, 1877-12-02
TIE CITY-HAIL.

The Treasurer's receipts yesterday wer
! S1:639 from the City Collector, s13,GS3 from th
| Water Department, and Sl,2l9 from the Comp
| troficr.
It may perhaps be q little comforting to thos,
who anticipate an aifiiction OF the smallpox II
| Know that the Health Department has had thu
! new double ambulance put in order, and it vii
be used hereafter. 1t is not painted yellow, les
1t should prove terrifying to the public, but
presents sombrc, dignitied appearance.
Two new cases OF smallpox were reported
yesterday. They were at No. SOB Blue island
avenue, aud near the corner Of Maplewoou and
Twenty"second streets,-far away from dense
population. Mr. George Stearnss who lived at
No. 523 West Congress street, and was taken ia
the pest-house but few days ago, died early
yesterday morning.
The Committee on Streets and Alleys of the
North Division met yesterday, and decided tc
report fayoTab1vupon petition requesting that
the North Division Street-kailway Company be
required to lay tracks and operate railway uron
Centre and Sophia streets aad Racine avenue,
and the Corporation Counsel was instructed to
prepare m ordinance to be submitted Monday
night
The Mayor has not yet signed the ordinance
leasing the Lake-Front to the Chicago Base
Ball Club. His Honor said yesterday that
he was allowed till the time Of the meet
afiix bis mark Of disappr5val. Ii he
fails to veto the measure before that
time the ordinance becomes valid without his
name attached. ne held out no Indication as
to what he would tlo with the measure. There
wns another conference with Messrs. uoyne
and Bonheld, but it had no results.
DectectireJohn Macau1ey was before the Police
Boar1-Heatb, Hickey, Dixon, Ward, ct al
yesterday afternoon to answer to the charge Of
insubordination preferred BY Deputy-Supt
Dixon. The trouble arose out OF the manage-
ment OF the case Of the servant.girl Price and
the man Sherry, who recently robbed so
many privntc houses throughout the city.
The two disputants contradict each other at
every point, and the evidence may therefore be
said to show that Macauley was insuborlinate
and impudcnt, and that Macauley was neither
insuhordinate nor inpudent. Chief Hickey
took the case under adviscnent.
About two years ago lot OF owners and
quested permission to test t!!e!r various devices
under the boilers Of the North Side pumping
works. After about i years. wrangle n
test Was arranged, the patent
fuetsayers put iu, the test made and
srS upon bs experts the hnd the Tesa
aud complete in Its work, given to
the Committee on Fire and Water. That was
months ago, and notwithstanding that the
Council has since demanded the report, it has |
not yer Dccn SUBMITTED. Inc persons INTEREST
ed are beginning to wonder what has become Of !
the report, aud if the experiment Was un5atfs- |
factory.
The report Of the workings OF the Building |
Department during the month OF November |
shows that the receipts were as follows: From !
[39 permits for 1a4 structures, $72; II street.
obstruction permits, s12; Is housc-moving per- !
nits, S75; total receipts, s15o The expenses
we're $500. The amount Of water-ta- certified |
% By the Building Department and collected |
" the Water Department was $3.50. The 70 !
buildings for whose construction permits were
ssued have q street frontage of 2.096 feet; Is
II them are brick and 81 stone fronts. Their !
ost was S344000. and the cost of additions,
.tc., built during the month was $39, 500. max /
np q total of s313, 800 for the months work
gainst s379, 100 lor the corresponding period Of
asst year