Evening journal., 1914-10-23
TO INVESTIGATE
Condition OF POOR
City Council Names Com
mittee TO Study the
Situation
LAND PURCHASE
is TALKED OF

At the meeting of City Council last
night President White appointed
Councilmen Cook, Haney and Drap-
er as a committee to investigate the
conditions of the poor of the city.
The committee was urged In reso-
luton presented by Councilman Cook
last week, and followed the state
ment that children were prohibited
from attending school because of not
having shoes,
Councilman Cook also presented a
resolution giving the Public Building
Committee power to ask for bids for
the removal of the bell tower from
the old fire house of the Union Fire
Company at Front and Union streets
to their new house at Third and
Union streets. Before the resolution
was adopted II was learned that the
subject had already been referred to
the Public Building Committee. The
/ committee is ondeavoring to ascer-
tain the ownership Of the tower, the
city or the fire company. Request
was made of the Police Commission
ers by the fremen some time ago to
remove the tower, but the Commits
sioners refused.
Each of the twelve city fire COM
panies was allowed S125 towards de-
fraying the expenses of the bands
they engaged for the firemen's pa
rade last Friday. This money had
been promised by Council.
The resolution adopted at the Tax
Payers League calling on Council to
have an accountant go over the books
of certain city and county officials
was read and referred to the commit
tee Of the whole for action.
At the request of Building Inspec-
tor Anderson, $40 was ordered re-
funded TO Charles A. Dougherty.
This represented fees overpaid by
Mr.. Dougherty on four building per-
mits.
The Fire Committee reported hav-
ing purchased two automobiles for
use of the assistant fire chiefs and a
bill of S92130 from the Gomery-
Schwartz Company was ordered paid.
Tho report of Oil Inspector Cornell
and Chief Magill, of the fire de-
partment. for September, we're re-
ceived and filed. The balance in bank
was reported to be S450,35054 The
Council pay roll amounting to $275.26.
and the miscellaneous pay roll
amounting to $3,292,S2, were ordered
paid.
Although Council had advertised
for bids for remodeling the old acad-
envy in Vandever Avenue, only one bid
was received, that being from Will
liam s. Anderson, who bid S2,17S.11.
, This was considered high by the Coun-
: cilmen, and the matter was referred
to the Public Building Committee.
4 The building IN question is owned b.
the city. IL is intended TO have il tittc
up as a reading room and to locat
r therein a branch Of the Wilmington In
I stitute Free Library for the benefit d
] the residents of that part OF the city
, Properly equipped. heated and renoYate
il Is believed the building could be con
verified into a very acceptable branch Ii
brary.
The resolution adopted by the Parl
, Commissioners at a recent meeting pro
vidng that the city sell TO Alfred
DUPONT, fourteen acres of land in thu
northwestern section of the city, wal
referred 60 Council as committee q
the whole Il is the hope of the Parl
Commissioners that by selling this Ian,
to Mr.. dupont they will secure from thu
]
panv lands that would allow for an ex
tension Of park lands and roads. TIT
resolution considered by Council las
night was as follows;
"Resolved, That this board recon
mends TO City Council the sale, to Al
fred l. dupont, of about IA acres o.
land ON the northeasterly side of the
tract decided to the city by the r. I. du
Pont deNemours Powder Company, 6tl
Mo. 23rd, 1910, at the rate Of $500 pc
acre, provided the city can obtain fror
T.. l. DUPONT deNemours Powder Com
| panv, on satisfactory terms, small
amount of land that would be needed T.
make il practicable 70 carry propose
park roads, aud proposed extension
of them northerly into Brandywine hun
dred, around the land which Alfred
dupont is enclosing with his mansion
the amount received from such pre-
posed sale to be applied for the pun
chase or improvement Of park land
and provided arrangements as to line
and as to terms of purchase and sal
can be made which will be satisfa'
torily to our executive committee.