, 1876-08-22

from, tbs fund tesgnatad in tho la.t Appropriation
I'LL passed by the CITY Council ~ Tho indebtedness
Emil taid MONEYS mt to to e., sxcse;i ~ nmonnts aIs
r'..%il; on ad Flsrtoa aSea"c a s"n 5 1 VI '"' "'
TAIra-sald coutractnra nrc hereby directed to
continue the work IN Haid conduit, rs pruvided In
their hail contract witt, The city.
ALL. MeCrca spot;c strongly nEafnst tito pass-
aEc Of the substltntc. Tho proposition, was to
my for tllo conduit out Of tic Contingency
rcciiun; md, unless the Council SHOULD order
to Tint effect, tile Fnancu Cnn,msteo
would no. feel authorized IN view Of their pro-
fcsslons to the public to asc any certificates TO
a IN tue futre 4. Fin ot t,o n,nn
luu Of the work, nttf said he was convinced tho
city would lose 800 QUO by stapptng It. II there
was any possibility 0f completing tl.o work, Tue
Council should try to 10 IT, IL m.aersto9i St Inc
cent, mud would ptcdge themselves aga!nst put
ting Tie paper OH tic market. Hn would vote
for tic substitute, and hoped tho city would take
care o. The w9fe e nr y sms reo Mo to nronos,on m
the contractors, wElrl. was IN substance a. fol-
lows: II the ciiy. will pay n full tor the work
actually completed, VIC Will consent 10 n,,s-
pension Of The work lur one year, without clan
rights untlcr the contrAet.
Aid. McCrca said that proposition was m
cu,Inent!y fair one. X the Council could find
any Incnts WAetepy the ctintractnrs could bc
better taken tnr9 u tllatl this, the Finncc Com.
1,lillec would be Find 70 ticnr It, AB one Of tho
Committee he Thought they could acccdc To no
' Ali. Sweeney said that the general idea WINS
that It would haye been better TO lIave opened
canal In tile iirst tnstnllee IlIat was otdunc,
however. Lie ntist say that titzsm0nb d
Cbnncll !iat zone through Wlt1 their work
hD0ly. The 0hly thing tn do NOW was to pro-
rced with the ,vtJrk, us every NUN OF the North
Side de1handcl 1t, nini It was necessity from a
sanitary stantpont.,
AID. l.cngacllcr salt! 1t, WIS well known that
The contractors would be only too giad TO throw
up the l0b alsl yet pafd iot wEat they had DOUG.
II w"lild cost ~ much to clean out tho sewers
md tho NuIih Blanrh rs 10 complete tho
AID. White Thought that the shoot taken by
tlic ffDanco EnnmttcO was tAlsc cconO1ny. The
Is yer cent retained from The pay Of tic con.
TRAITORS wna Tor the rrntecLUn Uf the city, and
II tho contractors were paid up III iull what
g,lrantc. elatl the city tlat they would 50 on
ant1 iln|s!' I'll. j"ni
ALL l.nwlcr Thought TINT the work ought TO
90 On, ynt thrre ,yl,A ,.o money to earryi on
with lie s,tggestel that snotcy might be hor-
rowctl fnt that p,rpt'se. Unless work be pro
vr.l fn1 The ]nllorcrs Of the city the city would
are w',Esc urElsiuE, OF communists tliAn bad
ever been witnessed ~ this nation.
Aid. 'rhunnson said theru was no doubt Il
VIA OF tho greatest Importance to tho North
sttlr tllat the conduit sEo!,sd be finished, but tho
city. tun1ces were OF still greater importance.
II thu matter wha again referied to the FINANCE
Committee soiilc arrangement might be fnadc
bv which the work might procccd without 'actrl-
n,cnt TO tile ill.nnccs uf tic city. ile moved,
| therefore, tllat tile matter ho recu'nfnittcd.