, 1874-09-30

umpire OF tho Advisory Board, is generally
spoken OF by tho prosB Of New Orleans Us al
upright man. Theso circumstances furnish Il
strange commentary Oil tho Associated Proay
dispatcl, from New Orleans thta morning, |
which treats the conference contemptuously.
and aays tnat tue Advisory Uornmitteo is mndo |
up OF one "last-ttch Domocrat, one third-torm |
Liberal Republican. and threo Fodoral officials. |
II may be we'll to wait for better information be-
foro forming m opinion Of ths conference and |
THE COUNCIL AND TIE FIRE ORDINANCES.
Thu Common Council had before them on
Monday night two ordinances, ono Of them ap-
| propriating $2G0,000 for additional Aro-ene1nos
buildings, aud equipments, aud the other appro-
prtatiug $500 600 fur laying 8iuch mains in place
Of tho small pipes now In tlo district lying bo-
tween Chicago avenue and Sixteenth street,
and Halsted street aud tho lake. The first OF
! those ordinances waa ordered to bo ongrossed,
| and will pass q week hence; the other one waa q
now ordinance, and, beng objected to, WAS re-
forred to committee. THIS second ordinance
WIS objected 10 by Aldermen from the outlying
warda and especially By Cullerton Of the 9osonth.
Campbell Of tho Thirteenth and schaffncr Of the
Seventeenth, on tho ground that tho money WAS
needed to iay se.vice-plpea In localities where
.horo is nov no wator.
Il tho question were simply ono for tho dis
tributlon OF wafer for domestic uses, thu objec-
ton would hare considerable force; but tho
ordinance is not Of that character. Thers wae,
in June last. an appropriation Of nearly $500. 900
for tho extension Of water service. none Of
) which is to bo expended in tho district covered
t by ths ordinance. The Representatives. Of the
district designated by Aid. Dixon's ordi-
nance might with Us much reason object to the
appropriation Of 100000 annually for tho OK
tonaion Of wator-pipos In tho outlying wards on
tho ground that tho inside wards were not bone-
flied thoroby. The objection Ia utterly un-
tenablo
The object Of the Dixon ordinance Is to finish
at ono job work that has beon going On for
| yeers-the substitution Of 8-inch plpea for tho
smaller pipeB which unfortunately wero laid be-
foro 1t was anticipated that Chicago would
ever attain ita prcHont slzo. Tint work has to be
1ouo at some timo. Tho 3.lnoh and A-inch pipea
, arc no longer sufilcont and must be replaced.
II ia question whether this change should DO
mndo now, ut once, or whether wo shall post
= pono It until there shall DO half-a-dozon moro
fires, at wlich-as has been reported by tie
Chiof-Engiueer Of tho Fire Department go fro
>. quontly during the laRt six years-it will bt
:" found that two onginoa will exhaust tho water
:, supply Of neighborhood. OF the nearly throt
miles Of such ppo takon up during 1873, the large
part Of 1t waH taken up in tho outlying wards
Tho district covered by tho ordinance Ia now
F. all settled and dcnHely populated; 1t GU
In braces, In point OF value, fourftha Of tic lin
ho proyemeutH aud taxable personal property 0
Ia tho city. Wo much miatake the characte
II Of Aid. Camphalta constituents II the
no do not differ With him In his oppoatio
to tAia ordinance. l. largo majority Of then
bo do busnoBs IN this district aud have large pror
Va erty-iutereara At atako thoro. But tho Who'll
nv city ia equally Interested In making defeus
,al against FRO by all tho mcauB possible. To pr
n down larger ppo in shiB district to protect til
oa bulk Of tho general property Of tho whole poopl
kev We It that tho conss.saents OF AID. Gu
nd lerton and Aid. 6chaEper arc fully aa much Into
o.. Gated In tho preservation at tho property In til
IN First, Second md Third Wards Of tho city The
ur- arc In tho property Of their own whrds. Win
Or, over Ia calculated to daatroy property credt
100 In any part OF tAia CITY Ia in tho oud folt mo-
tty criously By tue lsboring population than by a.
Of other portion OF tho people. Anything that
t., calculated to inoreaaa busnoss, invite capita
uo establish credit, md iusplro oonldopco,
Of Of necessity Of deep personal 1utorc
m and direct beueht to tho aane clasa. The ON
INV ors OF properly In thH district whore this Hns
tea pipe Ia laid par from - to per cont addition
.,. {ususe,,eo because OF tho atza at tho wats
,r pnainB this sazne effect Is extended 10 the Oh
tn living d!stricts, and tho owner Of every Gotta
nm. aud dwelling in all tho outlying warls 1t he Q
heir eet good insurance at all, Inns to pay doul
,ted rates, Tic IL, therefore, intesestcd directly
,unv removing tho cauAos which hAyo produced Il
,use panic among insurance Stockholders, aud Il
,Iuo ordinance, II passsd would havo th!s direct
snb- foot. !. mould silence I'll" NOW geuerA bel
ii ot thai In o!t5 aoyesu,uent u tndldafant 70