, 1866-03-20
COMMON COUNCIL.
Regular Meet .ng.-C Communication from
the Hoard OF Education Rcla-
tI1c to Increased School
Accommodations.
improvements OF Sixteenth btreet-Neyg
Hay Stnnd-morc Money Needed Tor
thc Fire Department and moro
Voted TO the Rccordrts5
Court and Brldewell.

--~1'Nt ~S .A*JS1g ~ A4S EuA1f. 1HEfH WtJE hfd0
pfefent Aldermen Gage, Ku1ekerbocker, sh,ran
Garter. Barrrr, Wicker, McRoy, Wuuar,h. sbra.
osn. kann, Batch, Sherwtn, Moore, Rafferty,, Frs.
bee. Woodland, Talcott, Holden, BI1hy. Bond
Fsan5sn: Ptoudtoot, Rnh4 SnAcktord, Woodmsn
On motion Of Aid, Holden the r..d,ne q, tho
minutes Of the latt regular and ad}ourued meetfr
was dispensed wih. and the minutes Scrn an.
proved without reading. '''~ ~
erbocker 10 the Effect that the coming imnrore.
mcnt OF Weet Randolph r,.eet souid lnferfars Win
nc 1at mEket, and offering resolution dcslguat-
doph, as the hay stand until The Isl 81 Nav. isS7
The resolution Naf r8eeet
THE E1nE DErART4EET.
~. R io!n "ang eommnmeat1n was received from
The Board Of Police beg leave 10 Inform your
honorable body that the appropriation for The ex.
pense Of tle Fire Department tor the current d. al
year Is entirely expended, dnd that the department
Ii destitute OF money that the nne1pended bal
ance Of that appropriation did not sufRpe ID p4y
a3s,dn ihe 5o i9lo sboa so IN
for the month Of March Innst be provided fof. Tne
March expenees, = m nesr as cao be now estimated,
vi VII Be about ~ 5oo-not including lie eqa,ppinS
aad esnses oi taan,ng the two new engines
70 GETTY the department forward to April i, We
need 1G,5oo, tn addition TO what We have already
ordered. We therefore ask that the Comptroller
DC empowered TO borrow temporarily for the cur.
rent expenses Of the Fire Department until The
close Of the present fiscal year the satd
cum Of F1zteen thousand hvc hundred dollars.
lhe communication WIS referred to the Commit
tee on Finance.
PROPOSED REMOVAL or TIE COUNT JAZZ.
Accommodation WIS re-eiyed from Aid Ho,-
den. asking The passage Of resolution tnsuuct1n-
the Committee on City RelAtiona OF the Board Of
Supervisor: as to the pTactcabfltty Of transferring
the Recorders Court and Comfy Jatl to ne
A1nosy building. The resolution w1s adopted
THE frBlIc SCHOOLS.
The following communication was received from
Board OF Education: - wv
The undersigned, members Of she Board Of Edu-
But,amse md Gfonnd., beg leave TO rricr ron to =
refoiution passed by eAid Bo1sd Of Education af
their SPECIAL meeting: held AZ their rooms on FL
cay evening Mnrch ID. with reference to lne 1oca-
uon and purchase Of ceE1aln lots Tor school par-
poses; COPY of which resolution ts herewith en-
Ihs undersigned are exceedingly desiroul that
your honotahlc BODY do Immediately take some
ncion with Reference 10 such lots tn The vicinity OF
the places designated In said resolution as msy be
suitable io5 tas erection Ct school buildings They
are placed. hnt they believe thai parties owning
properly In those ytanilce could be induced to aei
the fa1ac ii fair PRICE, and receive the bonds Of
the city In payment therefor at PIT. We are
aware that you may urge the WEI, Of authority 10
l.Eue The bonda but believe that parties owning
The property viii sell the same and t4ke the bonds
Of thr city IN payment and run the risk OF their be-
iGc lccazc al the next session Of the legislature
We belivc The demands Of the schools arc such
tbst every eaor possible should be made to aecu1r
grounds for school houses. In the vlctn1ties re-
feIree 70, aod The grounds arc secured, We
oas essa vn ao M Shsa d
bui|dinCa fuitshle to Accommodate the growing de-
mante cf schools upon the various sitek desgna.ed
in the resolution.
