, 1874-10-08

LEnOony h1lH lnny+ tho Lord Mayor OF Unbln
and latly, md Dr.. Hamilton md Wilson, Of tho
Irish team.
THE oITY- -HALL.
Police pay-ro1ls, $50, 12a.48.
Firo Department. payroll, $2s,G57.71.
The City Collector yesterday received 87,580
OIL city taxes tho Water DoparLmont took In
81, ,82G on water-taxos.
The Committee on WhnrYcs and Public Grounds
failel to come to t1mo yesterday afternoon, mud
tho Chairman calls for meeting Saturday.
Tho Committee OIL Judiciary will meet ut p.
m. to-day Mt tho City-Clcrk'a Office. trhe
Fuanco Committee will meet at tic samo hour
and place Friday Afternoon. Tho lastor COM
niseo will debate tho proplioty Of spending
950n,000 for the increase OF tho city's watcr-
supply. Every n1etnbor having thu good Of ths
city at Acurt will ut once eco tho necessity of Ills
being PRESENT.
Tho City-Attorndy yesterday forenoon dis
posed Of twcuty-Bix quasi-crimina1 caacs which
wero takon up in tho Criminal Court. Several
OF thon wero bunko cases which had been an
peaicd from tho deciEion Of somo Justice Of tho
Peace. THO difficulty IN these caacs lies in tho
fact that Tho complainants, many Of whom aro
country folks, arc lost sight Of when they return
to their homes. Wllon the. case comes up, tho
principal witnesses are usually wanting, and The
| only witnoaEoo against tho bunkoists are tho
| policemen WHO mado tho arrests. Their owl
depoo is, At tho best, only circumstantial, aud,
in nlnny cases tho prisoner is lot of FREQ. Tho
City-Attornoy liz doing all in his power to punaI
tho rogues according to lilo magnitude Of their
| Grimes.
|. The Board Of Poliue and Firo Commissioners
mot yesterday AFTERNOON, Commissioner Kiokho
Inn NHf rf 3httf
Stleridn1l. Officer john Richardson, charged
| with conduct unbeoonltng IN officer was orderod
to appear aEaln bcforo tho Board Monday. Or
| floor +. u. lford, on similar charges. was fined
! ten days pay. Tho charges of non-paymens Of
juat dues proferrad against Officer Michao! Otto
voro dismissed, MS the cnao had already been mp
reaed from d .JusIico's Court. Tho Board
nusiitod tho Police and Firo Dopnrtmont pay
rolls for Lust month, aud thou adjourned.
During al, interview with Gen. s1,alcr Tuesday
York insurance companies bo Induced to loan this.
CITY, ont of their surplus capital, sum Of money
sufficient to enlarge tho Tator~eupply in tls city,
and to mora thoroughly protect it from Are.
| " good and tlas a1 certificates inaucd will lie
| promptly paid on becoming due. Tho payment
| Of no loan. ut maturity, has ever bcon deferred
for single day during tho present admnstra-
ista would foan this city about $1,000 cer-
| tlcatca Of indobtet1nsss, le is confident tlloy
could DO paid noxt yoar with but very little extra
| taxation. Con. sl'alor seemed to think tic pro-
posal very timely cue and promised to mention
| the matter Oh hiH rut,rn to Now York. The
| 1inyor ntao asked hinl II lo would accopt tho
control of tue Chicago Firo Department. Ho
promptly answored that Under no consideration
cago, but If it was tho wish Of Ct,icagoana
| to employ him in better organizing
| aud porfeetiug orr proaent Fire Department, he
was willing to do 50. lie did hot think TINT my
nnt.n
aery, oxcopt tllat 1t should DO largely added 10.
| mid, perhaps, Bomo system of diaclp1iua intro
dueel md 1igilly maintainol.
Mayor Coyin iB Of the opinion that, 1t tho
| Common Council kuow whoro tho rcady caHll waH
to bo found, thoy would not hesitate for an in
tho purpose OF bettor protecting tho city. lie
says that tho sinkingof numerous large cAtorne,
connecting with large Aupply-pipes, should form
| III important foaturo III tie work Of semedyiMg
also snggcsts' TINT Tho four-piug hydrantn DO
placed Ill thu middle OF the street Intersections,
lhusnyoialng any dolay in getting tie nrc-cnglnea
cto5o to it in working order. Nhen located closo
! to tho sidewalk, tho trembn llaVe considerable
trouble in getting four engines closo enough for
| attachment. AID. Ou!ortoD, wAu was present,
thought TINT Tho business portion Of tho city
could be thoroughly pfotectod ny the judiclous
tcrnH. Tic alao eaid TINT tic city sas not we'll
enough supplied With a!asn.~ .~boxcs aud these VIC
did have wore not properly attoudod to- Tho
| rooora VI fires will show that noarly Hoyon-
olghts Of tho total number OF alarms woro sollnl
Cd FROM tho wrong districts. owing to ignorance
al to tho location OF iha boxes. lilo suggests
tllat the Council mike an appropriation for tho
printing Of largo hus. ber OF Arc-a!ar!n cards to
bo pusteu up In conspicuous placos, and also 10
DO EratuitouBly distributed throughout the city
| by tho police force. Tha Mayor conceded WITH
| him in Ais views.
Comptroller IIaycu, Bpoalng Of f}ro matters,
said that tho preus generally overlooked our
great advantages over other cltluy III protection
from tlro. md devoted all their apneo III pctllr
ing tho dangers to which tho city WIS subjected.
6troots which prevail in tLis city; tile common
! p]an Of building houses II or Ii feet back from
tho streot-lino, and Tho planting Of Hlado-trocH
along tho ssrcetu. Iho:e was no i,ot-work
among our straetB, M tn DoHtou, and no narrow
streots, sac! as we're very coshmon i'll Now York.
lie : cited Alr. Carlllo Mnson's proposal OF on-
rtching our water-supply by sinking artcsnn
wella whisl could be douo at MI average cost Of
$a,0oo. Tho Council hal not yot onforeod the
llro ordinance nor Ind tlioy shown as rauc,,
celptof Telegram il, Now York City stating that"
tho Common Gouncll Of Chlcugo Lid ord0rod n
corps Of n1an to inspect at tho roofs in thu cEy.
| WIN tho determination OK nlaktng oyory ono oE
moro 10 allay all disturbances in insurance cir
cios than anything elso TINT las yot been slg-
gcstot. 1ha rresont rlro Department l.o con-
a'dotea 'Tan m nln,irablo cno 1t Contained
1 good lnatorin], and VIA vol ollloored. They
were eutltloa to tho credit Of e1tlnsuishlng tho
tlro Of July II in spite Of tho rna'iy dtcIllsies
to which thoy wore theu subjected. llo ia in
favor Of regular dliEl ind code OF regulationn
III tho firo Department, and hapea TINT al
improvements, either la tho Donartnlont or @ cut
", will 90 ahead quietly and otleotnally. THO
last appropriation OF 94Q0, 900 4o o1aisns Ia more