Daily Republican., 1878-10-25
CITY COUNCIL.

tfOn Of Reports and Petitions
The Board OF Ed0estion Appesl'
for Help-The Aetlon Of COunci
ON the Mstter-PropOssls for Grad
ing, &c. ....
The City Council held regular sta
ted meeting last evening, Presiden
Lich htsnstein in the chair.
The finance committee asked to b.
relieved from ary further consideration
Of the petitions Of Eliza Harris and P
w. Furry, as neither Of them had beef
handed to the committee by their pre-
dscessors. Request granted.
The finance committee reported ad
vsrssly on the petition Of w. H. Chad
wick asking to be relieved from thu
payment Of his assessment for maca
dami izing Fourth street; slso adversely
on the petition Of B. Hammer TO hav'
certain taxes refunded.
The street committee reported favor
ably upon the following petitions:
From John W. Jourdan and other,
asking to have the south side Of klsv
enth street paved and guttsrsd. Co.'S
$3.50; from W. Joyce and others asking
to have cutters on the east side Of Jack
son street paved. Cost $50.
The Water Committee reported favor
ably on the following petitions:
From e. w. jackson and others, for
water pipes along Adams from Second
to Front; estimate cost, &l75; from
Thomas McCOmb and others asking for
the extension Of water pipes along
Madison street from Tenth TO Elev.
snth street. Cost $50 dollars; from
John Ash and others asking for a
fire plug on Liberty street. Cost sl6.
The Lamp Committee reported favor
ably on the petition Of James McKen-
ney, for q lamp At 18th and Washing
ton and 18th and jefferson streets.
Cost s25. All the foregoing reports
were adopted.
City Treasurer Vincent reported 81 =
033. ~ in bank to the account Of cur
rent expenses.
He also reported having paid out to
the Water Commissioners on account OF
the Cool Spring Reservoir, during the
week, the sum OF 81, 734.39, and In total
to date, $40, BEAT.
/, Street Commissioner Hoagland re-
ported so men, s double teams, and s
single teams, employed in the Street
Department during the week ending
Oct. 10.
Chief EngineerH. B. McInt're
of the Water Department, reported 35
men employed during the week ending
Oct. %. Pay roll, s262.9s.
Mr.. Guthrie presented petition from
Patrick MCCARTHY and others asking for
junction Of water pipes on Monroe and
Chestnut streets.
Mr.. Lynch presented petition from
W. Beatty, asking to have Conrad
street paved and graded, and also for a
lamp at Conrad and Van Buren,.
On motion Mr.. Guthrie, Chairman of
the Finance Committee, an order for
81 ,075.20 was directed to be drawn in
favor Of certain bondholders to pay in
terest and State tax for November.
Mr.. Price called the attention of Coun-
Gil to the effects of the late storm upon
the school houses in the city. He stat.
ed that the Board had no funds availa-
BILE for the repairs Of such damages, aud
the law as now constituted not only
made no provision for such expenses
but gave the Board no authority to do
so. He thought that under the circum-
stance the City Council should do some
thing for the relief Of the Board. He
saw present Mr.. Eckel President of the
Board Of Education, and on his motion
Mr.. Eckel was invited to address Coun-
Gil upon the subject.
Mr.. Eckel coming forward, thanked
the Council for the courtesy extended
to him, and spoke of the disastrous ef-
fects of the storm upon the public
school buildings. No. he stated had
been entirely unroofed, and Nos. 10
and II partially unroofed. The esti-
mated cost of the repairs caused by the
storm he thought would be Sl036
which amount might possibly be in
creased by some damages not yet re.
ported. He referred to the wise pro-
visions of the law which guarded both
tha Roard nf Education and tho Civ
Council from creating unnecessary ex-
penses, and he complimented the Coun.
Gil upon the pleasant and friendly re-
lations which had existed between
them for the last two years.
The Board had a sufficiency Of funds
to meet their ordinary expenses for the
current year but they were totally un.
prepared to meet these last unlocked for
and being debarred by law
from raising money on their own re-
sponsibility they had on other resou @.
than to apply to the City Council for
relief. Mr.. Eckel said that the Board
looked to the City Council for help in
the emergency, and without such help
some of the schools would have to close.
The address of Mr.. Eckel was well
and after some discussion be-
tween Messrs. Chandler, Paynter, Nor
ton, McGlinchy and Taylor, the follow
ing resolution offered by Mr.. Chandler
was unanimously adopted. Mr.. Lynch
that it was no use hesita
ting because the schools had to be kept
open no matter what it would cost:
Resolved, That the Law Committee confer
with the City Solicitor to ascertain the right
Of the Council to extend relief and present
an ordinance Mt the next meeting of Council.
On motion of Mr.. Lynch the Commit
tee on Hospital was authorized to ad-
vertise for proposals for painting the
exterior of the City Hospital.
On motion of Mr.. Guthrie the City
Solicitor was instructed to call on the
justices of peace, and ask for settle
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