, 1876-07-30

| cause people can suffer dirty streets ana de
fectiye sidewalks, but to make any great rednc
tion III the number Of clerical employes Woui.
be to make the transaction OF the city business
| in that department. almost an lmpossionltJ'
The Committee On Streets and Alleys Of The
| West Division met yesterday, and declden e
recommend that the Chicago & Millington Kall
| road be allowed to enter the city on Nes'
Twenty-sixth street, where the Chicago g ooutn.
ern Road has track. The Committee aIse
recommended that Canal street be paved from
Van Buren to Wright.
Chicf:AIarshal Bonner and the majority OF the
Assistant Ffre-Marsha1s had q talk yesterday
about the reduction which is soon to come IN Tue
Fire Department. They met in q room in the
third story Of engine-house No. IL, where they
said what they chose, but gave nothing away:
The Fire Department is very closc-mouthed
organization.
The Finance Committee had another talk yes
terday about the suspension OF work on the fl!l-
lerto1l-aycnue conduit. The Aldermen are still
of opinion that Fitzsinmons g. Connclls prop
osition is very good one, but as yet no way
has been devised whereby the contractors can be
paid in full to date, which is the main thing they
want. There is in the Treasury about $4,000
paid out, but there would still exist an indcbt-
cdness Of about s75, ,00O. Should the contractors
make legal demand upon the city, it would fe
obliged to pay ont that Slo,OO, which would
materially aid Slessrs. F. d G. in paying their
men Tic Mayor is confident that il the work
was stopped some settlement would be reached,
although there is still an opposition to issuing
certificates for the debt, because it is such
large sum.
The Committee on Streets md Alleys Of the
South Division had meeting yesterday and de-
cided to refer back to the Council without ac-
tion, . reference calling for suspension OF
work on MI contracts now existing. petition
that teams be required to find some standing
place other than Market street between Ran
duIph and Madison will be referred back to the
Council with the recommendation that it be not
granted. The petition Of payer named Gyles
to lay piece OF his pavement for sample will
he reportcd back with tue Recommendation that
the Board Of Public Works be ordered to allow
these patcnt-paverncnt men to exhibit their
wares upon the street. Aid. Sheridan presented
petition that the South Branch be cleaned and
the slaughter-houses in the vicinity be required
TO find some other pla:e of deposit than the
river for their refuse matter.
The announcement that the West Side Gas
Company had decided to reduce the price Of gas
50 cents per 1000 feet appears to have been
slightly erroneous, in that unintcntional injus-
ticc was done to the South Side Gas Company,
from which tho ofFcr to reduce first came. The
West Side Company has not rs yet made any
direct offer, but it is reported that Mr.. Billings
has said that he would not be outt1one by the
South Side corporation, and that hewould make
ss1sgor, sge bn 9sditon IS cxnsa s Bngs hanS be is
fore very long. The city has been paying
about $500, 600 i year for gas. The South Side
Company rot $3.50 per ], 1,000 feet, and the West
Side Company got 50 per 1000 feet. The re-
duction in the South Division commences Aug.
!, and no small amount will he saved Should !
the West Side chime in, and the size of burners
all over the city be changed, the Council expects
to save about half OF the annual gas-bil.
NEW COMPANIES.