, 1874-03-31
THE COUNCIL,
It Is Abandoned After Eleven
Ballots.
Tho Board Of Public Works Cousllrod on tho
viaduot Question.

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Viaduct Question.
| troot improvements, Etc,
Tho Common Council met last oyonjnr, presI
dent Dixon in tho chair.
| NOMINATIONS.
- a communication waB received from Efnyo
Colvln, appointing ". J. Onahau as no1nbo
Of tho Public Library Board, In ptaco Of june.
". shoahap, resigned. On motion Of Aid. Oul
lcrton, tho nomination was confirmed
Tho nomination, by the Mayor, Of Policoma.
William Kaocko, to 10 pounlnaator In tue Nortl
Division, waB roforrod to the Committee Of
Police.
| PETITIONS.
petition Of atndry citizens, asking for til,
appointment Of I. 1ady as City Physician. wa,
referred to tho Committee on DridoWo.l,
| A petition from taxpayors, representing prop
orty to tho value Of 800 1000 000 asking lie 10
cation Of city and county offices III Honort
Block, was referred to the Oommittoo On Public
Buildings.
AID. White presented tho following, which wat
referred to tho Committee on Railroads:
W1!EnEAs Dy tho provisions Of tho ordinance COP
corning tho Chicago. Columbus Il Indiana Central, tht
waukeo ST. Paul 1ailload Companies, PASSED Anrii
vcs It NsoS LaHe sad sn snes n9 r s1eS
ono ycar from to nassuHo Of sai nrfnanrc s, tn
said companies should thereafter croct Two yauucts
cach year over 1eir tracks, and Tint tho Board ol
nx M 1n1ar IN sach ysa On or before Tho Isl
v5saucts should DO conatructed; mud 0''~-
construction Of saal yiaicts ono ycar euo bf were
not notified by said Board OF Public Works to con-,
eneo % tio construction Of such viauets, did said
wcsc to hc @ o'oe WHICH sach 7adtcs
Wnsnr,s as,d nrd,nanna nmm 1u,,,,., n.u.
ducts shall he ht IN s,,r ,o.nes m snut H. 9asa y'a
Public Works shall direct al,tl 3''@" -
WHEREAS, satd Board did not furnish aaid comp
antes with plan for tho construction Of such VII
aaeta -: therefore be Il
nrd f it ,'a - 1ng onn1on OF this Conncll tho
tho attnr Of tn conarnenn ~ neugent II
road tracks, and hayo allowed tic imteEeso o'e as fa H.
citizens Of this whole city to suffer y thctr 10
tinntion. 1900 f-'''A'-
Tho InaS m ~ ~ IN. tne 9pni9n Of ha Council That
sne o. 'no cly shontd DO given rs Gloss md
aye ther nrvutc scaa s,, 's are M to
mho Works nro not oy3nc sc NY sala s'oasa OF
terests Of the city IL cioary shown by to uunarahe
neglect cause said railroad companies to construct
Wadncts over their trucks.
a11aoELLANEouB
Comptroller to furnish list OF al unoccuplcd
ground owned by tho city, mud it WAS PASSED.
!. Aid. Roily offered y resolution directing tho
AuatA VI 1uultc N0rAB 10 h1VG eaElmlt91 OF tlo
cost Of constructing q sewer on HnlBtcd stroot,
between between Twenty, md Thrty-nnth. + WAS
South Division.
r, AID; Campbell presonted IN order directing
the Doard Of Public Works to report mn ordia
nance for water-pipo Oh Wost Madison street.
from California avenue to Central Park. It was
passed..
TIE SOCIAL EVIL.
Aid. sidwell presented the following petition,
rolatiyo to the 'eocial evil:
The paseage Of the bill In or State Leois1ntn,e ,ost
week has obvated tho necessity for tho prescnution
2t our protest "to-nght" against licensing prosttu-
u1n 1 We therefore, efeat yot gentloaon to remove
css from o ay nrasen N Nc Great you
tue woman for bcnr Inmatce ~ nnso. % ~ tr4i
tlon Many Of these women would bn g1aa 81 ia aso
their right hand to DO the welcome intnas Of better
place Many are deceived or forced into thcso houscs
ant waen Gnse ttero tho cruel !aws hoa thom fast
aa or our a n,sa nna saetS ~ s no
hons: 'A'''1 '0' 0'A'e 4H''"'es u 'ne'f ohly
There rms time, gcntlonen. when "Yncn y In mir
country were Imprisoned for dobt-debts that wcro
sometimes contracted to keep them from starvation
.a ~ y men o. our century to