The daily gazette., 1874-10-30
EDITION
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL.
Match Game of Base Ball
The City Council.

COUrClL IAklN9 ACTlON In hEdAhD
TO THE oDoRLEss MONoPoLY-RoU-
TINE BUsINEss-PAssAGE OF oRDI-
NANCEs, &C.
The Council met at the regular hour,
last evening, President Maris In the |
chair.
The Special Committee, on the petit
ton for modification of the Ordi- |
nance relating to the cleaning of cess |
pools, reported that there was no Ordi- |
nance requiring privies to be cleansed
by machinery, and recommended that |
the Board of Health be requsted to |
grant licenses to night scavagers, as |
well as to the Odorless Excavating
Company.
Mr.. Baker asked if any of the night
|scavengers had been stopped from
performing their usual avocation.
Mr.. Mc1ntlre replied that none had
been licensed save a monopoly COM
posed partly of city officers and that
the Mayor had been requested to pro-
secure the old scayengers for perform
ing their duties.
Mr.. Baker insisted that the Mayor
had failed to perform his duties in not
prosecuting the old scavengers, as they
violated the law
Mr.. Hayes said that the Mayor had
enforced the law, in every case brought
to his notice. But hepeople had bee n
asking for redress at the hands of
Council, and this body should relieve
them of the monopoly.
Mr.. William M. Candy thought the
old scavengers had no right to perform
their usual avocation, but such an in
fluential set of citizens as those who
signed the petition should have re-
dress when they asked it.
Mr.. Baker held that Council had no
Jurisdiction in the matter, the subject
properly resting with the Board OF
Health.
Mr.. William Candy thought that the
Odorless should be brought into fair
Icompetition with the old system, and
not made Il monopoly.
Mr.. Baker moved to lay the matter
lover for one week. Lost, by the fol-
lowing vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Adams, Baker, VIM.
Candy, Downing. johnson, Murray,
Underwood, President Maris-S.
| Nays-Messrs. Bickta, Burke, VIM.
NJ. Candy, Farrell, Hayes, Lynch,
McIntire, McMenamin, Taylor-9.
| After some further discussion, the
report was adopted by the following
IvOtc:
| Ayes-Messrs. Adams, Bickta, Burke,
VIM. M. Candy, VIM. Candy, Farrell ,
Hayes, Lynch, Murray, McMenamin,
McIntirc, Taylor, President Maris,
LIS.
Nays Messrs Baker, Downing
johnson, Underworld.
ri The reports of the City Treasurer
J and City Auditor were read the lat
ter showed balance on hand of $50,
1877 70.
The Street Commissioner reported
&c men, and IL horses and carts EN-
lployed in the Street Department. The
= pay roll amounted to $346 80.
The Chief Engineer reported Omen
employed in the Water Department
and 230 men and 209 carts on the re-
scrvoir. The Department pay rol
amounted to $40, and the reservoir
pay roll to $1444.
i. w. Edwards and others petitionet
for the curbing and paving of the cas-
side of Lombard street, between 9Th
and 9th.-Referred.
The Opening Streets Committee il
regard to the petition of A. j. Peter
son, reported in favor of grading
h Scarles street, from Front to Second
Adopted. -.
The Ordinance making an addition
to the appropriation for cleaning anC
repairing streets was read third tIm'
and past. The addition is made by
e taking $4,000 from the appropriation
a for sewers.
l. The Ordinance amending the con
tract Ordinance so as TO authorize thu
employment of additional teams on tn
lnew reservoir, at contract rates, wa
also read third time and passed.
So also was the Ordinance authori2
h ling the w. & w. r. r. Co. to lay
track across Christiana Avenue an
Heald street at grade and
II The Ordinance authorizing the ma
cadamizing of Orange streets, from
the p, W. 81 r. r. to Dock street.
a The subject of the p, w. & b. II
r. Co.'S desire to alter the grade c
their track along Water street, wa
referred to the Street Committee wit
instructions to bring in an Ordinanc
Ior'resolutions bearing upon the subjec
at the next meeting.
'EI Mr.. VIM. NJ. Candy presented tn
following proposals for grading Searlt
G street, between Front and Second
s, Robt McIntirc, 90 cts pr cubic yt
b. Donohoe, 90
'f NJ. Kehcc, 23t
They were referred to the Openin
lStreets Committee with power to ac'
r. During the evening the followin
70 orders were directed to be drawn
n' w. & &B. Evans, SAL 40; Y. 8. Wa
ter. $2s jenkins & Atkinson, $222 A
George W. Vernon, $33 25 ); Sundi
IF Ibondholdcrs, $10S1 co. Thomas Fore
IS114; s. l.. Nichols, $142 so; Jam,
Harrigan, $75 Robert Lee, $500 |
IG. Baker, 81 II Mrs. Emma Murph,
l3S cents.
On motion Council adjourned.
BASE BALL.-At the Schuetzen Par