The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-07
CITY COUNCILS.
Their Proceedings Yesterday.


Both branches OF the legislative department held
their regular stated meeting yesterday.
Seacet BrGneG-MG. s6ac6Oss, IRON tne Commit
ing fast driving by street car drivers at street cross
ings.
ing ordinance giving certain cars right of way. He
hoped that drivers of cars running east or west,
north or south, w0nld be compelled to walk their
A motion to postpone the whole subject for two
weeks was lost, and a motion to indefinitely post
pOne carried
The following report made of the condition
1911, April l. BY cash on hand this date, s2,172,-
S12 II, appropriated as follows:
TO pay interest on city loans SS39,625 6i
To pay sinking fund securities 245,8l6 IL
To pay loan warrants 5S2,118 26
TO pay sundry claims 6O5,19o O3
The water bill, being the special order, was re-
sumed. Considerable discussion ensued as to the
propriety OF placing meters in manufactures to
prevent an inordinate waste. motion to recon
slider section sixteen was carried, and an amend
ment to strike out illegal provisions adopted. The
ordinance passed.
Bills from Common Council being in order, it
resolved that the Sl1 900 derived from fines for
trespass in Farmount Park should be expended by
Park Commissioners in the customary manner for
improvements. Adjourned.
Common Branch-President HUM in the chair.
Mr.. Calhoun offered resolution of instruction to
the Chief Commissioner to inform Councils what
right the Thirteenth and Fifteenhstreet Passenger
Railway Company had to construct double track
Mr.. Walker presented an ordinance authorizing
the transfer of S11, ,057 u to the Park Commits
sOners it having been collected tor violating the
Park laws. Agreed to.
The Chamber then proceeded to consider the
dinance creating a loan of $500 900 for the paving
of Broad street with an improved pavement. II
read and adopted by sections.
Mr. Bardsley offered amendment providing
that part of the loan should be used to pay for
any wooden pavement on Broad street, between
Coates street and Columbia avenue.
Mr.. Wagner moved to strike out all after the
words wooden pavement.
Unanimous consent not being given the amend
aaTaNN
Chair.
The yeas and nays being called for, the passage
of the bill was agreed to-yeas, 40; nays, g.
The general order, resolution which provides
that no action shall be taken the same day on the
same shall be objected 10 by member, except upon
the vote OF two-thirds OF those present, was then
MT Miller offered an amendment that the rule
should not apply to the last two meetings of coun-
ellis for the year.
lay the whole subject on the table, which was not
agreed to.
a motion was made to postpone the subject for
one week, which was not agreed to-,
Mr. MilleT's amendment was adopted, and the
yeas and nays being called for, on the maj pas
sage Of the bill, was agreed to by 80 yeas TO Ia
Mr.. Walker, from the Committee on Finance
reward, for the arrest OF HanlOn, TO Alderman
Helms and Detectives Taggart and Smith. Agreed
Also, an ordinance paying S4O5O damage, as as
sessed by jury, for the widening OF Shear street
Agreed 10.
Also, an ordinance approprlating SIS 900 for thu
erection of market sheds on Girard and MOyamen
sing avenues.
This subject produced considerable debate, ant
was argued at length by Messrs. Buzby, Dingee
Logan.
The report OF the Committee on Markets wa
read, which recommended the raising of the none
by a loan.
the loan, and then argued in favor OF the bill.
Mr. Walker moved to postpone the matter unit
November, which, after long debate was not agree
10.