The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-27
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Meeting of Both Branches of Coune

Meeting of Both Branches of Councils.
Both branches of City Councils met yesterday
in their respective chambers at the usual thour.
Select CounciL-The Mayor returned without
his approval, the ordinance establishing market
stands for farmers on Third street, and on Ger
mantown road and on Callowhill street. He
refers to the act of March "a preventing certain
obstructions in the public highways between
Girard avenue and Walnut street east of Broad
street. This make the ordinance, except so far
it applies to Callowhill street, west of Broad,
Illegal.
and the bill was defeated.
John Welsh was elected by acclamation Trus-
tee of the City Ice Boat.
resolution granting permission to the
National Telegraph Company to erect poles In
the city of Philadelphia was indefinitely post
poned.
Mr.. Hardness presented communication
from citizens, complaining that the wooden
building authorized by Councils at Fifteenth
street and Columbia avenue, as ticket Office
for a baseball ground, is now being used as
lager-beer saloon. In this connection, he pre-
sented an ordinance reFealing the ordinance
granting permission to erect the building in
question: referring to the fact that the shed has
never Aeen used as an Office since its erection,
but is a nuisance to the nelghborhood by the
sale of beer. Referred TO the Committee on
Police.
&35, 600 for school building In the Fourteenth
ward.
An ordinance was presented authorizing the
purchase of two lots of ground at the northeast
corner of Twelfth and Wlstar streets tor school
purposes, which was referred to the Committee
on School.
All the ordinances from Common Council
directing the paving and repairing OF streets
were postponed for the present.
The ordinance from Common Council, making
an appropriation TO pay the damages for the
opening of Bridge street, from Lancaster avenue
to Fortleth street, was concurred M Also the
ordinance repeating that portion of the ordi-
nance prohibiting the erection OF frame build
ings, so far as 1t applies to the Twenty-ifEh
| ward.
Common CounciI.-A communication was
received from the Board of Health, asking an
appropriation of $40, 600 to meet the extraordi-
nary expenditures entailed by the prevalence OF
relapsing fever in an epidemic form in our city.
| Referred to the Finance Committee. Also a
! communication from the same board requesting
Councils to prohibit the holding of night mar
kets, especially. from May 10 TO October 10, as
! il is impracticable TO clean the markets after
10 o'clock at night. Referred to the Committee
on Markets.
William Cummings was reelected Trustee o1
the City Ice Boat by acclamation.
Mr.. s. Miller, chairman of the Highway Com.
mittee, presented a resolution for the grading o.
Clearfeld and other streets. Agreed to- Also
a resolution for the tramwaying of Crowley
street. Agreed to. Also resolution for tho
paving of Twentieth and other streets. Agreed
TO- Also, a resolution for the opening of Oak
ford and Markley streets. Agreed TO. Also,
resolution for the macadamizing of Passyunl
road, from Broad street to Point Breeze
Agreed TO.
Mr. Kline, acting as chairman of the Financ
Committee, presented an ordinance appropri
ating $665' for the payment of the expense
of the Public Buildings Commission and othe
J purposes. Agreed TO. Also, an ordinance az