, 1879-06-17
THE COUNCIL.
paeently-Appointed Officials File
Their Bonds.
rnc NIichjEnn-Ayonue Ordinance
Again Postponed.
rha Mayor Called Upon to Explain His
"75 Por Cent Ordsr.''

rhs Mayor Called Upon to Explain Hia
"75 Por Cent 0rdsr.'
1he CITY Council met last evening, all Of The
u.n,hrrs nrcscnt exvcpt Aid. Cark uul Lotapx.
ua,p5 Harrison presided.
AID, Lawler introduced seriea Of resolutions
.,nrc.aing the sympathy Of tho Council tor the
,.m,,y Of thc deceased fireman, II. 7. Coyle, e,who
-, accidentally drowned few evenings n1c,
,hIcp werc unanimously adopted nud ordered
,o,esd upon tic records,
Atd, Cnllerton moved the reconsideration Of
,he yotc by which the ordinance affecting the
Soutt Of work OF tho inmates OF the prtdcwett.
Tbe motion prevailed, and The ordinance was re-
omnlstrtl.
Tie official bond Of Walter Macdonald in tho
" INN Of $1,000 a. City Scater WAS read and at,-
nro,cd. 1t was signed by llrury MrGuro,
Thorpas Mathews, ard J, II. Ward.
Tho bond of on l-InIpcctor Franzcu, ia the sum
# 10000, was read u,nl approved. 1t was
dsnc,l BY X. g. Schmidt, NJ. Brand, and
rbomas Lynch
The bond of buildings Superintendent Alcx-
.pder Kirkland, tn the sim Of $25o0U, was a.to
md and approved. 1t was signed by John
lanes Mctrcgor, and john Forsythe.
An ordinance was introduced intending to
nrefeps snv ono except the contractor for re-
noying dead auimals from the struets. "A mo-
ton 10 suspend the rules to adopt II wns lost,
md the ordinance wRs referred to tho Commit
no on Health and County Relations.
MICHIGAN AvsauE.
The special ordcr-tho ordinance turning
Michigan ayeuue afl part OF 1hIrt,-tlfth
}rft i'm R1nfh .fr
I'D. Turner moved that the ordinance bs
pulsed.
Aid. Thompson understood there was an ordl.
pine Of the same nature in the hands Of the
Committee relative 10 Wcat Washington street.
lie desired to yute IN both. ami moved that
they be considered nt the same time.
AID. Dixon said uu, motion was not IN order,
Tic Chair SO decided.
AId. Culcrton was not In favor Of "hnsty
lie ordinance TINT night. It should b. carcfut-
II scruttnlzcd by the Law DepartMcnt He
sonld yoto for the ordinance II he did not be.
lieye that 1t would iucrcaao taxatton. Could
Aid. Dixon said lio could, arll went on to say
that the majority Of the proucrty-owners had
signed for tho improvement. The south
Division paid IS Per cent OF the South Park
tares, but not one dollar OF the t3tD, 900 col
lse.ed fof N years i5sd yet been expended inside
wanted the driveway. Tho South Division
uou!d par for It., hut tho whole city would hnye
Tie benefit of It. Why West or North Side
Aldermen should obi 1ect he didn't know. South
elde Aldermen would favor three drtvc-ways on
tic West Side II they Ncro wanted, arti ono Oh
the North Side.
Aid. Cul!cFton gaye hia REASONS for on1o-
i'tton, Did any member OF the Council ever
sec any measure that the South Park Cou1mts-
ltoners were interested In that they could not
nFHftt n fb.a 1oh
iufDtised At the two members from the Fifth
waiting to vote for the ordnance. Had not
thc Iark Commissioners assessed the people Ut
tile South Division over $500,0o0 for the i'm
canal touth to connect with thu. leading down
to tie parkB 7 Wasn't 1t a fact tt,at they had
expended but small portion, und tl,at tile bal.
