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city is taken into consideration.
shall also suggest the adpisability Of adding fe"
Fire Wardens to the present small number
They CID be made very useful in visiting dwellings,
shops, stores ETC., and looking narrowly into tue con-
dition Of engines, furnaces, hue8, partitions, chill
neyB, stoves, and everything that may cause hres
Here, again, the ounce Of prevention Is an important
factor in the problem OF safety ftozn tue
element.
estimate the expense that will attend the adoption
Of the fo1cooing Recommendations durne @ tns ~
der Of this fiscal year ending March 81, 1879 Us 1o
Of % ssts on Wheels
oSs &C. CO., = sS@
Four portable Babcock machines to so with each nm
Four additional Fire Wardcns 6l1
Twenty wells at street ends connecting with rser loW
1here are three of he iargs BabcocI
weeks, and the others 1T the rate Of week there
August last will be here in few days; and there
| tn o or three other good and new steam machines
which can be obtained at any tune il it he thought
to purchase horses and equipments therefor, build or
rent housea, and support force Of dremen to handle
| them
With the addition Of the foregoing reinforcements to
the Police and Fire Department., and skil1fu and
vigorous employment Of these forces Of men and
ca the part Of good citizens, We can reasonably
hope and expect, under the favorng auspices Of
Divine Providence, to escape any further calaulitous
JOSEPH hlrp1I1, Mayor.
Aid. Thompson moved to refer it to the Com
mittee On Finance.
| It WAS ordered.
| AID. Holden moved the Committee on FINANCE
be instructed to report next week.
| It was SO ordered, and the report made the
| special order for that evening.
VETO MESSAGE.
! The following communication from the Mayor
| was read:
GrsTrF,rs. deem it proper to return without
my approval the resolution passed at your special
meeting Nov 4th, ms, which reads follows:
sSassss e Rass
| cars on Archer avenue.
| that the end sought to be accomplished is
! provided for already by another resolution
passed at the same meeting, and approved, which
confers the Company the privilege Of running dun'-
my engines and cars any or all Of thtlr tracks in
the South Division, hut limits the permission to the
period OF fifteen days. with restriction also as to the
! rate Of fare Second. That it would be unsafe to
confer the privilege on the Company III the un1esttct
cd, unqualified terms of the resolution as the Com
pany might claim hereunder contract for an inde-
finite period Of years to run steancars on said Archer
avenue and not believing your honorable body in-
permission is given in the other resolution, there
fore return this one unappro'ed Respectfully,
| On motion Of Aid. Tracy, the vote adopting
the resolution was reconsidered, and it Was filed.
| MILWAUKEE j. ST. PAUL RAILROAD.
| The following ordinance was submitted:
SECTION /. That permission and authority be, and
the is hereby gwen to the Chicago Milwaukee +
| to put down, construct, and 1naiutain rail-.
road, with q single or double track, a,!d al al
their road as graded, from point on the south
side Of Kine street. ut NEAR the crossing Of Vest
Hubbard street. Hayden street, Humboldt Park bonle-
ward, Vest Chicago avenue Augusta street. Grand ar
between said Kinzie street and the said
| North avenue, subject. however,, to the
direction Of the Board Of Public Works Of said city in
the construction of said track, and tue paving aud
keeping in repair Of much Of sad streets, alleys,
and crossings be occupied by said railway com
pany with It's track, switches turnouts, and subject
also TO ali general ordinances Of this city Of Chicago
| to railroad companies similarly situated
It was referred to the Committee On Streets
and Alleys, West Division.
| THE WATER LOT.
The special order being the purchase of the
water lot, was taken up and unanimously adopt
ed-yeas, %.
| AID. Holden offered the following, which was
adopted:
ORDERED, That the Board Of Public Works be re-
quesed to take immediate steps for the construction
Of tunnel from the shore end OF tile lake tunnel to
the proposed new water works the corner Of Ash,
land avenue aud Twenty -secold street,
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
The Board Of Public Works submit ted the fol-
lowing ordinances, which we're passed:
For paving Twentg-ninth street from State to Cot
For curbing and filling Franklin from Chicago
avenue to Division.
For special assessment for improving Michigan
avenue from Twen y-ninth to Thrtieth street.
For paving LaSalle, from Michigan street to Chicago
arenue.
For paving Peck Court, from State to Michigan
For Widening the alley between Monroe and Adams
and Lasale and Clark streets.
For yaca,,ug the alley in rear OF Lots and p snb
block a, Blocks and9 Buahnel1's Addition:
| RAILROADS.
Tie ordinance for the admission Of the Deca
tur a. Stats Line. Canada Southern, aud Chicago
d. Illinois River Roads, was taken up.
Aid. Woodman reported that the Decatur D
; State Line Road had made 9 temporary arrange
ment with the Rock Island Road to come in
until they could get the right Of way.
Aid. Stone moved to strike out the Decatur &
State Lime Road, and it was agreed 10,
The ordinance Was further amended by adding
q section providing that these privileges ar
granted On condition that the tyo roads admit ri
: ted shall allow any one Other road hereafter au
thorizel by 5he Uouucil to use their tracks
upon fair and equitable terms.
I AID. Tracy offered an amendment that tn
roads should leave space Of thirty feet for
wagon way from Twenty-Hixth to Thirty-frs
streets on one side of Stewart avenue.
It was adopted-yeas, %; nays, S,
The engrossment wes waived, and the ordi
Gill.
: The report of the Committee on Fire All
Water recommending the passage of the follow
= ing order Was taken up and passed.
:: ORDERED, That the Police and Fire Commissioner
be and h3y are hereby ordeted to purchase all the fl
alarm telegraph apparatus named and specified IN II
estimate Of the Superintendent, dated March o. 1877
and that the City Comptroller be and is hereby orere
to pay for the out Of any moneys in the treasu1
not otherwise appropriated.
. The Council then adjourned
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: The Burning R1sffs.
hosoNeAHEIA CITY, Pa, Nov. 1, 1872.
10 the Editor Of the Pittsburgh Commercial:
. :. read in 8 recent issue Of your journal an 8,
q | t;cIo an the subject of the burning bluffs nes
e Fort Pillow, on the MISSISSIPPI River. I think
j can explain the cause OF the phenomenon. I
2 tie year 1858 the writer spent so son
It eight weeks in assisting to surrey