, 1873-12-03
CITY AND COUNTY OFFICES.

County Treasurer Rumecy yesterday turned
over hia Office to bis successor, Mr.. Miller. The
lattcr found awaiting lin tho snm of e509, ,043.9S.
OF this amount, $84, 4,305. .22 is charged to him as
Collector, md ss410, ,8i8. .1G ~ Treasurer.
Butts have been brought against tho disti1lers
who persist IN foo1ng thor COWS with awill
within the city limits, and 1t is tho fntontlon OF
tho Sanitary Superintendent 10 prosecute nil
who will uot'abanlun this economical but vilo
aid d|seAsc-sptcaalng PRACTICE.
Tho bond of tho rocontly-olootod City Trcas-
nror, hlr. Daniel O'Hara, Ia now on flo Id tho
Hce Of The CITY oork awai'tng tho Of
Caulne1d, J. o. Rnttor, ". r. Coolbaugt,, John
Eorsytho. John Mccanrey, John @. Halncs, J.
Y. Clarko. CLARK Lipe. John Hetling, and John
| AlBton. The Finaiico Committee may conHldor
1t thiB woelt.
Mayor Colyin assumed tho duties Of Mayor at
half-paBt o'clock Yesterday morning. Ex-hlavor
| Dos,d talkod with him for over an hour, and e1-
platnod many. things which it could not DO aup.
posed Lo understood. Many applications wore
Honor refused them MI. saying prisoners wero
sont to the Dridowell for q purpose aud ought
| to ronlain thoro until their aentancca expired.
Mr. dillespic is actng as tho Mayors Secretary,
no ono having yet been ee1ectod for tue position.
Ihcro are half-a-dozcn npplicanta, but which Of
| them will be appointed will not ba known until
next week. Tho Office hours Of tho Mayor will
be from II O'Clock IN the morning to o'clock
| In tue afternoon.
| Tho great public arc NOW busy In paying their
| vater-taxos, and tho Water Ofios in tho Court
House Is daily throngod with applicants for the
privileges Of passing their money into tho City
| Treasury. For many, it is q work Of two OF
| tlloe hours, aud those who patiently tako thoir
| places in limo somotimes use yery emphatic
langiago whom thoy 500 others allowed to step
t,lrn in tho procession. This Is probably not el-
| lowed by nll tho clerls engaged at the books,
but It was yesterday, by at least ono Of thom. 1t
little moro divislon Of books aud lahor for no.t
| yoar. Some OF the districts embraced In ono
book aro much too largo.
Tho now land tunnel is prngrcrsing eatisfan-
torily, at tho rate OF bctwocn fifty aud sixty fe"t
day. None Of tho sections are yet completed.
streot--a any difficulty experienced. At this
p9int tho earth la peculiar. nna ehe Tors ,,rs
tunnel has beon built. Tho obstaolo u: tho ctlb
forty feet at tho orib-ond Of tho tuunel havo
been finished. Yesterday tho woskmcn warc Off
gagcd In adjusting the apparatus to bo uaea III
hoisting Tho earth oxcavated, and IN lowo1lug
tho blocks OF Htono.
The Board Of Public Works Yesterday decjd-
Washington street tunnel. Tho commissioners
talked about doYtslng means TO stop the leak
which makes tho tunnel so disagrecable, but
came to no dollnieo couclusion. Two plas for
stopping it 'sero suggcstnd; one 10 put oo'nons
and gravel OIL top, a,1l tito other 10 cass tho bore
! With Iron or wood. rno detc.tlyo portion was
constructed during freezing weather, md as CO.
monliug tho inside Will not stop the oo2c, como.
thing boster viii lave 70 be- a!lopted to prevent
the gradual dtatnte8raion Of tho tunnel.
NJ n.1LS -.
yesterday afternoon !, present, conmiastoners
Sheridan and Rono. The former rraseltaa tho
latter with commission from tie Governor, ,a,'d
congratulated him that ho now hal insurance
emolumsnts, until hla sucseeuor wss c|cclel."
Rono thauksl him, anu was about sitting down
whom nnothor commission. Bigne.l by lho Mayor
and City Clark, vas banded to him. Tho latter
1ss s %? sa9fsn sas Wanted yesterday sns Gs
absence Of instructions from tho Mayor, as to
hnso acted otherwise would have been unvar-
rantod by the law. The now Commissioner was
stS .rv oossssstoa'oa ssato1 ogy BY pa1 oass cG CO.
hoped the Board wonll DO happy in
| tue future, and that police matters would re-
ceiye the attention they desoryod. The rcsiena-
! ton Of Policeman A. Holden was accepted, acl
| troman. Aid. sclhftnor presented loltor trusn
a Alr. Trucsdale. asking tina. aome provision To
mado for sholtering homeless wanderers during
the winter. Commissioner Shorldan said tho
Ind no money tEat could bo ussd for tIo pui- .
| pose without tic consent OF the Council, and
wore poworloss to do anything Tor the applicants
I for lodgings. 4 fow were accommodated now,
and, il tho Council would pass an order author
Board would chcorfal1y provide shelter for as
many as possible. ALI. 'schairner went away,
after sayinS TINT ho would endoayor TO get such
| III order passed.
The Board Of Hea1th hold meeting yesterday
| afternoon, DIR. johnson IN the chair. The rn-
| ending Nov. 20 shows the number Of DEATHS to
have Gcon 132, ,-au increase Of 10 over tho pre-
! ceding week, and q decrease Of IS rs compstod
I with the corresponding week in 1872. Of tlla
males aud " fomalos; u died Of consumption,
~ Of conrnlsions, z of pneumonia, aud II Of
smallpox. There was IN increase OF 8 In the
| number Of houses infected with smallpox over
I last week, but tho deaths were one less. Tho
Superintendent called attention to tue com1nu-
nlcation, submitted week ago, in reference to .
moro thorough visitation and vaccination Of
persons who live nenr infected honsea. With
| tho prosent limited number Of Sanitary Ill
| spcctors, it has boon impossible to do this
as thoroughly as it should bo done.
In consideration OF tho desire Of tho
Board, tho Superintendent did not urge per-
manont iuorease Of the fsrco, but thought 1t duo
to the people to at least mako IN attempt to
dono by tho present force was doing. The or
dinanccs in regard to the schools we're being en-
forced. and many persons we're submitting to
The operation. The county authorities were CO.
Ind to consont to be vaccinated before it was
granted, Ho also called attention to the reso!u-
tion, oifofod some time ago, relating to the con-
sumption Of gaacs from rendering establish
odors from this source last woek wore vory
| marked. A communication from him, asking