, 1879-08-08
tion ot tho bookk showed that his arrcarnge.
amounted to fQO0, md he cnt1 get no more water
Until he squares accounts.

Until he squares accounts,
Among The building pcrmtts issued yestcr'lay
were the following: To " Moucha' 70 etect
t"o.story building, NJ ~ Corne.a t s.rett. .a 70
sturY stn,ie.ftont buildings, NO. dt4 70 asu Stato
street, ia cost *l5.0Nt: md to a: a. K"wl9y, 70
erect 4 twu.story lwcliy. No. aa3 West "aslle
lngton street, TO cost 3J,0V''
A prisoner answering to tho nnnc Of William
kunrfett vas brought into the rookcry yesterday
f0f descriptions lie wns on tl1s way 10 the tall,
mud In hurry to get there, NH! he gave tllc
officer tic slip, and OF 10 went. 11a ran SOUTH
OF IAsac .trret, and. being pursued Nv al the.
city rmptoscs, he bounced into one OK the Or nd
raclc windows. At last hccnunts hc was on l,ts
daty." "
C!tY-Attorncy GrInnell aass The bill to lest
the Legality Ut lie lIYaio Park ordinance Inns
fHcn prepared. aud viii bo f''el today Or TO.
~ Wot sass the ordinance Is not
bolng enforced. mud Tint tothInE will bo tloMo
until tic passing OF trains has ttcn tntcrftrcd
with. HI savs tho dead animals were hosng
sltnpca ycs.er,]ay as usual. but lo expects nn
Interruption every day.
Ttc war about who shall take charge ot the
3mall.pu1 Hospital may provo scr0ns atscr MI.
DR.. Washington. culoret1, uaill n few days nGo
that he proposr1 to solze the premises hy force
says II e Shows Ills facs l,,s!le the tncosuro he
will put hai ia The dca'-hoasc. tta t!oes not
propose tn kill The coony.tiutcd individual hut
tho tlcnta.houso Is sort Of T. loek-tip for tn-
trutlcrs, This n,ay fri.hsen WastlnEtont but
It Is hardly thought 1t will md there Is trouble
ahead.
llcatsh-C Commissioner Dc Wolf took a ride
through the Eighteenth anh Ninth Wards yes.
tcrlay, and saya he WAS Aatona.,et nt the Kgn-
cral cleanliness OF the streets hlid alleys: They
10 sce tlr,t. The so.called "dcatl, l,uIcs y
along the lakc.s,nre, he says. arc hllcd with
water good enough to drInk. from one OF WHICH
lie saw half bu.hel OF fish taken. lln finds tho
tre, but even this dstrIrt is n better coudltion
than he expected TO find It.
1t has been the custom ia the Water Depart-
mcnt heretofore To drop tie penalty OF 10 per
cent for nnnpayment uf taxes In the cases Of the
favored few. Mr. Waller sees The injustice OF
this, and hereafter no exceptions viii bo made.
lie il In favor, however, of changing The syatem
Of collecting cntircty, ami thinks that an i'll
duce,nent ought to be offered pcreons to pay
promptly. 1dat Is, he Is in favor Of dIscountinE
bills for paw III advance, and, instead Of nttnct-
nE penaltr for non paying, would turn OF tfio
water tn all cases where tho tax is not paid
when due.
DELINQUENT AND uNTAxED PROPERTY.
The tupIeted condition OF tho city's Treasury
! ia partly e1paturd by the fact TINT The people
have beeu slow In paving their taxes, and, NJ
fallttess as l,le Mayer 10, It appears ho has
,1a ra,o.I. ss.s.rI,y si,uwa5 lint In i,o1t MT
LIZA s"L s,.it ~, .'y.s,,,.i uron"rtv utnec 1871
pna ~ '."t VIA, ~ Xxi ai'at thsra stn'1s horgcT
s;..t ha,' ~ ,;otno.nt ,crso,"l taT fnr Ig7H
r IL. aus U.s., ~" ~ cit Y, r,cr ,ors ali In. mr..
aas,n1 Su. y. ~ ha no. nail s;nce 1a!, ia
IL ,,. ~ .ss ~ ,,tj J.. ;, waor n vii o
aoous ~. ~ ~. hcsn vnrv fnr,ynats cttrr IN
| e,caniov taxatIop u i'll ayoidnE tho tax.entl,-
rcrt-certnEnIy more fortunate than tho oFli-
nary lnurtal. 'rhe aa,ue good lnck
Oh tho par Of an Alderman wnnid
diaqnalfy him under the new charter, but IT
does not infect tho Mayors right TO hod anil
en]oy n:'lce. It Is not k'own how extensive
hut since tho Executive Of the city is In tho list,
aud since he Is known to l'avc thousands Of dol
lars worth Ut property, and is believed to hare
cscaped taxation nllcre tho poor workngu1an
has been aoluout bccausc he GOULD not pay bis
assessment, tho s|tunt!on !s suggestive, es.
pecaslY since tic city is suffering md curta!ied
! In Its improvements for want of money. II the
| Mayor would CAUSE list Ut het1cliuquGnts to ba
| prepared, aay flor the last i've or six years,
to own pcrsonsl property who havo escaped
money could oo realized. mere arg very Ie"
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