Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-10-10

| At Tuesday afternoons session Of
the Levy Court three bills were held
up Tor Investigation, becauae they had
been returned by County Uomptrol 81
George d. Kelley. without his approval
and with his reasons Tor not spnroyipu
them. The bills were as follows
Rhoades Il Healey, 1870 tons OF coal fol
the Court House, SIS; George W,
Phillips, work and material at the
Court House, S23S. %; james q. LYNN,
repairs TO the boat used Mt Ssveutl,
street bridge, Sl2 40. la returning the
BILLS to the court Comptroller HALEY
presented the following oommun iuation,
which was read; Wi
Levy Court of New Castle County, Gen.
tlemen; ! hand you bills not approved by
me, Dig follows; Rhoads d Healey, February
llth, 1901. u tons coal at $3.50, SA45.tO;
March 18th, $50 40 TONS coal, s.. 80, $3.50. 60
total, $11b; this being more than $500, con.
traet limit.
Gearge W. Phillips, bill for work and
material at Court House, $2Sa.05; not ap-
proved for reason that iuain charges are not
correctly itemized. III
james Lynn. repairs to boat and loss
OF oars. SEQ This was the boat hired hy
Levy Court at Seventh street bridge and in
ny opinion should have been Kept in repair
ny oWnel'hJ MS expense.
G. d. Kelley, Comptroller.
Relative to tho coal bill, President
Lynn stated that he ordered the coal,
being of the opinion that IL was neces .
sary. 1T was good coal, not Dirt he
explained, land | ordered it to mix
with what We had in the cellar at tine
time. 1t was ordered at two different
times, in February and March. -
Mr. Chandler wanted the coal bill re.
terred back to the comptroller for
further investigation. lie was opposed
to paying the bill from what iniorma-
tion no had received. In support Of
his contention he said
object 10 Rhoads d Healey's coal bill
being paid, first, because there was enough
coal IN the Court House cellar TO have lasted
until spring; second, because the public
building committee WIS not consulted ;tl,irri,
because they charged $500 per ton VIXEN tine
market price at TINT time for public build
ings was S., and Tor private dwellings, SIS, 2s;
fourth, because 1t was ordered In open yio-
lation of the Laws of Delaware governing
this Levy Court. Revised Code OF 1873, pape
05, section 10, which requires for oil work
and labor hereafter required to be done and
all merchandise, TOOLS implements ANA
machinery TO be furnished or had and used
by or tor account of the county, where the
cost IN amy one particular case will probably
exceed the sum of $500 the Levy Court
Commissioners shull publicly invite sealed
proposals Tor doing snch work and the fur.
nishing OF such Merchandise, lit shall be
given to the lowest bidder or bidders. and
inhy demand security; fifth, because ii the
coal had been estimated for at that time it
could nave been bought for about SO, i5 per
ION, saving TO the.eounty OF about LOO;
sixth. because the bill calls Tor 1870 tons and
there we're not 100 tons put In the Court
House cellar this year.
move TINT The coal bill of Rhoades a.
Healey he referred back to the coinptroller
10 Investigate, to summon witnesses and
experts, to measure the coal, to ascertain the
number Of tons put in the cellar and sum
mon Rhoades g. Heaey and qualify them,
TO know thu truth about where the coal went.
Mr.. Megginson wanted to know how
the coal could be measured after il had
been burned Mr. Willis thought that
would be an impossihility, but he was
in favcr of MIR. Chambers motion to
refer the bill back to the comptroller.
The motion was carried.
When the bill OF George w. pbillips
cams up for consideration President
Lynn slated that oue item bad not been
itemized, but he knew the FRIEDRICH and
nreclay charged for was used in the
Court House work, as he had seen IL
and thought Mr.. Chandler had also
seen 1t. Two Ut tho members appeared
to be 10 favor OF passing the bill after
this explanation had been made by MIR.
Lynn, but Mr.. Willis did not like the
IDEA OF overriding the comptroller, and
asked Mr.. Kelley, who was present:
Mr.. Comptroller, do you accept the
bill as correotedY" Mr.. Kelley renlied
that the bill had not been corrected,
on Mr.. Willis motion, IL
was decided to refer the bill back to
the comptroller for Investigation.
As to James b. Lynns bill for re.
pairs TO the boat used at Seventh street
bridge aud for lost oars, amounting to
sl2d DO, President Lynn explained that
lt was understood, when the boat was
bred by the Levy Court, that the court
should pay for repairing all damage done
by the court or its agents, while used
10 connection with tho work. After |
nearing this explanation Mr.. Ann |
strong moved that the bill be allowed,
out Mr.. Willis 1spoke against over.
'iding the comptroller's opinion, and, |
% his motion, action on this bill was |
also deferred.