, 1874-01-12

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untlor tho State 1aw II thoy deem that tho bcttor
cG9'qrso, Which provision was inserted to enable
ChicaYo and other cities to collect under tho
state law hereafter when tho grab-law swindle III
swept away or otherwise disposed Of. Instead
OF tao insinlations thrown out against the pro-
ceditlg Administration, it is entitled to tho thaAa
OF tito present for wl,at 1t did to onnblo itu
successors to collect their revenues indopend-
ontly Of tho grab-law ensallglements.
,u RFom tlie tor tonor OF Mayor Colvin's message. 1t
III apparent that he desires to DO informed
WHAT nEoaME OF THE So, 2,0oo,812
OF Stnto cnnal.lton money wlloh lad foon RI.
ccivod mud expended up 10 tho 1st of April, 1873
/ / M shall entloavor to furnish linn the aought-for
light, 20 that His present lively curiosity mny
tl!oroafter bc clnnged iuto calm contemplation
OF tue remarkable tacts.
The Common Council III June. 1871, made ap-
proprlntions to-. tue amount Of $4, 10000 in
expended from tlio sale Of bo1iip and proccetls
OF special aBsoasmentH, tho whole footing IN
some % slo0oo, GOO to 512, 100000 (Thc famous
Nineteen and tho independent Boards of e.
travaganco we're then running things at lively
70 cover tho s4,Soo, 900 Of direct stIapo. appro.
prlatiuns tho "Ninetcon" levied a 15-Inill
tux which was calculated to yield, on property
Valued at s2so, 100000, tho sum Of $4,20d,000
:1 dno remaining s4oo, GOO was expected to bo pro-
cured from ronts, fines, md licenses.
WHEN THE FIRE CAME IN OCTOBER,
and spoiled oil calculations. tho greater portioy
or Il, S4,6oo 0oo had been expended, ns worAa
OF oil kinds had boon pushed under 4 full head
vo,r p'o VIA, a smu oo9n.nf OF snat municipal
noco,har fn vnio rsn .ne nlaye5 ya soo olico ~
an5 end & y.ar apProoPGiasaoah hna boon expended,
get through. Tho City Government had spent
twcnn 1nr;t nnd n,o "1u 1u11 - A"" oon0o'ea po'
Bnt,whcn Ind tho money beon procured to
mako the advances on tax collectious7 In tho
i,ad ;,pen",,. ,p.aGe, aonletnlng nNe S1,loo.9oo
water tunno oe'a md f~g 9c so s4Poo's
hfoftG9na,y, % t9a thero waa duo nearly 100000
cooJa ~ S"st H. ~ eAcess ot the pro-
cuGaa Of the salo Of caun! lien bonds for deep-
trn w. ~ tlno.s t d aGgan oana and tnla
aat tuSaSy wae aeis 1or my Aauistration to pay tue
WY lnroe or 1o4s nuhdrod thousand
t"rna T., uo1 iusoAene fpecla! assessment
iccicd au th;s -. aa;a woaJ aa ooen col
and ~, ~ tnis lana nau alao ooen spent,
fircda a,,t1 ti,anaSM ~ ,s Mna CALICO On 1Y nun
catos tnr rohsta @ =, . ; neaa coftih-'
hon t,ora wnro ooH oraa .no la.o 49, oolsroler
traitors ~ iii t1oear;,ne,jo,,s sut'tn 1"e con-
due on street oroninga % tho Ia mo,ay tephsoe heUs
tn tho fornnoinr a. ~, ,.p9 M ~ "outon
MOS for wbnIe vcnr,e couan,nntinr liz ssn Su1p-
tn aomo sa51 G col91pton, ~, auountlag
ti,ora .~oro nv. ;G,atan ~ ~ ~ tenh
ing to tie amo,,nt nf scvoral hmndrcJ ihoms.nJ
dolars~t],e eraot ann cannnt roco,aot sou'ana ad
than thore v,s .s95 91n harn tuco'ecs. t Ana
and Raiief soocfy to be rcna;d 49, e rt atd
inseroat. The tn}n, fio"tfnG ohs ~ rh;a VIII
staring the now Administ1nion n thn 49, nouou ar
coeded 80, 500, ,0oO. and - 'A'' 1''~o "a
mr. e,rus' rn :, s,;,,s - 49,
and tie city isef IN sc tie copdton o cSd,r
ni n o. aafa was very aator
quite y,cidly SInso tbnm osn o ~ ao apco.oe1 70
crty hau Bean consnod ,1 nnra nn u IN R13 36o
citizens Ind mt wl,erc ~ 1nv thsr hnad. ~
wera amba;atinr or tho fooa irsnod hv III f,siaf
an n noe nuu nPScla1 aeslstaneo OF 1Fienas
mos had NIX hccn poIh1T, hnT, "nosu oro o"ot o,,t
OF work. as the nbons md atoros ami fac,oriaa
which lad furuisIed thom omnjovmant wera ra'
Juccd to smoke md asiros, Tho credit "SLs ot .he
civ soomcd ahsolutev estroro snd v,da'' u 'ne
paEKuurrcY sr3nEn us IN M rur FACE,
In this condition Of thinra. m "A a fow @ tays hcfora
NV ojccion nr 9or"at ,xSa t
Common Council Whch nravomsiy huon, h.d 1,sao sle
ard j., ~ - eont 80, pouoo os".s niot,
auo' - ~ - contsitloA auu tcmofae; fopoalea