The daily gazette., 1879-02-07
CITY COUNCIL.

AtiEp-llE WATER LOAN BILL
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED-1HEl
MARSH ACT LAID OVER UNTIL MKT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PAseED-
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
City Council met last evening, and
was in session about one hour and a
half, but during that time transact d
large amount of business. President
Lichenstein presided.
The staining committee were callei
and all asked to be "continued on all
| business"
The first business before the Council
was the two bills, entitled the "Water
Bill" and "Act Concerning Marshes"
The marsh act was called up fist, and
before it was read Mr.. Paynter stated
that he had communication from tn.
marsh owners, which he desired to have
read. The communica ion was as fol-
lows:
To the President and Members of city
Council
AT siat,i 'eting Of the representa-
tives OF the marsh companies of he city it
was
ResOired, That the City Council be
requested o postpone acton on the bill
which refers to marsh lands, and arran e
a conf.reD ,e with this committee APP
pointed by the city on that behalf.
| Signed, ISAAC S. ELLIOTT.
On motion of Mr.. Paynter the COM
munication was received, ard the COLI
81 iera,ion Of the bill was pos poned until
the next st tted me ting.
| The "Water Loan Bill" was next
called, and before it was read Mr.. Payn-
ter said that at the last stated meeting of
Council he sent communication to the
clerks desk, to be read, on the water
question The communicati con-
tained no signatures, and h. was at that
time asked To give the names OF those
who asked for the building of ne v water
works. Since the meeting the committee
had concluded to give the names. He
held tina. the Council had no right to 20
into an expense without The concurrence
OF the tax payers. Since the bill had
been brought before the Council there
had Ell public meeting Of the tax
lpayers, who were opposed to the bill,
and as the gentlemen who invited the
| Water Committee to meet them have
taken no steps in the matter in oppo-
sttion to the tax payers meeting, he
moved that the matter be indefinitely
postponed.
Mr.. Norton said that in looking over
the proceedings of the meeting of the
tax payers, he saw that the meeting had
"railed" the Council, which he thought
was unfair. He wished it understood tn 1t
the Council had never authorized the
Water Committee 10 make the report
that they did.
Mr.. Paynter replied, that the gentle
man from the Eighth Ward, aud every
member of the Council, knew thai the
! committee had report to make on the
Bancroft proposition.
| Mr.. TaS lor sad that he arose for the
purpose of setting the Water Committee
a'ight. The CounelI well knew of the
Bancrofts' proposit on TO supplvsfhe city
with water / WIS the duty of the com
mittee to consider that proposition after
1t had been refcrr"d TO them and make
| a report to Council AT a meeting OF the
committee the matter was looked into
in various ways, one was to accept the
proposition of Bancrofts' but after
thoroughly considering the matter the
: committeewere unanimous inthe opinion
: that the city should own its own water
: power, and therefore they made report
accordingly. While speaking he would
lust refer to the public meet ng that had
been held in reference to the matter
He was in favor of public meetings being
b held, when there was such a mat er be-
: fore Council. He thought they should be
held oftener, as it would tend to guide
Council in its actions, but he did not like
to allow remarks that had been made by
a gentleman at that meeting, to pass un-
noticed. He stated to the meeting that
, there were jobs in water "The gentle
{ man who made those remarks was at one
time a member of City Council, and also
the Water Committee,it would seem that
; he knew something about jobs" But on
| behalf of the present committee, he would
state that they knew nothing about jobs
; lin water. 1t wol Id seem that man
must be measured by what he owns, but
! he contended that a man who paid SO
taxes had as much right to have say in
the government of this city as the man
| who paid $500.
II Mr. Norton said that he still denied
/ the assertion of the chairman Of the
| Water Committee that such report was
to be made. In his opinion 1t was their
| business to maize IA report on the Ban
croft proposition, and not fly off INTO
: another The mot on toindefnitely to post
pone was then unanimously adopted.
The following are the names of the
gentlemen who hell meeting on the
5 water question, and presented the reso-
r luton to Couucil which was read last
! Thursday evening, and again last even
ling:
Drs. l.. P. Bush, d. w. Maull, c. f..
i Buck. and Messrs. Geo. w. Bush Geo. G.
4 Lobdell, G. S. Capelle, w. &. Gibbons,
Edward Belts, Frank Buck, Henry
0 Mendinhall, Samuel Bancroft, w. z.
e Bancroft, q. A. Rodney, James Brad
ford.