, 1875-12-04
THE ciTT.HALl.

City-Attorney Jameson IL Still very
Tbs City Collector took in about 81, 900 yes
terday.
Tho number Of asloon lloanses issued up 10
data Is 2,2s4.
Tho Bonsd Of Health will be paid 35,0 this
AFTERNOON for sesyicos rendered.
The Fire Department payroll for tbs month
OF Noynnber shows tho exponBoR Of that month
to be just 33,8l5.64.
Yesterday water-rents enriched the city BY
$5.339.l0, and tho real md peIsonal property
tA1es footed up 81 ,27s,59.
Tho bill Of ". D. Cox for work On the foundn-
tions ot The NON public building Ia $4,000. Tho
Board OF Public Works have Audlted it.
Superintendent Hickey ISSUED m order yesIss-
day that will delight tho heart Of oyofy poiioo-
man ID the city. It was tho discontinuince Of
drill, probably till the cold weathcr bAA come and
gems.
Two moro laks crafts have been seizod and
hs!d III custody for delinquent taxes. Tho
sclloonelR llboe NAu and Cayahpga wore levied
upon. Tho Llbo!s Nan paid ovor tho taxea for
1873 aud la74, ths custod!an'a foas. and coat Of
"a has not paid yet.
This morning At o'clock. tho Mayor, Common
Council Committee, and . committee from tho
Board OF Underwriters, accompanied BY Chisl
Bonner, start on tour OF Investigation OF tho
di1oTent en7.ne-housea aud equipments, and
will thoroughly inspect tho Ftrc Department In
general The inspection Of last yeaf waa foi.
lowed By bouofclal results.
Since tho insurance company that insured
Marines Hall agreed to repair The original
structure Tor R2,600, which Is about ons-third Of
It's cost. tue damage 70 The building could not
Bailey hla thought, aud has consequently
changed bis mind. and allowed tho rupaiFa to 60
un. Mr. MARITIME, however, will this tina e1ect a
ts1lss-roof ress!ng on pillars feet apart, and
n.ii surround tbs who!o original building wtih
brick wall 10 lnched thick. thus making moFo
substantial odidce, and htao complying NTH tho
requirements Of the hre-otd.nanco.
TELEoHArH WInk8.
Tho Council Committee on Fire and Water
Clerks office. Dy invitation severa! gentlemen
wo1o ptesont. iho5 wore Col. j. j, =. Wilson.
Of tue Western Union Telegraph Company; 4.
0eneral Mana ser. Of tho Amsr,oaa
D4Htrlcs Telegraph Company; Q. Il. Horton,
Receiver Of tho Great Westtfn Company 4. D.
Ghaudler; saporiniendent Of Tho FiIe-Aia1n
Telegraph, Aud Fiea-atetahal Banner. Tue Oh.
tsot VI tho meeting waa to consult upon methods
| of improvement in the c,ty telegraph lines to
hear the ol'inioHa aud views OF those who hare
been interested In The husiuess tor many years,
| sud should la well Informed On tho subject;
aud, 1t poasiblo, 10 arrive At Soma dadalta con
| cluslon.
Ths cause Of complaint VA the faet that tho
arrangement of wiros In this city IL serious In
conysnlence aud xn interference With tbs ire
mon iu caao Of conaARratlon.
The underground a3etem IL ono which has oc'
| cupied The minds and tnno Of many men through
| tho last five or ten yta2s. and sndle4s have beau
the number and variety Of experiments IN this
direction. Bot eseEy ono hAs proved complete
failure. siucs no method OF insulation has bear
discovered that Will reaiss tho action Of sts Ant
water, spd the contr1ctloA And expansion Of ii.
metal. Many Of tas Geatlaoasa prsssat ~