, 1876-09-05

Public Ttss f.. es ePenE Ct osS ht q; az
Cleveland, II WAS pusacd.
hofy TOT lilo extension Ut seymour street to
West 1.nke sttcct, On lnotioh Of Aid. Cleyc-
land, the pf1lnHtce wAs t,aAsetl.
On nlution, It was decided that when the
Council adjourn 1t III, W tu meet FrEuay evening.
OF. INSTEAD or GAS.
The report of ths Gas C!mn'lttae, recon-
ynemllng the uloptfnn Vt aid. Raw slc1sh's rcs-
!: oluton TINT tho existing eontracts with the
ss!r prirc 10 sl.50 pei tl,uusand and that oil o
substituted, was tllen taken up.
AID. hAwfclgh moved 10 cuncur In the re-
Ald. Throop sail that Mr. Garrison, OF tho
WEST Ntlc Gus-Wotks. would furnisi. the ely
i Aid. McCrea WAS IN favor Of al,rogst,ng the
contract. md then making new oucs. lie. wns
also In fayor of allowing tic Nurtl. Side Gas
West Side Cn!nlnny, because they had 50 mueh
outlying territory which had TO he lighted.
Ald. Cnslcrton Was iii fayof Of giving the gas
companies chance 10 reduce, MD asked for
division Of tho question between abrDglting tho
coptrncts and ltistt1lcting tho Comptroller to
advertise for h!da to light the lamps with oil.
Some objection was made, anil Aid. Cu1lerton
xlLtdrcw tits request for division.
AID White asked leave to offer an amendment
liking the price to private consumers, rs well rs
10 the etty, at 80 Il THOUSAND.
There was some objection to tho amendment,
md II Was withdrawn.
In by-yeas, 29; nays, ~ Tho naysSeru Cutler
Ion, Beillcf, Wheeler, Murphy.
TIE coEaUMElts' COMPANY,
Tho an1cndcd orlnnnce Incorporating tho
iisl,ed IN thc,s Columns, Vas tl.ea rs rsacI,ca 'oo
Aid. Cultcrton offered, o. All atnentlnlunt,
that tho Company be required to manufacture
5000. .oa, instead Of y,ood,ooo, fuet every tLIrty
s's &c 'frn.ed s al over I'll tis ty '' "'' 70
Aid. Gilbert aaid It was not known that ono
Company woull be cxpectea to supply the
whole city, and moved TO lay Aid. cullerton's
Tue ortlIn9nce sas then passssd, By the follow
fng vote: Yeas, 81; nays, 2. Those voting in
The negative were Murphy and 8wtenoy.
Aid. Cul1nrtun moved to reconsider the vote,
fcrcl tho following aemndn,ent to sec. 10:
II d. my time the City Of Chicago. an corpora.
ton. shh3, bceo'ns consumer Of gas furnished hy
said corporation. Or whenever 'nnre than one.lalf
sliey, Of highway slali 10 occupied ~ Residences,
the raid City af Chicago ehall llave tho right 10
order at Its dlscsetton said corporation 10 lay down
sns stfcets. avenues h,shways. sIlcrss psrks. az
squares, 80 ar as tho city may requIrs 10 consnmo
81 tho said corporation 10 comply wIt, my such
order !os tie spaee Of SIX months after The pnstage
o. sueh ordinance .hall os deprived Of tic rights
AID llowteigh moved to lay AID. Cullcrton's
motion to reconsider on the Liable. Lost.
Aid. Throop thought tho amendment ought
to be amended. Tho idea Of calling upon gas
Company to run d main to every manfs house
On the prairie would be simply ridiculous. Even
gas companies Should not be compelled to do
1lStling unreasonable.
AID. Rawlctgl said tho object Of tho mover
Of tho amendment was to deieat the whvlc ort]l-
.pArlcc.
AID. White thought tho amendment would
I'LL any Eas company. - ,T.
Tho motion to reconsider was then put md
lost
ARCHER AVENUR.
ALI. Gilbert asked permission to introduce q
proposition from Ja1nes Turner ITO lay gas
rnain on Archer avenue The proposition Wns
published III these columns some weeks ago. It
Is, in substance, that Turner wishes to put
down naius and furnish gas at $l.dU on Archer
avenue.
AID. cullcrton objected to tho reception OF
tic document
Aid. gilbert moved to suspend the rules to
Introduce the proposition, md 1t uas 50 ordered.
Tho matter was then read, and AID, Tlypop
moved that 1t lie on the table. Lost.
AID. sommcr novel To refer to the Commit
tee Oh Gas, with Instructions to pr1parc IN or
dlnMlcc. Carried. - +,
\ communication VAS received from Aiken 4
Charles making SONG further offers concerning
lighting tho etrccts with oil. Referred 10 tbs
Committee on Gas.
On aot!on Of hld. sorpmcr, adjourned. !