, 1874-03-27
THE CITY HALL

Tie Collector Of the Board of Public Works
reoeivod 81, $50 yoHtorday for whter'ronts oto.
Tho City Collector recoivod 911t6i7.5o from
ta1os, llcenso8. ETC.. yesterday. Keith Bros.
paid 2,485 OF this amount.
Tho Committees on Judiciary aud on Wharyes
and Public Grounds will oaoh moot at 3 o'clock
tomorrow, md tho Committees oil Public Build
ings and on Gas-Llghts will meet st ESQ o'clock
to-day.
Tho City Treasurer received $4,000 from tho
City Collector yesterday, and $2,G50 from the
Collector Of the Board OF Public Works.
petor Shaw, forcuann of Union Park, was be-
fore tho Doard OF Public Worits yesterday,
charged with neglect OF duty. Several witnesBoa
wore examined, but tho charges were not sub-
stantiated.
Tho Board OF Public Works yesterday opened
bids for tho construction OF q now engino-houso
on North Wells street, near Granger. Tho con-
tract was sHardod to John II. Donnolly for
$7,o95.
effcctial attempt to obtain quorum Yesterday
Aid Brand and T. z. Bnioy botng the ouly mytn-
bors present. Aid. Stouta resolutions, the first
relative to tho Italinn atreet-players, and tho
stands on tho streets, we're to have been con-
sn1ercd by tho Committee, and report laying
both resolutions on the table wae drawn up by
the Chairman, for aignature horaaftor, # such q
Ql8p06ltIQn OF l1lem uct LUG Yl9Wb VI tub 0LuEF
nletnborH of The Committee.
CORPORATION Counsel Norton statea that the
| Times miarepresented his doois,on relative to
tho Stowe patent caBe yesterday. FLO was not
called upon to pass upon the legality Of the
patent, or to determine the question of 1ts own
crship:, But the point he was asked to decide
| was whether, II tho pntont wnB legal, tho city
would bo forced, lille private individual to pay
! damages for infringement. judge Norton, as
stated In THE Tn1buNE yesterday, held that tho
city would bo obliged to pay them.
Tho Board Of Polico yesterday appointed the
followinG-namod mon mombers OF tho nollco
forco: 6lchaol Purcell, Charles McCabe, Martin
Flannigan. Jolin McTigue. Mllsard Ellsworth,
Henry Va1pert Louis Kaiser, Max Heidelmeyor,
| John L. Klein, P. j. Sullivan, Patrick Slattery,
Chnt}es Anstein, Janaes n. Carey, and Edward
Fitzgerald.
The Board Of Police and Fire Commissioners
| mot yesterday for the transaction Of business.
| Present, Commissioners Sheridan, Klokke, Nepo,
| aud Avros. Tho first cnse examined WAS TINT OF
James 0'Drien, Aasiatant.F Foreman of Engine u,
charged with drunkenness and abaontinng himself
from duty without leave When Acting Fore
man, he left bis post aud WAS abseut throe days.
| The Board founa him guilty aud 1ued him ten
days pay. Foreman Anderson, Of No. 6, charged
William Tobln. ono Of his men, with disrespect-
ful conduct. The testimony showed there
WAS nothing Intentional on the part Of 1'obin,
60 the Board dismissed the charge aftor allowing
Mr.. Chesterfield Ayres chance to deliver q
loMly Oh true poltencsB and department dlacl-
plino. Lawrence Drouey, OF the samo engine,
| WAS charged with carelesB driving, md waA diB-
niescd With roprimaud. William II. Town.
Band, driver Of No. 3, was charged with caro1oaa
driving, by which the enElno was overturned and
much daulago done it, but as thero WAS no GRIM
inality proven, ho was dismissed with repri-
mand Conrad Ruafl, nombor OF NO. 4, wae
charged with taking French leave of absence and
with dr,lnkenneas, Ho was found guilty aud
fined five davs' pay, JanlcH 8. Euwr1Eht, o1lgit1-
cor of No. IT, was ordered by the foroman to dc
some shoyoling in tho street. Ho thought this
to bo incompatible with his manhood, mud 30 re-
fused, but tho Board thought otherwise and rep
rimandcd him. Alr. MerHion, Of No. ., was
charged Will, using profauo language towards Lii
forealau, bnt the case waa continued till Batur
daY with several otliarH.