REGULAR MEETING
May 4, 1925
Minutes of regular meeting of Town Council of Town of Dover, held in Council Chamber on May 4th, 1925, at 7:30 P.M.
Members present: LeFevre, Downes, Keith, Frear, Burton, Clark, Hinkle, and Clements.
Upon motion of Messrs. Downes and Burton, the reading of the minutes of the last meeting was dispensed with.
Alderman’s Report
Upon motion of Messrs. Burton and Frear Council accepted the alderman’s report. This report showed twenty arrests, and fines collected amounting to $57.70, check for this amount being turned over to the Treasurer.
Chief Engineer’s Report
The following report of the Chief Engineer was read by the Clerk and on motion of Messrs. Burton and Frear was ordered entered in the minutes and filed.
Dover, Del., April 30, 1925.
Commercial Light 71,150 K. W.
Street Light 5,960 K. W.
Water to Boiler 65,940 Gal.
Pump meter 17,700 K. W.
Cylinder Oil 143 Gal.
Engine Oil 57 Gal.
Compressor Oil 23 Gal.
Waste Used 20 Lb.
Cup grease 8 Lb.
Coal Used 280 T. 1720 Lb.
Coal on Hand 712 T. 130 Lb.
Labor & Material (All except fire hydrant)
in Hazel Heights $ 702.92
A. L. Kichline, Chief Engineer
Request for Appropriation for Tree Work
Mrs. Jas. H. Hughes, a member of the Tree Committee, accompanied by Mr. Culver, a representative of the Davey Tree Expert Company, appeared before Council and requested that an appropriation be made for protection of trees in the town. After listening to the report made by Mr. Culver of a brief inspection he had made of several trees, and his recommendations for future tree work, Council voted, upon motion of Messrs. Downes and Frear, to appropriate $500 for the tree work for this year only, the matter to be left to the Tree Committee with power to act.
Fire Chiefs Sworn In
Messrs. Earl Humphrey, Harry Hancock and George Weller were sworn in as fire chief, first assistant, and second assistant, respectively, of the Robbins Hose Company, by Acting Mayor Clements.
Proposed Change in Pole Line
Mr. Baldwin, a representative of the Diamond State Telephone Company, appeared before Council in regard to the proposed change in pole system for lighting, stating this would affect their Company in as much as the same poles are used for both light and telephone service, and that before going ahead with future work they would like to know just what was to be done in the matter. In as much as Council had not yet received the estimate of what the proposed change would cost, no definite answer could be given Mr. Baldwin.
$60,000.00 Bond Issue
Solicitor Satterfield presented to Council a certified copy of the Act of the General Assembly approved April 9th, 1925, authorizing the Town of Dover to borrow, on the credit of the Town $60,000.00, and also the following resolution drawn by him, which was then read and on motion made by Mr. Downes and seconded by Mr. Burton, said resolution was unanimously adopted.
Resolution Authorizing the Bonding of Dover for $60,000 adopted. The City Solicitor presented to Council certified copy of the Act of the General Assembly, approved April 9th, 1925, authorizing the Town of Dover to borrow, on the credit of the Town, $60,000, and also the following Resolution drawn by him, which was then read and on motion made by James A. Downes, and duly seconded by Jesse S. Burton, said Resolution was unanimously adopted.
