, 1874-12-08
THE COUNCIL,
First Meeting Of the New
Body.

ofnGa o. lct rersoun psopo,rty " unee,looto
bnnliR pwo 9t0035!;.47, tic collection nf winch
wan nlSo olIoiiod. 1>ur1tg tho previous year
tho rc1oiPlH from lconrca woro 3233, ,00t. 81,
which IL IN oxceus Of tl,o p.. prencnt return, Tbs
the jsca! llconao ycar Is from April to April,
which luhveH a lnrXo amount duo tho present
ynnr md not yet collected secondly, on ace0nnt
Of tho reduction by tho Council Of tho rato on
Department subsequently doc!dod to bn illegal,
a,d which llna delayed Tho collection on tha
Hotlrco of royonuo md thirdly, OIL accotlnt Of
tho ostreno HtriIEonry OF tho tlnnncGn Of tho
Borces Of tho values liz tho lnboring classes, a,d
shcy },ayo just now no money to spend upon
1nxl1igH.
runL,o woEMa
From, tho report Of tho Noard Of Public Works,
herewith anhs'.,tted, 1t viii DO found that The
tutal expenditures Of tint department for the
year endlng Nov. 80, 1874, huvo been s0o25,-
bN.10. or this amount. eG2D, .72 waa on ac-
count Of water fund. thu expenditures for this
fluid included a31l 25a. % for intoreHt on water
lebt; e2o7,o9o; Me Q for pnmpinR-workn md en-
gtnes; 81. .Sa5.37 for tapping wntcr- pipes; S11,-
17o.ao for woter-uleters; :37, ,4t2,72 for rornir-
Ing pipoB aud hylrantn aad $50, ,4Gl, 81 for Of
tlco expenses Mud gnlarios. For The uow tunnel
works., inG!ntsing the urib, thoro hus bcan or
ea pirc. ,ana erection Of hyArantn. ess3.033.7S.
THIS lrates tito total expenditures for cnIarglng
the Whtrr-worl3 anh mains for the year, ri DID,
e092o. For TIM sewerage fund purposen, iNciua-
1'E 71aJ 172.71 for interest. sloto Inns boon OK
pontsnd *'a2, ,175.37 forcannsng md repairing tho
oldeowc,1, and Tor oisioe expenses. For now HON.
o,n, constructed 1nter tho appropriations Of ~
and ~, there llah hcot expended 1884, 75040. Tho
Total cost OF Eowors contracted for and unfinished
under thu appropriation Of 1871, In S101, Ali,
Tho total raluo Of material on hand for sewerage
construction pNrposes III $t27. 770G3. Tho totnl
amount expended for cleaning nnd repairing
ntreots has boon s333, 7.63; Of which a6l sl7.17
wns expended t1 tlo North, ei05, ,sos. 10 in tho
Sonth nnd ?lG4, ,G32.30 in tho Wobt Divisions OF
tho city. Tho amount expended 10 improving in
terkccttons Of streets hns been $40, ,177.O5; on
Chicngo harbor, s53, 622.7i; for bridgc-tcnt1ors'
saarlaa' ,t e39, 252.1o; for repaifin: bridges.
0d7.A: on new small-pox Hospital, Gl2, 2,7a575
rullerton avenue conduit, 60 tar Ms conutrnetod.
Sill, 8l5.G3; for now police stations, 314,14IG5;
for ro's engine houses, a29, ,le5se.
Tho total elnount expended by the Doard OF
fund has been q, l,069.4c5.o5; md TIM 4otal or
potltttures Of tho Board, as above utatod, rcacli
tho lasHo total Of S9 o25.0l7.l0.
1t NAV DO woll to athto, lsoro, in view Of tho
ton. that during tho year 1852 foot Of 4-inc,
q, 1,398 feet Of G-incl,, 09.7l2 foot OF ainc1 150
OF 1o:nct, and 7.2s2 feet of 24-lncL PHO t,ayo
nneN aNt ~ tha c!sy,-mAatnG total OF about
Ivy. 0oo feet OF now water-pfpO laid in onr city.
To complement this immense extension Of
watcr'p pipo tho city has also, during the past
wear. constructed nov Howeta aa follows: Sn,ltb
Dlyieion-30.G .G55 feet completed, aud 1919 feet
under contract; Wos. Diyigion-l5G, ,4S7 teot conn.,
rleted, and h0.425 feet under contract; Norti,
Dlvislor-30, 4G1 feet completed, md 5,779 TN
dor contrac.. This ninkea tho tota number Of
feet Ut sowor completed, in the three divisions,
ol7, ,6s4, md G3516 feet unlcs Contract. Ylhs
n,akoB II l-5 miles Of aowcrago built, aud over
% nllos Of watat-pipc laid during tho gear.
These figures, ! respectfully submit. provo tlat
tic nuthortioH have not been so 1oIniHB IN pre-
setih!ng for the wants OF tho city III theHb tlircu-
tions as has bccn currently supposed.
riHEs DEPARTMENT..
Tho rcrorE frou this important branch OF tho
City Government is ut tLis spccial tmo no i'm
po1tant to every citizon, aod 10 ,lscru1 to tho
public gcnorally, that I feol called upon TO ON
body Ii almost e,tiro for your inspection und
consideration, md thoso Of cur constituents gci,-
orally: