, 1876-02-29

31j n0o toFslhsr With the nns1psndtd hoatre tbs
r aR s = M u: sn
statanta Including ststtonerJ books, es. fer ~ nina
ssa1 s, ;ne e t1as Sfs T. ss
PRIVATE oAa-MAIxr
An ordinance Wan presented for massage A.
lowing tho propr!otora Of tho sherman Houto to
lay gas-matn to Tue Tromont lio,sso.
OF con corrse. He saId tho danger Of siplosons vss
Aid. Warrop said that tie neaauro wna good
one, AMI he hoped 1t would pass.
AID. Chae Basl that tho erection Of Kta-1oTka
whore naphtha waa uscd would endangas the
psnpsrty iu tho Tfamont lIouse Block, aud
won!d ratsa tho ratsn Of ihalrancc.
AID. Wsr1en sad that llc wAa bot snrprtaed At
the insurance aenttmentA Expressed By Aid.
C.so. It was for hs interest 10 express such
sentiments. ..
Aid. Richardson aaitl that tho works i,ad been
In working order for eighteen months, auh
thcso TAs no oarthlY rsheon for any ono to aay
that theFo Was any danger from e1plonion. Tho
matter vas South 9ldo ono, aid tiers Was not
an objection, aud mover lad boon, Other hy tho
Committee OF Six. Win had thoroughly oxAmiuod
the matter, or from my cttIzo1.
Committee on Stroota aud Alloys Of shs tltos
divisions;
AID. Woodm.u moved tho previous questlon.
which was refusol-23 10 II.
AID. Fitzgerald could not see how tia patsngo
Of tho ordinance would work any hardships to
anybody. Ho could not focl !iko obliglng any
man or firm to pnY tho old company sB0D per
month more than they nntd pay to tho now com.
many: He vaa willing to vote for any company
which would leBs8n taxoa or oxpousce with otIual
safety to tho city.
AID BtcClory, foreman Of tho Wost gdo Gas
Company, aatd that any man who would advo-
cate = gas company In tho ccntro OF tho city
wullI 10 committing suicide.
Tho ordinance wns then recommtttcd.
MICHIGAN AVENUE.
An ordinance WAs passed 10 5epoal IN ordt-
nance providing for tho paving Of alicheun
avenue from Randolph to IwDltlh street, with
Rjlbets pavement.
THE TAcKMAN's Fh1ENp.
AID. 1[iIlrcth prcsented M ordinance to enable
llackmen to rob railroad pssaongors by charging
double price, TO Wit q to carry ono OF two pas-
souGerB less .h,n mills. Objection was matln
to its immediate consideration. nnd AID. Hit
drotll explained "They sre simply embarrass-
lug sheao gentlemen that arc working day and
night trying to makn living, and thsy oso
forced necessarily to oyorchargo muta than tho
law permits. That anondatoty ordinance makes
It go TINT, BY carrying ono Or two pooplo I tliB-
to charge 81 for it."
Tho attempt to snntch Tho City Marshal In TO
adyocate tho stoal wns defeated. aud Tho ordi.
nance was roferrod to tho Committee On Ii
ccnHc8.
rAx.coLLEG7ona' SALARIES.
The ordinance for fixing tho compensation Of
u<sssed. The compensation was settled at Z por
cant in tho case OF eaell collection.
OGDEN AVENUE RAILWAY.
Tho Ogden avenuo railroad ordinance prpyid-
Ash1And avenue and Madison stroet to Western
nyeu1.e, WAS thkon up. The ordinance sets forth
tho BktnD rcs&riclons as hro lHual in auch eaaoa.
The w1bo!o has boon published Ia those columns.
AID. Ca,npbsll moved tho passage Of the ord-
uhncc, aud 1t VAS put upon its passage and adopt
ar3 hv Al 70 4-Hat1Y and Mifte.
THE NEW WAnpa.
Tho ord5nauco for rodstriotiug tho city was,
On mutton, than thken up.
Aid, lichar1ason said tho Judiciary COMMITTEES
had simply 1eportod it back without any recon-
moudatioua. ls It stood, It consolidated tho
F1rst and 6ecood Wards and Tho Nineteenth and
THentieth. H. moved it bc taken up section by
section.
Tbs Clerk began to read tho ordinances.
AID. Hildreth moyel TINT tho Council establish
baAt8 upon wnkh thoy should redlatrtct tho city,
aud wien that . Committee OF three from each
division he appointed, to report to the Council
no1t Monday evouing "A orttIuanco rodstrlctipg
the city. 1Io moved that they tAko ~ basis tue
school censuR Of 1874 or 1876, whichever was tho
best ono. IIo also moved TO dispenso with tho
further reading Of the ordinance under cousidor-
alton, aud refer X to tho Committee.
AID. Campbell said il wsAA matter that might
En attended to 1t oueo. They had not n,icl,
ti,ne 10 Bpato. They hetl to glyo twenty days
notice af The election: lie wanted tho ordinance
EE1&l, uJk QulUH IhHltllAE WIFI s+H ktufl1k0uS.
Aid. Richardson expalnol that it only corsoli-
dated tho Ftrat and Second Wards and Nina
teenth aud Tweutlotl, and changed tho numbers
OF the others. uo had supposed the majority
Of tic Council woro in favor of throwing tho
Prst and Second Wards toeethor, and having
live On tho South Side. llo had aHo thought
that rolhaps Wost Skly Aldermen wore pretty
Eoaerall, IN favor Of lastipg their wards stand
Us they wsro at present. lie know TINT thorc.
waa 4ome question anouE tho North.siders
nbout tho Eighteenth. N,hntconth and Twan.
tletll. but ao thought II tbey took up tie ordi-
nance b.. aect,onB. BY tho ttnc that part Of 1t
Waa teached thoy could agroo on aome basin.
Aid. 1illdreth had been informed by q mombor
Of the Doard OF Education TINT they had a map
showing tho population OF every BLOCK in the
city, tho number of those attondiug school,
and Of all the grown pcopio also. With ths Rs-
distance Of 4 map of that kind-he had neyer
known ill tI.nt moment It was IN oxla.onco-it
would DO very eaHy ta4k for tho Committee to
redintrlct tho city in accordance with tbs law.
and do It pndor tho Rchon! census Of 1874, With
out putting the ci!y to tho expense Of special
Aid. Campbell thought tho matter ought 10 be
mot right there. II the city WAS to ba rediB-
ttioeed acco1alng, to tic litcral terms Of Tho
ssa!s' saS e exe a s n' s s, u 1 fs because g,4s ,s
out Of eGhtoen; but ho understood
that Il he Wost R'do got i,att and tho North and
South Sides tho rcsnaiodor.-ovon though tho
ions combipe that tho Wess Side would cou-
aeDt. But 1t there WAS to be nothing gaiued by
| delay, If the Woas B!do MAS not to got ita full
Pro rasa Of yards according to i!s population,
.hsp . they m'aht ~ vol psss tho ordinance that
nifbt. Dnt, u thoy we1o going to Rivo tho Wens
stdo ten wards ~ 1t WAS ons!tlod TO- be Was 10
lavos Of delaying weak and gattlng An o1tra
Ald; Il'ldre.h aahod him II he did nos think It
would bo better to appoint special committee
Of niue With instructions to raott in nrjtInRnca