, 1863-10-06

KIroRTs.
The Committee on License reported IN favor Of
10 E 3: Blown and John DEVOID. The report was
TIE came committee reported an ordinance re-
4ufring parties who sell goods by sample, to oh.
fsa qs 70 GSD and t the eSt
penalty for the yiolstion OF the ordinance shon1d
be not ees than one hundred dollars nor more than
hre hundred dollars.
worth remarked that he knew Of merchants In
to the amount Of from one hundred Thousand to
three hundred thousand dollars year. He thought
the price Of licente should be 1t least one hun
dred and hfty dollars. He moved to increase the
cost Of q licenseto one hundred and fifty dollars.
puaillanImous, absurd aud ridiculous. what would
tie Chfcsgo merchants think Of an ordinance In
Freepoit requiring sellers Of goods By sample IN
nosea III 5 ess o1dnaase &c led On The tasie.
Aid Titswotth-1n every other city Of the coun-
Try except New YORK they have ordinances Of this
this CITY and FFeeport was nota fair one:
AID. Woodnan moved that the report be Laid
over and printed.
TIE Committee On Streets and Alleys in the
For the construction ot sidewalk on both
sides Of Barbour street, from Halsted street to
For the construction OF u sidewalk On the eouth
aide Of Taylor et1eet, from NewburJ street to Hal
9SsS ed Tss sss Lumbar street,
street, from ki AeaEhe1 street Get to Wess sxteenta
For the extension Of Lumber street from the
west ire Of Union to the east line Of Halsted.
All Of which were adopted.
some ordinances tot M The @ erection o. lamp posts,
ard adopted.
nEroE1 on TIE 1uxsE1-,
AID. Barrett moved that the vote Of the Council,
rejecting the report OF the Committee On the Tun-
eel, be reconstdered.,
motion be laid on he table. '''1'>'' -''''
On The ayes and noes, Alderman Conley's mo-
tion was 1ejectec-ayes u. noes is.
The motion to reconsider was then passed.
The question then came up on the adoption OF
tie report and the passage Of the ordinance. AL
delman comaeky called for the reading Of the re-
The report (be1nga report fayo.ing the execu-
ton Of the proposed contract between the city and
| Dnll l. McGoWen} was then read
On the question Of the adoption of the report.
AID. comlsky said that at the first meeting at
which this matter Eas discussed. he undertook to
i@pTepe,y @ w. sdoplned. He a'ged @ ths he bla q
Dull 4 McGowen Was not the cheapest bid made.
| That Mr. And,ewa' bid was much cheaper, That
| he understood that the reason why Mr. An
dIewa' bid was rejected was that 10 did not
come with proper endorsement az to qualidca.
tiops, responsibility and character, ont hi WAS IT,
parties Of the highest .espectability on all these
potnts- AID. Comisky then went into An ana1ysls
Of the respective bids Of Andrews, aud Dnl +
MCGOWAN, to show th2t the bid Of this former Was
the more favorable TO the city to the amount Of
$1b,oc0 In one contingency. and Of S9,9As In an
The only question fe, is Nj. Andrews a Fespon.
sble man: Seventy hre thousand dollars is quits
penaea Of any person the city of Chicago m.y 90
quiries with reference TO- his character, standing
and qualifications for the performance OF this
work. -,.-.
when It acted upon the matter was one Of Mr. An
Ma. HsaaNRnn ! ao.sa had letter from NJ
t.al RAILROAD, and also from others. The only let
ter in possession Of the Committee, In relation te
MI. AndEews, was on Written by himself .u
cral demand for q work Of this kind at present. tc
jnstiiy the expense. he thought the proposed
plan for flushing the river would purity the water
eary: Moreover, the idea Of throwing the clty
bonds nron the market in the manner proposed by
this ordinance, when the tunnel was not require!
to be completed for the space Of two years; and i
twenty-five per cent. Was to be held over nntl itE
| completion, he could not understand.
Besides he had understood that un1er Dali
| charges. But On examination OF the Epacifca
tions he found Large opening for e1ta Eork, e
naa ons WonS f5a
the contractors must pay for themse1yes.
(The Alderman read from the specifications tc
psee T. 90 to work to patel
the oheS Nhsn I 6a bds G!S e1
n sss nsn e n a o sp
out OF the tunnel. This would have to be done al
the expense OF the city:
The Alderman Was aleo afraid that tho action O
| Yrnnof In nj
whole thine would topple over. No member VIII
should vote for it. Doubts On this point constituted
his principal objection. One hundred and twenty
five Of the 81 60 bonds were sufficient to throw OF
AID. Woodman-These bonds are not to b
thown On the market any faster than they ar
Ald. Walsh-I understand that; but am not I,
favor Of giving the power.
Ald. Blown wanted @ to. answer sonc 81 things tha ,
merits ofthe bids Of Dull q MCGOWAN, and An
drews. In reply to the suggesttons Of some mem
hers. that there Eas corruption In the matter, b
an1ions that they should get tho contract. Ba
r. Mss s' Was estisdsa si @ @~s y.tsr tsn
9ess d9d tse sss's opening Is
e That Wo'a @ oaittsd % was not sesa yeiy distinct
j. by the Alderman. It wae probably uointendon
Il on the Aldermans part, but he could hardl
al lid. walsh moved that the ordinance be ,al
II The Mayor deeideii that It was too late to lay
over, and the previous question being called fol
the motion to reconsider passed by ayes and noe
ATEs-HAbn, sehall, Ellsworth. Barrett, Gallup
Edwards. Kan1, Sheridan, Abbott; Brown, BIC
MSaess s19aD m9n HS@sa Maaamso sond Raa
NaysSA15. walsh, Mcdonald, Comtsky; Ulbr:ct