, 1874-04-03
THE COUNCIL.
Il Quantity Of Unimportant Business
Transacted,
The Decimal syatom.-'Employment Of
Additional Counsel
Street improvements.

| Street improvements.
! special meeting Of tho Council waH held lasl
| evening to consider ongrosaod ordinances and
| receive reports from committees. President
Dixon occupied tho ohnir, and thoro wero pres
| sohmitz. Roidy, h1oClory, Hildroth, O'Drion,
Clark, White. Minor, noath, Campbell, Quirls,
Cleveland, MoGrnth, Stout, Lengachor, Cannon,
Murphy, Lynch, and schairnor.
TuosE roL1oE CAPS.
Tho order directing tho Comptroller to pny j.
O. dobol for caps furnished the police waB takon
up.
It was stated That mnny Of tho caps wero 50
largo and the houds Of tho policemen so small,
Tint tho former were useless.
Aid. Richardson sud that the Corporation
Counsel had decided that tho contract with Gobol
was valid, and that, ns lo Ind delivered tho caps
nearly o year ago, 1t was wrong to lougor delay
payment for them.
The order waa passed.
ASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY.
property for taxation, dividing tho city into
eight districts, md authorizing tho Assessor to
appoint lyo assistants, their compensation to bo
fixed in the annual Appropriation bill, vas
passed.
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.
John wilhelm aud $500 to DOretha Bergel, as
damago for tho destruction Of tleir building, by
order Of the Fire Marshal while tho ualsted
street Ire was IN progress, Was noxt eonndorod.
had decilod that the city was not LOCALLY but
mofauY p0unu TO pny the claim.
Aid: Mcdrath objected to establishing such q
precedent: II the claim was allowed, tile poonlo
WAose oaaidinHs were b!own up to provont tho
spread Of tho hro On " LED Monday.' would de-
mhnd damages. Iho matter ~as gerioua one,
aud action should DO uolerredn until all the Aldor-
men wero present.
Alo nldEet a' remarked tat tue cty haying
deBtfoyeu the pnlldlnG, thc oWner could not get
MS insurance, and 1t was unjust to deprive him
OF hls homo anu not onnoio hlm to build another.
Tho order was not passed. ycas II, nays g.
sia"oli, Noldy. .Campee4, Cleveland, Alcdrath,
and sc1a1ner.
AID. Unllcrton moved to roconsluor tho vote.
The motion ~as agreed to, aud tho order was
again voted On and not passed. Yeas, III; nays, ..
JEFFERSON scnEET v1ADucT.
an order directing tue board Of pnDlio " 9, WORKS
burlington d. Quincy tracks, ut Jet1orson street,
"as passed. ...-.
TENEMENT nousEs.
The Committee on judiciary reported back tho
ofdl1ance authorizing tie Board OF Health TO
Tegulato tenement honses, Wltnout reconhaohda-
tlon, anu It Was laid over.
CANNOT De INTERVIEWED WITH.
!ho Same Committee reoomuenoed that the
otolnanoo IN RELATION 70 1lxlnR the 6aat!ea o. city
officers be placed On hle, the Corporation Coun-
sei having de9tdod tans the t;nnno'l-haa no an-
'hor1ty TO n9 thonl. concutIea IN. ga
r,,o a r'11s m;t. sooiAL EVIL onplSAAJE t.e;e
MI ~ . ono oonta.stoo iooIteo pnen tne ooctai
~ ~ ~, u4uneo, 4eoo4ue,u1h '!41t ~ w Placeo
w iio' t!to iecen1 IVY VI tno uoelslasufe na7lns
1n@SAo ~ "uposo!pio W wv w ~.
" "As ALL RIGHT.
,saao, tno aans nol!n!tIoo sapantea report IN
lo3etenes III ~. ~ t4e ethpleyent OF aautaoha1 coun-
~ ~ n4u 1tu l"M ooFtts1uent' giving ~ u tuolr
oplnion 9Ea., III securing extra services the
~ @ nao aclea lot t1e pess 1n'efes1s OF
'n' cisy' Aae lolose was lalt over
THE THE nEo1AAL SYSTEM.
a, ino salao Honaln1tue iepofteu thas they con-
blueteu tuo acclnhl bssloh OF numbering atfeota
;i uo. aaJ P". sun p.opnn1u, ~ ~ s'nplnot!ct.-
oae nua lney Ioco1ntneMueu that 1ne ordnance
ma ea.a. W. uno " .no o5ntcm 10 iePoaleo'
1Ao fopo1s "ae lala over. VII
n,.. 1:st ntAEEt 1nrNovEhESGs: ntisi.
;.,il.' h9 non'antee ~ ntIoots aaa alleys, oonsn
a.ni ~ p nsNs tesolatons a,ieoting tho
nohfa oi fuono " orRb TO prepare ordinances Tor
tu, tme opsnng rl11eonch s!roet, Asn'and evonae
NA"N- sAAo ~'-'''~A " 3ASo1 "'otoo, @tas AnaAuo
cmrrod l., ''@"' why ~ t'''o0' ~o"-
rur1oyn your1or
Tho f3on,mittna m WInrves AMI pnh1io n ronnf,a
recommended the paaeace of a reRo]ution iireot-
ing tho Comptroller to advertise for sale tho
Long Iohn Engine House lot on LaSallo street.