WHEREAS the Town Council of The Town of Dover, under and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, entitled "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF DOVER TO BORROW SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND TO ISSUE BONDS THEREFOR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES INCIDENT TO THE IMPROVEMENT AND EQUIPMENT OF THE LIGHT AND WATER PLANT OF THE SAID THE TOWN OF DOVER", approved the ninth day of April, A. D. 1925, is authorized and empowered to borrow, upon the faith and credit of the said The Town of Dover, a sum of money not exceeding Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) and to issue bonds of the said The Town of Dover, to be known as "Dover Electric Light and Water Improvement and Equipment Bonds" to an amount not exceeding the said sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000);
AND WHEREAS Section 3 of said Act provides, among other things, that the denomination of said bonds shall be as determined by said Council and shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with number one (1) and bear interest at a rate not exceeding five (5) per centum per annum, payable on the first days of July and January in each and every year, at the Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware, at Dover, on the presentation of the coupons attached to said bonds, representing said semi-annual interest;
AND WHEREAS Section 4 of said Act provides that said bonds shall bear date on the first day of January or the first day of July in the year in which the same shall be issued, and that the principal thereof shall be payable at the Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware, at Dover, at the expiration of thirty years from their date, and the said bonds, or any of them, may be redeemed at the option of the said Town Council at par and accrued interest, at any interest period after the expiration of five years from the date of said bonds, provided, however, that if the Town Council shall at any time after the expiration of five years from the date of said bonds, elect to redeem any of said bonds, such redemption shall be made in pursuance of notice signed by the President of said Town Council and by the Treasurer thereof, published once a week, for two consecutive weeks, in each newspaper published in the said Town, and that such notice shall indicate the bonds called, and in making such calls, the Municipal corporation shall call the bonds according to their number, beginning with the lowest number, and the interest on any of said bonds shall cease from the date named in any of said calls for redemption;
AND WHEREAS Section 5 of said Act provides that the Town Council of The Town of Dover shall direct and effect the preparation, printing and sale of said bonds authorized by said Act, at such time or times and on such terms as it may deem expedient;
AND WHEREAS Section 6 of said Act provides that the form of said bonds, with coupons thereto attached, shall be prescribed by the Town Council of The Town of Dover, and said bonds shall be signed by the President of the Town Council of The Town of Dover and by the Treasurer of said Town, and sealed with the corporate seal of said Corporation, and shall be exempt from State, County and Municipal taxes.
AND WHEREAS Section 8 of said Act provides that the said bonds authorized by said Act may be issued at one time and in one series, or at different times and in different series, as the Town Council of the said The Town of Dover shall determine, and that the authority to issue and sell any bonds or number of bonds under the said Act shall not be deemed to be exhausted until the aggregate of the amount of bonds issued under said Act shall be Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000);
AND WHEREAS Section 9 of said Act provides that the faith and credit of the said The Town of Dover are pledged for the payment of all of the bonds that may be issued under the provisions of said Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF DOVER IN REGULAR SESSION MET:
First:- That in compliance with the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware entitled "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF DOVER TO BORROW SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND TO ISSUE BONDS THEREFOR. FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES INCIDENT TO THE IMPROVEMENT AND EQUIPMENT OF THE LIGHT AND WATER PLANT OF THE SAID THE TOWN OF DOVER" approved the ninth day of April, A. D. 1925, the Town Council of The Town of Dover, for the purposes of said Act, issue, on the first day of July, A. D. 1925, Sixty (60) bonds of the said The Town of Dover, of the par value of One Thousand Dollars (1000) each, with coupons thereto attached, for each half year's interest thereon; that said bonds shall be numbered from one to sixty (1-60), both numbers inclusive, and shall bear date the first day of July, A. D. 1925, and shall bear interest from and after the said first day of July, A. D. 1925, at the rate of five (5) per centum per annum, payable semi-annually on the first day of January and on the first day of July in each and every year whilst the said bonds remain unpaid, at the Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware, at Dover, on presentation of the coupons representing such semi-annual payments of interest; that the principal of said bonds shall be payable thirty (30) years form the first day of July, A. D. 1925, at the said Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware, at Dover, on presentation of said bonds.
Second:-That the said bonds shall be in the following form, to wit:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF DELAWARE
DOVER ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WATER IMPROVEMENT AND EQUIPMENT BOND
No. $1000.
