, 1874-03-23


coty will meet in Room a. TRIBUNE Building,
this evening at ha1f-paat o'clock. A conBtttu-
ton will ho adopted and officers eleetod. full
attendance Of pors0nB Interested In tho idea Of
giving o series OF good but loW-pricod lectures
and concerts OIL Sunday afternoons Ia doalrod.
THE MICHIGAN AyENUa BAPTIST MISSION ENTEH-
TA1N3IENTs.
Tho entertainments at the Michigan Avenue
Baptist Church for tlo benefit Of its missions
will tako placo Tuesday, Wednesday,. and
Thurnday evenings OF this weok, tnatead ct CON-
mouoing th!s oyoning, as llas heretofore boon er-
ronoously announced. Iho ontortainmont vii!
consist ot an a1leg9ry, "rho Sunday seo9l," !" :,
Queen /" for the second, and the programme will
bo in tho hands OF the children Of tho Sabbath
school Of tho church, undor tho d.
roction Of Mrs. Blake. After tho en-.
bo served, for which only = slight additional
prico will uo asked. Tho sale of tickets has al
roady bcon very lurgo, aud tho entertainments
promise to be OF worry ploasurablo character.
HYDE PARK.
The regular meeting Of tue Hyde Park Trus-
tees was hold at tloir hall, Saturday afternoon.
Presont-Mcssrs, Barney, Doyle, Gray, Steb-
bings, and proadont Cady.
D11.L9 rAlD AND REFERRED.
The following bills, approved by the Commit
toes, woro ordered to bo paid: Fred potorsons.
ougiaoor's assistant, 80; John Dllinger,
rodo1nan to engineer, a11; Sam G. Rhoados,
Villago Engineer, 31CG.eG; Charles Lynch. CAL
umot forryman, $40 potor johnson, two
months ferry,nan, $50; G. Creighton, grading
Indiana ayonuc, sso3.5s. Total, s1,20o.24.
Eight pay-rolIs duo laborors for work Oh irn-
prov5moits, opening outlets, aud repairs, were
presented and reterrea.
WATER -wolKs WANTED.
Petitions woro presented from r. ". Springer,
and other owners Of property, for wator-1ipes
on Prairie avenue, from Thil ilty-ninth to Forty
first street, and from George Peterson and other
avenue, from Thirty-ninth to Forty-arst strcst.
BOTH were roforrel to Comnlittee on Water
Works,
SAVE THOSE TREES.
Paul Cornell alld many othors asked that i'm
mediate measures bo taken to protect tic village
plrlt Oh tho luke shore, aud sayo it from boing
| washed away, as it IL owned BY and is IN thu
possession Of the village aud il too valuable to
bo allowed to go to waste. It was reforrcd to
| the Committee on Public Grounds, and tho Olorls
was instructed to procure from james 2. Root
| the abstract OF ita titla.
NEW SUBDIVISIONS.
Tho plat Of tho lfosubdlvision OF Lots /, 5, G.,
7, aud Of tho west Il Of tho wost Il Of ssc. Is.
Tho plat Of tho Murine Company of Chicago's
Subdivision Of Lots a,ld 10 Of Block i, md Lots
aud t0 OF Block 2 OF SaitonBtal q HusHoll's
-
Of the southeast d Of Sec. 3, 3s, IA, was prcsent-
cd and referred to tho Committee On Plats.
TO WATCH TILE FROGS.
Mr.. Doyle represented tile urgent necessity for
n night watchlnan In his district, and tho pro-
posal now in circulation for subscription to
provide ono by his noYhbors, whom lo thought
were entitled to tho same protection RI othor dis
triots Of tho village. It was resolved thnt Tlom-
Us Hoylo bo appointed spooal night police for
South Chicago ior one mouth, at salary Of 500
pcr mouth.
co1.LEoTol COMING.
Mr. James MeConibio prosecuted In person hiA
petition for tho fourth time for sidewalk on
Cottage HrDvo ayeAuo botween Forty-fifth aud
Forty-sixtA sttects. 4 year ago he ascertained
that the Board of Trustees l,nd ordered side
walk there, which, 1t not built by certain date,
should % be constructed by tho village BY special
Rolying on this action of tho Board, he Ind
erected substantial improvements, Which wero
now comparatively useless to him because tho
Trustees had not fulfilled their pr0nlso. THIS
| aroused host Of Hlmilar projeots III ovory di-
roction, aud resulted in tho agreement that ordi-
nanceB should 90 adopted to construct all Buo-
walks heretofore ordered, aud the Superintentl-
| ent ia ordered to report List OF oil that ara
| unfinished.
SWING Dn1paE-sw1Sa FERRY.
| CllarlcB Creighton, contractor for tho swing
bridges over tho Calumet, reported tlAt tho for-
ry ut Ninotyfth btruot is in his way, aud beluro
| ho can commence pe-lriving it will lave to he
fonoSeu. " WIZ orucfeu ]n!t Tie Guporlntond-
ent remove tue ferrY to its old plaee, OH reqnisi
| tion from tho contractor, whon lie is really to
| oolnmenre.
PAYMENTS PROVIDED.
r. s. Thompson, Attorney, reported m ori-
uauce i'll ten SECTIONS, Which was co.lsldored aud
adopted, providing for tho furnishing and laying
Of the wator-maiiB, connecting specials and fro
hytirantH. wholly by special assosBnlcnt accord
| ing to the ordinance heretofore adopted, aud
| tint sucl part Of said expense and cost
| ott all I'M
| owners of property shall bo payable III ton ait
nuaI inata'imonta with interest ut 10 per cent per
annum unit! paid; md tlat such part Of aaid
exuenso aud cost as shall 10 assessed to tho
Village Of lytlo Park shall be paid by tho iBsue
Of l25 village bonds OF 81 900 each, payable on
| tho lat lay Of Jnnuntv, 1881, with interest co-
pons attGollod payable to order OH the lat Of
! january aud July Of each year for the interest
mum ahd also ptoyi,iing for tho levy Of an ILL.,
nual tux, to DO included each yoar In the appro-
priaton bill, for TUG purpose Of paying tie In.
! forest on sad "IIydo parz wator-loan. honds, +"
ut their maturity, or BOOMER, as from time 70
| time tho available asHets Of said sinking fund
| may accumulate, and slall bo used only III
furlhosanco Of this object It also provides for
| Investment Of BnkAg fuuu, cancellation or
bonds, oto. -.. ............
GREENWOOD AVENUE DRAIN.
An orlInatlte was tao adopted to loyY spo-
cial nssoAstncnt Tor the construction ol vitrisl
ty-fllpt street saver 18inetl diameter to FiftiotA
stroot, and thenoe l5-iMoll 10 Forty-ninth street,
aud thence 12i,ch to Torty-Hoyenth atreot. sum
G. Rhoados Daniel 1loaly, and II. d. Doguo
were appointed thu Commissioners to ost,hlate
tho expense md coat. Tho Commissioners sub
soquo,itly reported the estimated cost ut 5000.
On motion tllo estimate waH approved ald tito
President was lireotol to flo the usual petition
| iu court.
Turing tho {lfHUnHAnf bf th1 nntn Raitv fort tha