The daily gazette., 1877-02-02
FIRST EDITION.!
City Council.

ELECTION OF CHIEF SURVEYOR AMI ,s
sisrANTs-A NEW ORDINANCE pAfsRD' .
| CITY Council met last evenioo
President Litchenstein In the char b
me street commissioner reported is
men In his employ and the Chief En-.
gineer OF the Water Department, SO
The city Treasurer, reported that
there was in Bank to the credit of cnr'
rent expensis, $44, 100, IS Cool snrin o
reservoir, $5,939, ,43, Redemptlon of
Bonds. $500; total amount in Rank
$50, 750, ,7S; 'nA'
| upon motion to dispense with read.
ing the names on the Miscellaneous
pay roll, Mr.. McGllnchey, Objected
ana IL was read, after reading Mr.. Nc.
Glinchey, moved that the amount So5
credited to DR.. Shortledge, be changed
1857, as he was not elected bv fbe
year reduction in his pay took nloce
on January 1st. Mr.. johnson. moved
to amend that it be referred tn the
hospital committee so as it could ex-
anime into the matter.
MIR: McGlinchey, accepted the
amendment and it was passed. The
remainder of the pay roll then passed.
The following petitions were read
and referred
From Charles Cannon and others,
asking to have crossing laid at Peach
and Heald streets.
Mr. Baker, presented a communica.
tion from @. Ii. Gallagher, chief En-
glneer OF the water works, informing
the Council of the break in the main
That crosses the Brandywine, and the
communication also stated that in or
der to supply the citizens of the Ninth
ward, with water, that there would be
a pipe 575 feet in length laid over Mar
kct street bridge at a cost of about
SoOO. The connections would be
made next Tuesday.
Mr.. Baker stated that the water
committee did not deem it necessary
TO call an extra meeting OF Council to
take action on the matter, and under
the circumstances the committee had
ordered the work done, on mis- motion
the action of the committee, was rati-
fed.
J. G. File petitioned that the water
backed up at Eighteenth and Tatnall
streets be carried off.
Mr.. Candy presented communlca.
ton from Bishop Lee in reference to
the deposit and accumulation of filth
in the city sand hole.
Mr. Jones presented a petition
from Thos. II. II. Messenger, aud
others, asking that Tenth street, from
Broom to Union, be graded.
Mr.. Baker, presented the return of
the commission, ON opening Franklin
street, from Judge wales, confirming
the action of the commission in assess-
ing 1880 to James Downward as
damages.
Under new business M. Baker
moved that Council 60 into nomina-
tion and election for chief Engineer
of the Surveying department. He
nominated NJ. G. Conwell, the pres
ent encumbent who was elected for
three years without opposition. For
assistants the present encumbents G.
l.. Hickman and Seymour p. Thomas
were reelected without opposition.
MIR. McGlinchey called up for its
final passage the ordinance in relation
to contractors which was read third
time. and passed unanimously.
During the evening the following
orders were directed to be drawn;
George W. Vernon & Son, $27; Pat
rick MCCARTHY $l50,66; Pay roll street
department, $213,66; Pay roll police
department, 81 1888, "a; miscellaneous
pay roll. 81 1857, 80; Patrick Carberry
on account, $500; William P. White,
$66,62;
On motion adjourned