, 1875-11-30
Comptroller Hayes Submits Mt. Dong|as'
Proposition 10 Buy tho Lake
Front.
The Aldermen Break Out In Bursts Of
Stimulated Indignation.
Messrs. Campbell, Bohafner, White,
and Cullertou, Are Specially
Prominent.
Tho Matter Finally Referred to
II Committee,

lnc ulnlRGl n Iahata4 ltG2C1AcN l"
II Committee.
The Common Council met 10 rcgnsr woskly
scsson last evening, President Dixon Ia tho
clair.
TUE nonrA1IH,
Tho Mayor sent in tlo following commnnfca-
tion:
Tho amended ordinance amending Fec. Of Chap.
Ia Of the revised ossllnance entitled ffora. lais
hcrawitd ro,urn 70 you, Without my spprosal. Ay
{casous for 4ha acti0u are:
,houII b.yo reasonable ttme within which 10 snato
tle changes which this ordinance contemltatca.
shs taIe oect io-wit, jan l. 151s il to sort II
anlo said Company TO mako the necesasty alterations
t which eonpliAncs with saad ordtnshca re-
1Hird-rhat tho ofesra Of said Company naye becn,
for es p gs 1 III ap np" ea afs %n
snn jn Nov of bMch fac believs tia. they esoud
have SLOWED them .res'onsbls tne ~ishin which to
lad tha ordnanoo ID question Rrantod sueh resson-
abba time. tho Law Department has once declared
ny a,prova; but doea not, nna Il. In my orin.
io oppress've and anjust In is operation must Oh"
tcct 10 lts becoming law.
| Aid. Btono, OF the Fifth Ward. morcd that tho
ordinance bc paasod over tho veto. Tho people
OF Tho South Side we're tired Of thu who!o " bob
| tail " business.
AID. Cullcrson hoped tho ordinance would not
| 10 raascd. Ho believed that ma atority Of tho
people Of the Bonth Division wero not favorable
! to tho utter abolition Of the ono-horse cars.
| Tbey had heard Of no complaints against tile
| opo-horso cars until corta,n body Of goutio-
mon. headed bY oue Alexander, took 1t into their
| heads 10 forn q company, and raised howl
| against tho old corporation Tor purposes TINT
| could oasily bo dlaooruad. lie hoped the couDci
| would g1aroy consider tho question, and not DO
Ia too groAt hurry to override tho carefully
considered veto Of the Mayor. ..
| AID. II. B. Stone contended that tho people on
| tho South 1ido had desired tho abolition OF tbs
"bobtalls." As to tho motive impnted TO Mr.
Alexander, there was nothing in IT. Tho aFtta-
t,on commenced u fcast tTo years ago lonS
before the Company refsried to was To- med.
! AID. Fitzgerald adyooatod tie passage Of tho
ordinance over tho Mayors veto. ii It could pe
done. He polnoa out tho chronic ob}ecioas to to
Company were compelled to m"ke the
h, n. noF nc VI e Uon,! ,sa,'essv 5 . o.
~ nnen = 70 mssc tho eanso and onsht TO
10 shown that they had neglected their duty to
Id. White thought that thu South Bido Com
psny lad boon allowod to override the public too
long, aud every Alderman should atp aors tho
erutnauco. TAn reoplo Of tho North and South
Ridea should tcmonattate against tho spirit
showu by the Council in this matter;
"bohtais." aud could realize the incouSaniehres
wb1cI, ths o!tizons on tho South Blde sudesod
but stil! he Thought the Coynpany should No
ALLOWED a REASONABLE T1Nb
! to make tho chAugo Of cnrd.
AID Stone remarked thas the people wcro not
anxious to haye tho "bobtalls taken oil. but
Simply deBrea conductors placed on oach CIR.
too small for conductors. It mas aimply Justice
to give tho Company sufficient tlmo to PIT on
larger cars. uo hopcd tue otdluauco would not
lila. Watrsn declared bis intention Of voting
to pass tho ordinanoe over tho blayor's veto, as
the people had elanored loug enough for thn
abolition Of tho "Loptasis.'
