Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-07
NEWS OF A DAY
At NEW CASTLE
City Council Decides to Levy
Tax on Motor Busses
and Taxicabs.

Special Correspondence Every Evening
New Castle, Sept. Last evening
City Council met In regular session
and a large number Of citizens were In
attendance. The Council. on motion,
Instructed City Solicitor Francis de II.
Janvier to draw up an ordinance to
impose tax OF $50 per year on jitney
busses and tax of s2.50 on taxicabs.
Those in favor of the motion We're
Messrs. Wcggenmann, Klingmeyer and
Hance and those against. were Presi-
dent Dougherty and MIR. Kee.
The third reading of the billboard
ordinance was deferred for 10 days,
when a meeting will be held for the
final reading and action. City Treas
urer John II. Manlove reported the
following collections from City Clerk
George Allen Smith. Taxes for 1920,
si4532: 1921. SIS. 760.s3; payment of
the Trustees of the Commons share
of cost OF park benches. s166.93; reg
istration of dogs, 500; cement bags re-
turned. s4s0: rent of Western Union
office, sS3s:. from Mayor Cramer for
fines, S92: licenses, 4. Dog catcher
William Sparks rendered a report of
the following number Of dogs killed.
August %, i3: 25th. s: 26th IL: 29th,
s: Sept. /, 2. II was decided that per-
sons purchasing dogs since the 10th
of August will be required 20 pay the
regular annual fee of 81 and persons
owning dogs since that time the same
tee. The pump committee reported
that the pump above Second street
near Chestnut TO be in good condition.
but the water from the we'll was con-
taminated A sample was sent to the
state chemist at Newark TO be an
alyzed. The street committee was In
structed TO have the guttering and
curbins on Delaware street between
sixth and Seventh completed.
Members Of the Board Of Educa-
tion met last evening for the purpose
of discussing the conditions OF the
overflow room. The superintendent
was instructed TO work out teua-
tive plan. Prof Snavely was instruct
cd 20 procure prices for the instaila-
ton OF electric lights i'm the fifth, and
seventh grades and the superinten-
dents office, The fourth grade va
cancy was filled by Miss Ruth Nick
erson. graduate of the 1921 class,
who attended the summer school at
the University of Delaware and re-
ceived her second grade certificate.
Miss Della Wooters Of Newark, who
had been chosen for the grade, had
rendered her resignation. Miss kate
Mahoney is temporarily taking care of
the overflow room. The enrolment OF
the High School pupils yesterday at
the opening Of the fall schedule num-
bered 81. which was the largest at
tendance during the history OF the To-
cal schools.
Last evening shortly after ? o'clock
John x. Clark of 1I0s Tatnall street.
Wilmington, was run into by an auto
mobile bearing a Delaware license, on
the New Castle roadway near the But
tonwoods. while he was returning
from a visit 10 the home OF Joseph
Murray of the Buttonwoods. The OPP
orator of the machine, after hitting
the man. stopped for several minutes,
but before inquiry could be made es-
capped. The injured man was taken TO
the homeopathic Hospital in the mt
chine of Road Supervisor George W.
Burris. Mayor Cramer and Policemen
Palmer and Kern We're notified and
went in pursuit OF the autoist, but
without success. The victim received
a fractured leg and the horse was
slightly injured. The wagon in which
he was riding was completely demol-