The Town of Dover, in the State of Delaware, for value received, hereby acknowledges its indebtedness and promises to pay to the holder of this bond, at the Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware, at Dover, on the first day of July, A. D. 1955, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000) with the interest thereon at the rate of five (5) per centum per annum, payable semi-annually on the first day of January and the first day of July in each year. This bond is one of the authorized issue of sixty (60) bonds aggregating Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) by virtue of and in strict compliance of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Delaware, approved the ninth day of April, A. D. 1925, entitled "An Act Authorizing the Town Council of The Town of Dover to Borrow Sixty Thousand Dollars and to Issue Bonds Therefor, for the Purpose of Defraying the Expenses Incident to the Improvement and Equipment of the Light and Water Plant of the said The Town of Dover", and in pursuance of a resolution of the Town Council of The Town of Dover adopted the fourth day of May, A. D. 1925.
It is hereby certified that this bond is one of the issue authorized by the above recited Act of the General Assembly, and that the faith and credit of The Town of Dover are pledged for the punctual payment of principal and interest of this bond according to its terms.
This bond may be redeemed at the option of the Town Council of The Town of Dover at par and accrued interest at any interest period after the expiration of five years from its date, subject to the provisions of Section Four (4) of the Act aforesaid, relative to the giving of notice in case of such redemption.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the President of the Town Council of The Town of Dover and the Treasurer of The Town of Dover have hereunto respectively set their hands and caused the corporate seal of the said The Town of Dover to be hereto affixed, at Dover, in the State of Delaware, this first day of July, A. D. 1925.
President of the Town Council of
The Town of Dover
Treasurer of The Town of Dover
That each of said bonds shall be signed by the President of the Town Council of The Town of Dover and by the Treasurer of said Town, and sealed with the corporate seal of said Corporation.
That there shall be attached to each of said bonds sixty (60) coupons, numbered from one to sixty (1-60), both numbers inclusive, and which said coupons shall be in the following form:
Coupon No. $25.00
On the first day of A. D. 19 The Town of Dover will pay to bearer Twenty-five Dollars ($25) at the Farmers Bank of the State of Delaware, at Dover, Delaware, being six months' interest then due on Dover Electric Light and Water Improvement and Equipment Bond.
No.
Treasurer
That the words "January" and "July" and the year of maturity shall be filled in the respective coupons where the same should appear as respecting the date of maturity of the said semi-annual instalment of interest, and there shall likewise be filled in in said coupons the number of the bond to which the said coupon is attached.
That each of said coupons shall be signed by the Treasurer of The Town of Dover by having affixed thereto his fac-simile printed or engraved signature.
Third:- That the faith and credit of the said The Town of Dover are hereby expressly pledged for the punctual payment of the principal and interest of the said bonds authorized by the said Act, entitled "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF DOVER TO BORROW SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND TO ISSUE BONDS THEREFOR. FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES INCIDENT TO THE IMPROVEMENT AND EQUIPMENT OF THE LIGHT AND WATER PLANT OF THE SAID THE TOWN OF DOVER" approved the ninth day of April, A. D. 1925.
Fourth:-That the President of the Town Council of The Town of Dover and the Finance Committee of the said The Town of Dover be and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to cause the bonds, with coupons thereto attached, authorized to be issued under the provisions of this resolution, to be printed or engraved.
Fifth:-That the President of the Town Council of The Town of Dover and the Finance Committee of the said The Town of Dover, be and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to effect the sale of the bonds authorized by this resolution, at a price not less than par and accrued interest.
Upon motion of Messrs. Downes and Burton, Council authorized Solicitor Satterfield to have the necessary bonds printed and to take charge of the matter.
