The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-12-23
That FIRE
: ORDINANCE.
It's Passage by Council is
Occupied by Some
discussion.

The Indictment weather OF las. evening
h.u. / o lce,. bic effect IA tho members OF
Council. Messrs Z-bley, Fisher, smith
and Cannon wore late In arriving and
Ne sr". n'Neil and Hsaly did not put III
an ap. ar nee during tho session. The
rain k.p. the two First ward members
at home. while the death Of his child de-
itainsi Mr.. Healy. Mayor McLear md
Auditor lyle, who are Invariably preasnt
were also among the absent ones.
Chairman Cannon of the Fire committee
presented q communication from Chief
Sasse OF the Fire Department asking that
he bs furnished u horse AMI buggy for re-
l-spondinR to alarms. The communication
was referred to the fro committee.
City Treasurer Curry reported The bal
4, ance in Union National Bank to account
of current expense to be $50 00l. 33; in each
Of tho four depository banks, ~, 1885, total
$9z 3ib.33; special fund for park purposes,
(23, O34 IS
The collections we're: Thomas s. Lewis
eSi0 taxes for 1898; Eugene N. Sayers,
s8D taxes for 1897; Edmund Mitchell Jr..
S3lt taxes for 1897.
TUT ordinance regulating the Fire d.
paItmont after January Twas read n third
time, and referred to Mayor McIIsar for
his signature. Mr.. Lea!y Of the law com
mittue was the only committeeman who
did not approve the ordinance and as no
member of the committee had no recon-
mendntiou to offer In lis behalf, no moved
that Chiof SaSse DO given tho privilege Of
ths floor to explain the'object Of the now
orr inncc. The motion prevailed where
upon Chief Sasse said that upon his cleo
siOn as the head of the Fire DEPARTING ut
he announced himself In favor of re-dis-
triCting sho city and also allowing the d. G
men some say" In the way 1t should be
ksiune. At meeting Of all companies
IN the city the schedule as embodied In tho
CT llnance was adopted. Tho new plan of
having only two alarms, Chief Sasso
tnougut, was best because there are SO
Tow fires In the city. and that by the two
alarm ~ TEN the companies can be saved
many runs. ".
After Chief Sasse finished Mr. LeRry
opened tho wrangle. i6 called attention
to ,ho fact that the new ordinance states
shat the Phoenix hook and ladder truck
must respond to all alarms. He said coun-
oil could not order the Phoenix Company
b do such thing when Council Dies not
pay that company BY the oIdinaE CO
Council Is bringing in some thing it is
NOT paying for II tho ordinance could
b. ndoptcd legally Mr.. Lcary said, he would
vote for 1t, for it seemed to have the ell
dorse nent of all tho ilremen, but to order
the Phoenix Company to do something
would be going contrary to the injunction
Era ted by the chancellor. restraining the
city from paying the company the incrcns
e0 appropriation.
"lf tho ordinance will give the Phoenix
Its appropriation l will vote for it. " said
Councilman Cannon. 'They are in service
and have been ever since they got their ap
pArntus, They IRE not like some other
conpaLies that won t,go into service unles
thsy have lots of money back of them"
Mr., Leary said he knew tho Phoenix
nj. "A Al.
pnDy credit for it, but ho was OF the opin-
loo thaiCouncil could not legally pass tho
ordnance while 1t contained II clause or
dsI!ng the Phoenix truck to do something.
Mr.. Leary added that II Council did make
such all order the company could put in n
bilt for truck service and the courts would
order it paid.
Councilman Smith said no did not share
the same views MS Mr.. Leary He said the
Phoenix Company WAS chartered as II
steam fire engine company, and as such it
collected it appropriation from Coun2l.
and did not appear before Council as u
hook and ladder truck company; therefore
1t could no; collect a bill for such services
Councilman Fisher said Council had hell
up the al preparation to the Phoenix Com
pany once, and If it Is desired it could do
so again, as there was IL ma jority to do iU
| wish to correct the gentleman from
the Sixth ward" said Mr.. Cannon The
majority was with the Phoenix company
and passed tho appropriation, but tho mi.
nority got ouy an injunction and stopped
IT.
II wish TO correct tho gentleman from
---4kb Second ward" said Mr.. Leary. Il +
was not the minority that got tho iujuuc-
ti0n, but IT was citizens"
We'll, they got it,, replied Mr.. Cannon.
thrCush tho inlluance Of the minority. II
any one wis to ask the citizens why they
got tho injunction not one of them could
teil"
The ordinance WAS then put on passage
and passed by the following vote;
Yea McsserS. Smith, Oberly, Cannon,
Kane, Xrhey, Fisher, Watson, Morris
and Robertson, and President Ls!:ch-lU
Nay Mr., I.eury--l.