Evening journal., 1914-07-17
ROUTINE WORK
OF CITY council
Solons Object to New Street
Requests From Ninth
Ward Section
MAN SAYS CITY
OWES HIM SALARY

an hour last night All the mem
bers we're presented with neatly
printed pamphlet copies OF the an
nual report OF City Treasurer James
f. Price.
Upon the inside OF the cover of
the pamphlet appears the statement
that the original charter of the Bor-
ough of Wilmington was granted by
King George The Second, Novem4
Der 16, 1899, and that the date OF the
act of Legislature superseding the
Borough charter and continuing its
corporation as city, was January
is, 1882.
An order was drawn in favor of
the Board OF Water Commissioners
for $4,000 on account Of its first
quarterly appropriation
Councilman Williams. chairman OF
the Fire Committee, reported that the
Fire Committee had purchased a REQ
roadster for Si100, the sum stipu-
lated by Council, and that the ma
chine had been delivered and would
be placed in service tomorrow even
! ing. The auto is for Fire Chief Ma
/ gill.
The city Treasurer's report show
ed a balance of 94,35312.
A petition Was received from a
number of residents of Tatnall street
! between Twonty-hth and Twenty
sixth streets, asking that Council
grant an appropriation to the street
] arI Cetfgf nan.Vftstouf IN pnya fTaf
nall street between Twenty-ffth and
/ Tweuty-sixth streets
The petition set forth that the bed
/ OF this street is in almost impossible
/ condition and IS even danger
Gus. despite the fact that there are
J fine, large homes I'm the block The
letter further stated that the Street
and Sewer Department had enough
funds 10 pave Tatnall street to
/ Twenty-hfth hut not to Twenty
sixth street unless the extra apprO-
priation is granted
The petition was referred 10 the
committee of the whole. Councilman
Stover remarkng that some one. he
could not say who. was inspiring the
residents of the Ninth Ward to send
such petitions to Council. He said he
/ believed the practice should be STOP
( ped He declared that the particular
/ petition before Council had lost its
/ effect as Il recommended certain
/ builders work
A communication was received
from r. Ross Farra, Probation Off
GER Of the Juvenile Court. notifying
] Council that Miss Carolyn Kirbaugh
/ has been selected as assistant to Mr..
Farra, and requesting Council to
place her name on the miscellaneous
/ pay roll. at the rate of S41.66 a month,
! as provided for i'm the Juvenile Court
/ budget The communication was re-
/ ferred TO the finance committee.
/ A communication was received
from Mrs. W. S Quigley. president,
and Miss Mary r. deVou. secretary. of
the Wilmington Equal Suffrage Asso-
cation requesting Council on behalf
of the executive committee Of the
Suffrage Association to act favorably
upon a recommendation already made
by the Board of Health, that certain
/ diseases be made reportable by a case
I system. The communication was re-
| ferred TO Council as a committee of
/ the whole.
A communication was received
from James Maxwell, of No. 623 Grant
] Avenue, asking that the S41.75, which
the Park Board owes him for wages,
be paid. He stated that this sum was
for four months and Is days extra
work explaining that he made sew
eral hours extra time each day, and
was TO have been paid by the hour.
He declared he was entitled to the
money The communication was re-
ferred to the Board of Park Commits
sioners.
Charles J. Dougherty asked Council
TO return him $40 on permits taken
out by him TO construct houses al
Sixth and Rodney streets. He ex-
plained in his letter that he had taken
out permits 10 erect six houses. and
the owner had afterward decided to
build but four The request was re-
ferred to the finance committee.