The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-20
WITH THE CITY FATHERS.
They Transacted Much Business Last
Night In an Hour.

City Council last evening received from
the Police Commission and City Solicitor
Conrad communications which will In all
probability lead to the passage Of an ordi-
nance viii ,h will keep within bounds tho
Salvation Army. That from tho former
body referred to the Arny's nuisance rs
created ut Fourth and French streets and
that OF Mr.. Conrad set forth that he had
found nothing in the present ordinances
covering the matter of noise at religious
meetings and recommended that an ordi-
nance covering the ground be Immediately
passed. The Council favorably received
the Solicitors opinion and referred 1t with
the Police Departments opinion to the
Law Committee.
Charles II. Ten Weges, SO ,retary of the
Board of Health, called Councils s attention
through communication, to the needs IL
front of the old Academy on Vandever
avenue in the Ninth ward and the matter
was referred to tho Public Building Com.
mittee with power to act.
Chairman Cannon Of the Fire commit.
tee reported having made the seini'annual
inspection OF tho fro department and
recommended the payment of the appro-
Friendship, $3.50: Reliance, sl75o; Della.
ware, Sl75O; Phoenix, sl75o; Fame Hose,
sl75O. Water Witch. 5000; Weccacoe,
1850; Washington, S2500; Liberty, Sl750;
Chief Engineer Weldie, $500; First Assis.
tant Skeiley, 500; Second Assistant, $3.50.
City Treasurer Curry reported tho bal
ancc in Union National Bank to account
Uf current expense to be s03, ,9S7 95; in each
of the four depository banks s37. .sl6; special
fund for park purposes 81, 155.63. Tho
collections were: Edmund Mitchell. Jr.,
S1,o7i.75, account of taxes of 1886 and 81;
Eugene 81. Sayers s2,s673s, account Of
taxes of 1877. The reports With that OF
City Anditor Pyle. took the usual course.
Patrick Kirk sent n communication ask
ING for the refunding Ct an overpaid tax,
he being assessed rs mechanic and being
" latoler. David Lindsay and George II.
Barrett g. Co., made similar request
which wero referred to tho Finance Com.
lnit;ov with power to act.
Tbs North Side Land and Improvement
Company, through Samuel II. Baynard, by
I, standardization, stated that during tho
years 'D5 and ~ it had paid into the city
treasury s! O4? s., the full rate of taxation
on unimproved real estate in the Ninth
wald. This amount being in excess OF
that demanded by law, it asked that the
ovnrpaid amount be returned. The fl
nance and law committees were author.
lied to take charge of the question and
havo City Solicitor Conrad confer with
them before submitting report. Alfred
S. Elliott, trustee Of Benjamin Elliott,
had also included an over amount In The
sum OF Si7S 50 and his communication
was referred to the same committees. Tho
parties contend that the real estate was
exempt from q certain amount OF taxation
by recent Legislative enactment.
Bids for the erection of q bicycle house
for tho use OF the Police Department were
then opened and were as follows:
Daniel McCloskcy, Sl2O; A. s. Reed a.
Bro. Company, $50: William E, James,
$97. IL: B. H. Shakespeare, 800; Hubert
Cassidy, S96 81; J J. Cotton, Sll3 Bids
were also received Tor laying the concrete
pavement in the basement Of the City Hall
and were: A. S Reed and Bro. Compa-
ny, s9); Simmons a BIO, S75; William
Connolly, $50. In tho bid of simmons &
Brother, II clause guaranteed that the
work would net crack in ten years. Upon
mo!ipn the PnyI; Commission was ordered
to draw its annual appropriation Of $4,000
and thu Board OF EdEca ion its monthly
appropriation Of $ll us 50. Municipal
Court Clark Adams report was accepted
and filed.
Mr.. O'Nnill asked what was the pleasure
Of Council in reference to sonding the
building inspector to the national couycn-
ton ol building inspectors. lie WAS III.
formed that the matter was i'll charge OF
the Public Bnilding Committee, and that
no action would be taken until that com,
mittce had reported. 1t is understood that
the committee docs not favor the trip