Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-04-04
COUNTY FUNDS ARE SHORT
The Levy Court Will Have to Sail
Very Close 10 the Wind
for Awhile.
MANY CLAIMS ARE COMING IN
With Little Money on Hand to
Meet Them--Bill of $4oO
for Water at the
Jail, Laid Over.

John A. Meccann, secretary If the
New Castle Water Board, was before
Levy court Tuesday with ths boards
bill of S400 foT water to be supplied TO
the Jail from March lst, 1901. to March
LIST, 1902 On motion of Mr.. Willitts
the matter was laid over until the next
meeting, Investigation to be made
meanwhile by special COMMITTEES. Mr..
Willitts said that before the year is
out thare will be many less prisoners
at the Jail, because the workhouse will
have been put IN use. He thought it
would be mistake to contract for such
long time ahead under such condi-
tions. The special committee on the
subject comprises Messrs. Megg inson,
Willitts and Chandler.
The five old members of the court ap-
peared to be busy with bills, but the
two new members, Elliott and Willitts,
seemed to have no work of that kind to
occupy them.
THE COUNTY SHORT ON MONEY.
| Sheriff McDaniel's bill for the first
three months of this year was submitted
Tuesday. 1t was on large sheets
and looked formidable. but was said
not to be footed up. 1t probably
amounts to abnut $1,000.
| Payment is not expected for some
time because the county is rather short
on money just now. BY ths time the
payroll of more than S4, 600 is Iaid,
there will not be much cash in the
county treasury. The new memb bers
have Eeen added to the payroll.
| This is bad time of the year to
make collections. Only about $1,000
was taken in by the collectors last
month. So until the court negotiates
the loan authorized by the Legislature,
for Market street bridge and Seventh
street bridge, it will probably have to
sail close to the wind. When that
money IS reoeiyed, Sl2,00 of it may
be used to reimburse, the general funds
since that amount has already been
paid Oh account of Seventh street
bridge, de lite the fact that the court
made no provision for that structure
Ia theIlasL annual appropriations.
Coroner Fri5k'e bill of S18l, for tht
quarter, went in Tuesday. Magistrates
and constahles' bills were also in, bu
they will probably have to wait awhile
before being paid.
The Levy Court approved the projec
to widen q road from Hamtown to Mid
dlstown, in St. Georges hundred. |
will cost the county about sl15, accord
ing to Commissioner Armstrong, fo
damages to property.
After the morning session, Mr.. Meg
ginson was asked if he had anything t.
say concerning the denunoiatory resolu
tions of the Republican City Commit
tee. He first said he had nothing to say
but thinking of practical politics, h
added:
IF they (the Republican committee
feel like going on the bonds of Repub
licsn constables who cannot get bond
in their own hundreds, would like t
, hear from them. There are two Repub
licans who we're appointed and have no
: succeeded in getting bond. Democrat
we named have bonded and had Repub
, lioan bondslnen."
COUNTY TAX COLLECTIONS.
, Receiver of Taxes Rettew receive
the following amounts for taxes col
: lected last month Brandywine hundred
1926. 9S: Christiana, S463 SO; New Gas
9 tie, S2S7. 46; Pencader, Sl24. l0l; Re
0 Lion, S262. l5; st. Georges, s2s3. 6s
: Appoquinimink. s66. 49, His collection
I in Wilmington hundred were: For 1885,
S115. 65; 1899, 81, 290. 80; 1900, 53l. %.