, 1877-08-15
THE CITY.1IALL.

TIE CITY-1IALL.
The 1aborcrs Of tho Department OF Public
Works-about 1,5o0 In number-vcro paid
$4,000.
| Tho Committee on Local Assessments ia called
to meet III the City Clerks oilcc Friday after.
noon at 0 o'clock.
The policemen and f1rcmen were made happy
yesterday by tho receipt Of their July salaries.
About ais, 600 wns distributed among them.
| The Comptroller yesterday issued rcycnuc-
warrants to tho amount Of FISH and redeemed
popular.loan certificates amounting to $A,s5U.
Tho Trcasurer's receipts ycstonlay were
&l,6l9 FROM tho City Collector, 81, 7G9 from f,o
Water Department.. and $1O7 from the Conp-
| trollcr.
The memoranda Of tic Police Department
show that up 10 date 2sU persons haYo been mr.
rested for participation in the late insusrcction
In this city.
Thirteen new caacs Of scarlet fever were re-
ported ut the firalth Department yesterday,
already this week.
Proposals for TIM construction Of kcwcr.
on 1larlbnt street, from Sophia to u puint Dii
feet north thereof: %sre opened yesterday by
tho Department Of Public NorIik. The lowest
BIT. WAS that Of John Lyon, ut $3.50 per linear
| ftut.
The Department Of Public Works will, Fri,lny
morolng A. II o'clork, onen bids for tle co1;-
atructlop OF tho 11Inchiucry, englnrs, and butll-
inss uecceesary for tue operation Of thu Fuller
tranch Of thc work have already i"cn received.
Tho building Department yesterday srantc.l
permits TO- Walker, Oakley Il Co. fur two
tnnnery buildings on Elatotl ayenue, one 10 be
onc stusy in height and Etxl0 feet III ,1lncn-
sitns tho other VI three stories nnl ilx;tJ lcyt:
and to Arthur Farrar for two-ttory, b.sen,..lt,
and attic dwelling, No. 5l3 West Washington
street, Il, cost 315,000
Thc Council Monday night approved tic names
q Messrs. PhillP noJne, Z. II: Reed, un1 s!r.
Of Education. Mr.. Reed ani slr. ilnyne arp
| their own aurctssors. Mr. ucnnts IL 10 tuko
tho place of SONIC onu now n tho Dnartt, but the
Masar III 'nak'nE IFS nomination did not specify
| tn whuse ptA.c Mr.. ucnnts wns to grryc, api1
therefore there Is no vacancy In tho Boar.l. Mr.
licath sail yc*lerlay tliat lu iutouue.t that a1r
Deurta shn''ld ss,rcrcd MF. Welvil. ifMrWcleii
objects, Mr. nunilas' nause will hsvo 10 10 asaln
t,efore the COnucil, and the Mayor will have to
| ulsplace Mr. Wclct. The Mayor has not yct de-
cued who to nominate IN place VI atesar5. Stone
and focle, whom The Councl! would not con.
tIrn,.
clinntlon OH tie part ot thu Cutnptroler and tho
Treasurer to conceal alI facts relative to tho
nmount vt money or tcpostt 10 thu cred-
It Of tho eity. Information gu Tint
p reporters who hare cssayed to make Inquiries
Tic Comptroller said yesterday Tint tl.u lliltl.
ctal affairs tfall been brlattcA about too much.
It xss tamHglug to tho sity's credit 10 ayo tho
| ruhltc and tic press always tllnGing about The
amount Ut money now uIl hat,u. and 1t tended
to make 1eap'e uncasy. l'1rre wcrc I,abIllttca
which the public ,,uycr henri alh,t, while thy
might tlcat Of all tho receipts 1T the .ity. md
therefore they would not lthnw what bccallu Of
the money. It were better fs,r tic kuowIetlgo
of the c'ty't ananrtal condition to b. kept 10
those who~o l'1lair'css It was tn n,snage It.
1hr Finauco Committee met IN tho Comp
thcF attention to the bills vll grcw out vt the
cxpenacs Attending tic suppreKn1ut, Ut tho y1ut
and rsnters. Lfppl!cott, lrom whou, about
sixtY old savary-satEcs aud mo stH'ngy piece
/ 0f artillery wcEu obtained, sent In 4 bill fur
$5 apiece Tor tac safrua n,ut $-:0 Tor the dInp
1ated piece OF orJnat,ec. Ihesn valuations the
C"sn'nit.eo referred tn Capt. Riley, aud u,N,,
have strvitttl tn rtgoIai,t1a to tie Council that
l!prl1iustt l'c alinwcd eluall sum for tho .lsu
of TIC sares, aud TINT tic elty replaes tho catl-
nun! wleA seei,is W. !! lttle:.'la''asei BY tlc
bennington so that l'c sEkes bsek tk rifle. IL
small dIscount, aua tho *unle arrangement has
been entered lnto With eearf. Iha Unused uni.
turned. and altogether lilo city Aas been
pnt at really stnall expense. TLcru
was sec worth Of prop.rty dc"trnyed, stolel.,
and lost, INIT Of course that tic CITY feels ,,td
n!shed the property.
The Cnunr1l COMMITTEES On Eleetions hct
spoihrr meeting last evening tor tlsu p,sIose of
hraring more, estdenen rcSarding ,I,c alleged
frauds IN tile scycntA Nartl at tile last rcsli,t.
rhcFs were pressnt AID. Seaton, Ballard, AMI
Junlss q. Wheeler, q clerk Al the Fifth PrS-
| cuet, testtdcd Us 10 tho number Ut rity ballots
| put tutn the town bux by mistake, whtrt wetu
thrown out. There wcFe about twenty. fire fos