The daily gazette., 1875-11-05
FIRST EDITION
City Council.

AN NETTING COMMITTEE RE
Rtg, Rt,gorTs-rAE AUDITORS REPORT ON
TonA uosp1TAL DEFICIT PAY ROLLS,
arT,TIoNs, anT ORDINANCES, &c.
rro City Council met in regular
Ion iHT last evening, President Lich-
,sesstein ,esSii in the chair.
'e1sse 1sho Street Committee reported
ioroblv in on Wm. L. Westbrook's s
'a,I .,;tion for permission to erect tele-
r,,J snb noles on Walnut street, from 5tl
y I9th. Adopted.
10 Some % committee reported proposal
.an, John McNeal IL Son, for finnish
.On .O mines for the Fifth street sewer,
,G% .s7 t95 per gross ton. Referred to the
ror,mittee, with power to act.
Tho Opening Streets Committee re-
.,,sd tod favorably on the petition of j..
} b. y Seeds, for the opening and grad
NJ of Jackson street, from Seventh to
asIauore avenue. Estimated cost,
1900 Adopted.
The Law Committee on the COM
ua,ication from James X. Lawlor,
..,-rnIaining of some hay stored in
'%,eral % buildings, in the Ninth Ward,
,srorted that the storing of the hay
Tssin Ti violation of city ordinance, and
commended that the Street Com
.issioner be instructed to have the
DsT -ly removed. Adopted.
The City Treasurer reported: Bal
,rce in bank, subject to the reservoir,
40 40 3SO1779; to current expenses, $11,-
sS6 to redemption of bonds, 5000;
total, $44,216.15.
The Street Department pay roll (51
men and IA horses and carts employed |
mounted to 8440.74.
when the motion to dispense with
,bp reading of this pay roll was made,
N Ford voted in the negative; but
az he had signed the roll, Mr.. Bickta
expressed himself as being of the
onnion that it was rather thin" to
,irn pay roll, and then insist on it
beinr read in Council.
The Water Department pay rolls
Il?l men and "a horses and carts en-
DlOyedl were rs follows: Department,
sGSA, reservoir, $1,67S.65; horse
and cart $75s, 43; pipelaying, SAG. so;
total, 1857. IL.
The Auditor reported that the &C.
counts of VIM. Q. Moore. late Super
intendent of City Hospital, had been
sudited, with the following result:
Amount received for board, $299. "a
paid to City Treasurer, 1911
Deficit, $3.50. 0.63
The Registrar reported that the re-
ceipts OF the Water Department for
october were 81, ,740.62.
Petitions and communications were
read and referred, as follows:
From T. B. McCann and others, for
lamp ON Tatuall street, between
seventh and Eighth. Referred.
From Chas. Reynolds, calling atten-
ion to deep well in the middle Of
Adams street, near Delaware avenue,
lendering the thoroughfsre very dan.
ysrous, The petitioner said the Street
commissioners had requested him to
illup the well, but he did not think
il was his place to do so.
From ]. T. Cause and others, asking
hat Clayton street be graded, from
Pepnsylvania avenue to Eleventh ST.
Mr.. Ford moved to refer this petition
% the Opening Streets Committee,
With power to act.
Mr.. Farrell objected. He said
other parties, as deserving as Mr..
Cause, had sent petitions for grading,
which had been laid over for a long
time. He further said, Mr., Cause had
had the use OF the city's steam roller,
for several days, and also of horse
roller for the basin.
Mr.. VIM. Candy said Mr.. Cause
paid $40 per day for the use of the
steam roller.
Mr.. Ford said Mr.. Cause wanted no
more than other citizens: also, that he
paid for the use of the stesm roller, and
never used roller from the basin,
The petition was referred to the
opening Streets Committee.
From the Friendship =. F. E. Co,
asklng for 5000, due the company
iFGm the appropriation of 1864.
from Walton, Whann & Co., asking
me appointment of James Kettlewook
one OF their employees, as weigh
master, Granted.
From j. E. Pierce & Co., asking for
W re ely water for their engine on
nainul street, between Fifteenth and
Sixteenth. Referred to the Water
VgrmLElltee, with power to act.
Inc chair announced the following
.OIHillee W. nillee to act in connection with
g tae eCl'y Solicitor, in ascertaining the
"a aaiIsse done to Myles Burke's proper
!! front and Jackson sterets, by the
ayi1g OF water pipes: G. 3. Under
WOO, SSuOd' Thomas Ford, James McGlin-
,.. Inc ordinance increasing the in
,,'aa sissI appropriation by adding to 1t
s.oVOirom s;n the Centennial apprepria-
passed. "NN
WI hayes presented an Ordinance
..I.. vi .ae relief of the appropriations fer
,,si, srsi,es and for cleaning and repairing
'us. aseH, Increasing the former 50, 600
~ ~ 'le latter -, 900. Read twice.
~ motion, Council adjourned.