, 1879-07-09

Tic Committee on Railroads meet to. morrow.
The receipts for licenses yesterday amounted
to about 5000,
The Health Department Ia rninns It's new d.
rcctosy. some one borrowed it and has forgot
ten to return It.
The sewerage and street laborcrs Will be paid
their May salary ns tho Exposition Building this
morning ut o'clock.
Tho Mayor has not Jet determined what to do
In tho requests Of tie tctnoerauce people Of
fcH days ago. Tic has been too busy ia auosher
direction.
The City Treasurer yesterday received $f0l
from thu Comptroller, 81, ,2250 from tho Collect
or, n1,tl $l391 from tho Water Department,
The disbursements wore $4,000, oi Which
$4,000 was for Interest.
4 delegation: led BY AID. smyth and Peeyey,
called upon Commissioner Waller yesterday
afternoon to securo tho appointment Ut Cupt,
slcCartY as narbor-Atast Tho candidate Was
Waller had seen him, he Ia understood to have
takcu some time to study him up.
The brick.worIs Oh the new Chy.IIatl IL u.oy-
Ing alonc lHttar. II tho Bdckiaycra' untou
would bft keep their hands of there would bo
no trouble. Thc contractor ia. now paying
union prices to men tlnt are worth II, Miltl tho
tEoubla comes OF his refusat to tnaka their join
Inc tho Union condition Of their employment.
nEsrEcTruLLr SUBMITTED.
There was y great bic rumor at7oat Yesterday
that OK Sheriff Kern Ind been appointed Chiat of
poliss, Capt: Mstia.rigls Aasietant, and Capt.
us Ker,l Ii concerned tho nlnos is antiquated,
INT With tho Others It was new and unteasona.
hlc, especially siuce the Mayor has repeatedly
expressed hts loyu for Assistant.superlnsc
cut Dixon. and iuttinatcd that si1cn Seaycy i
| successor, wns named hc would bo The
lnau. As las before becu statsd, Kern
is not scekins, does not rant, and
Ills, tbc Mayor says Do bss never thoaeht si oi
offering h(M tl.c place. The facts are, how.
ever, TINT Mr. Harrison wants to make change
In the Department. and TINT the only thing pre-.
Mr. scuycy's ilI-lealtl,. seaycy's tl,no cxpIrrsl
July /. MD he tsas not been rcappontel, aud
tho Indications aru tt'nt ho neycr will be. 1t
would be cruel to make any change now.
So great, a.,t the Mayor 70 incons.ant,
| that nothing would he surprising Report hati
IT. during the afternoon that SeayeY's condition
was such that he wo,.ld not be ont tor month
Il lat aonc, will take any steps until after iilat
T11x u1rY.l1AIL INVESTIGATION.
Tho Committee Of experts. beaded by Ocp.
Mcdowell, appointed 70 iaEestiaate certain
met agasa yeasesaay 'nornsng and proceed
Dowel's Office. anl adjourned to the
site Of the new building, whcre ti,ey wcro met
by the Feic-LaWler gang, who haye already
! made themselves SO conspicuous in the mAttci
W 10 cloud themselves with suspicion. They
| were upwelco,nu, OF course, but forced them
selves upon the Committee, ind at onec becatns
| the teaasFa. II wRs Aut q great wht|f, however,
before thuy became obnoxious, aud, to avoid unl
suppress ,heM, the Cu,umtttee Wns forced Il
adlouFn .t At an early hour. In the aftetaoor
much 70 their disgust was ths
crowd with ladders, rulcs, nnd ptckA only tot
anxious to point out imaginary defects ant
atguc tho ruscality Of the contractors. The
worked hard, now scul!ng tho walls, nnd tl,ei
ngan peernE iato tae Iewis-ho1es In ths stope
ald seeing therein robbery of tue dear people
They were allowed to have their way, but, yer,
properly, ito attention Was paid to them, eacI
Vt tho experts being able 10 see tor tim gclt
ai,tl, while acting ~ Jurors, having no disposl
ton to have tIetr ears Gtted With fhe bsrselee
| atascMeuts OF their pursuers and ptejudtcc.
persons. During the day some OF the nail1 an.
! Hll Of the stQnu Gu the ground wer1
lnspeetca, antl careful notes wvte taken .
wsla. wns sce,,. Al far as could be learned, tn
Committee weEu satisfied when they wrr
through that the defects had been grossly cxag
gerAted, md that the structure, as \ whole, WI
m average one. There wcra defects, OF course
such NJ are found in Ill large buildings, bu
noae calculated to affect the pcsmaueucy of Il,
walls Ut justify the Wholesale charges made b
! the mob which has been bcsIcghg the colttEac
! ors on tho work for months past The Invest