, 1870-05-24
COUNCIL MEETING.
4 Large Amount OF Street I'm.
proEements Ordered.
Salary Of Rridewell- -Keeper-Report.
and Communications


and Communications
Afegnlaf meeting Of the Common Council y
neia 1ast evening, the President John Comtske
u me chatr. Present: Aldermen Cox, Somel
Donneuan, DIXON, Hahn, Montgomery, NcAvo
ua2Qs' Whitaker, Hecnan, Tracer. Hickey, Ba
tefman, Hudreth, ". s Powell, Hoileu, Wlic
Russell, Walsh, Woodard, Robinson, Campbe
9N, Shell, BuehIer, MeGzzth, Schmidt, TJle
schlntz, Bcngley, Carney, Herung, McCauleJ, e
hoe, Devine. MI. President
RACE BATES.
AID. Hahn submitted an ordinance alIow1n
hackmen TO charge single passengers 81 for th
passenger.
Refc5red to the Committee On Hceuses
An ordinance presented BY AID. Dixon, chsngtn
the existing s nacs rates @ q hack hire, was refe1e
PETITIONS
S1ndy petitions were presented By yanou
A!dsrmea which were referred to tho pTope
A!n: Whitaker presented q 4esol1tto1 ordering
tnat Inc unused Btreet railway tracks On State
street, from Lake erect to the river. and
I9ence across State Street bridge, along Statc and
sh.g1n seets 3, to clarx rees es Tsosed
LEASING SCHOOL LANpa
proposition to lease certain school lands IN the
on Wha1yes and Public Grounds, az was also the
petition OF Wright Ty11eu to Tease other school
nErAIHEs7 OF AssEssNHS7s
The petition OF Mcklchan, Steel, and others for
tho repayment Of Assessments for street pare
ment which we're charged upon the street railway
WORKS
AID. Robinson moved the passage Of an order
directing the Board Of Public WORKS to erect the
aeal p'p's's o'0e'eo'o' '"'n f'sk LIST year. Car
4 resolution submitted By AID Campbell. d.
rcct1ng the Board Of Public Works TO construct
crossings at the Intersections Of washington
s1ect and Park avenue with the C., C L c. r
HE omciai bond Of B. B. Wordcn rs Constable
Of the Ihirteenth Ward, Was presented for ap-
proral A motion to refer to the Judiciary Com
uittee WAS 1qst. and the bond was approved
E1EfkT IMPROVEMENTS.
Ordinances were reported from the Board Of
Public Works rs follows:
For resculng the curb stone md paving Mlchi-
Fassed. Fa aten's LIN" s'o'n "A''f 70 1''ef s''se1
For the opening and extension Of West Oak
For changing the nAE1e Of Asylum Place TO Web
Eter avenue. Pissed
For paving south Water street from Michigan
avenue to Central avenue. Passed.
For widening State street from Twenty second
street to Aean avenue, to width OF 100 feet, and
condemntng property On the east ade;ot the strect
Referred TO Committee on Streets and Alleys
South Division.
For the Issuance Of 900 LaSaIe street tunnel
bonds Committee on Finance,
For gas pipe on West Harrison street between
Canal and Halstetl- Committee On Gas
For gas pipe on West Polk street nom Halsted
to Canal. Passed.
For grading and plonktn9 alleys In Block e. Kill
xfes Addition. Referred
Fur nlline, grading, ana planktng al1ey In Block
For uulnc grading. md planning alIcy between
Third ayeuue and State from Ua5rtsof1 to west
line Of BIOck 1aT s s AItiittton Referred
Fer grading and nlantinv alley In BIorE 1s Kim
xIe.a Addition Referred
For curtlnC and milling Charles street from
Wells to Franklin Rcfcrred ~
For widening Fullerton aye.ne yyjrhtn she
present CITY llrItts etTeen the faf AND fhe <res7
line OF Section a. TO the width of fifry feet Re.
fe1fed
For curbing nlling, and plAuk1ng alleys In Block
g. Wotcott,s AddItinI1. and Yloce Ia Einzie,a Al
dltiou, ReleIfed. ~ N1~-<-'~ . -1N@
For grading and rnacadamiztnr Hau.thnvn avn
For ming and plankiuT alIey between Th,n1
aTcune md State EUcet from van HnTen n the
south line of Block 1a6 & 8 Ad,flfIon EefeTrnI
Halsted, Referred ~' ~
The Board Of Public works submitted a copv Of
the contract for eEeenjn1 and ciesnIn- sha I'M
proved stIeess Of the CITY, Iaid over AMI nnt
iished ~ '~ f~-'
FAT OF THE BR1pEyEYf KEprR
The following communication from the Corno-
ration Counsel was read aot referred Ia the Cnm.
u1lttee on Flnance: ~ N S'1
crwT,,7r. rr+,-n t,,o,-,.,, .a o,,,.,-.
.91ar;e, II ~ a. ofnaqse relative
to hzve been Iscommttsd to thS iW ;,b