, 1874-09-29

condition to }ay this heavy additional tax. with
t1e a20o, 900 alreaay voted for. wetor maal!as,
Glllcago was.fn just aB good phapo to realat Afca
Aid Fitzgerald concurroa In tl,cso yiows, bo-
lioyng TINT tho wanss Of tho po0ple, Worc nroady
met. It waH tf1no Atop was put TO thia aPnro..
priatton,ot money III a1,Gwer to- tho doinandH OF
Insurance. companies
Aid. Quirls snid II would bo impossible to. uao
tho monoy this fnll il It woro ratacd. Tho ou-
! gine-houben could not 10 built., Tho estimates
were too lalWo,, bong basodop the ooSs Of labor
i Aid. Stono corrected t!,ia atatomcnt. Tho
cbtimhto had bcon reylsod by THO Co1nmittoo..,
AID. Qnlrk said. thai, thu estimates weso too
observed that the. al.gino-hounes woro mono Of
tllom to bc located In tho dangerous portious Of
tho city. II tho Fire Marshal was % lnconpc-
tent sa It vas claimed by tho COMMITTEES Of one
HUNDRED taI n9 W. H. n% mere apparatus ought
Ala. sohairnor hoped tlat tho appropriation
would not bo 1natlc. Tho taxos woro too hlul,
already. Tho Holly syHtom should fret be In
yastlgatod. Tho people woro already ovor,
uoSt year.
Aid. Moore thought that tho Council would
do, vol to 1lovo SLOWLY In tho mattor, iu or.lor
that The merits Of tho Holly system might be- i'll
ycat,Ratea. Action should 10 postponed for two
waokH.
[ AID. Hil1roth said It aoomod thai aitor great
fire Aldermen .woro roady to do anything to add
to tho city's protection, but whon It oa1no to-
talso action they were Y weak.k,,oed Ar election TO-"
foro tho people with. tho record Of having nddod
to tho b1ltdeuB Of taxation. Tor his partt ho
would prefer such D record to: that Of milling
md eststlng in protecting the people ,Ga nsafse fas
tho benefit OF the iaaurinco companies, but FOR
tho benefit of the peoro who owned cottages.
lo llopod, tho Council would iayo the moral
! courage to. stand up and do its duly. Tlie tifo
wna 1ahlo to come nt nuy munentt md nction
plould 10 talson ut onco.
Aid. Richardson urged tho passage OF the
ordor that night. for tho bonons Of tho city at
1nrSo. 1t waB d ulistaken idca that any pa1tic-
oatH Of tho poopIo living. in tho outskirts Of tho
city depended upon tho welfare and pro.
tection Of tho. business intercatn in tho Icart
OF tho city. If tho llcayy insurance COM
oago back twenty-five years. The, credit
ol upon their ability to obtain insur-
auco, upon tloir atoc:ia of goods. BUSINESS
and manufacturing into1ests were all dependent
whnt would booome Of tho laboEing. clasaos
Tho di'atorinees Of tho Common Council in
taking sction for bottor protection against 1lro
CLcago II they. woro quito driven away, o. fear.
full injury would bo Inflicted upon tho business
inkcrcstHo Of tho city. lie hoped Tint the schedule
would bo referred to tho Clerk for onErossment,
thus Bhowing the board OF Underwriters that
the Council meant to do Bo,notaiug for tho truo
interests Of Chicago.
AID Campbell did not bclieyo TINT tho appro-
priatton Of s20l 900 waB just tho thing to do at
this time. What WAS noodcd wns Fire Depart
neut to snuff out TITO small ilros, and ton there
would bo no largo fires, Tho expenditure Of
4i,0UU, ,0DU would DO. uHelosB with the present
management Ct tho Fire Department.. Every
body was talking about big fires; nobody
thought Of taking caro- Of tho !itto lres. This
JtJt0.1 it4ry11 f>uo ka
stoppcdby rcorganzing The Fro Department,
md talsin; 1t ont OF tho political rut iu which it
nad run for tho past Lot, years. This would bo
bcttor tan tho expenditure Of 81 ,oDo 900 10 fos-
lilo present condition Of affairs. Thia
t. g. nse by "S coras pdt4cas to control dS ta
elections in tho. city. 1t Tras. idlo to talk about
drawal Of TUG i;,s'!rauco comrn,es. Chicago
could not bo injured III any such way. Capital
would flock to thc city, and organize othor III
sutnnco companies to tako taoir p1acos.- No
moro money should be expended for tho politi-
cAl machinery Of tho Fire aud poico Depart
1nents.
Aid: :schatrner inquired II AID Campbell had
over known that 11ursIlal Bonnet or any Of his
assistants had bcen ideutiilca Nith any political
movement.
Ala. Oampbel! replied that he reforrod to tho
Board Of Commissioners.
AID. silwcu spoke OF tho dungcr Of tho With
drawal of the insurance companies, IN deterring
tho shipment Of produce to tho city. Tho mas
sage Of appropriation would allay tho feeling
otdiatra1st aud alarm prevailing throughout tho
country.
The voto ou AID. Richardson's amendment
authorizing tho Comptroller to make q tempora-
~ loan, was az follows:
-1ichnrlson, Foley, Warren. Cooy, siawoll,
s2allina, Stone, Schintz, Islas, 11idreth. White,
Eakllnrdf,, sulafucr, Lcngachcr. Lynch. Corcoran,
1tr. prcsitlcnt-17:
Fitzgerald alccory, cnllcston. Clark, Miner
Heath, Aloore. Campbell, Quirk, Cleveland, Stout
Cannon, .Murrby-13.
ALL. Richardson moved to rofar tho report for
onarossmont. The,motion prevailed.
Tho Council adjourned