, 1873-12-30
Resolutions in Reference to Sell
ing the Lake Front.
Ordinance to Allow Liquor-Selling
with 0losod-Doors Sunday,
Contracts with Gas CompanfCs--WOr1
for thc Unemployed.
4 New Use for the Old Post 0f[ice.-.The
City Finances.
The Corporation Printing to Be
Decided Ncxt Week.

The Corporation Printing TO BE
Decided Ncxt Week.
The Common Council mot Inst oyoning, Mayor
Colyin In tho ohair. AL tho Aldermen wero In
attendance
THE LAxE-FnoSr PROPERTY.
Aid. Pickering submitted the following:
WHEREAS Propositions fur tic saln BY the City Of
Ghcagu Of eer"ii rnal pslatc, situate between llat.
lolph and Monroc atreA mud east of Michigan ase-
uc 70 tho vest ling of tlo track Of tho 1uois Cen-
tsnl lailr.a, ayo been maso by Tho Illinois Ceutral
hailrqad "a tae Ctcogo, nue9gton Quincy 1;allroad
havo heretofore bcen discussed md ag!tatd both by
shS Common Council md tho general public, all
PURCHASE Ead real estltn from sAi City Of Chicago for
Gertatu Runl, 1uH
MneHEAs. No sa!e Inns hcen consnmn,ated; mud,
M'tEHsas Tho city is now In great acest Of money;
wuEnEAs Tie said Railroad Companies heretofore
Proposed to erect groat union depot M sa1d real es-
Wi1Enraa, Tho erection Of such building at tho pres
citizens who waiting, tut now out of work, ald
pressing their services tle city for ,neana Of aur
post p for themselves aud fs1nilica md .u,.
in said real estatc wtul materially help said city aud.
WHEREAS Tic sai.l depot would forever bo orna-
Resoittd, Thai thc aIayor appoint . special
committee, comrosel of Ase Aldermen, to act ~
conjunction with Tho FnallcG Cuntnec to 4nrcat1.
ihs Council ut It, nnxt regular ,ncctiug, giylng III
ssh rpo ro .ao gnst ss at eau Ut 20 q e for
formation which can be furnished, aa to gyo the
Council bssis Y for nac further y e. assion "a may bo
ueeIncu for thc best 1ntoresta Of the city,
Aid. Pickering said tho South Sido was largely
interested In the depot, and he hoped that part
Of The city would DO fully represented o, tho
Committee.
Aid. Dixon did not think 1t would bo wise to
takc nny action wllatoyer. There waa per,na-
ncnt injunction hanging over tho Council, mud
nothing could bo douo with tho lnnd until 1t was
dissolved.
AID. Pickering urged that tie resolution con-
temp}atea only III investigation.
Aid. Dixon naked II tho Railroad Companies had
offered to puicllnso tho lsnd Z
Aid. Pickering replied that TINT was what he
Tuntoa to find ont
Tho motion was refotrctl TO tho Committee on
Wharvcs atd Public Grounds.
THE CITY wEIanEn's BOND.
Tho Official bond of Miles Kehoe, City Woigl,-
er, WIS presented. Tho surotios are jeremiah
Fad Janaos C1owroy. There being some infor-
malitics in tho bond, ho was permitted to With
l:aw it.
L1Quon-sELL1Su ON SUNDAY.
Aid. Richardson offered an ordinance amend
irg See. Of Chap. TO, and Sec. 8 Of CAap. 29, 30
tt:at they shall read III follows:
'Eor1os !. &c il ordained, ete Tho Mayor ia hereby
o grant licenses for tho sale Of aptrltuoa
'nlahing snicont evidence satisfy Im that he s
cuig 10 tio City oi Chicago boad, With Il least two
ataos 70 10 approved BY the Mayor, tn The penal
fehy obscrso and keep ali orinanees M sn now ii force
Iiesnao, and Tint lie wilt keep eosrd ali doors aud
windows opening ont upon anY street from tho
kar or room where - ii 1iqnnrs ase sod Oh Sun.
