The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-28
COUNCILS WEEKLY WORK.
Discussion Follows crenatory Report. No
Team Yet For Inspector McEvily.

l Tho Law Committee of City Council
| last night presented to Council q report
recommending the adoption Of the amend.
| mont to the milk ordinance providing for
the furnishing of d team Tor the uso Of In
spector McEylly. But the recommendn-
tion was not adopted by Council although
1t came near being through an oversight
on the part Of President Leitch. He called
Tor the adoption OF the report and every
body voted ''yes" excepting Mr.. Obarly.
Mr.. Leitch was about to declare the
amendment adopted when Mr.. Smith in
formed him that a yeaand nay vote was
necessary to adopt the report.
President Leitch apologized for the over
sight and called for vote. Mr.. 'Oberly
voted with tho Republicans excepting
Mr.. Fisher who was absent) which tied
the vote. whhsreupon the chairman dc.
clared the motion lost Mr. McEvliy will
make another effort to have the ordinance
amended
Chairman Healy of the Crematory Com
mittee submitted an additional report Of
the working of the crematory. 1t show
ed that SB4S9. rs had been spent during the
i've months from July to November in
cluded. The appropriation was $500 and
there is therefore on hand balance OF
Slo72 which figures correspond with those
submitted by Mr.. Healy at the last meet
ing. Mr.. Obery motloned to adopt the
report but before it could be accepted
discussion arose
Mr.. Robinson said that it was his
opinion that the report was to- show. the
cost of burning garbage, but that it failed
todo so, as 1t did not tell how much 1T
cost per ton to dispose of garbage.
Mr.. Cannon said he had made request
Tor tho statement, as the contract for the
crematory las said 1t could bs destroyed
for Is cents ton.> Mr., Oberly snid that
the contract was that the Dixon Company
would show at any time within a. year
cents II ton. MIR Robinson claimed that ,
tho statement did not give tho public the
desired Information. Mr.. Healy said that
it was impossible t. get the the required
amount OF garbage SO that IL could be 4
burned at s5 cents a ton, for the = same
amount Of coal has to be burned whether
the furnaces nre full of garbage Or only
partly full.
City Treasurer Curry reported the bal
ance in Union National Bank to account
ofcurrent expenses to be S66, 7C3 SO; in each
OF the four depository bonks S2l ZIG; total
$l7b CO.. 67; special fund for park purposes
$23, ,OD3, 70. The collections were Edmund
Mitchell, Jr., s1:O0, taxes for 1896; Eugene
M. Snycrs, 1900. taxes for 1897 City Audi
tor Pyls reported the receipt of $s5,
license fee of Opera House, and OF having
audited the contingent fund in the hands |
OF Charles H. Ten Weeges amounting to |
s4S4 81.
Chairman Oberly of the Finance Com.
mitteo presented u res ,lution transferr-
ing $500 from the appropriation for navi- !
cation 20 that of crematory and Of $3.50 |
from the appropriation for navigation to |
that for incidental and miscellaneous ex- |
penses. There being no objection the res
olution was adopted.
The police pay roll of 81, 9s6. IS; miscel
laneons pay-.of of Sgs65.36 and Council
payroll of S!75.26 were ordered paid. The
garbage bills were ordered paid.
A communication was received from the
Phoenix Fir3 Company Stating that ths
could not do business now un-
der any appropriation of $500, an increase
Dl S2OoO over the present appropriation,
and urged that this amount he allowed
] he company also presented petition
by Il number cf citizens in the north
EASTERN part Of the city urging that tho in.
crease in tho approps iation be allowel
lpon metion by Mr.. Cannon. The commits
lication and petition weie reterreu to
Council as u COMMITTEES Of the whole.