Me1eel Il duty ne owe the schools that we urre
ypu TO make the necessary e1ort 10 Accomplish 30
desirable m object. 1t II well known 10 MANY Of
you that our preten' school accommodations are
scsernl o. our schoofs are compelled 10 receive q
portion Of their scholars in The forenoon. while
otheIs come IN the afternoon. and yet they me
crowded beyond Their eapaci!s, and large numbers
q scholars who ought to be ID schools are running
the Etrcrte,
should re be able by your a.sistanee to ob,atn
~ TO open inem for The faN tenn, We are sartsned
that The buildings fou'h Of The Burlington and
Quincy RAILROAD aon,d open at the fall Tenn WITH
owing to the eTcat distance ftom The Fos ter Schnai
and lte crowded condition, in connection viii th5
continued danger Of croestnc the railroad tracks,
afe nearly, not quie dsptised Of school adran-
We think We ean state to certainty tbs. each of
the other localities viii furnish at last three hun
four hundred who will be ready To enter The schooll
At the fall term- We csnnot expect 10 rellcve the
various schools that are now orere1ordcd in my
DGllQIB2E-&1H
these cannot be erected 80 a. to be ready for me
before The fail Term Many parents are continually
complaining became Of thsfr children not impro1.
1nS y tney tos sh1 o sSny e
der the chatEe Of teacher who should not hase to
exceed my tchola,s III her department.
npon the part Of our e!ilzeas in aenooi maltefs
We h1rc atrputation Of wing good schools, md
hare been ean.ned with the mere reputation, With
cnt making them 20.
Ills impossible that they ahonld be what thcy
onght TO bo In The crowded condition they are now
and grounds will use 1hc.r bsst Efforts in the posi-
the condition they ought 70 be-.ecnnd 70 10 oiheT
schools In The world, and IN thet effort they arc
nnt We believe thai the same support Will be pfYcn
by your honntahle body.
EDWIN BAcKxAs.
Committee On buildings md grounds.
Ihe folEowt tnS il Tie resolution above referred 10.
Rssased, Ihat We recommend that The Com
nsittec On buildings and Grounds confer with the
Common Council with 4 view to engage them to
secure, on the Inoet advantageous terms possible,
he purchase ol,o.s saa the creation Of Temporary
indicated IN The several reporta nov presented, and
that We further recommend that the following or
dss os TsseEred ss i1 securing and prond1ns said
Ii. South Of G. i. 4 @ R. K. tricks, in the
Fourth District, near the corner Of Watch md John
ELfefN.
"a. West Of Brown school ucas thc conner OF
L1Eift and Walnut Btreets.
&C. Near The corner ofSedgHick street and ChIca-
ID. Near the corner OF Elizabeth and IAke
seb. Near the corner Of Latin and Twelfth
6th. Near the centre Of the south-wess quarter o1
III. Near the Rolling Mlls lot or nesz block Is IN
Referred fn fha J.7nntrs,1,ar .141, t,etrr-+,,,.
adyetlre for proposals nom properly owners 10 seI
ct 1case lind Iu The vtciniues mentioned.
HAIsrED STREET.
The Board Of Public Works. In relation 10 the
Archer road to 3st street. and from 3lst sfreet to
The Iv limit, reported h favor OF the Union Stoc&
Ia!d COMPANY 70 pay ope'1htrd Of the expense 70.
AID. Sheridan moved to substsute one-h,lf 10,
~ one-th1rd."
Kid- Kann moved TO Lay the motion On the tab,e
1he ordinance 4. reported by the Board, proyld
ing that the Stock Yard Company pay one-third 0
the expente ws: then passed BY ihs following sose
REPORTS or coxn47zEs.
The Committee On Finance IN relation to the ne
tltiun Of Maria Shultz for compensation for iutufe.
received BY lafling through a detective Sidewalk
submitted % order authorizing 1ae payment Of $s(
nEcoEpEn's coCKT AID Bn1prxr11.
Tbs COMMITTEES On Finance, relat1ve to the report
Of The Comtprulles. Recommending IN additional
appropriation for the Recorders Court for The prs
Comprol1et'e ordinance authorizing further N.
preparation OF ~, co.. los the Recorders Court and
H,doo for The Dridewell Report coneus1ed IL and
Aid. Raderty 1noved to adjourn until ne1t Mon
day evening. 10 take up huEtness where Lett of
Tie motion VAS loet-
TIE H0Hr HOUR 1IAGCE.
The Committee On Judiciary, In relation 10 the
A. u. AnH rf he Einh