The Morning herald., 1876-12-08
OUR CRY Fathers.
M.esiM0 Of A.ttu CoMMcil.

The sams committee, on the petition o!
d. Lemon 4 Co.. asking . reduction in wa,
Ter tax, report ed that they had no power to
reduce the lax, and the petitioners should
| petition the officers of the department, who
| viii discounect the pipee.
The Committee on Public Buildings re-
ported that they awarded the contract for
! furnishing coal 10 the city for the year 1877
| 10 Z. G.. Tow lsend. ne being the lowest
! bidder.
The Law COMMITTEE reported that there
| vas nothing in the Ordinance "altering and
| ~ establishing ne grades OF certain streets"
| III contics with the city charter.
! The Ciy Treasurer reported the following
ancun's IL the Uaion National Bank 10 the
| credit OF the cry AS follows:
Currrn, Expenses, S,1e3.27
Cool Spring Reservoir, As IS
REDEEM p,iou OF Bonds, 700 OO
Total. 3.9O8 81
The Street Commissioner reported II men
Employed during the week, and one single
cam employed 81 days for week ending
Dece,nb 5.
The Cniet Engineer of the Water Depart
lnent reported 81 men employed in that de-
partm1 mt for week ending Dec. 5.
Registrar of tue Water Department Report
I'd the following amoun's collected by him
during the month Of November.
For Wafer Rents 1878, 500
For Water Rerrs 1875, l65 95
! Por Frac ions Water Reuts. e.O
For Penalties, 1897
| For Permits. $500
Total. $23l 90
The pay roll Of the street Department
amounted 20 S}7'70.
| TIE pay roll OF the Water Department
| amounted Q S2t5 81.
The H.secliaLeous pay roll amounted to
81 t12,iS, aud Tbs police o sl,59l.60, all Of
w . were read aud approved.
! MIR McGlinchey Introduced and had reau
4 first aud second time an ordinance pro-
vic Ing ;hat 5ll proposals or bids for con.
| raCrs or work dune for he city, shall oe
accompanied BY thc names OF two or more
securities as per advertisement publisher.
the same geutlen an Introduced and read
sn erilnance providing for cleaning the
tree's by contract. The proposed ordi-,
nance 1iviiss the city into tWo districts
VIZ: All hat portion Of the city lying north
OF Skin stree; 10 be the First District, aud
all that portion j. the city lying south 0!
Sixth street to he the Second Dis rict.
On the mo ION 10 read second time
llr NcGIiul. .ry al tn,t ne ha. this ordi-
nance unier cousiieriion for some time
n I'd in iul rod uciug he same lie had no in
'antioD OF being ascouryious to the street
Committee no had similar ordinance
under consideration.
Mr. FeLiger opposed the ordinance be
cause he considered II discourtious TO HI
I COMMITTEE who bad b-cn instructed to pre-
t pare an ordinance, btvlng for its object al
V ordnance winch he ,hought would cove
5 the ground more Iully han proposed by tn
/ , gentleman from the Ini,d Ward.
. Mr.. Baker said he hai offered The reso
luton iustrucJing he Street Com mittee t.
i prepare such 40 ordinance, and 10 doing 81
:, lie meant nothing di.cOurtious 10 the gen
1. lleman from he rhird WsId who said h
naG an ordinance of that kind in contempla
: tion, and thought as the Street Commltt
h had digested the subject they were tn
ID proper persons 10 prepare the ordinance
He asked the gentleman from the Thir
Ward no would clean Sixth street, a. th
IL boundaries OF me districts us proposed weT
r Nor.h aud South OF Sixth street, which lei
le SIKH street entirely out of either Dlstric
1e MIR. McGiiuchcy in reply said that b
r; knew The ordisance WAS imperfect al
IL wou d have it corrected when it was read
n. third tune, and slatt q that he oferel tt
Je ordinance ia good faith as he had seen mt
S put on ihe streets before a city election fl
Is mere partisan purposes, and desired that th
be should not ain Ue done BY any party.
I'd Mr.. Pickles thought the Street Comm
n. tee were The proper parties to prepare al
ed introduced the ordisance.
Mr.. McGlinchey said he had no objectio
b. to referring the ordinance 10 any comm
en- tee.
.rt Mr.. Febiger said that the City Solicit
N. nor anv other lawyer knew nothing abo
-: the wants of the Street Committee, "
10 slone were competent to Judge OF the wal
lid OF tteir depart ment, ind called attention
nv the defects in the proposed ordinance IN
men ionlng anything about the cleaning
L. covered cutters aud sewers, but was IN
.n yor OF such an ordinance if properly dra'
., The motion to read a second time "
be then lost.
nv Mr.. johnson offered resolution pro
,r, ding for the appointment OF one memt
~ rom each ward, 10 procure coal to
or amount not exceeding $2,OOO,OO to be d
[ tribut.d among the poor Of the city.
ro, Mr. Windle gave notice that at the nj
meeting o, The Council he would introol
on AN ordinance to amend nn ordinance p
v yding for the appointment OF CLERK
on City Council, &c. (The ordinance 10 IN
nd latiou o printing, and If passed will give
~. Clerk Of Council under tho olrec''on o'