The daily gazette., 1876-04-14


Sc sion last evening, President Lich-
tenstein in the chair.
The Street Committee reported ad.
versely on the petition of j, A. Dut'
ton and others, for the curbing and
paving of Bea I'll street, between Mary.
land avenue and Franklin street. :
Same committee reported favorably
as follows: On petition of A. T. Peter
son, for gutter across Searles street,
at Second. On petition of Thos. Ker-
non and others, for the 'curbing and
paving of both sides of Nancy street,
from Logan street to the p, w. & B.
X. r. On petion of John Deaco nand
others, for the repairing of the side
walks of Lombard street, between
McCaulley and Twelfth streets, Ad-
opted.
The Public Buildings Committee re.
ported adversely on the petition of S.
Speakman, for the maintenance of a
clear space in front of the Grover and
Bakers Sewing Machine office, King
street above Fifth, on market days.
Adopted.
The Law Committee reported au
Ordinance granting Geo, w. Dorsey
ptTIulSblOH W zap thO WotCi hiaiu ou
Market street, near 10th, for the pur-
pose of supplying six houses with
water. Adopted.
The Committee on Fire Companies,
on the petition of the Fame s. f. Z.
Co., for a loan of $1275. presented a
statement from the City Solicitor,
showing that the liens at present
against the Company's house amounted
to $15, 1866, reduced by partial pay
ments to $l2.130. The report adopted
but no further action was taken in re-
dard to the petition.
Same committee reported as the re-
suit of the recent Fire Department
election, that there had been no choice
for Chief Engineer, but that Charles
Thomas had been elected First Assist
ant, and Sam'l K. Bayliss, Second AS.
sistaut. Adopted.
The Street Committee, on the petit
tion of A. Thatcher and others, for the
repaying of the south side of Della
ware avenue, between jefferson and
Adams streets, reported favorably.-
Adopted.
Same committee reported fayorably
on the petition of John Aspin and
others, for the paving and guttering
of Fourth street, between Adams and
Jefferson. Estimated cost, S30S.-
Adopted.
Also, fav0rably on Rev. z. Reilly's
petition for the curbing of Eleventh
street, between Madison and Jefferson,
but adversely on the request for the
paving of the same Adopted:
The committee reported adversely as
follows: On the petition of r. Adams
for iron gutter plates at Twelfth and
French streets: on the petition of j.
A. Ziegler and others, for q sewer on
Adams street, between Front and end
until the petition is made for the ex
tension Of the sewer to Reed street,
/ Adopted.
Mr.. Farrell called up his Ordinance
fixing the wages of the laborers in thu
! city departments at $3.50 per day, t
which he offered an amendment 6xin,
the pay of foreman of laborers at g.. o,
per day. Adopted.
Mr. VIM. Candy offered a furthe
, , amendment striking out 81 so per d a,
for laborers, and inserting 81 80 pc
day.
Mr.. Lynch opposed the amendmen
. in an elaborate argument. in which h,
portrayed the miseries of the poo
laborers, and the insufficiency of thei
present rates Of wages. He oppose,
any reduction from the sum fixed il
the ordinance, $1.50 per day.
Mr.. VIM. M. Candy supported hi
amendment, believing that $1.35 pc
day was the average rate of laborers
wages.
Mr.. Febiger thought the friends o
the ordinance were forgetting tn
? noble taxpayer" and spending othe
peoples money more freely than the
would spend their own. He though
the ordinance was q reflection en- tn
committee, who heretofore, have la.
the power to regulate the wages O
laborers.
The amendment was then lost by
ayes and II nays-Messrs. VIM. M
Candy and Jones voting in the affir
native.
Mr.. Hayes,..in his remarks, state
that during the year not more tina
150 laborers could be employed at tn
reservoir. BY paying these men 81 8
per day it is grinding meney out of tn
pockets OF 1400 or more other ta
)paying laborers, who can get but 8
and 81 25 per day.
Mr.. Farrell supported the erdinanc
and argued that the reduction of wage
' by the city, was taken by other EN-
ployers as reason for making simila
reductions.
Mr.. Hayes said his idea of aCounci
mans duty was to do for the city a
he would for himself. Numbers @
men were offering to work for 81 2
;c per day, and it was not right for tn
IL city to pay more than other employer
would pay. He said that in Septembe
. 1875, when the Democrats took charg
of Council, the floating debt of tn
n n city was $12 ,21S.54. Since then ther
n had been collected $159,605 "a, all G
y which had been used. There ha
been $50, 600 borrowed from the bank
and the floating debt of the city tt
day is $105, ,190.4 40 This is not th
kind of economy Democrats shoul
practice,