Treasurer’s Report
Upon motion of Messrs. Downes and Clark, the following report of the Treasurer after being read by the Clerk was approved and ordered entered in the minutes and filed:
Water Fund
Receipts
Balance, April 6
May 2, Water Rents, W. D. Burton
Total
$ 1,939.66
2,745.41
$ 4,685.07
Disbursements
May 1, Coupons, Farmers Bank
Approved Bills
Total
Balance
$ 780.00
44.79
824.79
$ 3,860.28
General Fund
Disbursements
Over Draft, April 2
Order #25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
Total
$ 12,696.38
154.00
4.10
58.59
6.00
21.10
.75
1.75
4.50
34.83
12.00
28.50
13.50
3.85
25.00
57.54
250.00
744.28
$ 14,11.67
Receipts
Cash E. F. Wood, Apr. 6
Sewer Fees
Opening Streets
Total
Over Draft, May 4
$ 34.50
105.00
15.00
154.50
$ 13,959.17
LIGHT FUND
Receipts
April 6, Balance
Credit Memorandum, Gen. Elect. Co.
“ ” “ ” “
May 2, Light Receipts
Total
$ 8,334.02
38.81
30.00
4,933.76
$ 13,336.59
Expenditures
Order #36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49, Approved Bills
Total
Balance
$ 75.75
21.83
13.67
20.00
922.10
9.37
4.75
..00
36.10
216.43
60.00
547.94
289.86
2,514.74
$ 4,735.54
$ 8,602.05
Finance Committee No Report
Committee on Accounts
Upon motion of Messrs. Burton and Downes, the Clerk was instructed to draw orders necessary for payment of the following bills which were presented for payment, audited and found correct by the committee:
Light Fund
Order No.51 J. H. Farlow
52 Del. Elect. & Supply Co.
53 Rumsey Elect. Co.
54 Line Equip. Sales Co.
55 Md. Coal & Coke Co.
56 Atlantic Ref’g. Co.
57 R. C. Remmey & Sons Co.
58 Garlock Packing Co.
59 General Elect. Co.
60 J. W. Maskell
Total
$ .20
514.22
134.05
4.75
275.63
71.03
6.25
28.16
395.85
100.00
$ 1,531.04
General Fund
Order No.42 Jas. Burton Bice Co
43 Burroughs Add. Mch. Co.
44 The Index
45 Jas. M. Satterfield
46 Del State News
47 Amer. Gas Acc’l. Co.
48 John C. Hopkins
49 Howard Wix.
50 D. S. T. Co.
51 T. K. Jones Hdw. Co.
52 H. C. Taylor
Total
$ 14.75
2.15
6.50
3.00
18.50
12.76
20.00
42.00
2.78
18.80
32.50
$ 173.74
Water Fund
3 W. A. Green
Total
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
$ 1,754.78
Fire & Police Committee No Report
Sewer Committee No Report
Ordinance Committee No Report
Light and Water Committee
The Chairman of the Committee reported the completion of installation of lights on William Street.
Request of R. S. Stephens for Culvert
The request of R. S. Stephens for bridge or culvert to be installed on property owned by him west of railroad was referred to the Street Committee with power to act.
Superintendent’s Report
Upon motion of Messrs. Downes and Frear the following report of the superintendent, after being read by the Clerk, was entered ordered in the minutes and filed:
Water Rents Received
Light Rents Received
Sundries
Total
$ 2,745.41
4,915.66
18.10
$ 7,679.17
Moving of Houses through Town Streets Prohibited
Upon motion of Messrs. Burton and Downes, Council voted to not allow the moving of houses through the streets of the town.
Appeals Allowed
The following appeals were allowed:
Myer Gutman
Clara & Anna Wise
Annie L. Behen
A. C. Hopkins
Harry Vane
C. W. Johnson (Store)
“ ” “ (House)
J. A. Frear
Geo. H. Walls
Harry S. Blackiston (Col.)
Original
$ 25,000
7,000
6,000
25,000
4,000
6,000
3,500
8,000
5,000
1,200
Final
$ 20,000
6,500
5,500
22,500
3,000
5,500
3,000
7,000
4,750
1,100
Adjournment
Upon motion of Messrs. Burton and Frear, Council adjourned at 10:05, to meet on Friday evening, May 8th.
Signed:
W. A. Green
Clerk