The daily gazette., 1877-11-09
i, FIRST EDITION. |.
seCITY gOdyNcaJp !


loving L favorable reports which ~ were
William Miller aud otbers ashing
for an additional fiagiug at Second
and 'Mafketo streetss OEstimated lSeo sts
James Eglingtou and others asking
for cnrhing and. paving on Heald,
street, South.side. Estimated coets,
y JosephiL. Carpenter, Jr. asking to
have sidewalks put down on jackson |
street, between Second and Third.
The City Treasurer reported that
there was SIS, 1880 in bank to @ the
credit of the city, subject to- current
expenses. Also that he HAD paid nut
to the Water Commissioners ,otlnr--
ing the week, i$1l, ,00T,82. Total amoIu.
10 date, $34, 1863, "a. 9e'eN .''a llT76T :
n The Street Commissioner reported
33 men, g double and single teams,en-
gagged m repairing streets, during the
past week. 49,.
The Chief Engineer of the Water
Department, reported % mensin his efn
ploy for the week ending November
9th. r 7el ,ri7'1gtF9 > NO, nW7 lT'T-
The following petitions and commu
nications were read, and referred to
the proper committees: -tlirslnlI.aI
From s. B. Springer, asking the priv,
lege to stand on King street. be-
tween Sixth and Seventh on arket
days for the purpose of selling fruit
and other articles.
I From Hart g Bro. asking that a
lamp be erected on Fifth street. be-
tween Walnut and Poplar. 9''' -.
From the Water Witch S. F. E. Co
asking that a 9 or 8 inch main be ex-
llended down Shipley street, from
Sixth to their engine house. Also tha
| q re plug be put In. From the sam
lcompany communication was rec
| ceived thanking the Mayor and G oun-
Ileil for the map that had been fu rnish-
ed them showing the location 81 and
size Of the water pipes throughout the
From George W. Wells, gaskine that
the water pipes be extended on Frank
lin street about 225 feet from Eighth
street ! IN order 70 supply. water TO the
From g, b. Guyer, and others ask
Ing that the west side Of Poplar street
be E. cprbed and paved from j Tenth to
From James Hunter, asssinlgg? for wa
ter pipes on Union street, from Penn
sylvania avenue, to Tenth street.
The following new business was
acted uponi j.uliIl lllJ .uDillqlli
Mr.. johnson. called up for third
reading the ordinance empowering, the.
Mayor 70 appoint an additional
policeman in the First District Pass
TED unanimously.
MIR. Ly nch, presented R'yreSolution'
which was passed, REG uestiin ihe May
or to ask Judge Wales to appoint q
i commission to condemn the land
along Shipley Run, from Maryland
Avenue to Marshl Lane.iui liaii 'roqa 1'
Mr.. Chandler called for third reading
and final action, the ordinances in fela-
l tion to- the sale Of oils within the city
limits, H. s,.i,sa4us1 osi,-aii iauui
In the second section the following ap-
i pears. stAll dealers Id illuminating oils
shall on the first Of every month fnrnjsh
report to the City Auditor Ofthe amount
Of oil received, from whom received and
to whom sold" .After the section bad
been read, Mr.. Norton objected TO the
Iwords"fromi whom received and to whom
sold" saying that he did not Thing it was
Unconstitutional, as, it would be exposing o
mans private business. On motion Of
Mr.. johnson, the words objected To. We're
tstrickeh out, and the ordinance as1 amen
ded passed unanimously oil !!gJdo
/ Mr.. Chandler presented the following
| proposals for the grading Of Of Washing
| e,,o-,. h ~,
and Fourteenth from from West tt0 Washing Ha ip
ton; "' 2 W S'''9'>''1 '''''' W. '''' ''0 "''''
Peter Ford m q 10 cents per cubic yard
Geo. Cochran, 19l"aio"A H"MN 9''
II. II. Cook p 10 thl1 g" yqs.H g
Jno. Billingsby 24,u" r"I ref''mn2 F."
s. Cory ,,Idi ~ 'i "lh ".saiHt.
M, Keotigh n'ni1 914s "5'"'ss 10. g. q
Mr.! Chandler moved that the contract
be awarded to Mr.. Keough be being the
lowest bidderI l555f II 20 .Qud1% t10
Mr.. Windle thought as the bid was so
low, the security for the proper perfor-
nance had better beEexamined. ~ = :
II Mr.. Jas. f. T'faynor being announced
by the Clerk, as security, the motion OF
Mr.. Chandler passed.
Il On motion of Mr.. Chandler, thes Law
Committee we've authorized to employ
Walter Cummings, Esq, TO defend the
city at the coming term Of court, I'm the
Killgore case. I'D nm - osIA
/ John, Ennis, SO; j. P. Allmond, ,$2,04
Charles Warner % Co., -6l2.89,, Gard well
& Wall, 8.48; Blackistan d Bro, 248s r
!. tCaTayior,T S2e; I: @, t,yie, 57.9f; James
& Bro, $3.50; Morris 8 Iasker Company
Il $5i. 40; William 8. Hayes, $40; Depart
ment Engineering and Surveying, $50; J
,lW, Hawkins, $2487; james Bradford
, 80 cents; z. Pickles, $1.65; Homer Barry
6.84; Boughman, Thomas & Company
HAS; Walton & Bro, 1886; g. III. P. Sim
, mons, $345.31; William Il. Clark, $2L60
James Murray, H$74. .26; James cKen:
Ldrick, $17469; City Auditor, $6; w. W
Simmons, 1O805; James 3 Bro, 1915
e. Bartram, 4275; Mary Hanna, S5o.6S
Thomas Reynoldsy $43.20; Il. H. Cook
$5O.5e; Martin Quinn, $a4.55; PhilipLynch,
l$A.3O; Benjamin Ewing. $50,S7 IL: Nc,
Closkey, $32.40; James Hartigan, Wy, "
s. S. Bradford, $34.37 Samuel Coyle, $510
BENJAMIN Hurst '$9Sy8s, JIO! File, 80
d. II. Kent a. Co., $280; James A. An.
!, lderson, j,S6.76; D. Piekels, S4f55;o james
TMcIntire, 1891 .66 : Johho Christy, 81
/. Fac. Stotsenburg, $131, ,43.