, 1876-08-17

4siSs 441h pEp1lCA tIlisb Ublt II IEW HCrE IT.
cluGcd, aud the city could not escape except by
AID. Throop desires, to hare the Fullerton nv.
enue conduit excluded. He Ind very grave
doubts abont tie propr!ety of passing the order
in thnt shapet since no names were mentioned.
and tue yotinE would 10 tu the slarf.
Ali. McCrca thought the order sas frluEht
With great danger to tho c3ty, yet he believed
;he conmtttce Ind reported It In good faith.
would expect to get Tito pay, and llayc an action
for datnngcs OIL arcou1It Of tho suspension Of
work.
Aid. Smith remarked TINT the order did not
refer to contts@te VI nny magnitude.
Aid. McCrea-lt refers to MI the contructs.
AID. Smith did not understand that Ii applied
to my contract which the city was willing to
AID. McCrca suggested, instead Of passing
tho order, that It Is sent back u the Commit.
tee, md proposition be secured FROM tho Cr,t-
tlemcn aEgrleved md WHO wanted to stop work.
Then tle1e would be something to act upon.
committed, and thu Committee Instructed to
report tic names Of tho contrncturs Rn thu
amounts 1t was proposed to pay them. AGREED
to.
FINISH TuE joins.
The Committee OH Streets und Alleys OF tho
South Dir!stun, to Wl1oHl WAS referred q rcson-
ton directing contractors to proceed aud COM
picte the various works under contract, report
cd the resolution back without rccom't,cnilatio
Aid. lawlcigh nlove tn recctvc aud plnco on
flle. L,st-ycus, II; nnys, II.
Aid. Sheridan moved tint tho resolution be
paseed, as thc condition Of the city demanded 1t.
should be passed. There was large amount of
money In the City Treasury which was collected
fur the prosecution Of tllg works In question,
and he doubted whether Il could he used for
any other purpose than TINT for which It had
Aid, Mctrcn said there was SONG monry in
the Treasury, hut he was not informed as To
tho condition Of Tic funds. II .ss n question
tractors who had already pcrfornied work, anl
wanted money from the city.. The city wns in 4
terrible strait for money, and tho first caro- Of
tho Finance Comn!ttce was to pay off the H.
borcrs and l1quflate tho debts already incurred,
instead of running further Into Debt. II was no
1se passing such orders. unless thug were pre-
would lead to further embarrassment 1t passed.
It waa the C7mptrollcr'B dcs!re to lifuItlatc all
c'atnta agatnst the city aa fnst ~ lie obtained
money. After that waa done, l.e WIS satisfied
that everything would 80 on; there WIS no iIs-
position In asiy of the departments to delay any
work Or contracts, but resolutions OF this CHAR
In reply 10 AID. Culerton, AID. McCgea stat
cd that the employees could only be lmil out Of
the new loan.
Aid. Ihroop said that some Of the work con-
tu1ctc for should be completed, or tho interests
Of tho clty would be sacrificed, but he was nut
prepared to vote for the order, az 1t was too
sweortng, and obcying 1t would only cn',arrasa
Aid. Smith aakc,i how much money was In tho
Treasury wllcl, could 10 pald out un tho con-
tracts.
Aid. Cullcrtnn said there was over 800, 600.
AID. Smith thought tho Alderman WIS mts-
taken. II It. were true, Why The cry nhuut
"hard ttmrs ~ lie wantctl to know how much
money there was In tic Treasury to puy for
work under way.
Aid. GIlhcrt inovcl that the resolution DO re-.
fursell tn the Finance Committees.
AID. Cullcrtou remarked that tho gentlemen
were afraid to meet thu question. The motion
meant only delay, n''d he moved to luy 1t Oil tho
Kid, Gilbert renewed lila p,olon,
Aid. Cutcrtom satd the money was III tho
Treasury 10 he rala out, md 1t should he.
ALI. Giihett-ThMt IL tho 1nero statement Of
an Alderman.
Cl,alrlnur ol tho Finanre Committee how ml,el
moncy Tiers IL IN the Trcasnry.
I'ho Chairman was III the Rntc-rooln and did
| not answer.
Aid. Rosenberg, ono Of tho comluittce--I
Aid. Cullcrton-Tho Treasurer told mc lust
Saturday TINT llseru WIS S7uO tk1 In tu Treasury
--$4i5, coo Of noneys collected for taxrs Of 18th,
ls71, aud 1879, an! the balance to the ucso,snt
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