, 1879-02-01
mn. had received no pay, while many Of them

arr' had received no pay, while many Of them
needed what the| had earned. ,,o,,o,o,
haro lis men mike out tl,cir bills an1 present
item. Then tic Board could pass upon them.
The suggestion vas acfcd upon. niltl Nv.
Ayrcs Was notified tint tl,r Doar1i would meet
prescnt. ,-r.
1t has been customary for the 'rown Collect.
ors to pnv their Deputies part OF Their cafnlaGt
aboat onchaf,-ss the work progrgtsen, ,.,, Hr ~.
ranre'ncnf, to consult the Town boatn; y - 'an.
tjaY, nntl ilcn have the Town board cut TINT
figure down.
THE sr0Gx-yARps PACKERS
held all adjourned meeting yesterday alter
Noon tO conclude arrangements looking to M
increase Of tho watcr-supply tn tne Tarn OF
Lake There werc PRESENT Il. r. Hutchinson,
Addison Fowcr, Charles - co.nse!m1n' S,n {, tsank r
Ihy, r. d. Armour. b. W: Higgins, anl George
M,lirhcnd, the Inter Of the Town .! Lake.
Whcn fhpsc intes"stcd had retired to tie
excluded reporters, r. D. Armour was called to
preside aMl tho business In hand was takcn
i'm. After brief ditcnss!on Il was re-
solved as tho scnso OF The meeting to
water facilities and protect their interests from
fire. With yicH TO this end committee was
appointed, consisting Of +. y; A1hi9nE, =. 4.
Kent, E. .. Chap!n. A'l Addison Fowler. to
0XCClttC COUIIaCk9 lGE tiE ANkAlSNllk AN3 bHH
Of pipe, cxcavatinE mains. nl,d doing aIl things
necessary to be done IN that connection. The
design 4 to connect direct With the HYDE Park
Water Works cxteusfon. This Will require the
pipe, and the completion Of other I'm
provcmrnts, to enable the packers to &C.
euro the fuIi capacity Of the water-powcr at
Hyde Park. Work will be commenced without
The packers arc arranging fot thu lncation af
Arc-alarm at the stock- Yards 70 conncct will,
the Chicago Department, but definite Hctton was
postponed until meeting Of tho p4ckers, Aaso.
ciatiun, which will be assembled next week. AT
the conclusion Of the business fOr tic t!ispntl-
t!on Of which the meeting convened, au nd1ourn-
tnrnt without day was carried.
THE posr.ofrlcR.
Nothing definite has yet bern heard as to The
futura location Of the post-t)tliee. The report
from Washington tl,at Mt. Freeman had given
his decision in favor OF The. Efonosc Block has
only narrowed tho matter down TO question
between the new Government pnlis1log at.ti The
/ ce!ved no official notification yesterday IN
Nitorne,.GeneraI. but e1pecta llspatchcs 10.
day. He yesterday stated that Postmaster
Post. Office should bc moved into thc new huitd-
| iug. II, conycrsation with Speclat-AEent Stew
art. Oh tho occasion OF TINT officials recent visit
| 10 Warrington. Mr: ralncr also said lint no
| was confident that the new building would ba
occupIcd ss stM'n a. 1t could ne put into prnpcF
condition. This would, Ut course. sfEectually
settle tle claim Of the Eonnecttcut Mutual, md
/. Is to this extent that Mr: Frccu1an's decision
Tl,r I1uuosc Building ls no" In proper statc sc
receive the post-OtEce. aMd, unless work Is cou
Inenccd immediately on the new building. there
quarters. The otIlcc cannot be kept where II II
mllci. longer, and MI Immediate disposal oil tllt
uncertainty Is becoming more neecssary ever,
day.