, 1876-10-24

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Tho rrport cour,'tles hy praIsIt', the efficiency
Ut the fnscc, and saYe TINT thu expenses for the
last quarter were slEl 'sl.226. Which was II
| The subject al cas bc' ug n special or,lcr for
4 o'clocls, on tho arrival ut TINT lasr
Il! thc Committee on Gus recommending that
! the proposition of the West Side Company IL
furnish ras at - per l,ossl DO placct on ll1c;
| Akl. Stewart wanted t,s sn 2tcet l1isuO5ru ct,
hut was 10. sure l'lc proper VA to do 1t was by
Aifi. XIII i,wleiglt@fs ri. actlon will dispose ot It,
1t thr West Side Company docs MT glrc It's gas
at sl.5o, wo WILL hare tho division lighted with
ALL: Stewart wished t. naye nm amendment
Tin. the proposition uf 1tr. Billings he accepted
Tic clalrinnn-You canlot n!lle,id tue report
IF committee. You tl.a5 offer II ns stll,stl-
.A!d. sfcCrca wished to net fl I1arnony with
Ills colleague OIL this subject, hut lc fearet they
would drift, Into coilai'lnn Of things wa'!cl!
won b. rs ,lar to t lnas'n;e i;;i 70 .e present. na
against lighting With oil: lie was, however,
willing tu ,naso general swecrt ami, BY Gx'
ttngulshlng tIc cntfru lasnps Of tIu
fy sy c.se, ns ne e stfrsns sases es waih in 'es a
ncss as fo.ls ia the gns COMPANIES could 10
without selling their Ens. Dy proceeding in tic
dIlly-tlal!yinE fashion which tiud marked tllor
simply playing Into tho .altls ot The companies,
sfacc they could cnsscrctl themselves bchtnd
the!r contrasts md .lctnanl s. 3,per l,0oo. lle'
dill not like the city baine treated like ,nc114i-
disposed to give. Tic byst Way TO ecttlc the
question was to hsyc thr Mayor givu both conf
t'nnies. notice that unless they came down to
$l.5o thty might put out thu lights at oncc.
twrcn tho city n,Hl Air. Billings would.
have to he udir,ilr,tcd in court, midi
It was time they assumed q firm
position. They were, In fact, not Justified III
preparation Was exhausted.
Aid. 1sawlcish remarked that o,e firm was
willing to put up ttity oil laMps without cx-
sv to S @ s M s t thst N Su c"%ns es f" ssS s
urosu ffom tt,c. TACT that certain parties were
nfrald Of Its chearncEs and superior illutnnat-
Ing power. Az sonn as the DIT lanlps were
cscctS he WIS soncnt ~ t!1s @ eoa,nIss would Ll
Mr.. Watkins through Mr. Billings, NJ tho for
n,cr ha onc thu squire thing.
Az. Wlale hoesd + tllls aaestion, would ho m
Of Ala. iIawicislt. Mr.. Watkins oug!t not to
be lillposcsl On because of Mr.. Blllings'l
c,sscsaucss. The latter was irving to play ctit,.
ming and smart, Int tho Council nhould show
'. I'M. ''a' e eoo'o no' Aa'' s'"''s n7 o"u
Kid. s%eeney also ,tiougit they should hc
firm, md show Air. Billings that they wero
througl, With f"osing a.ll meant hustness.
pcr tanp 10 substitute tic propcr IRON n npuarats tor
burning oil. That would email nj, al,grugatn
cxpcnsu Of EMO. liz did not bolicvc tlllt OIL
would colatl,tuc ~ llso for long; he thought tho
trv sr =. and NJ # t" .rn II fn rrcat ,nsSar.mnr @ Il
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siI u p,vlni"ii soiI Il ,"",,5 nm, ocs+ III, e,,r
4A' mt sa'u u "u.u ,Ia NV cost s"s e,i5
"har, :" ~ @ ~ ~ "a an o snd tr,e, M Mo, w.,
,'"'ss,ry ~ f ,nntcrai III '"p ""A '"'AA''" al wv
III f,nntn. Ia17 s,.,,o, e., m, ,,,,tr, in
,trvri tIcv ,yrrn irrtnasainr " m ,ln,,,rn,s
iSssn t.uy ~ me.n ~. tassl'anb.S ta ~ mnSclots ~
t,a.s tf,st sniT rsntt ~ ~ 'xna,st,n Ioe,ft ~
:s lie saSnltted @ saas asurcs from wrh l.u 'I A.
iii iIiinust us's rrnsi,n nv "o''S''' ~ "'''> 'A''
n''''"gs p4o.uasIsu. s.srr,, 1,nrr,u,, sursr,r,rr
+> + "trD,, .,, ~ W;rs, ,,,.,noaitt, s,o,1
'c ~ oe.ent,i TIT trrfnni ,r%rrs hn s',bsss
, ,d H., n.t isIusio,, irin, ~ y, aaos
nnce ~ witb thn new i,,ne-tnhle. The Alsrr,nnn
expressed THO otnioU t1at Sir, Billings w;ls e,1-
ttIc to Ijtt1c more for his ras than Atr, Wat.
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fnst;iyte S,ntIcr w rcfor,, ,,xt XII Thn
,ii br" A. 7,,ii;,,ra tI,ns IN XIII .+ W.,
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