The daily gazette., 1875-11-13
FIRST EDITION
The city Council.

ID Ueetinq-Fatse Entries Re
iGjola,rrSd~7Re Ninth Ward Hay Case
@1a" Wr Woolley's Bal-Another CLAIM:
~, =. tbS Mcendiary Re'oarR R-Fuel
lm lnm,15mittee Appointed, dc.
r,o citv Council met in regular ses-
lnt, ,ast S evening, Mr.. Hayes, in the
On, =" la'r of President Lichtenstein, oc-
1cying the chair. ;.o,;, - D.,
lned ed false entries In the books of the
iessr Iss, Department, reported in sub
I.,"ce S as follows:
sTUs TSst they had examined witnesses
discovered false entries to the cX-
Y, nf s04 so, of which amour i $5S, ,50
sa' Seep paid to parties unknown, and
W ~ rss p not paid, as no one claimed any
', and none of the parties to whow
r,s n allowed could be found except
and be refused to accept It, as he
%nc no work. No evidence was
a~sbt ~ before the committee toprove
"A" r'' we're the authors of the &c false
W, ..,is. and neither the time keepers
.r Jerks knew any thing about them.
The T report was adopted.
The The City Treasurer reported a bal
80 in bank of SS2, ,052, 33.
'rf IN the Street Department 81 men and
A horses and carts were reported en-
.Ioypd and in the Water Department
vi men and 80 horses and carts.
4 4 communication was read from the
sweet Commissioner, asking what
,onrse m he should pursue in relation to
Sc removal of hay from some build
no ,ss in the Ninth Ward, belonging to
I9bu Mccall, which had been declared
Nv Council to be IN violation of city
S;linance. and ordered to beremoved.
Mr. McMenamin stated that the
,Tnpr had consented to allow the
strpet Commissioner to remove the
tay, provided enough was brought
sck each morning, noon and night tC
iced bis stock.
The communication was referred tC
be Law Committee.
COMMUNICATION was read from
IOba Payne, complaining of damage
iOpe bis property to the extent of $40
by the bursting of gutter at From
and Van Buren streets. Referred to the
Street Committee.
A communication was read fre
1 CITY Solicitor Cummins, containir.e
/ etter he had received from Messrs
Harrington s. Hoffecker, solicitors TO
NJ James Woolley. The lette
sated that the claim of Mr.. Woolie,
ior services rendered by him in work
lg up the Killgore defalcation ant
repairing a new set of books for tn
.dty, had been placed in the lr hand
i collection. They desired the Sc
ictOr to bring the matter befor
Council, with view to the amicabl
element of the claim.
Mr.. Mclntire referred to the SorI
xrformed by Mr.. Woolley, and to til
Mred balances contained in the tinar
sal statements presented by him t
Council, and thought that the SCOPE
month which he had received wa
Ifcient compensation.
Nj. Lynch moved to lay Dver on
VWk.
ar. Mc1ntire moved in addition I
rier the communication to the La'
md Finance Committees, with instrut
ions to report to Council the detail
Othe work performed by Mr.. Woo
g
The motion was adopted.
A communication was read frol
sarah Barney, claiming the rewar
offered by Council for the arrest {
ncendiaries, on the ground OF causing
ID connection with Elmer Moore, IL
arrest and conviction of Thomas Titu
A motion to refer to the Law Commi
tee was lost, and no further action WI
aken on the communication.
Mr.. Candy offered resolution i
sFucling the Water Committee to ca
celthe bonds and release the bOndsmt
Joseph Hyde, late Chief Engine
ol he Water Department, unless, Q
gl examination, such action shall
Oeemed inexpedient, Adopted.
M Lynch offered q resolution a
slOllllng the appointment of the usu
committee of one from each ward I
'ne e, distribution of fuel. Adopted.
me rules were suspended and I
'UmmltIee appointed, as follows;
FNSt Wsrd-Thos. johnson.
sec second Ward-R. II. Taylor.
IhNd Ward--A. Bickta.
Fourth Ward-James P. Hayes.
run Ward--Dr. Obed Bailey.
S1'h Ward-Jos. X. Adams.
seventh Ward-John Jones.
Eighth Ward-G. b. Underwood.
N Ninth Ward-C. Febiger.
ienlh Ward-Louis p. Lynch, cha
MI Paynter presented bill from
l. Mce, Jr., architect for the City II
%eSpslOoyvement, eSs ov amounting to $647. 81
1900 Tor per eentage on the contr'
Rnse, and 1859 so for time employs
.e,. was referred to Especial commit
..vv9slsting of Messrs. W. Candy, Bicl
nd Johnson.
me Printing Committee 3 was
ssucted to have printed fifty copies
VI Sns new police ordinance.
,oSers Hloers were directed to be drawn