, 1876-02-20
ClTY.-HALl..

H. Collector Evnns gathered ia about AK N
IS. yesterday. The City Collector got but $5oo
ct Water-rents yesterday were e2.15a and =.
~ ceipts from the City Collector 81 oGI. cot1..s
Hallanin paid over $4,000, md Hmm.
S25, 600. N49'nsne
Policemen James Keon and Tiuothv f>,ro.
I nor were examined before tho Marshal v.sta.
al day for lnattention to duty and lounaine ~.
It their BEATS and we're each flned ten days nav
N Tho Building Inspectors looked oyer twst,.
r West Side churches yesterday. 1iattera vs,.
found in about the usual condition, and fas
alterations IN dooIs, ETC., will be the ont,
X changes required. '
The joint Committee on Streets md A1,ar.
i for the three divisions met in the Ctr Cierf,s
Office Yesterday afternoon to consider tbe thras
0 gas ordinances brought before the Council
: After much talk, With lttie progress in oisno..
ing OF the business, tha entire matter WIS post.
= poned for one week.
; Ala. Tom Stout stopped TR1lrS1 r.nor,..
on the street yesterday and said sym tsjl
them that say that any one who thinks-eysn
thtnks-that know ANYTHING about the charter
paper this morning, is liar, aud say eo." n
repotter disappeared around the corner.
auLK.
The Committee on Markets met IN tha cuv
Clerks Office yesterday afternoon TO adopt, Il
| an ordinance that would abolish. tho txads IN
swllt milk. It is the aim OF the Committee IN
fnis measure to have an ordinance tint
viii prevent the stab]ing OF lot
e1,,. o. cows @ 4. and feeding them On suiu
ness OF persons who have but few cows sud
feed "sTili with other feed. It was held th,t
tha feeding Of the distilled sw1ii WAS not IN itssH
| harmful and caused disease, but that where 90
] proFa gated which caused the bad milk, and tbst
| distilled swil, with meal aud ha7 formed =
food which made tie best milk The lhIt-
Dealers Union, however. tried to impress oo
CONS on the swlil. even though mixed with other
feed. IS to feed lou or 1000 On s1ill aloue. md
they wanted the sTil1-feed to be abolished a.
t6g t6ge1Ae1, e1,.i'sr 40 such step would cut OF
"a" faa sma.ter cna. dese's' sna .,a who have hut
their business. This MAS understood to
be the object OF the milk-dealers, and the Com
m,ttee ~as determined to defeat any such
Much talk On the ordinance presented bv thu
milkmen, and On that prepared by the Law De-
pastmens. was indulsed in- It appeared tbst
two ordinances have been received pu.portine to
come from tho Milk-Dealers' Union !; ons. i
vas stated was an ordinance that was prepared
~ the ohcers OF the organization, which hits
the s"nl mils; ths other from nilkuan m
mllkmen, Who had no authority to prepare eucb
paper. The 1atteE. however, provides for Tia
s sPpoantment 9,'s Of alk Inspector; and contains
Of milk IN manner Sufficient Tor The approval
OF the Committee The originator uas
NJ nr. Deyine. This ordinance vas favor
aoly ,!oc received. and ca'lea forth q
posing faction Of the Milk Dealers Union, The
ordinance provides that Ew1u alone cannot be
tea; put that persons having / few cows can uso
sw1ll 10 connection with other articles Of food.
u PROVIDES That mismen shall be assessed cer-
tain sum to support Milk Inspector, who snsu
nave power to enter anv milk-car coming into
Eno city and take samples before the tpilkmon
zet she m:k- Re can enter any Wagon from
"n.cn @ mtlk - sold and take sample. He shall
1are authority in matters pertaining to the sta-
3uag Of animals, and shall be asssted in this hy
he Sanitary Police, etc.
long, rambling fight followed. The Nil
2ealers assumed that the ordnance which NJ
'pproyed By the Law Department was no: tha
o1rect thing, but the Committee concluded that
ne lawyers knew more about framing an ortii-
lance than did the millmea, who said that it
'as II not sen-sustan1ng. Tho Committee do not
be sustenance OF the officers it creates, without
ny appropriation from tho city No defiaih
ctlon WAS taken by the Committee, but opinionE
ere expressed that lead to the suppoeition thst
= ~ evidence .s;,. that has only The interes4
teered into the Council through the COMMITTEES
Aarkats. After further discussion the mat
II Was postponed till Friday At p. H.. At which
me- the subject will be considered and an ondi+
the Council.
SOFT COAL AT THE warER>woREs
IHE TRIBUNE published yesterday an artic1o
reference to Testers patent smoke-consuner.
1lch contained the remarkable results Of some
per1uents recently made at tho Water-Works
testing the relative values OF soft coal and
lthraclte: D7 these tests it vas demonstrated
a., a. NTH soft coal cog the pumping -vorkz
lsed equal to 479 gallons OF water
the pound, against 421 gallons to the pound
hard coal Taxing into account the differ
ce in the cost OF hard and SOFT coal. the SAVING
uslng soft coal was $4.03 for eaon millio1
uons pumped OF upwards OF 556, 600 annuslly
9 SOFT coal which produced such satisfactory
usta was from the Laurel Hill Mines, near
taonrs OF which " P. Reud & Co., Of this
:. are the Wel-known propr;etors.
ne board OF Public Works, however. hayo
ernafued to give all varieties Of soft coal an
softunty TO be heard from in connection With
Lester tuel-saver aud smoke-busper. and,
. uueooav, "lA commences earies sofe1petimentk
= coals taken from the mines IL this State.
Is fact which the people haze not rel
'ned. enough it has 1oog been known. that
Of 81 o1turninous coal will accomplish greata1
1lts-oo more work-tn3n ton OF snthra-
, she great merit OF the latter being it, elean-
3d.
Il understood that tho Bo.rd Of Public
Fks are determined to return to tho use OF
coal At tho Water-Wo1ks. It WIS only
nooned On account of the objections Of The
sh7Siders to the SCOT caused by its uas, aud
aess Objections can be obyiated bv:resortins
my smoke-consumer, tho city ought not to
al opportunity OF saving thousands o. Lot-