Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-12-27

A "nieger in the wood pile" was dis
closed at Thursdays meeting OF Cit
Council, for an ordinance had beef
tempered with between the time it hat
passed the law committees supervision
on Wednesday evening and its presenta
ton to Council at its regular session
Tho ordinance was that to establish
fruit, grain and vegetable market o,
Fourth street between King ana Orangi
streets, which had been introduced bl
Councilman Kane at previous meet
ing and was favorably reported Thursday
night by the law committee of which
James B. Oberly is chairman.
In due time, Mr.. Kane called up tht
ordinance for its final passage and CLERK
Morrison was reading the fret section
when Mr.. Oberly announced that thu
word vegetable bad been stricken
out of the first part of the section afteI
the ordinance had been accepted BY
the law committee. Mr.. Kane SAID
the ordinance would not be legal if such
a thing were done, and it was agreed
to reinsert the word vegetable" whelt
il had been struck out. which was in
two or three places. According to q
member of Council, the ordinance had
been altered by member who was moi
on the law committee, but who was
deeply interested that nothing should
be done harmful to the Madison street
market.
In the discussion which was aroused
by the ordinance, it appeared that some
members thought the word vegetable
should be left out of it, on the ground
that the intention was that only fruit
and grain dealers should use Fourth
| street, and that farmers who sold pro.
duce should be confined to King and
Madison streets.
Councilman Smith was much opposed
| to the measure as 1T stood, asserting
that il the ordinance were passed
good many farmers would leave King
and Madison streets and go to Fourth
street, to the detriment OF King and
Madison streets. He held that truckers
could demand space in the Fourth
street market.
Mr.. Monaghan agreed with Mr..
Smith and thought that the farmers
and gram dealers alone should nave
Fourth street.
| President Alexander appeared to
think that under the ordinance the
clerk of the market would be bound to
rent space to truckers who applied.
Mr., Kane said that the object OF the
ordinance was to establish market
where there had been none legally
established, for which reason the city
was unable to collect rent and had to
drive the farmers from the street. He
suggested that although the ordinance
might not be in every respect salts
factory. vet it was better to pass it and
then when the Legislature meets, every
thing can be set right by legislation.
Mr.. Fisher thought. the word vegetable
ought to go out. ;,
Mr.. Monaghan suggested that Council
defeat the ordinance and then prepare
one for fruit and grain market alone.
Mr.. Kane said if the measure were
rejected, Council would have no legal
right to collect rentals. He had Clei X
Morrison read section in city
ordinance on markets showing that
there could be only four kinds,
hucksters', New Jersey, fish and
farmers and truckers curbstone
markets.
Mr.. Stewart tried to show that the
Street and Sewer Department had
power not given in the ordinance from
which Mr.. Morrison had read, but bis
reference to the Street and Sewer De.
partment brought Mr.. Kane to his feet
twice on points of order, The chair
decided, however, that Mr.. Stewart was
speaking to the point. Mr.. Stewart sug-
gested to defer action and let the
matter go to the Legislature SO that
there might be no clash between the
Street aud Sewer Department and
Council.
This started Mr.. Smith, who said he
didn't see how there could be any
clash between these two bodies,
which caused smile. He was pro-
! ceeding to relate that the courts
had decided against the department
when point of order was raised ano
the chair called him to order as getting
off the question.
On the motion to adopt the enacting
: clause of the new ordinance the follow.
ing ven and nay vote was taken: Yeas
Willis, Cannon, Kane, Person, j ohm
{ stop, Mousley, Healey, Oberly-S; nays
: -Monae han, Fisher, Stewart, Smith
: and Alexander-5.
The ordinance was therefore adopted,
} and will be referred to Mayor Fahey
!, for his consideration.
l The law committee reported favorably
also ON the ordinance to repeal tnf
9 ordinance which provided for {
! stenosrapher for the city solicitor arc
t the repeating ordinance was unani
: mously adopted. The assistant CIV
, solicitor, John F. Lynn, acts as thu
Q srenograpber and typewriter for CITY
t Solicitor Henry @. Conrad. 1t will e
j to the mayor also.
, A resolution was adopted transferring
: s1, 900 from the public building to TN
crematory appropriation.
City Treasurer Hamann reported I'M
balance in the First National Bank t.
the account OF current expenses to b.
a s54, 9I7. 46. His receipts were From
Tax Collector Lewis, 81. 7So; Tax ool
lector Sayers, $3.50; Pussy & Jone
n 90. for rent Of Lombard atseet wharf
S25; Wilmington Steamboat Go, f. f,
7 rent of Fourth street wharf, $22o; "
4 II. Greenwslt, $50; Isaac O. Pyle, TO
p license, go; depository banks, for IN
terest, S32. Sc.
J. Tickets for the Friendship Fire Co.
8 celebration Of its l25th snniversar.
i tonight we're received and accepted.