The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-04
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chair. fF~''Hs ""' III '"e
statement Of the receipts and expenditures
Oa - tne o ulIaT9 Estate Tor the last quarter year
=, A communication was received from Mavor
McMlchael, yetoiDg the Ordinance rearrangIng
lne erection divisions of the Nineteenth Ward
bill tell. 7''''i''u' 'ue
resolution by Charles Thompson Jones. au-
ahOrizlng the laying of broad dewalks IN The
hi,WS91hty'elghth Ward, went to the Committee on
Mr.. Hodgson, of the Committee on Water,
reported an ordinance. Mr., Hodgson desires
tnat water pipe be laid IN Eighth street, from
MOTIFS to Tasker streets, in the First Ward as
also in various streets in the Fifth, Eighteenth
Nineteenth Twenty-siXth, and other wards.
The ordinance was passed.
Mr.. Barlow offered a resolution. II instructs
the HlghW way Department to tramway Rye street.
First W ard, from Saranac street to its southern
terminus. Referred.
The bill from Common Council fixing the tax
rate at Sl4O was taken up.
Mr. rage moved to recommit the bill. He
took the ground that Sl'50 per hundred dollars
was the lowest sum that would sufficiently lu
brlcate the wheels of the municipal machinery
lie read very voluminous and elaborate
paper, sustaining his motion.
Mr.. Glllingham seconded the motion.
Mr.. King assented to the truth of all that Mr..
Page had said.
Mr. Hodgson argued that Mr.. Page, in his
document had made many errors, which he
proceeded seTtdtun to point out. Mr.. HodgsOn
errors OF calculation into which he believed Mr..
Page had fallen.
Mr.. Smith said that he had 50 thoroughly
figured up the matter, that he doubted ii any
one could move him from his position He mad
gone over the whole matter, and was satisfied
that $3.50 would be the least amount of taxa
ton that could furnish the means to carry ON
the City Government.
MIR. Hopkins also urged the lnadequacy of the
sum of Sl40 as the tax per $780,
Mr.. Cattell demonstrated that in fair bust
nf Il Nyia In -.
business man, in his own business matters,
could very easily make it so under the same
conditions.
On the motion TO recommit, the yeas were TO-
the nays were 10. Therefore it was lost.
Mr.. Smith moved to amend by making the
rate 80 per one hundred dollars.
Mr. King said that he was not prepared to
vote. There was nothing upon which he could
predicate an opinion as TO the amount that
would be requisite. He thought that this fixing
Ot low rate was a trick to "shut up" the eyes
vi the tax payer. 1t was not enough, and poll
tcians who sought to "bambooZen the public by
pretending that it was, would be sure to suffer
for so doing. If, however, no more light was
thrown upon the subject, the speaker would vote
for the lowest rate proposed that was likely to
pass.
The motion to make the rate $3.50 was put.
The yeas were but &, the nays Is. So it was lost.
The bill then passed as it came from Common
Council
Mr. Wagner, from the Committee on Law, re-
ported an ordinance asking the Legislature to
OF Penn Square, for building purposes, to the
Academy OIL Natural Sciences and Fine Arts the
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia Library, Phio-
sopbical, and other societies. 1t was adopted,
A voluminous report from the Chief Engineer
of the Gas Works tor the present was laid upon
the table, Adjourned.
common Brdnch.-The Chamber was called TO
order shortly after O'clock President Marcer
in the chair.
communication was received from persons
living in the neigh borhood of CurranJ alley,
a. inO hot he no n IQf oil ha nha
To Numen street. Referred to the Committee on
Survey.
Also, a communication from DR.. p F. Maley
returning the thanks or the Cincinnati delega-
tion for Courtesies received at the hands of Phl-
ladel pha Councmen during their stay in this
city. The communication was accepted.
Mr.. j. G. Martin offered a resolution request
ing Select Council to meet Common Council in
joint convention and elect Port Warden.
Agreed to.
A number of petitions from the several Wards
were received and referred TO tie appropriate
committees.
The ordinance from Select Council making a
transfer of certain items in the annual appro
pration to the Department of City Property was
postponed for the present.
A long discussion ensued on the ordinance
from Select Council authorizing the erection of
Cornish pumping g-engine at the TWenUy-hrst
Ward Water Works.
During the debate the hour of five o'clock
arrived, and the Boiler bill was called up,
having been made the special order of the day
at that hour.
Mr.. j. C. Martin moved to postpone the matter
until the Cornish engine was disposed of.
Mr.. Potter moved to postpone the bill until
next Thursday, at five O'Clock.
Mr.. Hetzell pressed the consideration of the
bill. He said he had been intimately connected
with the bill for the last six months. He was
tired of procrastinatiOn, and hoped the bill
would pass.
The motions of Messrs Martin and Potter fell,
and the bill came up.
While the third section was being acted upon,
the members OF Select Council met Common in
joint convention, and elected Mr.. Joseph b.
Hodgson 20 fill the vacancy in the Board of p Ort
Birely, Esq. Mr.. Philip Fitzpatrick was placed
in nomination by the Democrats. He received
8 votes while Mr.. Hodgson received AZ.
The Boiler bill was again taken up and dis
cussed.
The hour of having arrived, the subject went
over until next meeting. Nine sections of the
bill have been thus far Concurred IN.
SALE OF GovEREMENT VESSELS. - The an
nouncement that a sale of Government steamers
would take place Yesterday at the Philadelphia
Navy Yard, drew there large number Of mer-
chants shippers aud others. The vessels cata-
lOgued were the iron side-wheel steamers Boxer
and Hornet, and the wooden side Wheel steamers
Florida, Macklnaw, Genesee, Mngo, Mendoza,
Cheuango, Sassacus, and Metacomet.
The Boxer, length 2l7 feet, breadth 20 feet
inches. depth of hold feet inches, was first
put up. A bid OF $4,000 was heard, but the auc-
toneer said that would not do, and after an un-
successful attempt to get bid near the Govern
ment valuation, the vessel was withdrawn. For
the Hornet, length 240 feet, breadth 80 feet, and
depth OF hold 10 feet inches, bids up to $4,000
were made, when the vessel was Withdrawn, MIR.
Cook stating that the Government price was
600.