, 1876-11-11

THE CITY-IIALL.
The Committee on Streets and Allcye OF the
South Division Is called to meet in the City
Clerks Office ut 1 o'clock, nnll The Judiciary
Committee mt 3 o'clock III thu samu place.
The October hil for t.as used Mt tho City Hail
amounts to Si31. Heretofore the monthly bills
lnvc ranged frtn saaaa5 to $3.50, and It is by tho
cltangc In burners md by tho Mayors personal
rnlcayors tllat thu Bills haye been sorcduced.
The rity, represented by City-Attorucy
Tnthila, won vfctt'ry yesterday in tho case uf
Tic City ys Emily Thterry, who Claimed $780,
900 us damages sustained by ller child's falling
| through sidewalk. Flyc hundred dollars
vert granted.
Tllr Department of Public Works Yesterday
granted to ". II. Watson pcrnlIsslnn to grade,
curb, aud pnvc {by private contrart} Clinton
the Milwaukee aveluc viaduct. Mr.. Watson's
bond of $2,oUo WAS approved.
Tho following building permits wcrc Issued
yesterday: +. Blsac, two twostury dwellings,
l4x*. feet cac!, nt Soa. lis and 10 Uunn
| feet, un south Park avenue, nrur Thlrty.tirst
| street: II. L. Brown, n two-story store, a4x1O
feet, on Ogtlcn uycnl'c ,.car Polk street.
lto,ntlsn,nn Burger, of tho Cotsngc Grove
Ayenne Station, WIS yesterday reduced to
patr,l duty nnul transferred TO tic Twenty yscc-
s1nl Street stat!ou, fur showing tentlcisry to
| put Il head OH Detective Jack Ryan, ftul for
| t'cIng nl,gentlcmanly and insulting. ratrol-
| man Il. c. Atct, was raised to I'LL Rergcr's posi-
| tlUt,.
Thv Committee on. Iarspr a.ll Bridges met
III the Cly-Clerk's of'ire yesterday AFTERNOON
md decided to recommend to tic COUNCIL that
| thc ordinance creating tho o1ltec OF Elnrbor-
Muster 1'u passed. 'riie Cunmi.tce will also
recommend that an orslinnncc prohibiting dry-
tny on tic yialticts faster thatl wnlk be
| rusketl.
The Sanitary Polite have I,ecn Instructed To
fnrn!sl, thu teachers ui aIl the pEiynts schools
In tho city with bn'lks which, when ill1e,1 up
will slow just who usl how many Ut the chill
statistics NJ The ,l'lic schonls which are Under
the tlfrect supervision Vi tho city oi1!ca!s. Arc
already known.
t)rs. Dyford, Dcya,l, AMI HamtlI tailed npon
The s!aynr yesterday aftcr1lonp aud Ind qaltc
u te sity, aud tic iicat psp.Ttment I set Whit WIFI
they crltlrisstl us not hung managcd ~ q proper
ma1'ner. The Mayor wns. unwilling to
Try t"t t:$y $,..ar sritclssa Cd, TUG management
s,ood ' tns S' ,Svy did, ill., III II t's l. nas;sr aasss
ut collecting garbage, the ptysit iat,s eaI. that
something should be done to ctM1p pei thu citizens
tn lavc refuse lnatter, carbagc, etc., removed
u quickly ~ lossih!e, a'l.i that to nl!ow It t"
stu,ist even for short time w0ll tend to great
" impair the general health.
