Delaware gazette and state journal., 1900-01-18
COLLECTION OF GARBAGE.
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Thursday. and Referred to the orcma-
tors canmturre WIN Power TO Act.
City Council opened bids Thursday
for the collection and removal Of gar
bage and offal for the three years be-
ginning, February 1st. About 40 bids
were received: some persons bid for
each district and some for the whole
city. Each bid was accompanied by a
bond of $500, conditioned for the good
faith of the bid. This is the first time,
for many years at least, that Council
has received proposals for the collection
OF garbage; formerly garbage collection
was handled by the Board Of Health.
Numerous citizens Interested in the
outcome were present.
M. j. Doughetty bid S32,760, and
A. q. B. Anderson, e33, 900, for all
four districts. Frank Carberry bid
| Sl8, $50 for the first and second dis
tricts. William j. Winchester offered
| two bids each for the fist and secoud
districts.
The bids by districts for the three
years were as follows:
| First district, east of Market and
south of Sixth-John Mcbride, S3,570
William j. Winchester, s4,992 same,
81, 994; Henry d. Hickman, S4, DAT
John Jones, $4, $50; Charles Fl. Col.
bourn, $1,000: A. G. b. Anderson,
s., 200; John Logue, s., 400: Edward
Congo, s5, 800; Frank J. Quinn, S5, 500
Samuel j. Mccall, 81, 200; Frank Car,
berry, s7,G24; George c. Slaughter
So, 400.
Second district, north of Sixth ant
east of Market, William j.. Winchester
81, 1874; same, S7,255; John Jones
1926; Henry d. Hickman. s7,49I
A. b. G. Anderson, $500; join
Logue 81, 500; Martin F. Keogh, 1880
Andrew j.. Travis, 50, $50; Frank Car
berry, s1l, $50.
Third district, west Of Market ant
, south of Sixth, H. ID. Hickman, ST.
086. IA; John Logue, $1,000; John Nc
Bride, $1,000; Charles Ii. Colboul u
81, $50; A. G. B. Anderson, S7.5G0
, Patrick Smith, S7.600; A. j. Travis
IS, 700; Martin f. Keogh, $4,000; Ber
nard E. McVey, 50, 440; Henry Witsil
I 50, $50.
|. Fourth district, west of Market an,
4 north of Sixth, John Logue, sl3, 500
a. G. B. Anderson, sl4, 600: Thoma
I Pagan, Sl4,90O; II. d. Hickman. S14,
. CTS. So; M. j. Dougherty, SIS, 500
Q James J. Riley, SIG, 500; Michael Riley
\ SIT, 400. *
4 On motion of Mr.. Oberly the bid
4 were referred to the crematory CON
4 mittee with power to act. Mr. FIshe
said he understood when the gaibag
r matter was placed in charge of Council
!: the contract was to he awarded b
1 Council as a body and not by the con
|. mittee. President Alexander though
/. If Council gave the committee power I
n act, the act of the committee would /
h the act Of Council. Mr.. Fisher said !
q did not think SO.
"a Mr.. Kane remarked that there wei
"a responsible bidders in the list and Ii
le committee on crematory was placed
"a delicate position, several hundre
IA dollars being involved in difference
IA and he hoped the committee would a.
,e in the interest of the tax payers.
h. City Treasurer Hamarn reported ii
ID balance in Union Bank to the credit
al curl ent expenses to be 800, l74. so;
of each of the four depository bank
"a as follows: From Tax Collector Sayer
v. from city repositories on account of !
t, terest, S1O6 4s.
al Milk Inspector Walter A. McEvil
40 presented the following report
be- December: Number of inspections, 10
he number of quarts inspected, S,52
,w samples collected, "a daires inspecte
ON IA. His annual report for the We
as ending December 3lst showed the I,
he lowing figures: Inspections, 2,92
it quarts inspected, 107 672; sampl,
I'M 624; analyses, 12; precautiona
ri- notices, 122; dairies inspected, 206.
Ids No committee presented its repo
70, and no councilman had commune
lr- tion to submit.
sit After the adjournment of Council I
he crematoiy committee met but did |
of award the garbage contract
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