, 1875-12-11
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.


\ meeting Of tho Finance Committee Of tho
Common Council wan hold in tho City Clerks
Office yesterday afternoon. AID. Heath Ia the
chair, Aid. Quirk and Stono OF tho Fifth xere
alBo proRent. ....
x resolution which directed The Board Of ruh-
ltc Works to furnish the Common Council With .
let Of all its employees. 1aborers excepted, to-
gsther with tho nature OF their work md tho
salary attached TO EACH Office, was recommended
for adoption.
The resolution at Aid. Ionas calling on the
managers Of thu Exposition building to shafo
tho psotlta OF tile Wcs!on-O 'Leary snIk, aud tho
prospective profits of TIM skating rink with tho
charitable institutions Of tho city, was rocom-
1nenacd placed Oh nle. with explanations.
THE ARCHITECTURAL coMAIsvloN.
In reference to ths bill Of tho Commission OF
to examlle tho touudattonA, oto,, OF the now Gus
tom-Iluuse, tho COMMITTEES on motion Of Aid.
Quirk, decided TO Recommend tho reduction of
tho claim from 53.4oV 10 e. 100, giving John
|nn Oedel $5pU 4. uanof 2400, aud MehslH. Boy"
ipEton, Waectock. Uusling, aud Egau $500 each.
TIE LAKE. EnoSr.
Tho following resolution. by AID. 6paldlnE.
recently referred To tho Committed, waa tAon
takon up:
.aorzr to negotiate suv hs s+e ot The thres blocks
Of ground 1,etwccu Monroe and ltandoIrh stteets,
known lie Lake Font tn tue Illinois Central NaI
road Company ut tbs ptlce oGtfeI ~ tatu latlfoAd
Company. Viz, ssoo.bo''
AID. Health eaid Lo tsd prepared resolution
which ho Thought wonld cover tho wh0lo matter.
II tho rul'E0ati company Wel9 really honest In
thclr intention 10 buI tho Lahe-trout without
riparian rirhte.
Tho resolution read 40 follows:
EfsotrtI. That tho M4ynr anI Cuu,rtrolcr arc at-
thor!zed 10 e1crn.ca anit claim decd OF tho Guy IN
a 70 tho borks IT : Tying n9fth os sne north llno
dctl, street, unt lt!wcen Michigan sycnue and the
right uf way Of the 1linnis EtraI lIatoah Company,
10 SAID I'I!lols Central H,ilroa Company nron tne
Payment Ut the Ct Sa0.te10, provided. hoHeEef,
that elslcr tho aesage Of ts Resolution nor tue de-
ssry ot ad S sa o ontrc M Ga Int rstn5a Ia
other railroad companies to WGlter K1lbs, ~ City
Comptroller, ,tustr authority of an act Of tbs den-
tion II tho submerged autls and Lakerark grounds
lying n. aud ad]aceu to, tho nhor9 of Lake MlchKan
saa s1o stet1 It y 1sonsase a., a1 ;I1 y u g
tntD mn acl icseccs of tho said City of Chicago In
tho granu rorsos, conditions ot said acs bt tho
salo hereby authorized sna!l 10 considered and u
hereby dv,aEcd - 10 independent of and In now1ae
nd sa, ss H.. ss aceePte1 Y S.. Etsn'te upon
Itcsntp.d, Tint The ttrIna snl conditions Of this
resolution ahall bo inherited in tho ssd quitcMn decd
Aid. Stone considered tho resolution a good
ono, but he would pfefer Whiting for full COM
mittoo.
Aid. Qnirk said full committee had beeu
asked for several times without aucceks. They
never had mora than baro quorun,.
AID. Heath said that the resolution clearly
Indicated that thoV wanted Randolph and Mon-
roo strcets open. He did not OBJ ]eot 20 Wash-
ington aud Madison strontH being closed. bo-
cause that would bo necessary for depot pur-
poses,
After few remarks Of no grent Importance,
the Committee resolved 10 postpone further
f-0raiGnrnt1cr, f1th rnH0lnttntlH until 4 fUlE
meeting could DO lAd.
Adioufned.