, 1869-01-27
Hearing Before the Committee
on Municipal affairs.
a Number of West Side Park
Bills in Course Of
Preparation.
The Original NomIneos for ca.
nal Commissioners Il, be
Confirmed.

Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
SrA1auriELp, ILL.,, ian. -.
Neither House Of the Gencra1 Assembly hrd IN
Afternoon ftsSlon To-day. Thu Senate exhausted
!te morning session In discussing and rasstug
hsts to repeal the law OF 1866 increasing thu cnm.
pcIsa'!on nj county officers, and restoring ,he law
which that hill repeaied. Tile law docs Lut apply
10 Cook County,
a HINT TO NEwsrArER THIEVES.
In the honee quite Eumber Of impo.t3ut BILLS
wtrr Introduced, eome of which are relestea 10
below. One Was Of Importance 10 the newspaper
rrcts, especially those loci.ed at Chicago. 1t
was bill to punish tho putlolntng OF newspapers
and periodicals from thc doors Of subscribers
after thcy bare been lett tAcsc by tho cayrlcrs.
The offence is made petty larceny, punishable
by fine or imprisonment In the discretion OF lie
ccust. 1t will pretty surely become u la1.1
LAKE rnoxT I'LL.
Tho Lake Park bl!ls, that IL, the one comtrg
from the Common Council Of Ch,c.so. AID thu
o1e inuodaced by Hr. Merritt, looking 10 the
eeizurc By the State o1 The lake front, still re-
main il the hands Of tho Committee on Munich
pa! Affairs and Insurance. That committee iu
Reality takes TO action upon them.
The Illinois Central Railroad bill las not get
been presented 10 tho committee, or even to tic
Ecusc. hut 1t is understood that II will III
handed In tonight. The cumm:ttec a. yet are
lencEanl Of the co3tcu:s Of that btu. As Its pre-
visions orr ni q father remarkable Character. 1t
will undoubtedly engage the astcntion OF tho
committee los several scssiore. The committee
can hardly he ready 10 report upnn this Erca,
9utstton before the end Of tho week, /! rs soon
as that. 1n Tic meanwhile diplomacy Ia hard It
work, particularly IA tho Interests OF the Illinois
ccEtrnl Frnjcet. The following Is esid io hc the
substance Of the bill. Il codes to the CRY all OF
iec iakc.lsoEt irtdc the illinois Central Railroad
= f.. m L.F %H
power to sell the came. The three blocks north Of
Monroe street arc gwen 10 the thrrr railway
above ra1ned, who arc required to pap tho city
IN compensation therefor, the sum Of t89s .1Gs}.
This money, ard the proceeds of eAlcE Of tte
lan1s ccdcd to the city ire to be tlsbu.stl In the
purchase Or improvement OF parks in The tlrce
d'Eis,ens Of the cIty-the amount cxasndcd in
each dtvlston 10 be in proportion to tts taxable
property. Outside tho tr1ck Of the Illinois Cer-
! tEal RAILROAD. the lee OF al sutmcryod lands,
from lLc south limo OF the touth pter 10 Sixteenth
| street, Is 10 be ststcd il porpotuity in the
Illinois Can!lal RallrIat, with this condition that
IT sE=E never eell O. convey the Eame and the
Illinois Genial Railroad Company ts required to
rsr into the Treasury Of thu State per cent o..
the croas receipts from all lcaecs or improve
Hcnts OF said property, for al' ttrac to CONC.
| uoaE rAKKs.
| Skeleton bills fer Two nrw parks on the West
1
BY their friends, aud they are now 1lltns thctn
out 1t Is tie lhleution Of shcsc fricuds to limit
tie fzc of each to about twenty acres. the will
be located west Of the city limits ard eou,h OF
tie chicaro, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. The
other will be in The vicinity uf the ArtcsIan well,
wet ofthe city 1lmits, and both in that portion
OF Cietro which 1t is proposed to
/ hriug these skeletons hero think tha,
when thcy get thete bills perfected they will re-
esisc thu favorablc recognition OF The General
AseLmb:y. II Is underetood that thtrc are rev.
| tfat other mb1yo projects coming from the same
division OF thicaEo.
CANAL COMMISSIONERS.
The aettnn ri thr Scrato Committee on Inter
| nal improvements. AZ tccEraphcd to Jou yester-
day, in relation 10 the rejection Of tho no1uDa.
tiuEt for Cann1 Com mestoncte sent In On Satur-
day. has been rrcorsidcrcd, and tho Commit seton-
crs will be 1nrned. This decision has fccn
| rcachrd by rcaepn of the Inttuation by Governor
Ia liner that II theRn Iominatlone were tejecto /.
| md he Hcrc compelled 10 send ln a new list Of
Commissioners thcis political character could not
be cLuugtd.
NEH HOTEL.
Tho GnGca. J. You1g scammon. John u. Rice,
| Cl.nrlce D. brown. 4. J. Avercif anL V. .. rngu
| to.d1y put bill !nlo tho uouec to Incorporate
the Iuttz.uccanIc 1t"tei Company, of Chicago.
| with cnp,fn! Of Two millions VI dollars. It II
Ut td.trsoot !liat thcrc gentlemen mchn hnsincss.
md Tim. They tptcnd thnt Chicago shAl, In yraE
or lwo, enjoy the distinction or having thu 1nt
h"'cl In the t'MIted stntts. as ebc uuw nr. nj b.
trc .he greatest lum!.r, psa!n, beef aslt. pork
| market N The world.
