Evening journal., 1914-11-13
seven new MEN
FOR Police FORCE
Council, However, Fails to
Increase Salaries at
This Time
CITY GETS MONEY
FROM TROLLEY co.


some time ago authorizing the Police
Commissioners to enlarge the Police
Department by seven men. City Solici
tor Hastings ruled that such a fesolu
tion was illegal as the law sets forth
that Council shall only recommend such
an increase. Last night Council adopted
resolution recommending the appoint
ment of the men.
Although Council has nothing to do
with the disposition of the men, it isl
thought that they will be placed on the
roll as traffic men. The matter of pick
ing the men for the squad was referred
to Chief Black by the commissioners
some time ago.
At last nights session Council by a.
strict party vote refused to consider the
resolution increasing the pay OF the
present officers. The Republicans voted
against the measure to consider while
the Democrats favored il. Councilman
Stover, however, declared that If the
Democrats were trying 10 make "goat
out of the Republicans in the matter
they would be fooled, as the Repubh-
cans favored the increase and he had the
resolution in his desk. Colonel Stover
said the Democrats would lose out it
they tried to make a joke of the mat
/ ter.
The resolution recommending the in
crease in the police force was as fol-
lows:
Whereas, In a communication 10
the Council under date of May s,
1914, the Board of Police Commits
sioners stated that, in their judg-
ment an increase in the police force
by the addition of a traffic squad was
an absolute necessity; and
Where as, Section 6 of an act Of the
General Assembly of the State of
+ Delaware, entitled AN Act TO Pro-
vide for a Municipal Police Commits
sion for the City of Wilmington,
passed April IS, 1898, provides that,
inter ALA, the "police force may be
Increased by the said board from time
to time, providing there IS passed by
a majority vote Of the City Council,
a resolution recommending the
same" and
Whereas, The Council Of Whining
/ ton, by a resolution passed August
27, A. d. 1914, did undertake to rec
ommend to the Board Of Police Com
missioners an increase IN the police
force by the appointment of seven
additional mem and
Whereas, II is uncertain because OF
the wording of said resolution, whether
it fully complies with Section G OF the
Act of the General Assembly, above
quoted. Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the Council of Whining.
ton; That for the purpose Of instituting
the traffic squad requested by the
Board of Police Commissioners in their
communication to the Council under
date OF May 5, 1914, the Council hereby
recommends 60 the said Board Of Police
] Commissioners that the police force of
the city of Wilmington be increased by
the appointment of seven additional po-
/ licemen, and be it further
Resolved, That the resolution passed
August p, A. d. 1914, above referred to,
be, and the same is hereby rescinded,
and made null and void.
Councilman Kane said he favored
the resolution introduced some time
ago, increasing the salary Of the men
on the force, and he asked that this
resolution be offered as a substitute,
The motion was lost.
Councilman McDermOtt asked
/ Councilman Stover to explain why
he had changed his mind on the mat
ter after he had favored such a
resolution. Colonel Slower said he
had not changed his mind on the
subject, and that the salary ques-
tion would right itself. The resolu-
tion recommending the increase in the
force was then put, and with the ex-
ception of Councilmen McDermott
and McGoldrick, all voted in favor
of It.
Council discussed for several min
utes the report of the fire committee
recommending that the city remove
/ the bell tower from the old headquar-
ters of the Union Fire Company to
their new house. BY a strict party
vote a motion to have the Police
! Commission do the work providing it
/ cost less than $3.50 was carried, all
/ the Republicans voting for the meas
ure. Councilman Kane said that it
required a two-thirds majority to
pass an appropriation, but President
White ruled that the motion had been
adopted. IL was claimed by the
Democrats that Council had no right
to appropriate money to a private
corporation.
Council also received a check for
/ S11156 from the Wilmington and
Southern Railway Company through
the Street and Sewer Department.
This represented the ? per cent.
! gross amount received by the COM
pany for its operation Of cars within
this city for part Of the year 1912
and all Of 1918. The agreement en-
tered into by the company and the
city provides for the payment of this
amount.
The park board was asked to as
sumo control of the land at the ap
proach to Third street bridge re-
Gently acquired by the city from the
p, B. and w. Railroad Company.
Council adopted a resolution can
ceiling a sewer lien of S350.74 and
interest from January 21, 1907,
against the properties of the African
Union Church, which are the negro
burying grounds at Front and Union
streets. This land eventually will
become city property and will be
used for an extension to the Grant
avenue boulevard.
The finance committee was direct
ed TO destroy 644 coupons of the
building commission bonds. The sum
of $4,000 was ordered transferred
from each of the inactive banks to
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