Evening journal., 1897-06-02
NEWS OF NEW CASTLE.
BUSY COUNCIL MEETING
Gas Company Will Sue the
City for $500,
IF COUNCIL DOESN'T COMPROMISE


COLLECTOR WHITES
BOND.
New Castles CITY Council has ar
ranged to have a thorough understand
ing with the Delaware Railroad Com
pany, which owns about one-fourth of
the area OF the town, now at the be-
ginning of Councils year. At its June
meeting last night Council passed a
resolution requesting a meeting with
the proper officials of the company next
Tuesday At any hour they set, Coun-
ell, as a committee of the whole, will
meet them at the station upon their ar
rival here and entertain them while in
this city. Council will hold an adjourn
ed meeting on the evening of that day.
City Councils business last night was
transacted in a prompt and business
like manner. On the matter OF street
lighting, President Lambson stated
that he had spent an hour and qua ter
in going over the town and had noted
the different dark places. He suggest
ed the introduction of incandescent
lights of strong power. Mr.. Clewell ia
vored Welsbach gas lights in the dark
districts. This matter was postponed
until the adjourned meeting.
PUTTING ON SLIGHTE ID VOTERS
Council engaged in its first tilt over
the placing on the assessment list of a
number of citizens who had been over
looked by the city assessor. Mr.. Pagan
argued that because the sittings of
Council as a court of appeals was over.
it was not right that these names
should go on. Mr.. Cooper also contend
ed that it was illegal to add the names.
Mr.. C,ewell made a vigorous appeal
for promptly placing the names on the
list stating that the men were bona
hde citizens, known personally to
Council to be SUCH and must have the
right to vote. Mr. Pagan moved to
postpone a month for legal enlighten-
ment, and Mr.. Cooper seconded the mo-
tion, but 1t was lost, and the names go
on.
GAS COMPANY WANTS $S37 OR A
SUIT.
President James G.. Shaw and Super
intendent j. b. Lancaster, of the New
/ Castle Gas Company, appeared with a
compromise on the claim of S125 a
month for gas for the entire year to
next November /. The company had
made minute calculation of the amount
of gas consumed up to last April, when
the lights were turned out upon the
/ appearance of arc lights.
superintendent Lancaster submitted
the Humphries' standard of street
lighting throughout the United States
It showed that during January there
were Ala burning hours, while during
! the month of June there were but 240.2 q
burning hours. The gas company had
been Obliged to light the city on the
long end OF the year and had gotten
none Of the white meat of Summer.
Mr. Shaw claimed that the gas COM
panys contract held good until Novem-
ber, '97, because Council had paid one
month pro rata, thereby literally ac.
cepting the cOntrOct The company
however, would refrain from suing il
Council would pay 1887 less the $12'
credit. and pay $40 for 140 Welsbacl
mantles. The $S37 was for gas at regu
lar commercial rates Of $3.50 per thou
sand
PARAMOUNT GETS THE MARBLE
HEART.
The Fairmount Construction Com
pany presented a bill for SlS3 for tn
, city's share Of curbing. plating, plank
ing. piping and teaming on the streets
which the company claimed on a verba
agreement of the Street Committee o
96. Mr.. Cooper claimed that Council
had never agreed to pay anything Il
I the Fairmount Construction Company
Something had been said about tn
city paying for one-half the drainag
pines. President LambsOn opposed tn
1 bill. because Il would not have been in
e CURED had the railway not come int
the city. The bill was returned with
refusal to pay.
TO SAVE THE FINE TREES.
President Iambson presented a let
ter from Professor Powell Of the Fv
4 perimental Station. az Newark. contain
!. ING a prescrintiOn for killing the in
n sects which have been destroying tn
q fine old elm trees about town Profe'
sor Powell had been sent for to invest
gate the trouble His comnrehensiv
8 letter was referred TO the Trustees {
e the Market Square whose trees are tn
ones affected.
It CITY OFFICIALS BOND.
City Collector White appeared an
. submitted his bonds. James Whit
Rodgers and James McGrath were n
hondsmen in the sum of $4,000 +,
a. city and school taxes
James White. John +. Campbe'
a, Peter Toner and John A. Schuhar,
le went on the bond for $4,000 for roa
and street taxes.
= City Treasurer Ferris submitted h
> hond for $4,000. and his sureties al
William J. Ferris, James r. Eliasc
and E. l.. Chase. Both bonds were a
& cepted, subject to the approval of u
city solicitor
er A B. COOPER REELECTED.
Council started into an election f
city solicitor, and Alexander b. Coop
was nominated. but Mr. Pagan object
to Mr. COoper's reelection. because,
his mind, the ex-city solicitor was n
entirely free from interest in other CO
y DOrations with whom Council had
TX deal Mr. Cooper declared that