, 1873-11-11
COMMON COUNCIL.
Report Of the GaB-Inspeotor~--7 ,544
Public Lamps in the City,
Proposition to Allow the AXpo"
sition Building to Stand
Until 1876.

InU1l IosOs
The Council hold regular meeting yoatefaay
oyoning, Mayor bond in tho clair. All INC Al
aermen wore present oxccpt Mossfs' oanoy'
Sweet, Kohoe, ogdon, aud Woodman' =.
PETITIONS.
pot,tfona .yero presented aud referred for
sidewalk on Arnold street; againAt tho improVo-
mant of Eople street, and Of Wentworth avenue;
| for obatinp the smoke nuisance; for Bidowalk
| OIL First street, from Roboy to Hoyne; Tor open-
! aug Ashland avcnue, from Olybourn place to
! Elston road; for Sidewalks on Van Durcn hsreot,
| voet of the railroad tracks Oh StoYonB, from
jackson to Van Buren,; California, from Van
Buren, to WILCOX; md Jackson, from California
| to Sacramento.
The Board Of Public Works Was ordered to re-
mort al ordinance for tho necessary hlins on
4rtain strccts In tho Fourth Ward, whore con-
tr,, ,ts layo boea lot for aowcre.
sAD~ ernEE1: +. IMPROVEMENTS.
MI, BOARD Of pubiiste Works reported o1s,' ,
n ,ncos TO- paving Taylor Lreot, from ."" Doaotinr
a,'l ayouu>' to Throop al. -. lot n ar'a arad'
strf xts and d. 'oys iii Soc. 8o 3s .or 1,1;on
inc Waldo place, from Halssed stroot ~ ,.,s rom
for fixing tho sido, walk Oh Wabash ayel xe;nl, I
rrt,;rtv second street to Douglas place. ID
woro p.ssaod oxcept ths' first Which was refer1
rho ordinance for tyacating, Thfrty-sccouu
ett Of the s3oteh Branch, was roferol back to tho
Committee on strecta aud Alloys, y. D.
Tho Board submitted an ordinance authoriz-
ing tho, transfer Of $4,000, from the appropria-
Of tho twelfth strcet Siaduct for raisng build
inra to rrado. L wny referred to the Committee
on Streets and;Alleys, ". D.
TIE aAs-1NspEoTon.
Tho Hus-Ipepcctor reported that during tho
last quarter tho gas-metors and burners on the
tost-laupa had Goen tostea and found correct.
Tho public lamps wero generally IN good condi-
ton. Tho total number NOV: Il vas: North
Division, 8,4C3 the total boing, 7,34l. Tho uBo
OF kerosene is recommended IN popu loua Sec
tiona whoro the gas cannot be obtained. d,
ENaHossED ORDER.
burn in tho roar OF No. 744 South Halsted street,
as place for hro~engtne.
FINANCIAL.
Tho Committee on Finance reported favorably
on tho claim of Q. E. Guthrie to the amount Of
e15o; of ). B: Lilly, and Of smeal Il Robanhs,
The oommittoo reported adversely On the
Philip Pennymnn, Mrs. d. J. Jacobs, Angelo
q ndicio, and James Konny, and they wero con-
cured in, except tho second and third, which
were laid ovor.
luton directing tho Conptrolier to borrow $20,-
coo for sewerage purpoBes With the following
amendment: ''Provilcd, that said sum can bo
borrowed ut q rate Of interest not exceeding 10
| per cent" The amendment was agreed to, mud
| the resolution, as amended, adopted
| FIRE AND WATER.
The Committee on Fire aud Water reported
back the nomination Of James Aver, Jr., as q
| member Of the Board OF Fire Commissioners
without recommendation. He was confirmed
/! yeas, 33; nays, 1.
ment, heretofore published, in relation @ to II tne 70
The same Committee reported resolution
authorizing the Mayor and Comptroller to par-
l,I tic southeast ut corner Of Lincoln md Ferdinand
strcets tho prico to be 90 780. It waa lnid over.
i The same Oonlmittoo submitted IN order,
which VAS also laid over authorizing the board
Tho same Committee warmly, endorsed
MADAME Belle scott-Udn'B excellent aerial Ind
doris, recommended the acceptance OF hor pro.
position to soil to the city for S25 o0o tho right
10 use and manufaoture them for eighteen years.
It was | lid oyer and made the special order for
MondRy. ....-.,
The Committee OIL Wharves and Public
Grounds reported back tho petition Of tho Direc-
tors Of the Exposition for an extension OF the
time for which their building could romain on
tho ground, with o resolution extending the
time for two years from May I, 1874, to May !,
1876. It waH laid over
Aid. I,owon moved to make it O special order
for Monday.
AID. Mcarath oppoael hasty action. They
should do nothing Which might prejudice the
rf,rhta OF the city to the ground which mad baer
Y flee1,. ,.catod to park PURPOSES.
! Aid. Bowen stated that many Of tho exhibitors
i wero anxious to know what would be done, since
4 if tue time was extended, they would exhlbi
Aid. Powell suggested that the Corporation
couneol be asked whether tho granting OF TIL
privilege for the additional time would ln1uro I'll
! Fights Of tic city. !,
1ld, Bowou anid good legal authority had hoi
thnt it would not.
The motion to mako 1t q special order va
I agreed to.
|: The Council adjourned.