, 1874-04-04

oillcor uas PERFECTLY 1ustinod in making the; mr.
Bonrd took tho caao under adyiBcmont. onloos
dan Dahsy q t 5a71 Eh Nt, rssSno nf
aha tho iator Gan%''' contradioto himself 80 often
md told aueh Improbable :, storio9 that
tho Board Immediately 1s1 .,e;ya. dismissed tho
knowing fonr or fvo Tim 1lonigauH. four or flvo
Jorry IoniganB, and TINT thoy woro zach in tic
habt Of visiting his holse four or flyo hundred
timos daily. Patrick Cummings, IN. officer bo-
WITH liz satno oironBo ns tho othor two ofllcors
Tho complainant was ono Edward Dolan, but as
oil tho testimony wap not takon at O'Clock, tho
caso waB continued till Tomorrow.
TIE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Tho Fiunnce Committee met again yoBtorlay
afternoon in tho Mayors oi,ico. proHont, Aid.
Atcdrntb, Hcntli. sollaffner,. and Lynch. Tho
petition OF Jamos Sutton aBking for 81 900 dam-
# from e sy of o Rsfosa ohoaFo 1 ep sessrf H.
Louis near Ills property, tlAoroby creating nui-
sauce, was reported atlyoraely also similar dis
poaltion was made of tho petition Of Samuel
Rofrickor, asking sum q money for damages
tho city. AID. 1foHrath haid TINT he WAS stronl-
ouBly opposed to paying my claim which q jury
Of twolvo mon would not dooido to 10 due:
Mayor Colyin said TINT he desired to got rid Of
who lad claims against tho city to present them
for examination boforo beginning auit.
/ Boveral otllor claims were therefore examined,
vostigation. Tho claim Of Laughlin, Mcaary i
Co. for e006.68, for damages resulting. from nm
Injunction obtained by tho city preventing thom
from improving tlloir dock property. wau recon-
ossa a{s TO b s ddsa nsqg 1 aS h snee eon e s
would bo adyantageous to tho city.
sanitnry-snporintond htilior and two othcr
members Of tho Doard Of Health appeared, to ask
for doflolonoy appropriation Of about $8, 900 to
run The HoaltG Department tlie remainder OF tho
fiscal yoar. Mter sometlscuBsion, 1t wna decided
to obtain from the Board tho items for which tho
appropriation WAS noodca, and to consider tho
matter at neotng At 2 O'CLOCK Monday; day. r. tll9
that tho deficiency for tho next year would be
DO about 81, 900, 900. This sum would bo neoeR-
sorry, owing to tho faure of property owncrs to
pay their taxcs and tho City Troasuror's deficit.
tho property which 1t had boen forced TO bid in
Mr. 1ngha1n, representing thief Inter Ocean, ap-
peared to explain tho claim OF that journal for
tho square in tho official advertising. Owing to
tho chango In tho form; Of tho Inter Ocean, The
Same amount, 1t was claimed, could be.printed
In six lines Of TINT papor which had boon former-
y printed IL eight nea in tue ross or tho Saats
much widor than other papers.
Aid. Schaffnor sshB adverse to taking tho ro-
sponsbiuty, uo thought 1t would 10y the Com
mittoe open to sharp criticism. He thought the
paper should bo paid the aamo Us the Stdats-
zeitung but did not feel like taking tho reapon.
sibility OF authorizing such change. He
thought tho Comptroller WAS trying to push the
responsibility upon tho Finance Committee.
AID. McGrath thought that tho Oomptrollor'a
object was simply to lot the Committee know
what ho was doing, 80 that, heroaftor, no
one should say It had been done without the
knowledge Of my ono.
The matter was nnally loft to tho discretion OF
| the Comptroller.
Tho Committee finally decided to report ad-
vorHely to tho petition Of james Driscoll, claim'