ans, over $4g9,0o was now lying iu 8chuei-
otr'S hank Bera,tse the people In that locality
sets poor, the PArk Commissioners
RgFusED TO R1PRND THE MoNKx
for The purpose Tor which It was collected. dc
could prove that BY tlssy reputable citizens il
necessary. The whole city was interested In tho
Improvement Of sllchieun avenue. There were
great 9'any Intersections between Jackson
ssiest ana Thirty, ,iiftt, aud there, were great
made specific appropriations. Would lie Alder.
men from the Ftttl. vote all tl,ut money for lie
late1ssctlons on Michigan ayenuel No ap-
psopr,a!!on pon haa been made for tho i'm
,ssaus-ti.e Lake p.rl /. If 8'tS tSc e couneii aes
we're tn sec t'le figures showing the cost OF Ills
lalproycmept-askcd for by Tie Park Commits
nohcrs and Tcat,est.te spcculators-tey would
ae cost to the city was asccrtaucd, IL wa
!holfsctiy interested In piece Of property III
tht South Division, and dtlu't propose to nav
% Keep up Michigan avenue. rroperty-owncrs
+ r. sse Wsat D!yls!ou would also have to pay.
S1e 90 week. and tint tle Department Of Public
Wofks 1e instructed to rcpurt the probable cost
70 thy city VI the Improvement.
Ald luley said the required number OF prop-
ttsly,oHners had Eiven their conscnt,-tl,e law
20 been complied with,-nrl ho was now in
lasor q tho passage Of the ordinance. liz did
not think the buglear Of intersections Hng
noFthJ nf consideration. No sux could te Levied
ior them n hs opinion. The city n,leht to pay
sse DsGpofr!on TM 50 lar u tue Lake Park WAS Ton
tse llsst improvements. liz could seu nu reasou
iof 70! refusing to concur because the Turk Com.
hst1oncrs hadn't dune tlltir duty In regard to
,Stns ,Sa e. other boulevard II the $1,000 was in
nut oans' nfd 4 lad been collected for specific
purpose, any citizen could get maudulnus to
coApEL ITS EXPENDITURE
ios that purpose. He did not bellows the I'm
tpsu1'cthent would Increase taxes. II he did 40
N!eSe, nc would opuoae tile ordinance. The
ssMon Why he favored II was because curtain
Ae* eaileu oo1th l'ark t1xes, tho bulk OF which
stte levied Oh South Town property, Vere al.
most no. wholly spent IN tic Town of Like to The
Maelt Of the properly there. Ainktug Michigan
Metlic .si . boulevard would bo q rcnl benefit to
Nv people. and lie thought the whole city |
'puin Justify tho passage Ut the orlia,a,lrc.
Alu' Everett was opposed to passsne tile orlt-
lance ~ 1t stood, for tic reason tlat the city
,n saa not 10 financial condition to undertake to
improve tic Intersections, No appropriation
~ ss oeen made to cover this part Of the work,
ISs tet improve the property owned by The ctty
,!'ng along the street. Tho Wcst Park COM
oualoners had sssurcl him that II a boulevard
1.a9 a silale III flat direction tho ytty would bc
.'ipae4 To to Improve the Intersections aud since
nssa! question was involved he was In fayur Of
patoonhg action,
s,t! ine question was then put on tho motion to
rs t, NY u was agreed to,-yeas, II; nays Ii,
,dt.faa'sE-sandess. Turner, McAuloy, Cu,Iortou. |
smgsh McNally: lt!ordan. lawlcr, PURCELL
Sis15itasa,. feessy, Etsznur, Mchufney, Eyurstt,
Caaycx aa:ortnz, Meyer. Ncior talxttenth), Nc.
TaSJ' natfGte, and JUlas.
c:,aayss-fn!sy. Dtx1n, Billiard. phelpe, Mallory.
Tsomnss, Tsnas lhsoop. Swift llsw!eiah, Knopf, |
''''son, Msldo, Nellcrtr, and Mccormick,
WASHINGTON STREar.
f,a.n mu; Lawlcr askud leave to submit report
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