, 1875-03-24
THE ClTI.HALL.

Tho City-Treaa,lror yesterday paid out e45, 900
| OH general CITY indebtedness.
The City-At.orncy IL b,ls,y engngcd In dosend-
i lug tho city in tho case Of Frod Smith, WHO ss
eleing for damages by being run over by tho
railroad cars at Twelfth rsreot''
| Tho Committee on Liconscs will moot at 2
| o'clock Friday afternoon In tIso City Clerks
| oillce. Tho Committee on Gus wilt tueut ut 200
! 2. m. Thursday, at tho samo place.
Tho water department of tho Donrd Of rs,b1ic
Worka aro Issuing tioticeR to Hll Who have not yes
| raid their water rates 10 call Immediately aud
| Hettlo up, or their wator will bo shut off,
Tho leo in the vicinity OF tho crib is gradually
disappearing. Water IL now visible at n dis
| tauce Of not moro than milo and half east Of
| tho crib. II Is expected that tue present rre-
Willing sousAwcsseriy winds will comp mpleteiy:.brsuk
| it up.
| Tia Board Of Public Works will adyottipo to-
day for the dredEing of the shallow pluccs III tl.o
river, also for aIl tlss lumber required during
tho noxt municipal year, and also for tho !,raau
| castings necdod during tho year at tho Water.
Works. No awards OF tho lanp-postB, cleani.g.
anl repairing nor Of tue sidewalk contracts, !laB
| Jet bcen made.
,Ald: George White has not yot apolosixetl to
AID. achn'r'er for hfs naintlationa III tho Conn-
Gil meeting last Monday night. II il probable,
however, that The apology wilt DO 1nsdo nt a
early date, us AID. schut1alcr'a yoso cannot bo
spared from the projects nov Ia hnnl by a cor
tain Aldcrmunlc combination. AID. Whites
friends strongly urge him to reconciliation, as
tho trouble was tlsatjERtcd by rAutlom and. pos-
lnpB, thoughtess ro!nArk, which AID. EctlalEncr
vewoa ~ little stronger hight tilau WAS intend
| cd by AID. White.
Tho Committee on Railrnads w1ll moot At 9
o'clock thin nftprnoou III tho CITY Clerk's o;lcc
and from thero will proceed in carriages to stcw-
nst avenue aud utl!Or atfectd along tho proposed
route Of tho Chicago 4 South Atlantic 1lnilroad.
Tho Committee nro Of tho opinion tint tho hail
road Company hnvo aoieotod an admirable route
for entering tho city, with tic exception Of Stew
art hyontle, which ia alroAdy unfortunately a.
lscted Will, two railroud tracks, causing tho
rropatty-ownetH a!oug tho ayenno TO complain
In no small deerea regarding tho inconscnonccs
resulting from tho bad condition Of tho street.
1t Ia eaid the rcasona why o1-All, Avery
Moore WAS dropped from tho Committed Of Ap-
praAorR for school-tuul property wero founded
On tho nsscrt&on Of Nh irresponsible person that
Atr. Moore, whom before tic Grand Jury, OK
pressed himself regretsully that ho was nut able
to point out 8 Bteal in tho Wabash nvonuo rail-
road ordinance. Tho fact that ho expressed
himself lu no sucll manner necd not bo imprcss-
Cd OH the minds Of readers acquainted with tito
public lifo OF Mr.. Moore. 1Io was buaton on
which hc Ind, DURING Ills membeEslnp OF tho
council, almost continually protested against
AID. Stout Secretary Of tho Counc,l Cumu,it-
leo. nrpolntal to aid tho Communist Con,nistco
In thcis investigation OF the ltollef and Aid 10.
ciety, met Col. hammond Of tho Relief Board at
tho Hocietya rooms, yesterday morning. Cu!.
llnmm0nd assured him that nll tho loukH would
10 ready for then, ut their mootIng tomorrow
motnlng. The board, ho Baid, wero perfectly
willing TO show up oyory eclap Of papcr belong
Ing to the Society, should tho Council Commit
too 1oBsro It, but they would with equal cortaln-
ty, reftlH0 any committee not acting under tho
supervision OF thu Council. The book in which
thu discrepancies would occur, IL there wero
hrafr f-%
tue tl1s. Tho regular books Of tho Society aro
kept BY Gen. J. b. Wsbater'B private Secretary
aud Col. Hammond promises that al! tho hookB
will be submitted to tho Council Committee.
1ha Committee on strsots aud Alloys for tho
South Division mot yesterday afternoon at the
Clark atroot. along tho limo Of tie Hook 1Haud Il
Mschtgan soutLor., trackH. Tho CoHmittea trst
went to tho corner Of Clark and Tweuty.accood
stsootB, where tloy wcro met BY Alr. slandevillo,
deicc portion OF Clark Htrees proper ccahoa. All
along tho wcAteFn eIde Of the at.aot ~ fur north
| as sixsesnth tha1o hro franc buildings, many Ut
them ot quite respectable character. Directly
hourly 10 uso by the Rock island load, and within
lou feel III tho roar OF these buildings 1uu tha
tracks Of tho Michigan houtheTu Railroad. Ile
psopoEty-owl!c1s have pat!tioncd time and agan
dwellings to plaeo alongside Of tho other tracks
in tho rear. North ot Bl1toentl. street thoro aro
but fow dwellings,, and Just below Twelfth street
tho railroad track c1osseH to tho eastern s,de OF
tho street, where hro looated tho treiBAt.4ousea
Of tho llock Island Hoad For theso ioaeons tho
railroad wlallcs to be allowed to maintain the
track north OF Sixteenth strest, and IL willing TO
transfer tho Questionable .rack 10 tho
limo Of tile other tracks closer to tho
rlyor. Several OF the mombora OF the Commit
too are Of the opinion that tAey ought to rellr-
lutsh tho uholo OF Clark street proper, tra..afer
their tracka to the went limo Of tue streot creck
\ fcnce aud sidewalk around thoE property, and
sell their fteHht-l,uusob on tha east tiaa Of tho
stseet Tor what they will bting Ths plan would
DO m admirable QUE were Il not that tue river
ut this point runs almost into tho limo Of Clark
street. rendering tho transfer Of tho tracks far
thur westward ut this po.ut almost iulpractca-
bio. Tho Comtnittea laye not yot decided what
report thoy will mako to tho Council.
THE BOARD or HEALTH.
Tho regular Noekly meeting Ut the Board OF
Health was held yesterday AFTERNOON in their
tsry superintendent reports tilt, ausiug tho
week ending SATURDAY., there wore ll0 DEATHS I'd