, 1875-06-13

Agent for suit Of clothes. In d few days tha
meuber Of the Law Department will be waltzln
around town with pants made out OF Perlolas'
bean-bags aud Goa: resurrected from son1
dead nuns grave.
The Committee on Streets and Alters for til
South Division met yesterday Afternoon in th
! City Clerks Office. The subject under consider
| alton Was an ordinance granting the right of wA.
into tho city to the Chicago i South Atlantic Rail
road. AID. .Sommer and ReidY. OF the Sixth Ward.
in which the principal portion Of tho track lies,
insisted Oh having clause inserted to the effect
| that damages to private property must be eetttec
by the railroad. On these conditions the Com
ulittee offered to recommend tho passage Of The
| ordinance.
As With every other question rorth debating,
for tho otice Of Building Inspector. AID.
| Stout, Fitzgerald, Cullertou, aud others oppose
| tbs ordinance because they consider things arc
| run well and cheaply under the Fire. -Wardens,
while on tho other hand many OF the Aldermen
| claim that the creation Of such au Office as Build
ing INSPECTOR wll Of 1tse|f be revenue to tho
city. Ex-A!d. Bailey. who is especially prominent
as candidate for the position, belnyes that euch
| an office would Save 500, ono per anauR, more
than one-half of which rouid arise directly from
| tue construction OF new buildings. He in conf
dent taat the ordinance will pass the Council,
and only wishes tho question OF his appointment
wore equally AZ fayoraoly settled.
Afr. C. H. Gillespie City Sealer. il vaging
kind OF bu}letleas warfare on the mlk-canB- and
il determined in his efforts TO see that no cheat
lnE is done by Chicago u,ilkaen, however power
less he may be TO atop the short measures of
those bland and child-'iko Grangers who 1aise
milk fos living IN Efgin and other dairy towns.
During tile week he has been busily engaged in
scaling all the cans he could lay his bands on,
and, i'll nearly every instance, the cans measured
but ~ gallons instead Of gallons He hopes
to have an ordinance passed in the Council max
ing it q criminal offense to deal in short meas-
ures, and until then he docs not hope to stop
short measures in the city.
DETER PAvEMENTs.
Mr.. Prlndiville, President OF tho Board Of
Public Works yesterday returned from weeks
trip to WASHINGTON. New York, Phadelplia,
and Pittsburs, whittier he went to witness the
marked improvements Of asphalt over the al
most worthless wooden pavenlents that arc con-
tanually laid down IN this city. Tho block pave
nens he finds is everywhere falling into dsuso
especially that composed Of common pine blocks
such as are used hero. In Philadelphis he saw
pavement composed Of red cedar blocks that
was quite durable, though rather expensive
La the same city he saw some @orkmen attempt |
to break up some yulcaulte pavement in
ono OF the parks foa the purpose OF making a !
roadway into the Centennial. Buildings. They !
worked for several hours uith 1ick-ax aud shovel,
aud then gave up in disgust Finally it was prled
up With crowbara, and then broken with sledgo- !
hammers And yet it was but six inches thick. |
lie secured piece of it about foot square and !
will have it on exhibition III day Or two. In |
the same city, as we'll as in New York, he ssw |
asphalt paYeueDts that wero laid i've years ago. |
but appeared almost aa good as If tAey had never
been Travelled upo1l< Il
In Pittaburg. along Highland avenue,
10 sAw Ell asphalt pavement .thst has
been in usa several years, and is
yet in tbe best condition, although along this
street passes the heaviest OF travel. Springless
trucks, burdened down with from five to eight
Ions OF coal OF pig-irou, are continually PASSING