, 1879-01-07
port TO the Association at the Convention. which
fs TO he held Ian. Is at Springfield. C!tv-At-
torncy Tntb!tl goes to the Capital this evening
op the same Grand

Is W uC HcFU H1n. IL NJ Epf71KHeN. SlIt-!tI-
torncy Tutb!Il goes 10 The capital thls evening
on the same erraud.
Masnr Heath Is not sclf-unnounrcd candi-
date for recollection, aud has been hcarl to say,
in dead earnest, that he does not want the honor
OF INC o'lErc-iss only apprec!able com,pcnsatlon
-aealn. Therefore I will not look Ike pniti.
cal puffery nor like Gattery to say that the
showing of tho Department OF Public Works. ns
managed by him III the yenr 1871, will be fAc-
corting to pereon placed In position to know
hcttcr M regards economy and business integri~
ycnEs.
AID. l.awler intends presenting orders to the :
Council fixing, the following salaries: Police
pcpattmcnt-Gcncral Superintendent, S.0oo;
pcnnsy super'nteu.1ent, 1880; tap.alns'
sS f'sssssss'. 1ssss!@s ,ssS5 assssess, sssss'sts
s!no); one clerk, si,5tN; one slerk,
sl,aoU; Chct Of Detectives, e2,6Oo; teseetiyts,
st,AM firr Depsrtnncnt-slsrshal, s4,v1;
Third Assistant, s2so; other assistants, s2,Mo;
Capsatns, 500; ticntcnants. s1,eN; cnr!-
ncers, Il ,o0D; assistant engineers, st,000: ping
men and truckmen, 81 900; drivers, el,oNl; ex-
t5a IT,, ptpsnn,oen, $50; Chief C1esk, *soD; ORC
surgeon. 81 ,GGU,
Tho Finance Committee met yesterday after.
noon at The Comptrolter's Office and passed
upon lot of n,ntters Of minor importance. In
regnrd TO petlt!on sent fl b. a seayenGcr
nnmed Barnes, the Committee decide to Fl,
struct the department Of Public Works to Tel I
the ctty plumber. McNulsa, that lie must pay
Mr.. 1sarncs for horse wlltcl, was Injured bT
falling Into hole which he tMcSuisa) had dug
an.l leit overnight uncoycrcn and unprotected
n 40 allcyway, In ease Mr. MeSulta refuses no
Will be apt to lose fha patronage Of the City
Government. So says the Connltter. In re-
gard t., the Appropriation bill which will room
occupy Aldcrmnntc attention and the attention
Of The Finance Committee In particular, II may
30 said that the Committee intend to devote a
"coNsecntiye " week, morning md afternoon,
to tho consideration OF the various requests,
and pass upon them all without delay.
Some cttEzcns-sentle and Juvenile, and both
ma'Eclnus-seem to think that tho ssrcct-lamps
arc tho property Of the gas compnuics. Tho
reasons for the supposltlon arr two in number
antl good 10 quality. The tlrtt reason Is rho
weal-known md extcnstTely-fcft ma1tco toward
tho gas companies, and tho serond reason. '!c-
pendent somewhat upon tho 0rst, 10 tho extraor-
dinary aua promiscuous brcakagc everywhere
seen. The facts arc, that the uN,nipeescnt and
fnfschlcv1us small buy breaks nsnc In a street.
lamp whenever he feels 80 Inclined to do, and
tho policeman does not arrest him, bnt rather
likes to SEQ the li3hts broken. simply "ocearse
they are the property Of the gas tompaDcs.f y
II ID not ten TO one that tho policeman does not
club 4 pane to show hts spite against tho mo-
noputlce. This is all wrung The sircct-lamps
belong to tue rity, and the pancs t,l glass in
then, src paid for by tho city. Therefore, It Is
tue pottcc,nnn's duty. not only to protect tho
lamps from the su1all boya. f',.l =. .Faain lr1EI
iEIUnng them himself. Tho lamp-poats he will
not destroy. lie leaneth against them.
In the reports Of the late fire In tho Honoso
Block severnl statements concerning tho watcr-
supply and Watcr-system were erroneous, md
should be corrected, inasmuch a. The correction
will show the manner Of maintaining the water
service 10 well. lie Il known, then. that the Fire
Dcpartmcn. has nothing to do with the fire.
plugs except during fires; that IL to
sav, that the plugs Or hydrants ase
cared Tor by men In tho Department OF Public
Works. These are banked up in the fall and
tl,nwetl out In the winter IL fruzcn up) bY those
men who go about the streets in cold weather
with a steam:engtne and foscs stean down such
pipes ns are found out Of order, thus very vf-
icvtivcly overcoming the INSTRUCTIONS llbcraily
provided by jack Frost. Again, the fullest ca
pacttY OF tic Water-Works system IL not SO,-
100 0uO Of GALLONS per twentv-four hours. Tie
fullest capacity fs 1o' co., 0oo Of ealFous.. The
works were run during tho fire ut rate OF only
s0.tp0, 600 u gal1ons. One can thereby see That
Wien there was cause for any pumping excstlon
Erenter ttnn TINT out forth Saturday Afternoon,
a,,4 evening, the city will not be weighed In this
balauca and found wanting. y