Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-05
NEWS OF A DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Ordinance introduced in City
Council Licensing Autos
Used for Hire.

Special Correspondence Every Evening |
New Castle, oct. 5.--Last evening
City Council met In monthly session.
The ordinance entitled AN ordinance
Regulating the Operation and Main
tenance OF Busses and Jitneys for
Fare Within the City Limits" was in
troduced and given the first and Sec
ond readings. tt defines the word
"busses" as motor vehicles earring
six or more persons and tho word
"jitneys" as motor vehicles carrying
less than six passengers. A license
fee OF $50 is set FOR each class OF We
hicle. The ordinance will be given the
third and final reading at the next
regular session of Council, on Novem-
her /. and if il is passed 1t viii become
effective on January 1, 1922. The Ii
cense cards win be issued by the city
clerk yearly and must be displayed
in each car. For failure to take out
the proper license n fine of $40 will be
imposed and for failure 20 display cards
a fine from So 70 $50. Mayor Cramer
submitted an ordinance regulating the
operation of motor vehicles within the
city, specifying that where houses are
less than 100 feet apart the speed
must be not greater than Is miles per
hour and at corners and intersections
of streets not more than IA miles an
hour. Where houses are more than
100 feet apart the speed must be not
| greater than 80 miles an hour. The
ordinances was ordered received and
| filed.
The bill board ordinance. recently
passed by council, was ordered en-
/ forced and the city clerk was instruct
ed to notify the owners of lots and the
hill posting Company. Of the two cases
acted upon at the last session of Coun-
/ ell, covering the removal of the bin
! boards on West Fifth street and West
Seventh street, specifying that re-
moval must be made within 80 days
| from date of notice. The matter OF
purchasing 500 feet of fire hose was
left in the hands Of the fire commit.
tee of Council. with power TO act. May
or Cramer appointed William f. Palm.
er a policeman. in place OF Aidor Jor.
Dan. who recently resigned and Johr
Doris, driver Of the Good VIII Fir,
Co. special officer at the fire house
The appointments We're confirmed by
Council. A petition was received FOL
the installation of electric arc light
at Tenth and Gray streets and at tn,
foot of Laird avenue and the Strand
The matter was referred TO Council "a
n committee of the whole. with powei
to act. The matter OF procuring new
overcoats Tor the police officers wa
referred to Council as a committee o
the whole. On September %. Rober
Harrington received from Council ;
communication to fll ditch and plac,
curb in front OF his property on Del
aware street near seventh. a rcpl!
was received by Council suggesting
that a sewer be laid on Delaware stree
from Sixth to the Dyke for prope
drainage, after which the work a
outlined will he done. The Water
Light Commission was instructed 4
place lights at the Buttonwoods.
; report was received from the com
mission showing a balance in tn
hands of Laird & Co, including inter
est, to be SIC, ,43l.67. This amount o
money could be obtained by the com
mission upon three days notice. TIL
clerk was instructed TO communicat
: with the Commissioners Of the Cour
House in order to obtain their con
sent to house the park benches durin
the winter L the old armory.
John MCDevitt, representing tn
1 New Castle Athletic Association, ap
peared before Council. requesting tn
use of the benches 10 be used at tn
baseball grounds on Saturday, 70
the game between the pick Of the lo
, cal team and the pick of Wilmington
The request was granted. Council wi
meet next Tuesday evening 20 take u
with City Solicitor Janvier variou
+, ordinances and sections of the cit
> charter. City Treasurer John 3. Mar
love reported the following collections
: Received from City Clerk George A
! len Smith, taxes for 1919, s73.14: 1872
S71.3S; 1921. s952.S0; dog registratio
S21.S0; return Of cement bags, 81 p
9 rent of Western Union telegraph o
i fee, $3.50. Bills were approved az
c ordered paid. A check for $45 W,
: ordered drawn in favor of Mrs. jam
Abbott. for work which was done 7
her husband now deceased. during Il
time that he was the city ash collecte
S The Trustees of the Commons mi
+ last evening in monthly sessio
d Treasurer Patrick J. McGrory r,
II ported the paying of county taxes
IS Tax Collector William w. Leach, II
Il sum Of S1,193.S1, leaving a balance
o bank of s29.06. He received from Wi
e liam b. Ratledge S450.9S; from Franc
Jordan, $3.50. The acting committt
!: reported progress on the constru'
II ton of the new barn on the Bayar
s, farm. The work OF placing new spou
= ing on the Center Hall farm and c
IS the Oglethrope and Stockton farm
/, was left in the hands of the actin
e committee, with power to act. Ire,
!, surer McGrory was authorized
+ serve notices on several of the tel
n ants who We're in arrears of rent fl
! more than one year.
!, The treasurer reported that Georl
D, NJ. Blackburn was not an applicant f,
Is the re-rental Of the Bayard farm f
l. another year. The farm was rented
IA Representative Edward S. MegginsC
y for a year, beginning March /. 19z
u at the present rental of $1.631.25. II
= farm contains 217h acres. John Gros