Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-17
COUNCIL CONSIDERS
1)N|NC SUGGESTION
May Have law Restricting
Building to Protect RssIdsn-
tlal Sections.

4 variety II husinslr ranging from
disl,o~al 81 hr~ bclk to the sonlng rys-
tenn fW the city wns acted upon At the
meeting IL City Council last nikn'
COUNCILMAN McNabb brought up the
von,ng question, when he declared ,hnt
City Council rhould take sotnc Scuon
that would protect property owners III
the tn,on pNrk Gardens from Terapns
who nuxh, replace the value OF proIrr'y
hy the erection cf gnrneee or making
the section something other than
residential d.atrict.
MIR. McNnhh ss,d that with the s"le
III the property 20 take place IN short
time. there was u possibility Of someone
mlyins M all the proefty and convert
ing III. section into business section.
Nj McNahh advised that the matter
hc taken up with the City Solicitor.
President of Council Ward asked
Councilman Ahrahams TO TAKE the char
and he hcsrlily supported Mr.. McNano.
declaring that i, was time TO get busy
aud drcldc upon the yon,np prorosiuon
and tina, al parts ot the city shou'e ne
protected. Councilman McManus tod
The mcmhcrs that the Mayors ADVISORY
Board had been working ON this mater
Tor SOME time. Mr.. McNahbs motion
that TN law committee o' 'onnci con
fer with the city solicitor relative ,o
RESTRICTIONS ON property throughout '"'
city, wM adopted.
Councilman Ahrnhams presented
communication sent by Chief William
II lni, uf the tire department, 10 the
directors of public Safety, relative
to the installation of siren Tor the DC
parimcnt Mr.. Ahrshams SAID that tne
directors Of tho Department oi ,Nhnc
Sricts have no intention OF purchasing
SIREN Chief Luts ans. James Gray
superintendent of police and lire alarm
telegraph had been directed 10 estimate
Che COS, oi making rc,nstalation oi the
bells ln ether parts of the city and then
report showed that IL would cost from
slho 90 $500 for ench bell -,
The communication presented Nv MT
Ahrahams further declared that " was
considered unw,sc Co retain the present
bells M they we're not properly located,
with all being IN the outlying districts
and mono located IN tho central section
of the cl'v
Ch,d Iui, stated that the telephone
and call system should first he given a
thorough tr,n and ,o call men on second
alarms, ty telephone la the event that
!, "a Eventually decided 20 secure siren,
Chief Lu,s advised that u hc located on
the municipal building Councilman,
Alsrh hams said that estimates received
on the cost for siren showed that the
huhcs, bid made was 81 600, lie gave
this Information Go allay fears that q
si,cn would cost considerably more
than tha, hgurc. President Ward ad-
ylsed that The bells be advertised Tor
palc.
Councilman Ahraheme reported hav-
ms been with the committee TINT met
a the BOARD of Education Yesterday morn
inr, relative to the mass meeting 70 pc
held nj - HIGH school on Monday
nipht when information about the pro-
poaed im,rovrnrnts to the school sys-
tenn of the city will hc discussed by a
number Of speakers
,'ounclmeu Mulvcns said that the
iasrsvsrs are the ones mon vitslly m
,cre~,cd IN the proposition and said that
u IA their DUTY to protest At the meeting,
II thcy WISH 20 do ~ and that II they do
not spicat, II Will t~ thor own faust.
Councilman McNahh said that there
may bc some objection 20 the plan,
which viii mean an increase IN taxes
bat he paid he really believed that the
Third ward will 70 on record ss support
ing the project. He said that mos, oi ,he
mon who lived in that ward were people
who had h~cn deprived ofihe orportunl-
ties oi mn cducatin,, and that they did not
wan, their children Go hc deprived OF n.
NJ, Nc>ahb said that II necessary he
viii hold meeting IN hw own ward to
sound out sentiment.
President ol Council Ward sad thpt
the pnrpo~s IN having the meeting ac
ilivh school was 90 have one centrN>N
located point, soss To clear up any dis
tri,t or sectional meetings IN the city.
IT, urged iha, every one he n booster
fnr tho meeting and he hoped that there
would he packed hall for the meeting.
First and second reading was given an
ordinance recurring the license of any
horse drawn wagon or motor vehicle
operating on the public streets of VII
mngton for business purposes. The
ufdiunncc also requires each such We
'h,clo Go display tag. displaying the
license number, which can he obtained
from the clerk OF Council upon payment
Of the license fee. A penalty is TO be
imposed upon anyone coming within
the provisions of the ordinance who does
not comply thercvith.
The proposed ordinance WINS referred
90 the law and finance committees Of
council. aud may he given a third and
hnnl reading next Thursday night.
IL Is undcrstood some slight changes
may hc made IN the ordinance before
], tina ~ becomes n law, but the tenta-
tive draft requires the payment OF IL
cons, fees NJ follows:
Under tons. 81; from 3 20 6 tons,
SIC and over 8 tons $25. II is under
stood the only change II any, will bc
IN the tonnage item.