, 1875-07-01

month. ".+-.............. soooo
Total for roAro Department.. .ttsl 74vUo
Amount demanded. .31d 130to
The Deputy superintendent vaB allowed e250
additional for use Of horse. .aod buggy" Ths
Secretary Of the uoard Of Police was retained
undee the name Of "Chiof Clark to the City
1Iar stal." Tie numtor Of clerks in tho Police
Department WAS reduced from three to one.
TIE PUBLIC Library.
AID Quirk movod to !nsert as 900 for tho
Public Library. Io desired y make himself
understoo4 OF the qaoston, coo It VA uDdorstood
lsss IL Their it, portion Of tns Gage detAles;
the courso Of refusing to draw money
Of thS .1ss X
Of the last yenr, worry little money coming to
them. Tue Comptroller had recommended An
appropriation Of e6o.0oo. He moved TO msks
the sum 525, GOO. He believed that good edu-
Joy. aud, believing this. he would b tho last
man to igooro the cla'ns OF tbs Public Library
upon tue city.
amount $4,000. Ho thought they would noed
that amount Ut tho very least.
AID: HlIdreth could not understand why, e
the Library Doard had $4,000 to their credit
| tue amount was not available.
| Aid. Heath said thas tia Board had done al
| its husinoas on a cash basis. II had never drawn
| dollar in advance OF tho uncnl!ectsd taxes.
This left them not in debt, bnt cntro'y barren OF
ayAiiabIo rebources, oven for current expenses,
unless ths Council camo 10 their aid With Al hp-
| pEopnntion.
AID. llldseth said that they should be careful
| tn making the appropriation. They, should. II
they gave s26. QUO. tako caro- to strike out tho
| $40. QUO, or they would be voting e67, 900. He
would yoto tor e25.0 .0o0. but waited tha o., Gov
| take1 caro- Of. j.
| nas sorry to obsorvs that some momuen Of sns
Public Library boald Lad gotten the Impression
that Ae waa bitter onemy Of the Library. This
was great mistake. Hs had simply criticised
worthless novels on the shelves. II busl-
ness WAS prosperous, II the work.
lngmen wore Irospsrous, he would vose tor
tho o pp9psaon 3oto A. ~ matter n o
ton. The rresdent Of tho Library Board (ths
Hon. Thomas Hoyna) had made = remark to Tho
otfect that II tlere Were money Ia tho Donfd tho
6oas stass S. ~ ~ Eo4sts W.. po
| run on an ccoAom'caI principle. They had hited
t:ontlemau ftom Clucinnati to act u Librarian
1t salary Of u, 9tN, wAl!o tlay might have pro-
cured Just ~ good man IL uhesKo for =. ooo.
| lowed.
Aid. stons Withdrew his motion to make III
| PRESIDENT DIXON
WAS sorTy that Aid. Stone had Withdrawn hts
motion, The snIn o! e60000 would be little
enough. The Counoll ought TO give their sup-
/ pOfE 10 tAA 4lbrRf5t #DlGA Vas most #oFtNf
instituslon. II reteronoo 10 The %42,O0 there
was IN Item Of t6z50 Of uooollocted taxes of
1n71 TO bo deducted. Ths,e WAS, further, M
Item Of ~ 700 for uncollscted tAxes of 1878. and
aIeo t8 30a to bs deducted Tor the Gage dsiacA-
ton. All thin takep CUT would retfucs tho SUN
total to Gbout $4,000. The Council had ecouo-
mized nj! through. They had put back stlaet
| improvements md public buildings; but there
wAs dlneEence betWden tsua economy
4nd falss economy. To atArse out
tho Public. Library would be falso sconomy.
Ito thought thas " purHu!ng n!ggardly courss
They would be do1ug !a4tlpE Injury to Tho city.
rlo Public Library WA lnuorssl BY sll oiasses
of citizens; Ths Alderman from the Seventeenth
the artisans and dsy-!aborers to support Tbs
Library: wel the's besvest ssz.ps,ers dia noe @
ths poor. who paid little Of nothing, sluuid OBJ
Jeot.
AID. Hlldrath--TAke dEinkf
Aid. Dxou-CeztA,nly. lLauabter1
AID. Richardson Temporary Chsirmau}-Hssp
order, gentlemen.
Aid. Dixon continued BY saving that ths Il
brary deserved support, and should b sus'