, 1876-09-09
TIE COUNCIL.
H]ov Members of the Board OF Ed
ucation.
W-anging Over oke.consuners and
the Harbor-M Maator.
hnpointrnont OF a Special Com
l11ittce' on Gas.


hoard or EDUCATION.
A communication wAa read from his Honor
tbs Mayor appointing Isaac N. Arnold and
E,n.t pruss,nE ulelnbrrs OF the Doartl OF Etlu-
ca,iop, II, place Of Judge Lnwrchco and Fred
Nahta, who Ind declined TO scFve, The Rp-
uuntmcnts wCro concurred In.
TAx-F1GnrEHs.
Tho list Of persons furntatcd by the Comp
troltcr ut tho Inst meeting, who refused to pay
tarca. which was laid over and published, again
came up.
AID, Stewart moved To place on file.
Aid. Throop objected to the expense Of pub
fishing documents aud then placing them Oil
die.
The motion, however was passed.
communication from the Corporation Cotn-
sci on tho validity Of tiie gas contracts, lat'l
over and published Aug. IS, catne up, and vas
placed on llc.
smoKE.coNsuMxas.
The report of the Special Committee on
smoke-C Consumers, which recommended tho nc
coptancc Of Alessrs. hcVickcr j. Martow's prop
Aid. Lawlor moved that this subject bc made
a special order at o'clock at the next regular
''i xiii. fearsous opposed delay in Tit. matter.
By taking speedy action co,,s!dcfan,c st. aayi.E
would lo effected. The Committee hati report
cd honestly and squarc1y on tho subject, afaa it
would he vel TO aopt tug reRGft'1 m 1av,cr,s mn.
tion on tile table. lie desired to say something
motion wns carried.
Into each boiler, and the coal thereby Weighed
and thr wafer ncasllred, SO that 1t goilld " as-
ccrtatlcd what amount nus consumed. I!iere
was nlso apparatus at tho reaF of ail Tue DotlGfs
i,,,-n1,l I'm atnoka before II passed
tnto 'al"eu tlo eli Chimney. Tho Alderman stated
tIat tho COMMITTEES hoped soon to
be able to present sansstusg ph,n ior froa HnS
rruvidc for placing two, three, or four burners
In for tlle purpose Of testing theul.
AID. Sweeney was gad that moro light was
being shed on the matter.
use four or five dlfctent snspkc-burlers.
Aid. Gilbert moved, ns 80 1nnnY things were
canning out in relation to tho subject Of sntokc-
whole matter be rccomm!ttcd, With ilistrt'e-
ttons to the Committee to report Monday:
AID. Ryan, Of tho Committee on smokc-
Burners, reported the following substitute, al
lltlcd to by AID. Throop: .
R<to'ttd. That the Hoard Of M Public Works be 9
the owners Of tho Mcvicker & NARROW, Smith i
ns:e nd II. owsis o e beh M ten to aey
illc|f furnaces On Tho boilers Of thu North Stie
Pumping Works. and they are hereby directed to
made By tho dIluront apparatus md Ut tho cxpiss-
ton Q! thirty dass ne1t t afer te p!asng ct snsh
oar 81 e wots arc ecby ilee'e to esr
into coract With tle owners oi tle patent show
Ing tho most aayins IT, fnoa md burning thS smoke.
so TINT Tho burning Of btunn0us coal Will not be
offensive; aud they arc hereby directed TO enter
into contract with the owner oE patenteo Ut such
cxpers Is most suitable, and pay for the same out
tbe & Su %atspE!f" ''' ''' @''' VI '' '''
Ald. Smith 'naved to lay t1'e resolution on tho
AID. Gilbert ntncnded h!a motion by moving
to make the report Of tic Conlmtttsc the spe-
slal order t''r Monday a. s O'Clock. THIS motion
7Ias carried.
Tho report Of The Committee on 1Iarbors
recommending tho appolntIHgnt OF John W.
Brown q llarbor1naster, which was laid over
Aiti. BcitlEcr eatl he was tie Chnirmsn Of tho
Committee, mud the report had sllppcd In with
out Ills knowledgc lle disapproycd Of i, Tho
Doard Of Public Works was ilow employing two
1nctl, Mt $50 .eacl, to do this work, and Mr.
Brown WAS TO bo paid $l08 month. The men
nu's employed were probably us competent rs
Mr.. brown, and l'a did not see why the city
as ssgne ef tSs aS5 1S rseors %af II humble oeo
dienee tu the rest Of thu Committee, mud In tle
belief that he was serving tho interests OF lIfs
constituents In so doing. lie was in favor Of
making Mr.. Brown the IIarbornlnstcr.
This Alderman spoke beyond the ten minutes
allowed By tho rules, and l'c waa about to sit
lown, In obedience TO loud cries Of "tlne,"
when
AID. McAulcy satil-I move tho gcntlcnr1,'s
time tc extended. I wish to take my full lesson
fn nratory tonight.
George replied with somo dignity that II tile
gentleman would listen to him fur a minnie !lo
would learn moro oratorlcnl language tla, lie
could hope to learn during Ills wliolo ltfc under
lc6s favorable c0ndit!0ns.
AID. Ballard was in favor Of the appointment
Of AIR. l}rown. liz had known him fur many
Fcars, anil considered him e,niucutly lifted for
Aid. Cullerton said the city was now paying
sloo month for the services. lle WIS opposed
to appointing Mr.. brown At a salary Of fl,a00 a
ycar. The Council had no right to gO heyonll
tho fiscal year iu milking ts appointments. In
conclusion, he moved to place tic report on fllc
Ala. Ihr9aH "a sa'a Mr.; Brown ras most highly
Eeeonnehtcd W the business men and Hnilora.
flc mentianra that tito work had heretofore
cost alo!.t e3,7 q year, and now alr. brown
was willing to .ln It for $1,000. THO Chairman
Of the Committee should nut complain. Ilo
InaIorlty Of tslr Committee considered that it
WIS about time something Was done.
Aid. Bctdlcr sud AID. Ballard hal told him
not to rcpurt unlcsa he reported II, favor o! mr.
HWlwn. 1ie was not disposed to do that, AMI
thcrcforo Ind not mule any report
Aid. ThoHpst,n sniA tllnt Tho Cnuncil, urcorfl.
ing to the pit'vfslnns of tho charter, could not
appoint ltlrhor-AEaster.
Aid. Dclalcr 10 make rePnrt IN favor nf any
hmay. lfo WIS not in the habit Of dolng that
knfl Of business.
AID. McCrca satl, whateyor might cone Of
this matter, Cart. Brown was deserving ot
Recommendation for thu part lo had taken Ii, IT,
!lo lul taught Tho l}uirll OF Public Works a
lesson in tcoIlotly, ad it MA very ms1th u tho
usrredit Of TINT Board tlut III outsider sl1olild
como In md show them that work which cost
81, i,040 year c0nltl he tlanc for II ,2e00
:, AID. Pearsons-We want u few more Capt.
Browns.
Aid, Cullerton ridiculcd the idea Of the Coln-
etl takiuR upo.. itself the running Of each par
tlslar Lrancl. of tho city service. lie hal never
known tllu naHlo OF All Individual mentioned In
Recommendation. II tic Committee llasl
made report In the regular way, he should
Aot have objected.
The discussion was continued for some time,
and the whole matter reconlsllittc4E, with In.
struet!ons to thu Committee to confer With The
!:aW Department aud thu Doar1 Qt Public
Works, anu to report Monday.
AID. I.awtcr nskcil leave to introduce tho fol,
lowing, but MAS met with ohtattlpnS: