Evening journal., 1915-04-30
Want BETTER MILK
SUPPLY FOR CITY
Health Board Wants In
Spector Under Control
Of Department
MAYOR FAVORS
A CITY FLAG

At the meeting Of City Council last
night there were received from J. Austin
Ellison. secretary of the Board OF
Health, amendments TO the milk ordi-
nance Mr.. Ellison urged Council to
give the matter its approval. MIR. Eli
son said that the board feels that if
these amendments are adopted. better
results win be obtained.
The ordinance. which was given a first
and second reading. and then referred To
the committee OF the whole, places the
milk inspector under the direction of the
1tpard Of Health IL gives the health de-
, lNrtmcnt supervision over the city's
ailk supply and provides heavy fines tor
fplations Of the laws pertaining 20 this
hmmodity or for interference with the
milk inspector in the performance of ms
duties. He stated that last summer
the board took up the question Of a bet.
ter milk supply and tried with the co.
operation of the milk inspector to get
The dealers to assist them in obtaining
better milk, but without any apparent
results he said the board feels that as
the inspection of milk pertains to th'
Safeguarding of the public health, the
Joard Of Health should directly super
Vic the milk inspection
@The need Of a municipal flag has
bren brought TO the attention of Mayor
Howell and a letter was received from
HIS Honor in which he recommended
lsfcareful consideration of the subject
stating that it appears TO be desirable
that such flag should be adopted for
municipal use. The Councilmen sit
ktng in a committee of the whole will
kcbnsider the subject. and they may
Edfcide upon a design. color, etc, for
heuch an emblem. With his own letter
Nthe mayor sent a lofter he has re-
fceived from a New York company In
(which II was stated that New York
hRs adopted a municipal flag and this
faction has created much interos;
throughout the country The com
phny suggests a publication contain
ing the municipal flags Of all cities and
So was desired that Wilmington send
aFopy of it's emblem II it had one. The
matter was referred TO the commit
tee of the whole.
"a communication was received from
PFtrick Magill, chief Of the fire depart
nfnt in which he stated that the pres
eHt arrangement for the response of th
Various fire companies comprising th
ld5al department to the first. second anl
genoral alarms of fire, as provided in al
onlinance of City Council. prevents tn
cify from deriving from its fire depart
nrnt that measure of efficiency 10 whicl
ittis Justly entitled.
Nle stated that under the present ar
rr,gcment of the response 20 alarms O
hles. too many companies respond q
neny alarm boxes and thus leave larg
dftricts unprotected while i'm othe
r4srs entirely too few are scheduled &
respond TO fire alarms. With view 4
c'trccting these situations. he said. h
hf prepared a new running card whic
nc believes will eliminate these situa
titns He recommended that th
C4uncil pass the necessary ordinance 4
erfble corrections TO be enacted AM
tlVls increase the efficiency of the de
pptment
RNith the letter he submitted tn
catd 10 which he referred. The suhiec
ves referred to the fire and law com
mntces, and an ordinance 10 ombodv tn
manning system Of the several companie
wal be compiled and presented 10 Coun
cil for action probably next week
Anne Savery Thayer. president o
the Delaware Association of Colleg,
Npmen, on behalf of that society las
night sent to City Council resolution,
adopted by the executive committe,
Of. that organization urging IN,
Council to grant 10 the Board of Edu
cakion all of the money that depart
ment has asked for in the compilation
offthe budget for the next fiscal year
The resolutions we're referred to IN,
ccpmittee of the whole for consid
eration. II was set forth that up {,
fhiE time this city has devoted to edu
cation a very small proportion OF ~
tunget- compared with other citie
ofHts class in the United States Par
rollar attention was called 10 tina
item in the Board Of Education's es
rInate which have 10 do with the san
ttafy condition OF the schools.
Council accepted an invitation 4
Participate in the C. A. R. Memoria
Day parade on May 81 Mr.. Stove
remarked that this would be a goo
opportunity for some OF the "lam
DUCKS" OF Council to make their las
public appearance as city officials.
formal request was received fror
the Board of Water Commissioner
for $4,000 for the installation q
waier mains in the streets that ar