The daily gazette., 1878-06-14
City Council.
REG GULAR MRETING-ADvERsE REPORTS
A COMMUNICATION FROM EX-
CHIEF ENGINEER RHANNA-PRo-
PosALS-ADVERsE RE-
PoRTS-THE WAR

CHIEF ENGINEER RHANNA-PRO-
PosALS-ADvERsE RE-
PoRTs-THE WAR
ON DOGS.
Tue City Council met last evening, In
regular session, President Lichtenstein,
i'll the chair.
The Lamp Committee made the fol-
lowing adverse reports. On the petition
OF J.. Gould, asking for a lamp at Second
and King streets.
Plerson & Bro, asking for lamp on
VanBuran streets. Samuel AIcClary,
asking for lamp on Seventh street,
bstween West and Washington.
j. Ii. Turner, asking for Two lamps on
Lombard street.
Charles Stewart asking for a lamp, on
Front street between Madison and
Monroe.
The reports were all adopted.
Mr.. Windle moved that the proper
officers, be authorized to have two notes
OF $20,OO0 each discounted at 45 days
in order to pay two of the same amount
falling due on the 10Th inst. Agreed to.
Mr. Windle, moved that when council
adjourn, it adjourned to meet on Friday
evening, at 7.30 o'clock. He gave as
the reason that Finance Committee had
just received the assessment books, aud
The tax rate mus be fixed as soon as
possible, in order to return the. books to
the Collectors, so that they could make
out their bills. The motion was agreed
to.
The Street Committee reported favor
ably upon the petition of p. Plunketl,
asking that the cutters on Four b street,
from Broome TO jackson, be made larger.
Agreed TO.
The same Committee also made a
favorable report on the petition of Will
liam Candy, asking that the sidewalks
on Delaware Avenue, between Jefferson
and Madison streets, be made nine feet
wide. Agreed to.
The same Committee to whom was re-
ferred the petition of Edward Bring
hurst, with power to act, asking that the
curb at Eighth and Franklin streets, be
Strengthened reported that the work had
been ordered done estimated costs, $l5.
Adopted.
On the proposals for cleansing the
streets, and removing the garbage, the
same Committee reported in favor of
rejecting all the bids and asked author
ity to advertise for new ones. The
authority was granted, and the report
adopted.
The City Treasurer reported ,$7, ,024.34
in bank, to the credit of Current expen-
ses paid out on draft OF Water Com
missioners since last report, $1,lOS,72 /;
total to date $9S S,406,1 ,15.
The Chief Engineer of the Water
Department reported II men were en-
ployed for the week ending June 11th !;
pay roll ,@l81.25.
The Street Commissioner reported Al
men and double teams, in his employ
Tor the week ending June Sth pay roll,
$331,5S.
The following petitions aud Communi
cations were read and referred to the
proper Committees -
Mr.. Johnson, presented a petition
from David Lemon, asking permission
to hang flag across Market street. On
motion OF MIR. johnson the petition was
referred TO the Street Committee with
power to act.
MIR. Baker, presented a petition from
from James Mccoy, asking that the
west side of Wilson street, be curbed
and gultered for Il distance of about so
feet south of Taylor street.
MIR. Conrad presented petition from
E. L. Williamson, asking that Lincoln
street below Gilpin Avenue be curbed
Ia front Of a row of new houses. On
motion the matter was referred to the
Street Committee with power to act.
MIR. Adams, presented the following
communication from ExChief Engineer
Hanna
TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF
CITY COUNCIL.
Gentt Through instructions
from you 1 have before me a note from
the clerk of Council, requesting modifica-
non In that part of my last annual report
OF the fire department, ,inIwhich refer to
Conncil hereafter sustaining the chief
aud assistant engineers in the discharge
of their duties While my late assis-
sistants, and the active members of the
fire department in general, more partic-
ularly the members of the suspended
companies in question, (the w alter Witch
and Reliance) whom as l said before
acted like gentlemen, treated me as such,
and promptly obeyed my commands
when suspended from service, all are in
one accord that l was right In the COM
munication referred to in the matter;aHd
further, that AS an officer then did not
command the respect due me, that /
should have had from you.
Finally, as my views In the matter
were presented to you in the most kind
spirit and gentlemanly manner, l most re-
>pcctfulIy decline to alter or amend in
any particular, the recommendation or
paragraph referred to-"
Very Respectfully,
WILLIAM HANNA,
EX-CHIEF ENGINEER.
The communication was referred to
the Fire Committee.
The chair presented communication
from W. X. Long, and 50 others setting
forth the fact in the recent case of HYDRO
phobia, and asked the Council take some
action in the matter to protect the citi-
zens from further cases of the same kind.
They asked that dog law be passed
similar to that in Philadelphia or pNew
York.
Onmotion of Mr.. Baker, the communi-
cation was referred to special commit
tee of five.
The rules were suspended, and the
chair appointed the following committees:
Messrs. Baker, Price, Chandler, Norton
and Guthrie.