, 1874-10-13
THE COUNCIL.
Order for tho Purchase Of More Eli
glnes, Eic., Rec0mmiltcd.


Advertising Wagons to Be Ahatod.
Regulating tho Bridges.
Tho Common Council mot lnat evening, Presi-
dent Dixon IN lilo chair.
LEASlNu BTnE ET-ESUs.
Aid, Btone oifored M order directing tho
Comptroller to repurt what acLio. ho Ind taken
upon MI ordor pnsacd May 20, 1872, relative to
tAn loaul1g Of a!root-ouds anl, II no action has
becn takon, tho REASON why.
ADVERTISING AuIsANcEB.
AID. Jouaa offered tho following, which WAS
passed.:
WnrnEAy, There certain light wagons aud trrcks,
With nmonuo t'ozva plarcd on ihe sol' aud covered
wlth a{ver'aslzrs brips hau'cd a''out tile streets
W,!SlnAs, urn7t complaint is being constantly
n,asiu by czcue Of tLe*6 illrgatcd nu!shncta-a'l-
nu thereby cangcring tn livca OF our cltize,s, and
Of fntca WIN lnuY IL riSing aboHt tho city, there
0,dtrrd. Tia. tho nuard Of rolico bo mud hereby
directed to havo thin nllisanco abatcd forthwith.
WABASH AVENUE RAILROAD.
Aid. Campbell prosecuted petition, signod by
yprious prapcrty- y-ownprs, to grant permit to
tho Chicago {; South Atlantic Railroad Company
10 lay down mud operate harso-railway traok OH
Wabash avenue, tho Company to be bolud to
r,iu palaco-oaYa 0f Lilo aane ntylo and furnish
lug aa thouo o, Third avcns1a, Now York, mud to
pay cent ont Of ovory faro Is conte) irto tho
City Treasury.
Thore woro half dozon moaionH matle at tho
came time, somo 10 rotor to Tho Committee OIL
Railroads, mud others to refer 10 tho Committee
on Streets aud Alleys, South Diriaion. THO
petition IVES referred to tue Committee on Rail-
roads.
ENLARGEMENT or UNION pAEK.
I AID. Woodman presented a pctaion,& signed
by 400 proposty-owno,s, nak,ng that tito triang-
lar piece Of ground between Ash!hDd aud South
Uniou rark. Eoferred TO tho Committee ou
Wharvos a1la Public Grounds.
4 NEW DnIDaE ORDINANCE.
Aid. Woodrnan presented an ordinance nn,end.
ing Sec. 10 Of Gimp. ,, Koviued Ordinances OF
and o'clock III tho evening no bridge shall DO
kent open longor than ton nlnutes uonsocutiveIy
for tho passage OF vessels at the oxniratoa Of
tcn minutes tho bridge slull be cloacd, anH shall
1t sliall hayo been oponcd for tho raaaage ot
| vessois.
AID schafrner and others olrnostly Expressed
| tho hopo that eisroaslnent would bo waived,
| and TINT the orlnanue bo passed. at onco.
AID Hidwoll demanded ta reforouco to tho
Committee OIL Harnora md l'FilseB, hut with
| drew tbo demand at tho request Of AID Wood
man and Campbell.
EnEtosstnolt waa waived, and tle ordinance
Was raeHcd, AID. Stone alone voting III tha ncBn-
tive,
ADDITIONAL FtnE-A1.Anst EoxEs
AID. Culicrton olorc1 tho following ordors,
aud moved tint ongroasn,ont bn waiycd:
0niered, That the Comptroller 1c, and ho ta hereby.
directed to purchase, Immediately, o03 nonnerinr-
aan,cwe!l Co.. Of Now YorE, liz sa,!o l'sving
tha Conycnion uf Chief -Euginoors recently hrl. tn
Ht Louis; mud bo 1t further
Qrdertd. THAT thu co,nptrolleE te: snd y hereby.
ordered 10 ma ke temporary loAn Of $30C0 to ay for
sniIl additional hro-narin boxes.
