, 1875-09-12

The members Of tho Police and Fire Depart
nonts walked up to the Captains 1desk yester
| day, and went on smiling like Cheshire cats Wit
plenty Of cheese. It took ss5, 900 to go around
| Fii]ay evening Mayor Colyin cleaned up
| donned his immense white beaver and rode II
= P&rmelee bus to the train for Milwaukee 0,
social, political, business, pleasure thoughts in
I tent.
The bridge, street-cleauiug. and strest repair
! ing employees we're paid 1t City-Hal yesterday
instead Of st the Exposition Building, as here
| -ofore. For time the old rookery assumed it,
ancient hvelioess.
City Attorney Jameson yesterday returned
from his vacation, but finding the Office 80 dut
and 40 business at al on hand. he betook him.
self to more lively haunts, and Has not seen
around the place oil day.
The bowstring in the Fire Department doee
not act With a. much alacrity as does the one
that is operated BY Supt- Rehm whole weeks
work resulted in bnt one decapitation-that Of
OILS G. Johnson, charged With disooediance.
The Comptro1ter's department yesterday fled
for record in the Recorder 8 Office ta1-deeds to
about 100 pieces Of properly which hays been
forfeited to the city for non-payment OF the
taxes OF 1871. About ~ many more will 5000
follow unless the certificates are taken up BY tho
owners.
Since his return Aid. Spalding Is making up for
lost time in attending to the requirements Of his
1Ard. Not day passes but he does something
good for it. Yesterday it WAS the repair Of tue
sidewalk On Tmenty-aecond street. adjoining the
Uhlch estate, which hare long been In N im-
passable condition.
The course Of repairs On the Blue Island ave-
aue engine-houso has necesslfated the tearlnE
down Of the bell. ard, as it has not been re-.
$aH thnY1 IN In
getting savage. Unless steps are soon taken to
replace it, Benner viii and himself IN the midst
OF An ensaged delegation from the Ninth Ward.
The Board Of Public Works yesterday ended
long controversy by awarding the coutract for
the completion of The Fullerton avenua copdul:
70 Fitzstmmons d Council, whom thoy consider
the lowest and most responslble bidders. It ia
understood that work will be commenced imme-
diately. and will be carried on through the win
tef - fast as practicable.
From the apnearaace Of soma Of the city side
walks, it would seem AZ il nothing was ever
done towards repairing them. But Appearances
aTe false, for lring the month of August the
Board ~ Public Works laid, or caused to be-
ixld. 23,555 feet Of sidewalk in the West Di-
VISION, II $40 feet in the South Division. and
4.4l4 feet in the North DIVISION. OF this
amount 1.5i4 feet waa OF stone, and 800 feet Of
Portland cement.
Supt. Bailey's department having been = sue
cess ever s'nce it was organized, his corps Of
building Inspectors have taken courage and are
them an additional stipand for the use OF their
horses. Each OF them eays be ID obliged to
have some klnd OF conveyance 10 90 hls
work, and - they 1eceive but $1,000 per
year they think they arc entitled to 1t least $3U0
annually for the use OF tleir ho1aes To imle
the nnmber OF violations i! IL al ,utely necas-
ary to .ravol over each district al least oace a
day, aud wien the districts are As large aa they