The Morning herald., 1878-04-19
ssadaiiCFTY COUNCIL.

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.Afttsd meeting Of City Council was
held lastseYeniRg, President Lichtenstein in
\ thachairoX XG~~~.sGzsIGosaU3 OF a0ET9A
sTheW WateriC Comhittssarepoft fsvorablya
Ioatp,tt4op ofGWdAs Bicdh VaskingBfor the I,
luse of water from the fire plugs for sprinklrf
ling tbe=streess ;=snd adversely on he. petit
tio6 sSs @ staS TIA stha- -eItapsion OF.
water piprs on Forrest street. :.
The Opening Street Committee reported
kdverse* 2ona petition Of E. III. Rice, Jr.w, Jr.w
,skllng. 70 be allowed tobuild out 61 inches
pp lot No. 316 Market street; J,s afr ,ssy
| ICfy Treasurer Vincent reported q balance
Pf i$13 86f .88 lin bank to the account Of
fugrent5 expenses 90 He also reported having
Stohers Oh account Of Coo} Sprfhg' r eservoir,
since his last reports the sum oi7S55.6s, andt
In, total to date $90,6S65 54tI mn7t sHgiiiil
| Street Commissioner Hoagland reported
Tamen 1isinglei team afid 2 donble teams
Employed in the iStrset Departments during
the week ending April 13th,1q Payroll,
Chief. Engineer Gallagher reported Is
inen employed In The Water Department .
during the week ending April 16th. bPay-st
The folloxiug petitions rs s1ie and ceeommunica> e
tionsi wefei read and referred h2hiiN 4oo t's
Mr. Haganl laskingto have.$3 rs overpaidaf
water tax refunded, ~, hr,,ow ysdl ~ s&,sg -
JOSEPH Daniels asking, for for the use Of the
fire plugs to FIJI his street sprinkler. ''"' '''
Th9mas1M Ogle, laskingE for,cailamp on1l
Seventh street between King and French, ., AZ
, WIG. Pierce and G. W. Dorsey, asking .
fpr,tfle exte6sion OF water pipes on Orange
street from Thirteenth to, Fourteen tn street. g
Frank McGonigle, asking lfor, the extern. .
slon5oR water pipes 'on 'Tayl6r Street from
Spruce to- X Kirkwoyd. ladt noiai4o adi 10 5Sa
Nrs. Rsphfnss asking that Robert Parry, ,ra
her ne eSt door neig hGory be fequired.to build
a bac!s baek building 'ihstesd of d frame
yohe, as it puts her building, 70 bakery at No 3a
'2S4 Key street.in, great jeopardy
On u1otion of Mr. Baker, ,1the above petit
tion was seht to his honor, Mayor Whitley.
:. Mfg Wendle called up for the third read-
Ing the ordnance amending ana ofdinance Il
concurripg The election otda, city solicitor,
and fxihgl His Term for threeyears. ,.s
The passagepf the ordinance was opposed
by the ,pemoesatics members, believing lit a r
p0lical hoax to eleets q Republican city sos,
llSiou1, 1utuuSu ical tuuG Ulc HSAb NOuGCu q
will be Dehocraticsi 3Gldigus Il lad 3nat2a
{ lTIhte, ReRublicaps dsnied thatit,Nasa "pono
litra1 j0b3' the otdi4ance being amended
for eeoeomy's sakd, the solicitor, by the old
'orliaance isaindtoo shortia time. Many
cases iqDthat way, have been in the hands Of
two Or three soffcitors, and are still unset
tled.a The ordinance was passed by vote
of IL toS. Republicans voted for, and the c
DEMOCRATS against It. Every member was
present except Mr.. morton. '"4
The ordinance amending the ordinance IN Z
reference to the election Of city auditor was, q
passed also by the above vote. -. L ,
@ Mr.. Chandler, Chairman Of tie Street
Opening Committee, presenteda q bill from
the American Dredging Gegof Philadelphia
for building the embankment on the south
side'to pfeVent!ttis overflow Of the marsh,
proposing to do the work for 81, ,se0.A''q lo''.
p On motion, the, bid was referred to the =
Opening Street Committee, With power TO,
During the evening the following orders 81
were directed to be, drawn; Homer Barry, 3l
1925 ;AleEander montgomery. $67 so; Mr.,
Carbeiry, $50, Board of Health, $3.50.
r Adiourned:I siqC5q G6ei1fhi h2lE TiHo IL