, 1872-10-22
THE COUNCIL.
The Mayor Proposes Remedy for
Omnibus Racing. =
War Between Property-0wners 90 and
the. c & P. Railway. =. :
AID. McEvoy's Report Of Yesterdays
- Demonstration.
The; City Tax LeYy...1aluc Of Real Estate and
Personal Property, s2S3, ,473,22o.

The; City Tax LeYy...1aluc Of Real Estate and
Personal Property, s2Ss,473,2so.
How to Improve the Sanitary cond:-
ton of the North Branch.
A meeting Of the Common Council was held
yesterday evening, AID Daggy in the chair.
Present: AID Knickerbocker, Otis, Dixon,
McGenniss, Thompson, McAvoy, Daggy, Stone,
schmitz, Tracey, Hickey, cullerton, Bailey,
Bateham, Powell, Holden, Bond, Sweet, Wit
beck, Heath, Gardner, Gill, McGrath, Schmidt,
Stout, Schaffner, Lengacher, McCa1rey, Car
uey, Clarke, Busse, Woodman.
RACING OF o.1SIBUsEs.
The following communication from the Mayor
was read:
GENTLEMEN: respectfully recommend the pass-
uge Of ordinance herewith submitted being intend
ed amendment to Section 5, Of Chapter A. Of the
revised ordinances entitled "vehicles.'' The Poice
Department experience great difficulty in repressing
racing aud fast driving Of street omnibuses belonging
to rival lines, and preventing collisions with other
vehicles, resulting from such racing thereby andan-
ge1ing lie and damaging property. The police force
IS so snaan that officers enough cannot be
70 see al violations Of the ordinance daily perpe-
trated By bus drivers. And when the drivers are
E0Iu3IQ6d Q1 arrested, qf0seEuLcQA pfQpr1e-
tors of ths lines are in the habit Of coming to their
rescue, paying the fines imposed giving bull for ap-
pearanee, appealing the suits, casting the blame
and prevent the punishment Of the guilty drivers,
who thus encouraged and protected By their en-
ii e*fss q @ The part Of driver
destroyed they have little to fear so eleng as the
REoprst9fs ef The lines keep Up their spitetal rivalry
jockeying performances. The existing ordinance on
the subject Of "vehicles" does not requze drivers
permits their and hees thefs :
record of them in the City Clerks Office, and no
soT t9an e any 5sv
amendment, alshe drivers of omnibuses VII be reg
certained from the number Of his bus, and, when
found guilty by the Police Magistrate Of violations Of
the ordnance forbiddng racing the Streets bis IL
his employers cannot prevent. BE will placed his
good beiavor and il he values his right to drive an
the ordinance aganst racing fast driving aud reckless
collisions with private vehicles having weaker
OVERRIDING his permission to race collide, whore
upon into the service Of the rival ine and
time that he signaizes his zea for the new, and by
practicing ye1aous annoyunces and also lnfractons
Of the ordinance lam confident nat i The The, amend
complaints thereafter Of violations of the ordinance
regulating omnibus driving The license fee proposed
be passed is hardly sufficient deray the cost Of
registration making transfers, and issuing licenses.
}: MEn1zn, Mayor:
Aid. Thompson moved to waive the engross-
ment and pass the ordinance:
The motion was not agreed to, there not being
enough members present. and the ordinance Was
referred to the Clerk for engrossment.
nzonE F1RE ENGINES.
Aid. Holden offered the following, which WAS
adopted:
opnrRrn. That the Board ot Police and Fire Com.
ssioneTs he and the7 are hereby reouested to select
sutable lot for fire engine and hosecart In the dis
tct bounded as fonows to Wit: Hasted street on the
eas Randolph street On the north adams street On the
SOUTH and Centre avenue on the west
i, The following petitions were presented and
referred: 70 change the name OF Gip1n strees'
to Vernon Parh place; ior q va @WatteI:pape on Bud
Tones street; Tor sidewalk On Menden street.
WATER WORKS LOT.
The Committee on tlre aud Pohce, 70 Whom
Was referred the ordinance submitted BY the
Board Of Public Works, authorizing the purchase
OF . site for the new pu1nping-works, and an
amendment Of AID. Daggy, reported them back,
with the Recommendation that the ordinance be
passed as submitted
The Inatter Waa laid over, and made the Epe-
ciaT order for next Monday.
report OF the same Committee, relative to
tho iot Tar tha tire-enrine at NickersonyilIa was
IN ~ 49, ~ '4Ao 49, ~ "'
~11o u.v
IT., ora;,o,ca amending The 7ov;aed ord;.
o,ncaa n Taeand to the ennointment Of Civ
Wai1hera. >of WEIGHING hay. etc, Bas taken M
and naesed
The engrossed ordinance establishing the West
s;5a Hsrn6arlet on Sahor and Tasnlaires etraets
go ca11sd ~ md nassed.
The ordinance Establishing tbs South Side
HaymarEet on Twenty~tbird street. between
Went~o-t1, avenne and Arnold street.. was re-
sar@aa ~ ~ n1arE +or ,rs< en9rosa1oent
Aoliea ~ .re rSr S111an cz1n.oo 1 + 5.r1p1c po.n
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