, 1875-08-10
THE CITY-HAtl.

Nfarrhhl Dunlap returned from his trip to
Geneva Lako ycssorday morning, and apont tho
day In tho transaction Of routine business.
Mayor Colyin md Comptroller IInscs ycstcr-
dny ordorct1 tho Dohrd Of Public Works 10 awArd
no contracts Of any thttlre whatsoever, nnttl
aomo definite conclusion is arrived al regarding
tho collection of tho taacs Of 1874.
Notwithstanding Judge Wnltnco's dccieion In
the tax cnacB. number of loyal cti2onn con-
tinuo TO make themselves manifest. Thoso wns
maid to tito City Collector yesterday tho sum OF
~, ,000 oil city tnxea Of 1874.
Aid. George l.. White aud Peter Maht returned
homo from their Eastern irips yesterday morn.
lug. Tho only difference between thcm In TINT
h1nhr has grown thin aud White has grown stout
during thor abscnco. No rercsonco to Aid.
Stout, for Mahr beara the palm there.
A th'ngH are At rrcscn: situatetl tho Law
Department will not he likely to tieso,o much
nttontion to thu roltco Board war for HoIno tin,o
to come uu1css absolutely compelled hy tho
Courts to du eo. Tho Mayor has verbally in
Atrnctcd tl!cm to proCcod with tho 1874 tas raarB.
IN order tn obtain hearing 6nforo the h1pre.no
Court At tho September term without fail.
Tho Committee OH naj1roada mot Yesterday
afternoon in tu CITY CerK'a Office aid. O'I}ricn
III tho clair. Tho o:,lv bnA,rcuH before tho COM
mttee was tho consideration Ut an ordinance for
a hogse-sa.lway On West Indiana street. The
UrulllntlE3 MAE FCIUFfGH IL tiH IAhW 0GlluFtHDHtt
and, II thongllt correct, d favorable report will
be returned upon it.
~. s.,,.,,.+ Ala o,,,,, 49,, <7,o,,,,..d =, H.,
Fourteenth Ward, spelt last Sunday in listening
to the complaints OF All oxctte1 part Ut tuor cun-
EsitEnnty, who were anxious to know why tho
CoHGct! Tou!a "os Btent ~. .uen se!ee
soeus CORRIDORS atel by tho aclion Ut those two
Aldermen antlnE yrstcrtlBy. They buttuu-holed
evcry cue from Foloy to corcoran, aud anally
'nsu'ou 'uo PA"'@s' VI Wv o'''"Anoo'
Tho roilco Commissioners aeem to layo prof
itcd by tho advice given shom by T.E TRIBUNE
Homo days ago, and haTn rotirod 10 private lilo
hereafter he heard sn Court They failed to
Ahow themselves At all yosterdhy. and hro doing
sGpaible thing III transferring tho sceno Of thor
trouble to thoir lawyers otlico. Their Official
position 10 a question Of legal d1nnnte and not
ono Of brntN farco. bheridhn laH chosen the
more sensible path.
NILrT's DUTIES. ..-..
Tho Bohrt Of UndcrTritera yesterday sent In
to bnpt. bailey q list Of honaes In which there
arc violations of tho Fire ordinance: Tho l.st
skowR tho number Of violations on Adams street
TO bo ri; Madiron Htreot, %: Naudolph. 4;
Washington. IL; Calhoun place. 2; Market. 81;
Franklin, I; ClRrk u; Dchlborn u; Stale,
81; LaSallo II; F4ftls aTente, 20, Michigan
avenue. ~; Wabash Rvonue. II total, III. Tho
number Of osct, houHo mud tue natlsre Of tho
violation Is given 1T full.
On Washington strett. for instance, at 227,
22a. 22o' aud 111. ra,s nro atored In m unsafe
condition. Al many other 'lu1nbers on tho saino
ntroet thcr1 arc no nts-atopperr, no oly-lfghts,
no ladders to roach the roofB, unsafe cooking
rhngeA. and asll barrels. On Madison street.
from 81 to 95, thcro aro rags, aehoH, md shay
inga IN an 1,nRafo aaLo; bad stoves and aI,aringd
ut l8l anu 1861 at Int to lH9 there are no ladders
to the roofB; at III tcrc ato aehos aud litter In
dangerous amounts an,l plaoes but no la!dcE to
fA ROOF 4t l6u 10 ld3 lilo llte4t OF mixed nB0cH