destroyed
062 tons of offal and consumed $3.50
gallons of oil and ILL., tons of coal last
month. The Standard Oil Co. was
allowed $266. 63 for oil used at the
crematory.
The clerk of the municipal court
reported that he made the following
collections last month; Fines, 1921 I;
fees, S43; costs, S64 20. He also re.
ported that the September witness fees
unclaimed amounted to 50.
The building inspector reported that
he Issued 40 permits last month, for
buildings the estimated value of which
amounting to $l19,
The inspector of oils and fluids re-
ported that he inspected 10, 567 gallons
of refined oil last month.
The milk inspector presented his re-
port for October. 1t contained the fol-
lowing Information Number of in
spections, 1876; number of quarts in
spected, 6,7l2; number of samples, II I;
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Tho monthly reports of the chief
engineer Of the Fire Department and
the clerk Of the Registry Bureau took
the usual course.
The Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals submitted its
monthly report, as follows: Dogs in
the pound at the beginning of the
month, II; dogs impounded during the
Iii i
deemed, IA; dogs sold, 4 dogs in the
pound at the end Of the month, 5; re-
ceived from the sale of dogs, &c. horses
impounded, 9; cows and bulls i'm
pounded, IA disposition of the horses,
l redeemed and the other left in the
pound; cows and bulls redeem Q I, all (;
total amount of fees, $33. The society
was allowed $3.50 for its services during
tho month.
A communication from the chief en-
gineer OF the Fire Department, asking
that telephones be put in the engine
houses and explaining that he desires
them put therein so that he can
promptly notify the fire companies of
distractions to streets and bridges, was
referred to the committee on fire com
panies.
The city treasurer reported the fol-
lowing bank balances: Union National
Bank, $40, $50. % to the credit of the
city's current expenses and $50, 900 to
the credit of the special fund for the
purchase of park land: each of the
four depository banks, s22, 227 to the
credit Of the city's current expenses |;
total sum in bank Sl79, 65S. SO. He
also reported the following receipts |:
From City Auditor Pyle, S31. 40, dog
tax; from City Engineer Wilson,
S57. GO, fees; from Clerk Adams of the
municipal court, 1897. 20, collections;
from Building Inspector Grubb, S1l9,
fees; from the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals, S33, fees !.
from Receiver Mitchell, $500, city and
school taxes for 1895; from Receiver
Sayers, $3.50 and $3.50, similar taxes
for 1893 and 1894, respectively. The
transfer Of IS, 600 from each of the de-
pository banks to Union National
Bank, to be deposited to the credit Of
the city's current expenses, was Or
dered.
The city auditor reported that the
accounts of the various city officials
are correct. He also reported that he
had received the following amounts
and deposited them with the city
treasurer; From the Latimer trust
fund, 500, interest; from the Gilis
trust fund, So, interest; from the City
Market House Co., 1925, rent; from
Mayor Jefferis, S25, Masonic Hall Co. s
license. He also reported the deposits
which were made during the week, as
follows; To the credit of the Mayor
and Council, 1886. 20, by the chief of
police, the clerk of the municipal
court, the building inspector and the
city engineer: to the credit of the
Water Commission, sl1, 1914. IS, by
Registrar Grohe; to the credit of the
Street and Sewer Department, sl04, 80
by the clerk of the market and 500 by
tho city engineer; total sum deposited
to the credit of the department, $l73. 90.