Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-24
COUNTY FUNDS GO
|ssllns Items Culled From the
|aport Of the County Auditors.
AT1HEWARRANT PAGES SHOW
|snds of Levy Courtmen
Seem to be in Luck.
sOF WIN. MOORE AND MAYOR BOYD


.bs report of Philip Q. Church.
and Charles G. Kurtz Of their
~ the books Of New Castle
NV. ms presented to Resident Judge
nance, Thursday, there is no more
1,ssting section than that devoted
Ia warrants. Many pages are given
n the list OF warrant numbers, the
sons IN whose names the claims were
ssnted, and the amounts received.
s,e are, of course, many items in
county economy, and each Of these,
A the warrants issued under it, are
On. While the main portion of the
art treats Of large amounts, these
bes Of the warrants tell an interest
story Of the disposition of the
uey They tell who got the cash.
n takes no more than cufsory read
Of some Of these pages to motto that
ne names appear with q marked FREE
Ipncy, Such name is that of George
Phillips. As Mr.. Phillips is a
|mber IF the firm of Lynn Il Phillips,
4 the Mr.. Lynn of that firm lie none
[er than John Lynn, member OF the
I'M Court for the First district, it
II be seen that it is very convenient
Mr.. Phillips to send his bills against
Levy Court by Mr.. Lynn to that
6y Just why he should have SO
bny bills is a question which he may
better qualified to answer than any
Der peison.
I'M the year ended January I'd. 1900,
|. Phillips received no fewer than q
3arrants from the Levy Court, which
an average of about one every two
tess. One of them was paltry Sl00,
other was SlO2, and another was
Sl7j, whereas all the lest were more
/ an 500 each. Seven Of them were 10
Y $500 line and five were in the $400
hiss. One even reached s740. Posi-
i Mr.. Phillips fofgets in that instance
u law which says that when piece
work will probably cost $500 or
|ore bids must he advertised for; or
Essbly the Levy Courtman who
|dered the work, overlooked the law.
A great many of the Phillips allow
bees are under the item of repairs and
hprovoments, but where the improve
Eents and repairs are made might
|uz2le any one who had only the bills
60 on. Some of the expenditures
|bich he received were on account of
Auseways and bridges in the First dis
Tict, Mr.. Lynn's district, and une item
I S297. 81 was for work In the Second
I'd Third districts, which are the Will
iington districts of the county.
The total OF Mr.. Phillips warrants
clcso to $4,000.
Another large tota is that of the war
nnts received by one Isaac s. Weldin,
nder the item Of causeways and bridges
. the First district, Mr.. Lynn's dis
'ict The amount is about 81, 600,
lade up by 10 warrants. Mr.. Weldin
sceiVed good deal of money in the
revious year, so that it was cause of
omment. He is said to be a brother
l'law Of the Levy Court commissioner
the First district.
One William Moore, whose large re-
sipts-so far as the report could indi-
,te in the previous year, created
,me talk, appears to have done pretty
ell by the county in the year covered
! this last audit In - warrants, his
,tal is 81, 1874. 10, some Of which is
Dder the item Of repairs and some
nder that Of causeways and bridges.
lany people do not know who Mr..
IOore is.
Then, too, Robert Barrett gets his
ame 10 the warrant list many times,
be specific, 20 times, for a total of
bout $4,000. There is an impression
bat Mr.. Barnett stands in with Mr..
ynn.
The grand total of Messrs. Phillips,
'edin, Moore and Barnett is in the
alghhorhood Of $17,000
Even that total pales somewhat
'alnst the figures received by the
leriif of New Castle county in the
'ar mentioned. Sheriff Taylor's fees
ere s., 494. SO; he received under the
en-, Officers Of the court" 81, $50. SIS ;
BARD of prisoners. Sl6, 453, 90, and con-
ct labor, $500, making a total OF
y, 1857.
Every Evening has several times
rawn attention to the bill Of about
Loo which Mayor Evan G. Boyd OF
ew Castle is endeavoring to have
lowed by the court. That has not yet
sen passed. But the auditors report
Wis of two warrants received by Mayor
cyd IL the year covered by their
port One is for 1892, and the other
: s99l. 20, making total of 81, 1888. 20.
bis is under the magistrates and con-
ables' allowances, and doubtless
ands for some of the some methods in
prisoners, which has been
'lled in question through the holding
p Of the last bill.
As concluding word the question
light we'll be asked: What have the
Y payers of New Castle county re-
'lved from the $40, 900 of expenditure
the various warrants herefindicated
.