1A1onToN xAxrrAcTCMxa ceyrAxr.
4 bill was presented to the 1loutc to.d,y 10 In.
corporate the talshtou S!cr! Manufacturing Com.
raEy, OF Chicago. THE company ID TO tp organ.
ixct tor lllt pnsroRc Of manufacturing steel rails
nnucs Lssehion's pslrnt, nf which much has hrcn
prlutcd and rad during shr past few raontht,
john t. Hilton IN tho az. Mt Of the patent, and
this btu Is Ecnt here in II. Tut erct..
| RAILROAD Fnxlonrs.
ssrstcr McNultn brought III II bill today 10 u.kt
unltcrm the charges for the transportation d
| fscl rhss on railroads In this State.
Section provides that railroad compari saal
charge u.ifufm rate 1ceordsnc 10 ITS class -!
the distance They ,n.y BE- it,n@poi,ct, wi:h
| uniform rate tet each Glars for loading Or hand
ltnr, regardless Of tho place where it may be uous
provided that in cocruttny distance th. road
may In It's discretion calcalate the CHARGES frt,l
ss.i,on ~ the o' .h"s'cts IT, ne Of railroad o'
Section provides ths1 any ratirn,d which shs1
receive larse sum for the uAt deportation ii
Ell ena2se fpestef 'oa ta ' io.sa
handling ut one point thsu at any, Other It cha!
be liable to tho person nvcEicvcd ID tum equa
|
section , provides tha, every railroad ehA'
sssp posted IN sops r,,a, e1,nspisuoS. plse: n , Q
pltte list Of prices los til: ttacspo'tAinn or frctGh
IRON and to all elatlors and aso tor The loading
ana htrdinE. under penalty OF cot more tea'
TrIIrn's RA11noAp-fAax BILL.
This bill, At II passed the House yesterday, ws
eent 10 the Senate this morning. No attenT
will be made, l underEtand, TO take It up out c
1 AAnAf
t~oor three days. / hear that General Fuller !!
IT TO way arx1out to evade the question Tier
arc various opinions current IS to the eEouc
which ors Senators vii! take upon this bill In 1t
prese1t shape. know that ore Of them has Nc
sci determined IN hts own mind what he viii ds
AID lie othcs, l hear, IL In abou: Ii
came condition. pscsumc there
20 eouet that the bill Will pass tho Senate viii
rs large majority as on It's a.st passage, an
probably larger.
Nh. RAGcu OH rAEKt-
m. Raueh arrived this morning, and Is urcir
the location vt parks tn the northwest. eouthwe:
and southeast portions ol the city Of Chicago, :
| a ranit&Ir measure. demonstrating By facts az
: ecteniifc principles that by 20 dong tho clins'
OF Chicago can bt changed, and made mo;
! eqna.lc. and thus diminish the mortality, wh1
at ,hc eamc lime tho localities arc beautiful
adorned. His Idea 10 that The palk system
, Chicago should embrace from 25lQ to 3,00O acre
learn that he will read the CONCLUSION Of b
paper On Public Parks, In lew days, before u
Academy Of Sciences.
; 7Rk rAHk QCEt7loN-HxAR1S8 HxToRr THE co
xlr7EE OK MUNICIPAL AfYA1se.
c The House Committee Tn Municipal AHhii
General Reyroldl. Of Cook. Chairman, had
: ucet,rR At tho Lclard House to-Etght, for t
purpose Of atIordirg m opportunity tu the Vi
ous parties interested TO be heard. There y
+ | quito large ATTENDANCE, Colonel a. #. ha
9 rfetentcd The Illinois Central KafIrosu projc
and spoke in advocacy ct tt al length. Ilu "
followed by Mctera, Bond and Kulckrrboekcr.
behalf Of the hill coming rom the city Of Cl
cago. Mr.. Merritt advuraicd tho bill rresrn,
by him cone days ago In behalf Of The t,.ato
r. illinois. II. u. llutd, ESQ.,. OF Chicago, tpoke
y behalf Of Chicago. and Judge 9kinnes closed
d.,cnttIon ics the Illinois Genital P.aiiroad. Z
committee will take scion upou the question
rirLt, This itruc IL exciting marked attcRt
Ia the Genrsal Assembly. in TIC LIBBY. and ant
~ The people. Uf cnuFte. tb;. r,ustc. rtnticd /
The cnmtnit.co had detes' .,,Icd Ia report thr {
!s t1al naf1rosd bl | arc '.i,hont foundation.
~ committee ntvor ray that bill uutll tonight.
d, J.kulsLArlvE.
- Special Dear atch 10 Thc Chicago Trthuoc.
- Erniso7.kln, JAN u
.! BESATE.
- | nItiA III fnnIKr
~ 'ArRc nunher Ut hills wcsc rfpot'ra !" "
~ Itt.tn the jndiclasy Comtaiitaa and oIuefea
thisd leading.
cafnrMcArloss.