The Finance Committee met III thu Conptrol-
lGr's otliee yesterday afternoon S'tl, tho Comp
trnIicr nml Mayor, and discussed variuus INIT
ii tho Qalntar'i Iron Works Vi New YorS, VIII,
ssks tlat he he allnwcd pnrt of thu amount still
:!ue htM for tEs engines IT the West
Ss .s. "pGs%oFAs X peaN ,o ,a1aeta,S Mr. 9n'"'asa ard
upon tic ground that he was ready Ut tile s;ip-
uatcd time to ercet thu engines, but The city
WIS guo,l deal lcllI,,tI, thcrcforu he wus de-
layct ind Is entitled to atnases, whereas It will
hc ntl right II he t1n ln lal.l now Tho contract
under which, the engines werc 1M,!ght seta for,h
sllat tho 1nakers smll By pafI il certain ssls,
(which lns smcn pald) When thu nnyl,tcs were
;omp'etc'!. the n'"kvrs to olHrate tho cnslgs,
tllat year the test was IT, liz 1ae, as,tl II II WIS
satisfactory thu cngtuca were to hu tmid for ut
the aud uf tho year. As II now IL the ot,glncs
have been In operation hut few weeks a,lt no
nittre hare decided mt to nllow uny u10ga
money I'd 10 paid oil them tIl thu requirements
u tho contsaet arc complied With.
| CiTr TAX MATTHIAS.
the olliee 0f Aid. McCrc1, No. lC1 Washington
strcrt, at which tho f"ilowing nutncd gentlemen
were sons of those in attendance: Aid.
AIccrca, Rosenberg, I.rges, ,and l'carsons,
Comptroller EnrweIl. Corporation. Gouate! An
tho,.y; C!ty-Trcas.scr llrlsgs, thu Hon. II. +.
TuleY, John Woodbridge, GeoEgc Armour, and
meeting, as wins stated, was III tmproultu affair.
tho gentlemen t,avn1 been gathered tvgethcr III
niol'leIts iiottse asld without my Idea rs tt,
wl!at was to s'e donr Thu gcmtlemen did not
paf,lctl to ~ TR'nrSE Reporter tlmt Il was To
talk over many ttitngs Ut the Iast, present assl
future, aid iinalsr!al matters III which tho
Glty ot Chieag' !" M interested. It seems tlst
thulsgh tiny arn Rb'a to ol'tnlu all tha ,nll1,uy
necessary to carry III tho municipality for tho
present, arp anxious to provide FIJI tho f,tturu
crrurs wei, layo exlstol Il, slle laws nil III lis
administration Of tho laws III 'Iys gonc by. In
hhurt, they arc desIruus Of prcse,ting to and
,'assns through the Legislature hills to bcttrr
rroytlu fur thu working Of tbs revenue systcl..
or to ot,tttn uN altogether new systcli tor thu
assesstng, irvying, asll collecting uf taxcs
1hoy nso desire special legislation to provide l.
scns WY tS5 tS collection 1s t Sf tSse :Ss tags 81
be remembered That + was iccit!el BY u.
,'1''al. The clty hted petition to llayo thy lil
,l'd not grant, Int agreed to rcwrIte tho "pln
ion, wlvll, III is fevIheI furl,, has not yet tHcs
secil. Therefore tlso lIaste VI tho afOTahanles
Erntlsmrn to present thu matter ut thu carlies
Legislature. "What W. wanth au!.l tho Mayo
tfur l.e u!so Ia ntrrestel} ''is so1as law whlcl
. tho tax.'g'ters ea1'sut drive through viii. !
1or.s S J. a M nusEy" ln "tdsr to tsa,'.e 10y
he e. put upon It., tho wtsdo4a AT ard ex I;
sought; cotporat!on,C ,Coanse! Anthony sslt
Wisdom II tho bcst mon il tle eity, aud proiUs,
to ask fur expressions ind rlytre frotn tho hes
legal talent, from tho board Of Tralc men, MI,
1rm all WIN isavc q, la.oroug!a kan'w'edgu q
rsSenac u:d g'"sl t!ca Inv t" rcfursn It. II
! int Way tlnllk VIZ rst1s llastGr M wall to.
, high to iunlr "yss, all,l tpo thick tn k,,.pl
) .i.,Mn; an'l with NJ loot-1'.:les fur eseapr."