, 1874-02-10
THE COUNCIL. :.
Approval of Louis Wahl's
Bond.
Can The Council Regulate the Price Of
CAST
The Resolution to Postpone Building the
Courthouse Lost.

The Resolution to Postpone Building the
Courthouse Lost.
Nothing Done About Opening
Saloons Sunday,
Tho Common Council mot last ovoning, Mayor
Colvin In tho Chair. Tllrty-hvo Aldermen wero
prosont.
nAY-wE1dnEns.
Communications from tho Mayor, appointing
as Weiglers, at tho scales rocontly ordered.
Frank schott and John 3. Donaingor, were ro-
1crretl to tho Committee on Markets, to which
was also reforred petition for the appointment
Of Joseph Jokum as Hny-We!ghor.
orEs1Na SALOONS SUNDAY.
a communication wns received from COM
1nitteo of tho society Of Nboral-mindod cltizens
respecting tho proposed change In tho ordinance
relating to tho salo of liquors. Tho Association
has agreed not to open Haloona until nfter or
O'Clock Sundays, aud to lsecp doors cloaod DUR
ing the forenoon but thoy nro not willing to do
business with closed doors all day Sunday. The
nnttor was roforred to tho Committee on Lii
consos.
A communication was received from George
g. Clarke, proposing to lense tie Long Join
engne-houBo lot on LaSa1lo street, and Greet
thereon q frat-class building. 1t WAS rofcrred
to tho Committee on Wharves and Public
Grounds.
SOUTH SIDE POLICE COURT,
Ad Dixon offered n resolution, and asked ita
passage, directing tho Comptroller to pay the
e1ponso of furnishing the Soi1th Division Police
se cSs does sss Of es essssa ssa@ses @ fund.- tho
Aid, AlcGrath demanded that tho resolution bo
Ioferrcd to the Committee on Finance.
Sovoral motions were mnde, on cach OF which
tho yeas aud nays wore called, so that over half
was finally referred to the Committee on Public
Duildings
TIRE BRIDGE Nu1BANcE.
!, AID. Campbell presented tho following petit
tion:
In al public affairs iniuEiousy Affecting the inter
where no Sdsqae remedy ta has bsen prGd tho
your honorable body: For this reason, eha Address
my observations on the subject Of tho river and tho
may he anticipated. We hayc, at g!eat expcnso,
adorned md beautined our city and reformed many
md that Of tho longest standing recurring
additional appropriation Of money to abato It, Is still
tolerated, increasing nuisance In tho ratio
our business and population, multiply from year to
rsa se Ds Ss,a to n to , 9 w
intersstei in tha question, aItloaah, .. thy aro
ssa;ss'i a;: sessisas r. issas:s $ssst sss
opening. Of the bridges for passing vcssels
golug t. and returning from the lakes: Tho
limiting i tho nc T. ton minutes. III Beyond Wheh ho
bridges should not Ia kcpt oren nt any ono tme who
pn5t Of e experience Of those yng On the
T. closed le long enough f0r those aees Of foot who
stand wntchDg tho favorable moment for stort, to
not allowing vohiacs to cross to tho oppoasta sao.
and strcotcara sometimes been kept waiting from
twenty-0vo 70 tirty minutes. ANY bridgo-sendor will
autrements Of tlo el,-mtnuto soction Of tho bridge
law md aseommodnts tho shrptng interests. The
dare not take tho responsibility Of closing tho bridges
when tug is In close proximity to, and inuving di-
P1oyo ssrous' resulting n % dsnase To-
both vessel aadbridgc. - = :.
During tho punt tho greatest n,lsnber Of YES!
inciudedl was 273. II VIC wcre to allow ten minutes
for Zach ves. rnpnosnx that but one psaas at esch
been reaa1gs without mailing my aliowanee Of tlms
from Tie me Il openins eosns o aavsaion. s
four hours ana, IL VS. apply the ten-minuo rulo Il,
this nstanee aa above ri1lo ogor twentyono hours
per diem passing both ways for tho entire season q
1873, vas about forty yesscs. It is we'll known, how
ever that tug often takes ,evcra1 vessels in tow at
The bridges during the to Of tho same opening while
others pssB on tue other side, Of tho stream,
manner tho ship-ownera are accommodated, in
most instances, between gunriso anu sun
times. buforo stcd from twenty-five 10 thirty min
ntes moments reflection will enable any ono to
e ray aros 10 s ryes
many minutes In each instance, and repeated, It has
been during tho busiest season Of tho year, many times
n tfn1n thf, 471n4r
not bo accommodated Tho fact s, ia norease Of our
however well It may have anawered when first enacted
Notwithstanding tito depression in trads heze as else
enn M ea That Of lsSs
md It ls quite probable that, without soluo radical
i s s ssifi from i1
bridges to tho tunnels.
na ay a% S Sse,e out tue M oss
suggestions to remedy tho difficulty. Instead Of open
nx sf a5 fSs for III Of ss % al
from IL o'clock to II TIC morning. Lamps with
be placed o each side Of tic river M "a about 100 feet
apart The hridgcs should bo oncued precisely ot il
eed and aoned 10 reuaIa 90 until Il ocack I H. H.
During tho fro hours Intervening between oopcnng
nna cloting, tho tg-mascrs and boaneu should hnys
o'clock IN the morning to e O'Clock as niel navigu-
1Sa at en e 1ysE 50 far pS oRsng the 15es
eoaAA ~ HAoA1A w oabHEllAcu, anu
our citizens ayo the exclusive Of the streets md
thc bridges which they cros. avesscls arriving during
tho dAy should ho nloorud below the ltltaA street
bridge until tho honr for staEng when they should
advance up tho river IN tho order Of their arrival in
port. Tho regulation hero akotched should be riRidty
enforced. admitting Of no abatement except In oxtrono
eases a11 shsn only bv obtaining the consent Of tho
tAcro can be no doubt. There il abundance Of roou
below the first bridge for oil tic ahippug that can
reach port within tho nineteen hours specified.
From an estimate made after carefully noting the
timp required for tug with vessel in tow to PASS one
Of the bridges 1t s necertaned TINT during i've hours
160 vessels eau bridge euch way, Ths Will allow
movement room for all tho vessels that Gun conve1,-
tently 1nd apaco within the river 1t seldom happcus
that vessel enters pust and leaves syan in less tnc
than from two 10 four days. i will be Bcen That hu
accumulation Of Vessels within the river during tho
numbGr OF days designated, at tho estimated ratio OF
$50 rGF would nfnr1v rrn1,v =