The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-16
CITY C0fNCILS.

a petition signed by a number of c;szsn.
~ the Tenth Ward was received aslsinS
oonncils to locate the new public buildings
fenn square, instead of Independence.
keferred to Committee
A communication was racai,,od ero,, a.,
ooncltor, conveying the information
lhat tne deeds granting the title to Hunting
uoh fark TO the city prohibit the sale of
hquors upon the premisee.
AN application from the Board of Health
was received asking for the use of tug boat
nuIing the quarantine season to ply between
tne city and the Lazaretto. Referred to the
Committee on Health.
Mr.. Jones offered written request from
numerous forwarding firms, asking for a
street to be set apart for their business with
the assurance and guarantee that after hay-
Png erected warehouses and tracks, they NAV
not be forced to remove them. Laid on the
liable.
A note from the Board of School Control
ers was received asking for the purchase of
two school lots in the Twenty ei ghth Ward;
another one, from the same source, recon-
lnendlng the creation of a permanent loan of
SS3l,I 700 for the erection of new school,
houses.
Mr.. Franciscus offered resolution directing
the removal of the sleepers and cross-ties in
Broad street, from Olive to Vine, and the re-
paviDg of the disturbed area. Adopted.
The Committee on Girard Estate reported
an ordinance providing for the lease of lands
pr the Girard Estates in Schuylkill and CO.
lumbia Counties to certain corporations for
Fifteen years, from the 1st of July, 1869.
.Passed.
A report was received from the Committee
on Railroads. The charges against the Com.
mittee that undue interference had been
brought TO bear upon them to effect the
Removal, of the tracks from Broad street,
have been investigated and are found with
out foundation.
Mr.. Franciscus presented communication
from the President of the Southwark Railroad
Compnny, stating that, upon the payment of
y JIG, ,666, the rails can be removed from South
street to Washington avenue. This sum is
the amount lost to stockholders by the re-
noval. Referred to Committee on Rail-
roads.
The Committee on Railroads reported that
1t is inexpedient to legislate now upon the
subject of setting apart any certain locality
for the use exclusively of forwarding mer-
chants.
81 Mr.. Franciscus moved to recommit the re-
port, with an ordinance, providing that
Washington avenue, Twenty-third street,
Lehigh avenue, Swanson street from Wash
ington avenue to South street. and Penn
street from South to Pine shall be set apart
for the use of the forwarding trade, and that
the rails shall not be interfered with until
the year 1900. Each merchant who desires
to lay turnout shall pay license of one
hundred dollars for the privilege, and an
annual rent of fifty dollars for the use of the
turnout.
The motion to recommit was agreed to by
q vote of Is to 10.
The Committee on Law reported a resolu-
ton directing the Commissioner of City
Property to lease Poplar street wharf, Della
ware, for one or three years. A long dis
cussion ensued. Not agreed to-
Mr.. Fox, from the Finance Committee,
reported back the resignation of Mr.. Fran
ciscus, with request for its withdrawal.
Mr.. +. complied.
The ordinance prohibiting the sale of mer.
chandise upon the sidewalks and the erec'
tion of fruit stands was indefinitely post
poned.
Common Councils amendments to the bill
for the erection of school-house in the
Twenty first Ward was concurred in.
The resolution requesting the Mayor to
return the bill disbanding the South Penn
Hose Company was concurred in.
Also, a resolution to extend the fire alarm
telegraph TO the depot of the Chestnut and
Walnut street Railway Company.
Also, resolution relative to the suspen
sion of the Mechanic Engine Company. Ad
journed.
COMMON CoUNCIL.-P President Joseph f
Marcer, Esq, called the Chamber to order a,
q quarter past three o'clock.
From Mr.. Williams, President Of the Citi.
zens Passenger Railway Line was received a
Communication requesting the location of a
signal-box in the railway depot. Referred
Mr. NJ. mooney benJ 10 COunCllS poIltlOI
requesting the transfer of his contract for the
building of a sewer on Locust street west OF
Ninth to Mr.. E. s. McGlue Referred.
Thomas j. Barger, Esq, City Solicitor, pre-
sented the following:
LAW DEPARTMENT., April 15, 1869-To City
Councils Gentlemen L enclrse q copy OF
an act approved March IS, 1869, providing
for the transfer of the control of the clean
ing of the streets of the city from Councils
to the Board of Health; also, communica-
tion from three OF the present contractors fol
cleaning the streets to the Mayor, stating
their intention to quit work on the 14th in
slant, upon the alleged ground that thei
contracts are determined by the act men
ltioned. This act authorizes the Board o
Health to enter into contracts for cleaning
the streets and the third section thereof re
ouires said contracts to be submitted to anC
approved by the the City Solicitor. Unde
these circumstances and examination OF tn
contracts referred to and an approval or dis
approval of the same by me, acting to Tn
best of my judgement for the interests Oh IN
city, might be deemed full compliance VIII
my duty. On the other HAND, however, IN
nosition as law officer of the city, the magni
fnda of the interests involved, and desir
TO obtain redress from defaulting contractors
provided the health of the city be not thereb
ieoparded, have induced me to lay the mat!e
before the Councils with the hope OF oDtan
ing some action which shall make my cours
clear. Respectfully, Il. j. BARGER,
City Solicitor.
The City Solicitor also presented an, oplr
1onsto the effect that the act OF Leglslatur
oassed March 10, 1869, takes from oouncll
tbe control of bridges, highways, etc., III Ill
xuantv aacond Ward,