Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-04
COUNCIL SUMMONS
BOARD OF HEALTH
A Conference to be Held Next
Monday Night Regarding the
Ice House Nuisance.

Asserting the Board OF Health had
fallen down on the Job of abating the
tee house nuisance at Fifth and Har-
rlson streets" Councilman Mulvena
moved at last nights session Of City
Council that Clerk simmons be di-
rccted TO notify the board to appear
before Council next Monday evening
for a conference on the matter. and
Council unanimously adopted the mo-
tion. After mentioning that the
board had declared the factory Is a
nuisance. Mr.. Mulvena cited the sew
eral orders for closing the plant and
stated the board had thrown itself
open to criticism by permitting the
gentlemen on Harrison street" 10
ignore tho orders. He said health Of
ficers had told him foul odors from
the ice house pcrmeate Broome street
from Lancaster avenue to Eighth
etreet.
On motion OF Councilman McNabh
Council directed the law committee TO
confer with City Solicitor Satterth-
waite regarding the drafting OF more
stringent ordinances regulating auto
mobile trafHc in Wilmington. Mr.
McNabb referred TO recent fatalities
resulting from automobile speeding or
careleas driving and held that an In
toxicated person who operates a car
should he subjected TO a fine and i'm
pri.onment. inetead of TO fine or
imprisonment. Councilman Murray
thought imprisonment would curb
automobile speeding. which on some
streets. he stated, is at the rate OF
40 or so miles an hour. Councilman
McManus doubted Councils right tc
pass ordinances conflicting with chap
ter 6, Revised Statutes of Delaware
the Motor Vehicle law. which in sec
tons 2l2 end 21S provides fine or i'm
rrisonment for violation of sections
100 20 2l7. Mr.. NcManus said the
State law is ample. but Mr.. McNabt
insisted on ordinances providing fine
and imprisonment. President Ware
advocated ordinances having teeth
Councilmen McNahh. Murray and
Ward deplored the accidental death
Of Hownrd Fahey.
Council referred TO the finance and
public rafety committees a communi
cation from the Department Of Public
Safety. calling attention 10 a letter
stating they had not received none,
due them for work on fire house No
7. The departments communication
said the total cost OF the alterations
TO the fire house is sies5s.36. but 4
did not tell the amount of the bill
ot Brown & Whiteeide. The matter
WAS referred TO committees 10 prov,
vouchers.
Building Inspector Preston reported
that he issued last month permits fo
iol building operations, with an as
gregate value of slae.i4s. and received
fees amounting TO s247.
The public building committee grant
Cd the Board Of Education permission
10 erect two portable school buildings
adjacent 10 No. "a school, but an
nouneed that It will not sanction tn,
issuance Of permits for the erection
OF any more portable frame buildings
that permission 70 erect the two build
inss at No. "a school Il only granted
because Of the extreme emergency con
fronting the board in its efforts to re
lieve congestion in the schools. Sew
eral members Of the committee though
the board should abandon its plan {,
use four rooms Of No school for tn
purpse Of centrallzing its adnlinistra
tive Offices. Suggestions were mad
which 81 was felt would solve the prob
lem satisfactorily. The suggestio
,ha; the auditorium on the third foo
OF the Public Building. now used 70
meetings OF the board. might, wit
the permission Of the Public Buildinl
Commissions. be partitioned off Il
accommodate the boards administra
tive forces is being considered by III
board. Public meetings Of the board
n this il done. could be held in tn
City Council chamber. Another pla,
which In being considered is that tn
$4,000 estimated cost of altering No.
school might be spent to better ad
vantage. in conjunction with the Pub
lie Building Commission. in extendin