, 1876-08-15
TIE CITY HALL.

TIE CITY HALL.
Winter rents yesterday were s1,757.
. The receipts in tilo license department were
$1,000,
The City Law Department will be transferred
to their ncw quarters this week sure, Possession
will be taken Thursday.
Mayor Heath was busy yesterday signing
vouchers for tha police for tho month Of April.
Just when pay-day will come has not yet been
announced.
The subscriptions to the popular loan ycstor-
day wcro as follows: r. Lamb, $500; @. IT.
Moulton, s2o00; c. st,el1on, $500: n. Edwards,
$500; L. 1l[ekeit, s1,S50. Total, t5,B50.
The tots, nmoun. Of money fcnt to New Yorl,
to meet tile interest to Aug. OIL paAt-tsle ccr-
ttilcatc' payable in TINT city Ia e4o,uoo There
paper payable In Chicago.
1t seems that the gentleman whufn City En-
gtncer Chcsbrough Intends to ask to acccpt tic
TosttInn Of Chief Engineer OF tho Pumping
Works Is Capt. Fnrrow, the htcambnat boiler
infEseor. 5ie l'as l !ceH highly rcso,nenilstl
hcfng out Of torn, has not spoken To- Capt. Far
row on THO subject, but hn will probably do so
within day or two.
Dr.. NcVIckar Ia vcry fo,y-sptrtctl about tile
recent charges of corruption niatte against him.
Not that he fears that TIC statements tnay bo
guilt which l.audrrs' affidavit implies. Tho
Doctor had talk yesterday with tho Alnyor, and
the lattcr's communication to the Council mil
the Dnctorfs request to he investigated Rre
tho results OF the conversation. Tho Doctor
has IN his possession ri affidavit madu by Peter
Downcy which is denla1 Of that horec-nnd,
buggy story and m explanation Of tho circum.
stances. Tic Doctor could not he seen ycster-
day BY TAtnuNs reporter, aud hence the atfl-
daylt Is not pnbllshctl.
A1cssss. Oscar Anderson, ]. N. Urs!n, r. II.
Hef1ron, and Thohlas Bowling, owners Of prop
crty near tho nouth Of the Fullerton avenue
conduit, bave sent to the loard Of Public
Works q rcmonstrancc against tho dlscen-
tinuance Of work OIL that improvement. The
gentlemen ctain, that, although their property
is nDw lnrcntable OH account OF the noise male
both night and lay BY the ncrcr-ccaslng work
in tho thaft, that to stop tho work would be
curlcd ior long time, ior no one wou1i want
to move In when tho surroundings were SO tlts-
ayrccab1e-cycn were tic noiso si1cnced. They
announce their intention Of holding the .lty
ticmcn we're told by tic B6artl that it wo'llti bc
III or,lcr to address their remonstra1ce or pctl-
tlon to tho Council. This will be done.
Aid. Thompson, as Chairman Of the judiciary
Committee, made q fn1l upon the officers of the
Law Department to request that they submit
t. aseuft t 9 sg sa's G d1 S p's s s sy tbs
ductIona ut all, A THtHuHE e,nissary asked the
officers their reasons for refusing 10 agree to
tho proposltion, and was told that their salar1ea
were nxea BY law, and were as much their prop.
erty 40 Field, Letter & co.'s store WAS To that
corporation. II psoporttonate assessment for
amount sufficient to obfiteFatc MI the city debt
was made, the Law Department officers would
P%ay ss9n rs VII good o1 thss thy
doflars into the Treasury Vas not to be thought
Of. They were men who could command n
practice that would motr fully compensate them
Tor their labor. Thu Law Department, as It
stood, got mona ton high salaries. 1t Wis q
different kind of labor from thu routine,
mechanical work OF clerk, and II tho city
authorities Thought that gtHota, cadab!o lawyera
could bc obtained for almost 't1thiug, they were
much mistaken. Ii 1t was Intended to employ
outside counsel erery time that TN important
caae was contugrp, therc might be sonc show
ol rcnson III asking for reduction, hut, aimee
thc,city's own lawyers intended to ta;c care Of
hc, aud would have no outside assistance tho
demalM for reduction Was absurd.
A delegation Of citizens, owniny property on
Milwaukee arcuuc, In the Immediate vicinity Ut
the viaouct, made call upon the Finance Com
mttes yesterday, tn the Comrtrol!cr's office, to
of Ea!sinnE tho houses facing, the ytaduct up to
! grade. They complain TINT tho houses aro vr-
tua1ly mule unrcntablo and unpleasant TO lfvc
in, and as the city ,fs required either
depending upon The rent Of their houses for q
living ask that lmtnctltate action be taken.
There arc about tcn blocks Of stores and dwell
tngs to ho raised 10 Thy new grade: The Finance
$4,000 made for tho purpose. 'rhts had not
| yet BEEN collected, and to Issue warrants OF
ecrtlhcatcs against It might injnro the pop,l-
mcndcl that ! petition. to the Council
| bc gotten IN asking for tho Issue Of some
kind of certificates Or warrants, and that the
citizens do tle work themselves and accept tho
Board Of Public Works aud vera informed thnt
| IN similar cuses heretofore there haI beer
vouchers Issued after thc citizens had done the
would prove satisfactory, and they departed
| pleased With tie results Of their mornings
work.
| At the time Of the change 70 tho officers q
tho City Treasury pan!ef o'lIata was SG., ,oot
short, owing to The Iilbcrnian Bank, which
Treasares's deposit 10 pay 81 tls paper. 'rIif
ucton Of tho bunlt was Ut the time severely
criticised, an'l It resulted Iu The institution of
suit against Daniel o'llura and ttf
C!arX', Tho President Of tho bank, is one ef aIr
O'!lnra's bun1sn'tn, aud he yesterday had !
talk with the Mayor anil City Treasurer Drigga
to see II lie coull not induce tho city to with
1 HfAW lHt NULL TcAaCH E4FEH My LHG httl
should to Withdrawn was TINT this 1ank held til,
past-luu certificates aud the ctty's money, snt
TINT 1t WIS but just TINT tho certificate,
should hc paid. City-Attorncy Tuthii
was called In ut,d nskcd for an ex
nress!on ct opinion, when he AZ sai.
money was due tn tic city and tho bank did
wrong 10 kcrp II. Thc bontlsmcn of Mr. O'I[ar:
utitt mt the bank Ind been sucd. Mr.. Tuthl
sail that inasmuch Us Mr. C!arl;o vas o.,u OF til.
bantlsmc,I It lnutc tic position Ut nfraira mucl
worse. lie should havu had enough regur'l.fo
wta1T ~ o. rs 1e ak w not !" m "M sF ay sn,
other City YrcaSurrra fron making dc
ps,siis III the institution. 1t hurt
hank 10 ltays It known thut deposit
were kept to satisfy IT, claims, while the dcpos
ttor, who was responsible to tho person VI 6otl
Indebted to tllc bank, WINS allowed to gct ri
money us bcst lla cuu!a. No, thu Hllit would b.
no means he Withdrawn. Mayor Heath coli
CURED, and thn conclusion was that It shoull
| not be unless \ falr settlement IL made soon.
COUNTY BUILDING.