Eugroasment was waived and the orders were
passed unanimously.
Tho Committees OIL Streets aud Alloys, West
Dlylaiol1, reported au ordinance grantNg tho
r1ght Of way TO tho Chicago & Wnl1lcfm Tail
ro3d Company to lny down tracks aud operate
tirolc eB dillnny-ougno OH ccrtn!n streeta. Eli
gross ,nclt waB waived and tho ordinance WIS
passed..
THE 11IrpoDRoME on THE 1AKE-rnoSr.
Tho Committee OIL judiciary reported rccom-
monslins' no that permission DO g1Gnted to G. n.
bippodro1ne and nl.lsaum building on the lake
front, month OF Madison utrnot.
Aid. SclAsGner moved that tho matter be ro-
ferrod 70 the Law Department for an opinion az
to the city's power i'll tho premises.
Aid. Cullefton oppoHcd tho mutton, Following
That there could be no question as to tho ctty's
power.
Aid. Richardson said he had at first been Of Tho
opinion that tho Council had no right to icaso
any portion Of tho ]ake-front, bit that difficulty
Ind been got ovor by ordering tho Board Ct Pub
llc Works to erect tho Exposition Building, just
aa lad hcen contemplated IN this cauo, only il
wag to be made condition t1at tim part,oa should
ronloye tho building lion thirty days notice by
tho city. yiyiug'n bond 10 do this.
In ortlet 10 roach vote Aid. Scl,nff1ler with
drew his motion to poatr'ono, and tho report D:
1he Committee WIS not et'ncurral III.
THE FI1;E-ArrAriATflS APPROPRIATION.
The Council thon taofS alp the suecal order,
tho appropriation for tho Ecl,otlulo Of additional
tte.apnaratua n1noluting to S2Gl, ,000, heretofore
pnbliohed in PliE IK1ruaE
Aid. Campbell Was oppoacd to the appropr!u-
contemplated to roorganZe the Hire Department,
and until thut uuttcr was Settled tho upEropria-
tion should not bo made.
AID. Corcorau hoped that tic ordinance would
paBs. EecauBe thu additional s.aparntuB waa
needed.
Aid. puirk thought there was M ocraRion, ns
it would bo impossible tn expcnd thu 1noncy be-
fore tho lat day OF Mpy'ncxi. lie was oppoac4
to CORDS Of gGppeyg mud minors Wuti tllbra WAH
somebody llerc to direct them. IN for tin
twenty-Acyen Watchulcll, there was nes ueed Of
them; thcir duty could DO performed BY tho
l'emen already ~ rle citya enpoy. ;Eho "hole
1npttcr llGd better be postponed Until tAe noxt
! auilnal appropriation bill.
Aid. WoolnlAn Eaid thpt wllat was ueo11Vl WIS
moro wator for tho engines now llero, and moro
mel to NJ. engine. Tho n,uttnr should he ss-
committed for further investigation.
AID. Iiildroth characterized asclcap buncnn7be
j'st aefora an election tha attempt to oppnSe
this appropriation. It wEA well known tL.at CHI
eaEos tari!ltieB for lighting :iroA were smaey III
proportion thau those Of any other largo city iu
Amolicn Thu ndlitioual appalAtus uss needed,
AID. Cnllerton favored Tic recommiltai Of tho
schedule. Many things could DO stricken out,
willie men Should 10 added to tho ent5no COM
l'anics Instead oi providing for corps Of sap
pers aud miners. The amount to be apprupriat-
ed need not exceed al0a, 600.
AID. Wnodman said that Aumo regard ought to
DO had for tho city'A credit which would CERTAIN
" s''!l'or it tho Comptrollor kept eli borrowing
money. nlIA Wlsllana Of LAKES letnpiIefl uupaist.
Tho Council should 1nora carefully in tho matter.
Ito favored rccommitta.
Aid. Campbell sud tl,at uutj! tho Fira Dcpuyt-
mont WAS renrgqnzcan no appropriations s!ionld
bo made. fla claimal TINT tho whole tucts con-
ed with tho tirn juIs.