Aid Spaldlpg who had given Honao time to the
consideration uf the matter, thought the tsnie
Ia the ordinance WAS too sllort
4 rllE COMPANY WAS DOING ALL IT cocLD .
to accommodate the PUBLIC.
AID. Waterman waa Of opinion tl1at tho Com
pnny would rot taAe INV step whict might in-
ttrfere with their diy!deNdH, aaa II neeussarY
; would nght tho mastor IL tue courts. Tho Com
: pAny hid Al.ays assumed position OF defAuca
! in everything which ooncorned the publlc. hnd
10 advocated the passage Of The otdnsnco over
tho Mayorn vtto.
Ad. nictardaou, In opposing tho ordinance,
said hundreds Of people On The South h!de hsd Pa
"Gob.asl" crusade. 1t q, vote OF soutl-sldo
citizens were taken. ho believed 1t would result
10 ~ mans AgaiuSt - for tic change.
Alb IIlldrotb eIpfcssed l1iB willingness to vote
, fos tho rAssaQo Of tho ordinance over tho
, KID. Richardson ra.d tho COMPANY had dono
Alt thay possibly could to ob:igo; tho people.
out Of 1Gt had boon taken OF, which "aa suil'
} ctens evidanoo, ha thought, that the Company
!, | Wsro acltnR in good faith.
AID. ui!d1otl moved that tho matter should be
! sERT TO TAK RAltnoAD o0xAtrrER,
With Instructions to report back next 1londsy
u,ght, by THIS means ho thought All ordaauca
=, could 10 framed Which would prove general!Y
. Ald. Campbell said 1t any hardship WAS In
roaod Qu tue COMPANY by thu paaaage Of tho or.
dluauce the Council would BE- ready to extend
!. tho tlms. hut to refer the subleet would onl]
! defeat tho measure. In his opinion, the Gem
pany we1a not dispossd TO make tho change. ant
. b. va IN favor Of passing the ordinance ose'
" the Nayor'a voto.
. Aid. White, ~ sasnbss Of tha Ra.lsoad Com
:. n!.tee, hope1 tho n'etson to EefsF "ou9d oe de-
AId, Woodmau bad An impression that tht
= na,lroad Committee WAS trod oi tha nlattcr, ant
moved to rsfsr 70 tho Committee Oh BtEeess snt
Alleys Of the Bouth Division.
AID. Coey said whenever II bccstlo fight be
tween tho peopio and railroad. It seemed th'
Q latter was bound to VIM. lie wAs sufprlHed sha
b friends Of ths compsey.. No doubt some Of tht
o Aldermen were stockholdars 10 the Company
Q but As any rate they xeto actog, 1ko boya ,n tl
; matter: IN hsz opanioa tia ordinance should b.
d AID. Qulrk also favored acting It ooce. TIL
l. etteMpt 10 fefat The matter was
d HlArLX 4 DODGE
10 to eirs tho Company moro time, and ho coua'
l. not understand tho Opposition 10 the ordinance
o nov, Hheu It was paaspd NTH such great unso
u pimsty. The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on tho Hontl
10 Side showed how tho peopla stood on tho quos
"a tiou, aud no further delay In the abolition o
10 The "tohtall" nulatnco should bn allowed.
THO previous question VISA tLea cAllod for
AID. Wood.nan withdrew bis motion nhen it va
poluted out there wss nc sseotdsr to It.
before putting tho qusstlun, AID. Dixon saE
II the Mayor lad told him tho COMPANY only d.
y. sirei ninety days time. aIl that, II the chang
T. VA not msds BY tue eua q that period ha I'll
"a Aid. H,ldratAs 1uotion was lost by = vote O.
Id &c to 10.
sr Tho ordinance Eas then
II PASSED nYER TUE MAYORS VETO
70 by tho following vote :
10 Yta.-wsn4p. Iltsge..ld. Cosy, Stone fFoutl
HarJh Btona {llish WssIl, Chtks It It'll Wasdl Reid,