Evening journal., 1913-12-12
WANTS CITY TO
GET INTO The
ICE BUSINESS
Mr.. Shannon Tells Council
Bath Houses Can be Made
Profitable During Winter
STOVER SUGGESTS OLD
HALL AS STORAGE HOUSE

At the meeting OF City Council last !
evening a letter was received signed |
by Thomas A. X. Shannon in which !
he suggested that in the winter the
city swimming pools be allowed to |
freeze that the ice might be har-
vested for the use of the poor and the
infants of the city. Mr.. Shannon
also suggested that ice skating be al
lowed on the pools for which a
charge of or 10 cents could be made,
and the revenue thus derived applied
to the cost of storing the ice in the
summer months.
Mr.. Slower said he believed this to
be a very good idea and that he did
not believe there would be much trou-
bic In storing the ice as the City Hall
would be vacant in a short while and
there are also several places in Mr..
Zimmerman's ward where Il may be
stored. He suggested, however, that
as the city bath houses are under
the jurisdiction of the Park Commits
sion that the communication be re-
ferred to that body.
Mr.. Baynard. a member of the
Park Commission, wanted to know
If It was the sense of the meeting
that the Park Commission was to 90
into the cold storage business. IL
was believed by all. however, that It
was a very good suggestion.
In order to allow the members OF
the police force and other city en-
ployes who depend on Council for
their pay, to receive their monthly
90 oh In.
mas holidays this year, Council last
evening adopted a resolution author
izing the paying of the police force,
Council and miscellaneous payrolls
on December %, in accordance with
an ordinance adopted some years
ago for this purpose.
Chairman Williams of the fire COM
mittee presented a letter from Charles
II. Scott, an insurance man. who
pointed out the difference between
the fire hydrants here and in other
oitis, showing that in case OF a big
fire here and the necessity for call
ing upon outside departments for help
such companies would be helpless
when they got here, as they could not
attach their hose to the local fire
hydrants without redueers. He said
a sufficient number of reducers could
be purchased for 800 or 5000. 10 pro-
tect the city and fitted on any engine
that might be sent here from adjoin-
ing cities until such time as the fire
hydrants OF the different cities be-
come standard ID. The subject was
referred to the are committee.
A petition from residents asking
that Second street. between Rodney
and Union, be paved. was referred 10
the Street and Sewer Department
An ordinance providing that the
registrar of vital statistics be paid Z
fee for every marriage and birth GER
tificate received by him was given
two readings and referred to the fl
nance committee.
Councilman Hopkins presented a
communication in which he suggested
the inauguration of "buy-at-home"
campaign
President White said the idea is a
good one, and he was thoroughly in
accord with IT,
The finance committee was author
lied to prepare an ordinance provid-
ing for a bond issue not to exceed
100000, the money to be turned over
to the water board to help pay the
cost Of installing meters in every
property in the city.
The balance in bank 10 the credit OF
the city was reported to be S20,O27.31.
Following the regular meeting OF
the body last evening the members of
Council met as a committee of tho
whole and considered the plans of the
Chamber of Commerce to take a trip
TO Washington for the purpose OF
boosting Wilmington as the logical
site for the proposed government
armor plate plant.
The Councilmen are anxious to
make this trip as a body, believing It
would help some to have the entire
City Council present in the delega-
ton. They are not thoroughly famil-
lar with the plans. however, so they
decided to have a conference with the
Chamber of Commerce before taking
any definite action.
They considered the request of the
Fame Hose fire company that the city
wipe out the mortgage Of $4,000
which appears on the city auditors
books against the company. Il was
decided to ask the city solicitor TO
draw up a resolution 10 be passed by
Council satisfying this mortgage and
clearing it from the citys records.
The same viii be done with reference
to similar mortgage the city holds
against the Delaware fire company.