The daily gazette., 1875-01-22
FIRST EDITION
The City COatncit.

tef Loan Fund-,Shall it be used for Gil,
purposes f-Ihe Brokerage on the Cit
bonds@lnrestigating the Water Depart
The City Council met, last evening
PRESIDENT Maris in the chair.
Inc minutes ct about half dozenlpre
Vi3ns meetings were read and approved
Inc Street Committee reported in fa
Vor OF awarding contracts as follows:
for doing the City hauling, to Samue
Soyie; single teams, man driver, at So q
per oay and kobt Cory, double teams
man driver, 2.S5 per day; for furaishino
gutter stones, to John Thomas. 1T I7I
cents per foot. Adopted.
Same Committee reported in favor a,
rejecting all bids for furnishing rabbited
Adopted. oAe'
The Committee on Public Buildings
on the remonstrance against the erection
OF a frame building By Cooling & Co,
reported that nothing in the buildina
proposed was contrary to the ordinance,
The Law Committee reported that
the Ordinance granting new bonds to
d. u. Bradford, Jr., and Mrs. A. T..
Alderdice, in lieu of those lost, and
the ordinance repeating the Ordinance
| authoriZlng the erection of frame
shed by Henry Pretzschner. were cor.
rect and legal. Adopted. The latter
Ordinance was afterwards read third
time and passed.
Inc special committee, on the peti.
ZION OF Thomas Scott and others. rela-
tive to the action of the p, w. &B.
t. X. Co., in narrowing a bridge in
the Ninth Ward, presented a fayora.
pie report, and recommended that the
company be requested to restore the
bridge to its usual width. Adopted.
The resolutions requesting the CITY
ooilcltor TO prepare an act authorizing
an additional loan and leaving the sc.
lection OF streets for laying water
mains to the judgment of Council
were again read and adopted.
MIR. Pickels' resolution In regard to
taxing colored people for school pur.
poses was further laid over until next
meeting
The Ordinance requiring the Clerk
OF Council TO advertise the CITY print.
ing In papers designated by the Print
ing Committee was taken up for con-
sideration.
MIR. Hayes offered an amendment re-
curing the Committee on Printing to
have all Ordinances except private
ones published in two newspapers
also, that the city advertising and
printing, after the passage of the Ordi. |
nance, ana on the first of January
yearly Thereafter, be given out by |
contract, to the lowest and best bid |
der.
During the discussion which ensued
Mr. Baker said a printing contract al
ready existed, which had been preyi
ously awarded, the action being sane.
TONED bya majority of Council in party
caucus.
Mr.. Pickels objected to any of the
party caucus proceedings being made
known. He said that If Mr.. Baker
was good party man he would not do
so.
Mr: Baker pleasantly, ooh, | don't
care for your objections.
Mr. Pickles Earnestly. "Well. no
honorable man would do So mean
Mr.. Febiger moved to amend bv re.
the Clerk to attend to the
pruning under the direction of the
PRINTING Committee. Adopted.
Inc Ordinance was then read and
passed
The report of the City Treasurer
stated that 81, ,001 of water lean bonds
mad been sold during the week. Total
.hus far sold, $121. 400. Amount of
funds in bank applicable to CURRENT
expenses, SO, 394. AZ.
The Treasurer also reported that a
note for 800, 900 would fall due January
The Auditor reported total In bank
If S7O,06744
The Street Commissioner reported
u men and 10 horses and carts EN-.
'loyed in the Street Department. The
oay roll amounted to $17S.47.
Inc Chlef Engineer reported Ia men
employed in the Water Department.
The pay roll amounted to S175.
Petitions and communications wero
cad and referred as follows:
For the grading and gutterinp of
5uttonwood street, from Lobdell To r
treets, southside.
from Albert Thatcher, complaining C
II an insufficient amount paid for sci. n
ices TO a recent commission of which b
lie was chairman. (The commission
erved two days, but were paid for one n
lay only.) o
Fora lampo on Wollaston St, between ?
til and 9th. m
Mr. Lichtenstein offered preamble =
nd resolution expressing as the sense
i Council that it is proper and right A
0 use the proceeds OF the sale of water
oan bonds for current expenses (the H
mount taken to be paid back when tt
he taxes are collected.) g,
The resolution gave rise to consider "
BILE discussion, Messrs Lichtenstein,
.arrell and Hayes favoring them and -
lessrs. Baker and Febiger oppoing !.
hem on the grounds of illegality, S
In answer to question propounded Jc
y MIR. Febiger, President Maris stated
nat he could sign no checks drawn
rom this fund, as no. resolution
this Council could alter the provi-
'ns of Legislative enactment. +" til
MIR. VIM. M. Candy offered reso- 4, Il,
ltiOn REFERRING the other rasolption s'