The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-06-07
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Buslne.s of Ceuncil

Buslness of Council
The salary OF the incoming City Solloi-
tor will remain at e1200 per year. City
which proposed to increase the salary to
$4,000 and after lively discussion In
which all the members participated.
Mr.. Wainwright called the attention OF
the me IN bers to the ordinance by calling
for Its reading In sections. This was done
but before the vote was called Mr.. Nc.
Nulty said he would like to express him
self on the question OF Increased salariess
The tax rate has been fixed at S1 40 de.
crease OF 10 cents under that OF last year.
This amount he thought would decrease
the city'e revenue but In the face OF this
financial outlook another increased salary
was wan ted. He could not underatnnd
why tie other members OF council would
vote for such O measure. Beside there
would be many biils the OUTGOING ooun.
pay. He considered the body q corDora-
tion without capital.
Mr. smith, who has alvnva beap onnoa.
ed to Increasing eaaries. wns stronper in
his remarks Il ever tefore on like
question. He sa.,, The candidates for the
Offices knew the salary before thew were
elected. and declared that thay had moi.
luied the ballot boxes to yet the position
and It's salary. The condition of the olty,e
tinancee diu not warrant an increase and
he was more opposed to this case than any
| that have como before the present ooun.
Gil.
MI; katledge thought "the laho-er was
worthy OF his hlreo and beliayed the
ounce OF CITY solicitor to be poorly paid
one but whom he looked to the city's credit
ne iound IL In very depressed condition,
therefore he would vote against tho pro.
| posed increase. Mr.. ONeil thought as
dlu Mf. Ratledge OF the salary hut could
| not Vote Tor an Increase. MIR. Wainwrlg ght
was then heard from. He thought the
work and responslbiliiies of the city
solicitors Office deaerved mi ore pay. When
the bill was framed many thought the
frat bsneilciarv would be Republican
Now that the city solicitor. elect is a
Democrat he was atill In favor OF 1t. As
member OF the finance committee he
knew some little about the city'a financial
condition. and thought the outlook for
tho coming year was brighter than 1t has
been for years. The present year. he said.
had heen an easy one, but Mr.. ONeil re-
minded the member that he did not think
the past year ives such a prosperous one.
The extraordinary appropriation OF go 900
did not look as though council had such
mn easv yenr.
Mr.. McNultv confined himself to the
question of salary. Hs said there were
many officers whose salaries should be In.
creased hut he could not vote for the or
dinnnce while the city's finances are In the
condition they nre Politics did not CON
troll hia vote on the question 1t was Q
question of business with him. The In
crease he considered had business. bad
po,itIca and bad everything else"
This finished the discussion and vote
was taken the proposrd ordinance beiD
killed nv 10 nay votes MIR. wainwright
and Mr.. Dsnnenbe~g voted In favor OF tht
Increase There was ono absent member
Charles Dannepberg OF the cremRtor,
committee presented the report OF Super
intendsnt Dayet which was that III toni
Of oiTai had been destroyed during tn
month and that e03l Eallons nf on ana W
topa of coal had hesn used In the work
CITY Tranaurer Adams reported the bal
onne in bank to the credit OF current ex
pensea to be s14 452 23. Tine COLLECTION
were: II ". Rillanv 465, slls.5o: Lewis I
NJ Savers, taxes for 1894 $500; for lS9s
$3.50: James Wilson. s6T.91: Edmun
NitcheIL Jr, taxes for 1894, 1880; EuGen
NJ. Sayers taxes for 1892, $500
An opinion was read from the city &c
I,cItnr to the effect that the salary @
Bnllding Inf pee, or Gruhb would hegin o
Nav and Mr. Dohl should be paid up t
, TINT time
Mr.. Dannenberg gave notice Of an ord
nance for the purchase OF park lanns an
another ordinance In relation to the cal
turing and killing OF unreGistereed doRi
Mr. Tyre gave notice OF an ordinanc
amending IN ordinance In relation to tt
public health.
A cOmmu untGatl0n from tne Iark ION
mission In reference to the purchase {
the right of way through ground OF u
Board of Education and the Dandy Dl'
were referred to the Finance. Law andlPar
committees
The ordinance prohibiting certain nuis
anres was read the third time, as was ale
/, the tax hudRet ordinance.
, BIds for printing the report OF tha FIJI
Comm were as follows: Meroanti
4 Printing COMPANY. Al 10 per page; ID
mond Printing Company, s. cents p
paGe.
President Lawson and Messrs. Pyle ar
Mono CHAN of the Police Commission co
ferroh with the members OF tho Flnan
Committee before the session OF count
- In resArence to the salaries OF members
. the police force. An effort was made
y get the members of the committee to
u y struct the city treasurer to pay out ehec
y to the officers IA far as the money In bal
will 90 This will probably he done.
N when Mr. Staats took his seat his de
~ was covered with flowers and large Z
tile ward from which he was re.elected |
Ing surrounded by them. He is the on
Republican member who was re.eeote
He STYLES his position ms the "only mei
ber saved from the wreck"