, 1876-10-08
TIE CITY HALL,

Main street bridge will be open for few days 70
repairs.
The City Treasurer yesterday received $125, 90
from County Treasurer Huck.
Water rents yesterday were 81, 5To and receipt
from licenses about S100.
The total amount Of money Feceived during tn
month of September from 4sater-rents was S54
055.
The Health Department yesterday condemn ei
], 800 pounds of fresh meat ia the establishment
Arnold Co., Nos. 98 and loo South Water street
The laborers who formerly worked under Street
yeeterday about 1000 for work done in the las
five months.
During the month of September l. 320 tons o1
hard coal were used at the North Side Pumping
Works; The bill Of 20. 500 for the same il in, bu
has not yet been audited.
The September payroll OF the Police Department
amounts to $685. Al, which is less By S587 thsn ths
August roll, and less By S14 600 than the months
rolls before the general reduction.
another den closed. The Mayor has revoked the
license Of William Murtbra whose place, No. ;01
South Clark street, has been the scene of many
brawl, and was nuisance generally.
Officer Hunt. the Comptroller's license police
man, is after the theatres, mostly German variety
fa halls. which give performances sqndny evenings.
and they will be looked up.
opened seven bids for supplying 600 tons Of soft
coal for the City Hall furnaces. The awards will
be made Monday after it has beon ascertained,
through good deal Of figuring, which bid is the
lowest
John Tunison, Bailif OF the South Side Police
Court, thinks that he can explain the seeming IT,
regularity which was yet forth as against him in
T The I of bis
yesterday afternoon. but nothing can be deter
mined about the matter, for, as tho ba1lif, when
he collects an execution. is not required to give
receipt to the person who pays the money, It is
not likely that lie would give . receipt to help
criminate himself, II he desired to pocket it. and
cltion was Issued.
The Vest Side Water n orks are progressing mp
idly towards completion. Steam will be up Tues-
day, and the ponderous engines, which appear
splendid pieces Of work, will be subjected to pre-
three weeks yet, the well having to be cleaned ont
and other necessary details attended to before work
can CAP commence; The masons will soon get through,
next few weeks. The engines were turned
over, as the saying is, yesterday, but Us they be-
not desire that any publicity eha1l be given to the
working Of the machinery until they, the builders,
are ready to have the pubic present, outsiders
we're allowed to gee the htst motion. The well and
tunnel were dlled yesterday By opening the gntes
at the crib So everything is in readiness to start
when the buildere are ready. The test which will
pt #oFk never oeIore required from compound en-
gines, it Is needless to say, will be hard one and
only prudent that all particulars shall be per-
The following report WAS prepared. as a perusal
thereof Will show, upon the request Of Aid. Lodi
ling. There has been no little complaint about
the extravaganza OF the Health Department. and
charges have been made that additional men hive
been employed The report Is as follows:
he hEA1Ta pErAnTaEET s cH1cAGo Oct. '7e:A1d.
pared at Tour request Is OF necessity hat ap-
1ro1tmate the nature Of the records hand rendering
.tycn month. '
The amounts given totals for August and septem-
>er. 1876. are augmented by the payment theren Of
ome bills contracted SIX eight months aRp
nd this may be the with sums embraced In foot.
ngs of previous months II Is however, safe assert
hts Department.
Statement u e1penses Aneu.t, 1874 s77oe g.; Au-
'ust 1916, s.: 35l: So Decrease, So 142 g. septen.
'es ls75 II; September, 1876, 81, 27o.5 De-
Pay-roil {inciuded In the above, August, 1878,
2. 548-33 Payroll uncluded In above) for August
Ste. 388 81 roll for September, 1875 S. 59G62
nd for September. 1873, 81, 44a3
II mag a. &c proper 70 add that The ordinance under
I July 49, 1s76-proytdcs for the employment Of Ut
cen sanitary policemen at saary Of SEQ per month
ach. or monthly aggregate Of $500 Three Of these
oxsyeE, Who might receive, at SEQ Per month, S1n
a9d TSe fsCe, ther dq1e q 70, Sc
tnlch by consent OF the Health Committeeman, the
aayor and the Commissioner OF Health, Is apped In
Of the sallry Of sixteenth soreiy needed
our denle:ed sanitary force In addition 70 ex-