Dover, Delaware. December 5th, 1921.
The Regular monthly meeting of Town Council was held at 7:30 P.M. with the following members present:
Messrs. Hopkins, Caulk, Downes, Clark, Hancock, Bice and the President of Council, Mr. Magee.
Upon motion of Messrs. Downes and Hopkins the reading of the Minutes was dispensed with.
Alderman’s Report: The report of the Alderman showed nine arrests and fines collected amounted to $39.00, check for which was turned over to the Treasurer. On motion of Messrs. Caulk and Hopkins the report was accepted and ordered filed.
Engineer’s Report: The Report of the Chief Engineer was as follows:
Commercial Light 55,820 K. W.
Street Light 7,430 K. W.
Cylinder Oil Used 55 Gals.
Engine Oil Used 42 Gals.
Cup Grease Used 7 Lbs.
Waste Used 11 Lbs.
Coal Used During Month 260 Tons 200 Lbs.
Coal on Hand 1460 Tons
Signed: A.L. Kichline
Chief Engineer.
On motion of Messrs. Clark and Caulk the report was accepted and ordered entered in the Minutes and Filed.
Superintendent’s Report: The Superintendent presented the following report:
Amount received for Water Rents $ 53.35
“ “ “ Light 2,475.60
“ “ “ 1921 Taxes 129.11
“ “ “ Sundries 5.90
Amount Paid to Treasurer: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,663.96
On motion of Messrs. Hopkins and Caulk, Council accepted the report and ordered it entered in the Minutes and filed.
Finance Committee: No Report
Ordinance Committee: No Report
Street Committee: Mr. Caulk, Chairman of the Street Committee brought to Council’s attention complaints about the paving in front of a property at Queen & Kirkwood Str; also that in front of Geo. M. Jones, Esq. property which is tenanted. Another complaint was reported as coming from Mr. Jas. Behen about the drainage in front of his store on Division St. The President also read a letter from Mrs. Margaret Moore in complaint of the paving in front of Mr. Max Harrington tenant house on New St. All these matter were left to the Committee and no definite action taken by Council.
Treasurer’s Report:
GENERAL FUND
RECEIPTS
Balance, November 7th, 1921. $4,345.34
Received from E. F. Wood, Alderman 63.00
“ “ W. D. Burton, Sup’t. 129.11
“ “ E. I. Lane, Dog Taxes 56.00 $4,644.20
DISBURSEMENTS
Street & Sewer Coupons 562.50
Order Number 125 14.32
126 194.36
127 2.00
128 “Approved Bills” 600.65 $1,373.83
Balance on Hand – December 5th, 1921 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,220.52
LIGHT & WATER
RECEIPTS
Received from W. D. Burton, Sup’t. $2,534.85
“ “ First Natl. Bank, on A/C. Bonds 5,000.00
“ “ Rail Road, Freight Refund 5.00
“ “ Campbell, Peacock, & Kinzer, Refund 7.00
“ “ Fire Ins. Cos. on a/c. of Fire Loss 200.00 $7,746.85
DISBURSEMENTS
Overdraft, November 7th, 1921 $2,207.41
Order Number 110 77.36
“ “ 111 185.50
“ “ 112 1.45
“ “ 113 73.00
“ “ 114 122.67
“ “ 115 2.25
“ “ 116 158.40
“ “ 117 9.64
“ “ 118 101.21
“ “ 119 5.00
“ “ 120 19.50
“ “ 121 “Approved Bills” 13,735.71 16,699.10
OVERDRAFT, - December 5th, 1921. $ 8,952.25
On motion of Messrs. Downes and Hopkins, Council accepted the report and ordered it entered in the Minutes and filed.
3.
Committee on Accounts: The following bills were presented for payment, audited by the Committee and found correct. On motion of Messrs. Hopkins and Caulk the Clerk was ordered to draw the necessary orders for their payment.
GENERAL FUND
Order Number 128 W. S. Haman, Treas. Approved Bills $600.65
129 F. N. Buckingham .40
130 W. D. Burton 47.20
131 Delaware State News 11.00
132 Grover C. Frear, Tax 25.00
133 Dr. C. deJ. Harbordt 6.80
134 W. M. Hinkle 4.30
135 The Index 7.00
136 P. N. Kellum 4.00
137 E. I. Lane 6.00
138 Jos. Levi & Co. .50
139 Lynchburg Sign Company 27.20
140 Geo. G. Mayer & Co. 10.51
141 W. A. Myers 3.50
142 Postal Tel. Co., .65
143 Stephen Slaughter 34.35
144 H. K. Wheatley 8.25
145 Harry Hancock 36.00
146 Diamond State Tel. Co. 3.95 $837.36
LIGHT & WATER
OrderNumber121W. S. Haman, Treas. Approved Bills$13,735.71
122Atlantic Refining Co., 124.59
123Edgemoor Iron Co., 330.00
124D. A. Garrell & Co., 45.00
125R. C. Remmey Son Co., 2,207.09
126H. C. Roberts Elec. Co.,18.75
127Southern Elec. Co.,94.76128John Bell & Son 1,281.60
129Frank P. Collins 539.15
130Dover Lumber & Milling Co., 42.34
131Dover Machine Works 4.60
132F. T. Herbert & Co., 23.56
133Dover Machine Works, E. L. Jones & Co., 128.71
134W. H. Peterson 27.40
135Wm. M. Newton 198.52 $18,801.78
Total Accepted Bills: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 19,639.04
Council acting upon motion of Messrs. Downes and Caulk voted to re-imburse Mr. Hancock the amount of $36.00, same being amount paid by him to a man to run his truck while he was engaged in working on the trees of the Town.
A bill was present from Dr. C.deJ. Harbordt for the sum of $16.00, being fee for professional services rendered one, Masten who had broken his arm while engaged in working on trees of the Town. Council, acting upon motion of Messrs. Downes and Bice, voted to return said bill as Masten was employed by Rock who in turned was contracted with by the Town to remove certain dead wood from trees; Masten, therefore, was not in the employ of the Town at the time of his accident.
Tree Committee: Mr. Hancock reported upon the work that had been done on the trees of the Town and recommended that the following trees be condemned and the owners of the properties be notified to have same removed. Upon motion of Messrs. Hopkins and Caulk Council voted favorably upon the above recommendation and ordered the Committee to notify those people referred to and listed below:
Miss Josephine Bateman
Mrs. Dr. Wilson
Wilmington Conference Academy
Mr. Hugh Culbreth
Mr. James Minner
Mr. Jos. Bonsall
Mr. Hancock also reported that there were many other trees in the Town which had dead limbes which should be removed, but that his men refused to do the work on these, because of the danger involved, when working by the day. As he thought, however, that he could get the work completed at a reasonable contract price, Council instructed the Committee to have the work done.
Fire & Police Committee: Mr. Clark directed Council’s attention to the fact that the Pyrene extinguishers had not as yet been secured for the new Fire Truck; also that no chains had been purchased for the rear wheels of same. Messrs. Downes and Bice then moved that Mr. Clark’s committee secure these articles and Council voted favorably.
The matter of an extension ladder for the Truck was brought up at this time and the urgency of this being secured resulted in council authorizing the Fire & Police Committee together with the Robbins Hose Company to secure same at once. This action was taken on Motion made by Messrs. Bice and Downes.
Sewer Committee:No Report
WATER & LIGHT COMMITTEE:Meter & Transformer Contracts