, 1874-12-05
THE C|TY.HAl-l.

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feeling. and batlsfaotiou with the generous Gil
tortannont afforded by tho Association.
THE clTY.HALL.
The Water Department yesterday rcceiyo,
$500 on wator.taxes
Tho Traders National Bank yesterday paid t,
tho City Collector 50 GOO In full for personal tn1
cs OIL that institution during the year 1879
Officer G. o. A. Lycaborg, OF tho Third Pro
cinct, yesterday resigned from tho city forco te
accopt position rs special policeman III the ON
ptoy Of tho American District Telegraph Com
pany.
Iu Judge Jamosons Court tho oyidouoe has
closed Ia tho application for confirmation of the
assessment Of bsnotts for the opening OF Wost
Van Duron street f,om tile west line OF uoyne
street to the west liue of Block 8. in Il. j. Hanl-
ilton'H Subdivision. Tue argument Of Mr.. Frank
Adams, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for Tic
| city will bB hpurd Monday.
! After getting through with tho collection of
bank-taxcs Tor tho ycar 1878, tlo CITY. Collector
will mako como attempts toward collecting $40 Oh
| Of bank-taxoa for 1911, and 5l0D.35347 Of 1872,
| which AZ yot remain unpaid. Tho warrants for
! tho taxeB of 1874 ate nearly completed, and will
probably DO placed III tho hands of the Collector
| before tho end of uext week.
] The Board of Fire Commissioners yostort]ay
put the namo Of Mlcl,nel alaguiro eil tho prc.
tostoh list or applications to become .uenberh Of
Tho Fro Department. Alnguiro was discharged
homo tnn ago for I'm atrantel exercise Of his
puE1!ist'c Tendencies, but, out Of consideration
OF hiH past nhinirnblo Services In tho Depart
mont, ho nil ho giycn the first vacancy.
Thu assessments for the opening Of Warren
ayenuo through OBbori,'s aud uobps' Suxlivi-
sl0n6 to Crawford avenue wore trie(l Yesterday
10 tho Superior Court. Mr.. Adams appearing Tor
tho caty. Tho jury returned verdict ind tlsds-
trlt ft,n 1T.
four other himilar cases withdraw their ohjec-
t.onH, nnu Judgments wero accordingly rendered.
TheAo caBes wore fur the opening of s,yoetH
from Crawford avenue to Central Park.
Mayo. Colyin yesterday received oIlicisl notice
OF the presence Of His Royal Hlyllnons David
City Of San Frauosco The Mayor immediately
aont him telegram conEratuEtng him On lliu
safe arrival in tn's country, and extended to him
coIaal 1nTit4t'on to vIslt thls city aud play
nobility to our Board OF Aldermen.
Yesterday morning when nlr. Sheridan came
down to headquarters ho waa nskotl il 10 ball
read IuE In1nuSE's editorial On Gen. SLATER
On negative answer, ho was furnished with a
cory BY Prince tue god-hko Mercury Of Tho
POLICE Department. Shortly. after tho bulky
commissioner Tas seen In the haf, trying to
dance h!a stoga boots of bis feet. cycA aud
mouth diBtcnded witt, hin oyer1pwing Eassiong.
bearing a'oft III bis right hand |. married. copy OF
tho paper, and Shouting Justify, IuE fn1p-
ton, ho found that tho artiele did not uven .,l*,,-
ton his name aua then he ateatl.llY wabb1cl
AwaY.
THE EAyon's MESSAGE.
Chicngo's happy Mayor, l. Harvey D. Colyin.
has bcthought hlnrelf of III ,cea tint ia ,,cthor
novel nor original. yer In lis WY ID decidedly Il,-
teresling. What Tint idoa is has occurred TO
avery ono OF his predecessors ut juut about this
timo Of tho rear during tho terms Of .heir otcial
lives, and loY could Mayor Colyin, with tho
hHDjlr1l rC1}nfeifnu1a aF In
looking down upun him. and copy Of tho Lake.
side Directory beside him, 1ail to be struck
With tue very same idea? Whom d Mayor
begins TO talk about wl,at ho has dor Q for tic
atlast tin. On the I'd of December tile ncrtrat Of
of Washington smiled aud whispered, '"tlaryey
my. hoy, you know. It's aoout time for annual
addresH. you know;" and therupon he seized his
aiireront departments, ordering them to furnish
him with statistical reports OF tho business
tganAaoiod in their respective olllcoa from Dec.
!, 1873, to Doc. !. l874 AB q consequence, tho
beon very busy during the past few dava. Owing
10 nistakon idoa iu the heads Of somo Of tho |
stupid city officials tho reports hare been care
1ully excluded from tho public gazo. Tho ro- |
port or tile City Collector, n summary OF which
appears below, las hnen successfully lived for |
th8He columns:
Total amount Of warrnn's on hand or re-
ceisea for cnlect!on Dec l, lD4 osa n
.s - o,!hi, Hui-
amount unSolocsed. GU, 4Jl.2s
"I.o1'ns ro1ia.,or te'u1oe" at'hq''sht 10 County
- GoHcc1oI. G57 iG1.3l
tacets t9TIfs apa a., na's,nes: s;a oM75
Col!eeteI gu eoats OF l8'a....."....... 1lut3.ll
To'scssu y on l,senses. 2o1B52.56
The Board OF Public Works reports accounts
for Ql the money which has henn l,seI T., io,,''
nowor md M"tcr ,,,a nor p9yn o;, nsna III laylns
t;on NJ inn " nf tS7t a, ~ & ~
ct this kind owned by The cisy. Tho
Comptrollo1, Board of I'nlco md Fi.e CommjB-
Biono:H. npd other city olcors, will baud In tI,eir
reports to-dny.. Mayor Coyin ought to rotl1rn
tn rr ~ H., ID" ~ ~ ~ usa hesetvca al tnese
toths lor inc saKo or Eylng q chance to explode
~ .G'no oouonoo ut tho next moo'lus Of tho coun
THE HOARD OF POLICE.
The Board ur Police met yestorllaq aqtorno,n
Ior . tno pnfpohs o. trylpg the cane OF John Nc
Au4es, detective on tue polce force. Thu case
has boon poAtron3tt from limo to time during
he past mouth md llaH until yosturflay hnnn
sent secret. with tim boncn al nnfri;n, tta
'rj,n,uni inferast hnr"aa 1n " ,tora ra'e,s tao