The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-01

| MI AAbfhlN6 NObB 10 n pOlOb OF Ofuef, bnHbR
motion to amend is not in order. The bill is on
| its final passage and cannot be amended unless
itagain goes to the Committee of the Whole.
Mr., SToKLEY rose to another point, that tile
Chamber has not received the report.
Mr.. HOPKINS stated that the amendment
| can not be stricken out because IL has been the
! subject Of special amendment in the Committee
! OF the Whole, and we must 90 back TO the COM
! mittee To accomplish the desired end.
Mr.. KING asked the President TO decide the
! question before the Chamber.
! Mr.. SPERING said that lie would rather reter
| the question to the Chamber, He had consulted
the authorities on this point and they differ.
Mr. SMITH said he had not intended to say
anything else on this subject, but he wished to
appear as n peacemaker. Let US take the ques-
! tion on the motion Of Mr.. Stokley and If we
accept the bill IL can be passed by the same
! vote.
Colonel PAGE said the subject narrowed itself
! down to this, that the amendments are cacu-
! who favor the amendments are in reality op-
| posed to the provisions of the bill.
MIR. CATTELL took exception to this and stated
| that while he was willing to do what he could
! for the citizens of the built up portion of the
! city, he also owed a duty To the citizens he rep
! resented in the rural district and they desired
! the use OF the salt.
MIR. BARLOW rose to another point OF order,
! that the question raised by the gentleman from
! the Eleventh Ward is in order.
| The President SO decided.
On the question being stated, Mr.. SrOKLEY
explained his position with reference TO the salt
bill. He was in favor Of using salt, but desired
| TO have the bill passed, in order to prove the
question practically in the streets, whether the
| salt was as much a nuisance as some people
! thought. If you salt the approaches to the
| bridges the drainage will run down the grade;
If You salt the the will carry the salt
| for half a square. Let the bill pass without
amendment, aud put the question OF sailing or
| not salting tie streets To practical test
| Much confusion prevailed about this time, the
| outside crowd being very great, filling up every
! space in the Chamber.
| The President decided that if the Chamber re-
! fused to receive the report of the Committee of
! the Whole, the bill must OF course fall.
1t was recommended to again go into Com
mittee of the Whole, as the Chamber had got
| itself tied into q knot.
A motion was made that the report be
| adopted, upon which the yeas and nays were
YEAs-Messrs Bumm, Cattell, Duffy, Fox.
! Gilingham, Hodgdon, Hopkins, Jones. Kersey,
| Manuel, McCutcheon, Pollock, Shallcross,
| Shern, Stokley, Spering Q'resdenD-lG.
NAYS-Messrs. Barlow, Campbell, King, Mar
Gus, Page, Richie, Shermer, Smith, Van Cleve,
! Wagner-9.
! A complicated state of things prevailed at this
! time. Members were compelled to vote against
their cherished object II they voted against
| the amendment and carried it, then the bill,
under the Chairs decision, must fall.
| MIR. SPERING (PresidenU stated that he would
! like the Chamber to make rule and that is,
| Will the Chamber agree TO amend bill on its
! final passage?
feated the very object of the bill; therefore he
would have to vote against the BILL although he
was opposed to sailing the streets.
The question was taken on the proposition
| submitted by Mr.. King, that the bill may be
amended on third reading. Yeas, II; nays, y;
! Mr.. SPERING said the bill is now before the
| Chamber for amendment
Several amendments were proposed.
! Mr.. SToKLEY moved to strike out all the
| amendments.
Colonel PAGE seconded the motion, and the
| yeas and nays were as follows:-
sew King Msrdas arG% pqy r sT, &
! Stokley, Van Cleve, Wagner.l2; - ,,,,,,
! NAYs-Messrs. Bumm, Cattell, Fox, Gilling-
ham, Hodgdon, Hopkins, Jones. Manuel, Nc
Cutcheon, Pollock, Shallcross, Shern, Smith.
a motion was then made to amend by strilz-
ing out all curves. Agreed to-Yeas. ~ nays; IL.
On the final passage OF the Dill as amended,
The bill as amended, does not prevent the
tracks north of Berks street or west of the
the Schuylkill from being salted.
on motion of Mr.. SToKLEY, the Chamber pro-
ceeded TO an election for Trustees of the Gas
| Works. Messrs. John HOuseman and Charles
| T.. Graetf were elected.
Mr. VAN CLEVE offered q resolution that any
| member OF Select Council who shall enter the
| tion shall be elected by the Messenger, and if
! he repeats the offense and becomes unruly, he
! shall be again elected, and proper measures be
! taken to have him expelled. Agreed TO- unanl-
/ mOuSly. -,
! Gas w orlIs, submitted lengthy report from
that committee, OF which the following is an
| ABSTRACT 1000
! O5g.37 After paying the interest of the loans
! and the amount due to the sinking fund, there
remained to be carried to the contingent fund
more than 100000. Besides this, the puolic
lighting was done at a loss to the Trust OF more
The trustees have during the year, paid of
one of the loans, amounting TO $4,000, and they
have sufficient loans on hand to pay all the
| loans Of which the Trustees have charge The
| sinking fund of the three last loans authorized
by Councils are in charge of the Commissioners
OF the Sinking Fund. The contract recently
made by the Trustees for the supply Of coal, al
$3.50 cash, or SS on five months credit Will be q
saving of more than SlOO,UUO as compared VIII
the prices of last year.
The report was received and ordered to be
printed.
Mr.. SToKLEY presented bill for the better
protection of the common sewers OF the city
Referred. 80
Mr. VAN CLEvE called up the bill from Com
! mon Council making an appropriation TO ge
! another boat, the Atlantic, TO assist the new CHi
| Ice Boat Statements were made by seYera
| members in relation to the incompetency Of the
| present Ice Boat and ii was urged that the com
| merce of the city absolutely requires addittona
boats on the Delaware TO keep the ship channe
MIR. SroKLEY stated that the builder of tn,
| new Ice Boat told him before the boat wa
| launched that he did not believe she would b
| of sufficient service unless the Trustees had
new boiler placed in her. and the result of he
7 trial this winter has proved the truth of th
builders assertion, As she stands at present sh
is of little use The engine is good enough, bu
| the defect is in her boilers
| Colonel PAGE could not see how the employ
ment OF the tug-boat atlantic, at an additiOua
| expense to the city OF about $1,000, could faclll
] tate the Ice Boat IN her legitimate functions
: tug-boat of either the Ice Boat or her proposed
The ordinance making an appropriation O
5000 for the purposes mentioned, was then con
Cured in. Adjourned.
Common Branch,
Presider MARCER in the chair,
, / A communication, received from merchants
} | was read requesting the employment of an ad
| IitinnoI vessel TO assist the ice Boat in Opeuin
| Of Delaware Ratarra1