, 1876-06-17
TIE CITY HALL.

Water-rcnts yesterday wcrc $7,771.
The Committee on the Whcclcr-DIxon con-
tested election is called for this afternoon ut 3
p. m., in the City Clerks office. The Committee
on Fire and Wntcr will meet at 4 p. 1n., In Mar
sNal Bcuncr's Office.
City-Attorney Tuthill was epgagcd yesterday
question Of tie appointment OF Pollcu Court
Clerks. The document will be prcscnicd to the
Council next Monday afternoon.
There secms to he an Idea In general circu!a-
t!on around the Ctty-lall TINT Aid. IIildreth
ucndat!ot, Of t'le judiciary Committee, I'LL
d1cth himsclf thinks TINT ho Gun laug On.
One Of tho Clty-IIall lettcr-writcrs got to
nent to the public" Thls time tho e1plainer
is Mayor. Co!vin. There is nothing new in it.
1t Ia retaah OF some OF Ills old declarations Of
what he would like TO do for thu benefit OF the
city.
Mr.. r. 8. Drtdgman, an influential merchant
of Boston, talked with the Finance Committee
bankers q ths flub WHO are Interested Ia CHI.
cago paper, They are, 10 says, lnclincd to take
Chicago will soon nick up. What he coutd learn
nllout the finances he would inrart to the inter
estc1 ones Of his city, aud to gain Information
lls spent the afteEnoon listening to wortls wise
and otherwise from the lips Of Chicago Alder
lutu.
The c!crks In tho Co,nptro}lers Office were
ycstsrday morning instructed 10 ulaks out tho
''teFFnue ttme-wArrants or city certificates,
which It is expected will hu used 10 pay the onl-
pioycA There WAS to bc 'oue certificate per
wss T. ss:a s s spo9ss as1i 9sSi vii
lake and convert Into money by sufKtrlnga shave
of Just about ~ per cent. Tie manner OF pay.
'nent would surely have mct with no favor
nn1ung tho employees, a. great howl was raised
tIon uf tiw Council yesterday Will probably stop
oil Of Mr, Hnyes' plans In that direction.
.THa awnAT-YouCALL-'RM IN THE MANaEI.
II scen!s thAt the llon. L. 7. Drrlckson iuadc
not he excclle1. lie had conaultatlo,! with
Mr.. Hayes aud proposed to that gentleman, as
mean. Of temporarily stopping. all dispute be-
tween them, anu oEchlng WY for ths paymrns
field, lay aaie u,l viniins to the oico, nIlow the
Chief Cerk, who is perfectly competent, to super.
wise tho A1fairs OF the office, unI let the Finance
Committee aud the bankers settle city affairs.
To tli!s proposition Mr., Hayes replied that he
nhould do nothing of tia kind, and that ho
would stick u the oGlto no matter what tie
consequences.
hlr. nerieksou says that he ia anxious tia. the
starving poor should be paid. aud to that End
alone he made tho proposition; II the dspute
were personal one between lIayes and hin, he
| (Drr!ckso,) should hold out as lopg as any onr.
H had supposed, since Nr. Hayes saId only List
Thursday that lie WAS very anxious that the en-
ployes should be paid, that this attempt Ut 70
conc4lfatton, as It were, would be 1noru fayora-
bly received. Mr. Dcrlcksop was free 10 cor
| fess that ho did not haye the "brass," OF
"check," to put htnlsclf botwccu The employees
and their noney md stay there, as Hnyes lad
| done,
The action Of the Council, II legal, and much
| sound advice has been taken OH tho subject,
| agent, The Finance COMMITTEES bold that such
III agent caa be appointed, vhilo Ms. Hsyes