day; mud that ati ltors aud windows shall,
rosed shutters curtains, to Q6strssct ,le view
fsola HncL streets Into snch roons and that ho Will
lroAbt all g1niug with eards, tlonlnoes: dice. 9TH
tho city So, md no other fees. On compliance with
tlleks requirements, iccnHe shall 10 issued 10 tho
applicant under the corporate eeal signed by the May
or nd countorsigned by the Clerk (which shall author
:e tho person or persons therein named, to sell bar
we. ler vinots ardent, Or fermantets III quantitles
le,s hen ono gao1, ~ slo pace designated III tho up
ueref phr1i expire tho lst day OF July In each year
sE 3 sny nerson a, shall Keep common il.soy-
on 9a 1s oy 90 20
my tacr valuable thing, every such person,
sstla shs 10 fined in aum not less than $ nor
s,:,. .: ssstion IT Chapter % and Section of
peal, j.
Il was referred to the Committee on Lice nBes
PAVING FoUNTH AVENUE.
A'l Fitzgerald offered III order directing tho
Board vi Public Works to prepare IN ordinance
for tho ,ourbiinns, filing, and paving Foulth
avenue, from Twelfth to Fourteenth streets. It
referred to tho Committee on Streets mud
Alloys, =. D.
cosrnAcTs WITH GAS COMPANIES.
All. Stout presented tho following, which was
adopted:
t,Isc1, That tho Corporation Counsel be, and no Ia
e 81 directed 10 report to this Council at lis earliest
onv atence, whether tho contracts with the gas
nheter tie city IL. o sSu * aas eoaaet Tor for
tte lprlstng Of gaa~ for longer period than one
Sr1E.
run11o BATHING.
>soInmuulcntion Was received from William
>Sha1', 10 tle effect tint hn has boou seeking to
chtallish Il bathing-houaa at the Gust end Of
Iwe::ty-second street. aud applying for tho posi-
tiou Of General Superintendent of Bathing
1ol1: es Tor tic City ol Chicago. It was referred
to Il > Committee on Wlarfing Privileges.
II !. Iengacher offered . resolution directing
tim l:oard of Pubic Works to ut once hayo street
''n'r's placed npon corner lamp-posts in The
pur.: district. Tho resolution was adopted.
SEWER ON WESTERN AVENUE.
i. |. Campbell offered resolution directing
elle ;oard Of Public Works to prepare lagra,il
ami estimates for aower OIL Western nyoauo
;to'n The sonth Branch Of the Chicago Rivcr to
kll::ic street. Il waa referred to the Committeo
Oh Streets aud Alloys, ". D.
T. official bond Of John Z. Brown, aH fish
1ns1. !ctor, III tho penal sim OF It, COO, was 10.
ferccd to the Committee OIL Judioiary.
DEFECTIVE SIDEWALKS.
Al JnnaE ofrclod q resolution directing the
Boa:d of Public Works to rebuild and repair all
aide yatks OH North Ciarlt, Ontario, Indiana, aud
Michigan Etroats, without whiting to collect tue
ah:>,sll'ensH therefor. 1t #aa referred to the
EDp ID Of Public WortB.
SEw uAE ron THE OLD rosr-oFF1oE.
A'd. Spalaing Offered tho following, whicl, waH
ref. grsd to the Committee OH Public buildings :
+ ;olre TLat tho Tlnanco Committee l,a nut thoy
sr@ urehy. directed to eonfor With tho Board Ut t:lu-
:s anil .lle Board Of County Commissioners W to
h. :casibitty aud adyisabtyof of fitting up tho old
e5 :olcs building for . temporary oour-Housc, md
4ncr city and county purposes as may DO deemed
J" siary, anl report by ordinance, IT, after sucl
ie' lice, 1t uEau hr deauled advisable.
SHOWER OF THANKD.
!La. White muvad Il resolution OF thanks to
ALL. Woodnan, for his generous donation OF
bf:a4 to tho poor Of Chicago.
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