Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-04-19
WILL OBEY CITY COUNCIL,
Clerk Of Market Will Not Take Orders
From Street and Sewer Department.
HELD SATURDAY
The Department WIN Insist
r. Upon Its Rights.
LIKELY TO ELECT ANOTHER CLERK

LIKELY 10 ELECT ANOTHER CLERK
The breach between City Council and
the Street and Sewer Department was
reopened Saturday, when Clerk OF
the Market Michnel Cornell told the
Street and Sewer Directors, at public
conference. that he would take no more
instructions from that department, but
would obey City Council. as be con
sidered himself creature of Council
and would follow its instructions in all
of his official acts. The Street aud
Sewer Department will probably, as a
result, elect its own supervisor OF mar
kets TO look after its interests therein. as
it claims jurisdiction in the premises
| by appointment, CLERK Cornell met
the directors at their office, Sixth and
King Streets, at ii O'Clock. Recently
the clerk remarked The market spaces
and has been turning his money over
to City Council instead Of to the
Street and Sewer Department. The d.
rectors took exceptions to these aots
aud addressed communications TO him
ON the subject, asking for explanations,
but Mr.. Council declined to answer the
| letters, claiming that he, was not SUBJ
iect to the orders Of the depar tment.
AT Saturdays hearing President
Simmons of tho board, after reading
an opinion given by Oity Solicitor
Conrad, to the effect that the depart
ment IL entitled to market fees, wharf
rents, mole taxes, street bed rents, &c. /,
asked him why he had been depositing
| the moneys he collected with the city
auditor, to be credited to City Council,
while the law requires him to deposit
it with. the city treasurer, to be credited
tc the department, and also why he had
remarked the spaces after the depart
ment had had them marked according
to plans prepared in the office.
Mr.. Conneil replied that before he
marked the spaces he was told by City
Council to do so. Several OF the
farmers, he explained, wero required to
stand in front Of trees and other OBJ
stiuctions, and Council instructed him
to SO mark the spaces as to avoid the
obstacles, and he did as he was told.
Members of Council, he said, told him
Council was boss OF the markets,
Director Carter wanted to know what
action Council took in ordering the
work done; whether it was by resolu-
tion or simply ON the order OF some of
the members. Mr.. Council insisted
that he had received his orders from
Council and declined to tell what mem
bel or members had given him the in
structions, He concluded this reply
by saying 'tsentlcmen, l decline to
give any names. That is my busir ess.
The orders came rom Council. y
Then" said Mr.. Simmons, 'you
say you will take your orders from City
Council in the future and not from the
Street and Sewer Department
That is correct, Mr. Simmons. Mr..
Oonnell replied. III was created by
Council, Council holds my bond and /
am subject to that body. - G
Then" said MI. Simmons, 'you
do not intend to pay any attention to
orders Of the Street and Sewer Depart
ment. ~ 10 aa.I a h..
None at ALL" said Mr.. ConnelI, ard
aftef the directors had informed him
thai that ended the conference he babe
them gocd.day and returned to his
office.
The conference was not attended by
any excitement whatever, all Of the
questions and answers being SPOKEN in
a quiet and businesslike way. There
appears to be no i'll feeling between
Mr.. Council and the directors. He
told them he believed they could an
preciate his position, he being an elect
i've officer of Council.
After Mr.. Connell had departed re-
rorter of The Gazette imputed of the
directors what they proposed to do con-
corning the matter Speaking for the
board, President Simmons said the de-
partment would do inst what the law
permits 1t tc do. 1t will look after the
peoples interests II the expenditure of
all of its money in the effort is neees-
saiy. He snid the department had done
everything in its power to avoid trouble
in the matter 1t did not want to get
into any lawsuits and had hoped to
come to an understanding with Coun-
c,l, but had been unable to get salts
factory replies.
1.-The whole trouble,' he said, Giles
in the fact that the finance committee
is riding rough -shpd over thinRs.'' He
expressed the belief thnt the clork of
the market had received his ,instriIc-
tions from that committee and said he
knew of no public action Of Council
giving him instructions. Py
1t. has heen intimated that, should
Clerk Cornell fail to obey the instruc-
tions OF the department, 1t would elect
supervisor W lOOh aIbbi Lu6 IuaFK6I IN
Its interests, and. although President
Simmons would not commit himself in
this respect, it Is believed that is what
will be done, and the matter will prob.
ably come UP at the next meeting,
when aresolution will probably be in
tioduoed providing for the election OF
such an official.
Should the depart ent elect its own
clerk an odd controversy would arise,
as both clerks would clam authority
and each body would back its clerk.
The courts might be called upon to de-
eide who was legally entitled to exer-
else the authority.
Mill Creek Hundred Insurance Co.
The quarterly meeting of the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Mill
Greek hundred was held Saturday at the
Hotel La Fayette. All tho directors
were present and Spencer Chandler pre-
sided. The report for the last quarter
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