, 1879-08-17
TIE CITY-HALL.

TIE C1TY-HAIL.
The saloon licenses issued to date are 2. $40.
The City Treasurer yesterday received s2,33
from the Water Department, 81, l62 from tn
Collector, and $255 from the Comptroller
It'll NOV thought that Mr.. Hitchcock will b
retained as scrip clerk in the Controllers office
His explanation OF his trouble to the Mayo
appears to have satisfied that gentleman.
Amour the building permits taken out yester
! day Was ono BY L. Z. Letter to erect fiye-stor'
and basement store, S2x102 feet corner Of Fiftl
avenue and Monroe street, to cost 100000.
Officers Smith and Jennings, who have bee1
OF detective duty at the West Madison STREE
Station, hare been sent back to patrol duty, anG
their places filed By the Costello brothers
Michael and Patrick, two experienced and
efficient officers
The promised conference On the stone cues
tion In connection with the new City-Hall has
been again postponed on account Of the eon
tiuued absence Of City-Atrorney 6rinne1l. II
the meantime, the work is going forward just a
II nothing bad occurred.
BIZ mistake 1t was printed yesterday that per
sons paving their water-taS on or before '' Aug
] Is u would be relieved Of the 10 per cent pen
| altr. It should have been September instead oi
/ August After Sept. Is the penalty will be cx'
acted in all cases. What is to become Of those
who have already paid the penalty?
Robert Conden was yesterday appointed
janttor at the rookcry, aud given charge OF the
! Office OF the Commissioner Of Public Works,
ns eaA % ~ paae9 1l An11n haeh, nSttS1
for some time, and been very efficient man.
The change was for the good Of the party.
There were no Developments in the Fire De-
partmcnt yesterday, much to the surprise Of ali
| concerned. No one, OF course, knows why the
plans Everybody believes. however, that the
changes Indicated will be made on or before
Sept. I, and in the meantime the suspense is
working decentralization among the men.
soxar,, ~ TIN ,,,...,t. fo, ,,;,a,n, ,or~au.
tractors came forward and gave bond. Con
tract No. 2, Fifth Ward, was given to Thomas
McNichols; contract No. 3, Sixth Ward. to P.
McArdle; md contract No. 8, Fifteenth Ward,
to j. F. & NJ. e. Dutey. Several Of the con-
tractors have not yet qualified. and the Commits
propose to wait on them much longer.
T. ,o,x .,,o+ +,,n c.,,o,, ,;z .,.,
th Dn ~ ;G uu
the a,,,raec.as ~ he sa5aon,n- ftraat ~
Tor the pasposeo getting At the damages 50 the
h;5s 1nass 1a1sa;na1 ~ , ~. ~ ~ tWo
oa9s HetG ~ toceI'so, no"e'er: Inu !1c oEuer 10
hsua.ot e.uau "ao 1 sUnoy pue ~ ~ 1ne ouueis,
th nereaoloee seier1eu 70, came ol me iaet 1naS
the t apptopI1aIon on Tas not sqtnc,en1 to eomnlete
ule ~otA, ana Tue leIS!ns o. u nao 10 DC 1noeh-
nnely poetpooeo- !helc WIN naFe 10 oe some
acllon OF tne coaneh oeiore Inc WORK eau so
1or"aru'
Inc committee On Etectlons met Tor tile pur-
t,es pose o. aastnG up tnG Ens1eballara contest,
ohss, - tu M ~ 1aarts s 9T no. ue ~ le
T. ~ ~ au5nnln !oa nceh nas,aereea 10.
M IS qhesoonap.e ansno" mne'her tne oa1.0ts 1.s
~ 9 .oan'ou toi9 1aes uaf' !L!e Ing
oiuin1uE eaJe ~ ena!t oe uone "tnls
a az; Iulev IN sne foune1i, me tine Nas extend
eed;nas'oa "n.,at ~. ao9 ~ - ;s ~ ua@ ~ ~
ot9iuanGe a,1 c39n9c oe atnenueu IN taat way. Ii
A!d na!Iaiu o1sposeu 70 tahe auyantage OF
'eeo1s~''tos no ean uoubtaess sup lne conees'~
The Committee on Streets and Alleys North
Division, met and decided to refer the petition
for the opening OF Oak street through to State !
to the Law Department for au opinion as to the
exchange OF city property for some belonging
to the Newberry estate, which is ut the head of
the present street. aud will haye to DC taken If
te e pet s;ds - u . me 'y propeFey Is on
- sta e ssd XII % - - uSets5 MupPoe.to ~
,rha1 daao;asa - e n1oaa ~ ~ a. ~ ~
tneJ ues'"eu ~ p!aso ~ u.e @ eu1 1c
mmonstrance n against tue lmproVement OF
Sottn aFe9ue, s'nee II Chile III LOO late,
nent being in the hands OF the Collector. |
Nothing VAS done about the Dearborn avenue |
boulevard. 4 majority or minority report has !
been nrenared. that apainst the ordinance heinp
Tho rit;,ons ha~;n@ romona+rata5 |
= ,ooand AEatho.saatt2;,, LII ~ hi1
1sa.uet e0eonu' ano'A'1i n1eein6 VIA oo ue'n
next Reek.
1bs str;1-a ~ tha h-;nt,,,a,,ors ~ e,,,o otheu
,a,,to tas =, ~ ~ ,hn a1aa. - ~ ~ ~
lAues' bas uau lue eneet 10 eut oa 1ue
34ppi} OK Lae CONTRACTOR oo Ine t11y
standstill. The contractor procured some
brick yesterday from another source, but of !
such inferior quality that Superintendent Kirk |
land would not allow their use. He has for
nd nor ~ sous ,sith rafe-ance ~ tha ~ nsa ~
!. Sar,or,, h;, W." tittatar5,,r- 49, 49, S ~
Ss"et ~, ulach. notM MIlnaIanun5 tne eoutEatt
-s1s iof Ledi' tuat sahee 1ucf uaEe uot oeeu 1
1sing them uoW. The logic is not very good,
nut II the contractor Is not going to live up to |
lis contract-goiug to he allowed to use in |
erior material-it il Mr. Kirkland,s plain dutv |
Q see that corresponding feouction Is made
Vncn ne comes TO pe paad.
TBE POET ABROAD
rrn,n,7ryz -a,orto- n;ol-aa ~, tba fo1t,,r,,,< |
ines Yesterday, and they tell their own story:
Give me an Office. Carter,
Only small ainccure;
It Will keep me from being ragged, Carter,
What have done, Carter,