, 1879-03-19
TIE COUNCIL.
A New Appropriation Bill Passed
Last Night.
A Reduction Of B1s,o,O0O from
the Former Figures.
Viaducts Badly Cut, but Sewers and
Schools Unchanged.

CEuuOlo OAGuhu5eA'
Moro Determined Efforts hy Lawfer and Others
To Insrtast Salaries. .-
The Council lIcl,l an adjourned meeting Inst
evening, Aid. TnIcy in the clIatr, nfld absent
1'caraot,s, Cary, UlIycr, Thompson, Wettorcr,
md Dhly.
The Appropriation tiil was taken Ut.
AID. Culietton urged tlIat Ibis amendment
the Till vctncd--be coustcrc,l rather thnn
that introduced by AID. Tulcv,-tlc or'Gina!
bill introduced by tic Finance Committee.
AID. McCa.frcy hoped tt,at wout'1 bo done,
afla that wlrn tic Objectionable items were
reached flcy would hu cut down or stricken out.
1lcsc MIS- only ono tfnt hc wished to sec IT,
tniictt, ,--llr appropriation for stscct-clcan!ng.
h4 ~ the otrrs ,las weEe iarEe1y increased, he
l,o1sci they would e cut down, 80 that the pep
pie would be satisfied.
AID. Ryan wantcd TO know who the people
Aid. MeCaffrcy said tic taxpayers ant' others.
AID. Kyan--Do you mean to intimate that
Muyor 1leatl, Is tile people.
Aid. MeCattrgy--No. Tic
TAXPAYERS HAVE SOME nr1rrrs
Aid Iyan-ln your opinion, IS Mayor Heath
possessed of more Intelligence as 10 the wunts
Of The pconle than twenir.twu A1lcrmcnl
The Chnir-That question ia hardly proper.
| After SOME further talk, lie Council decided
| to taEG up thc n,lensment, t,-ile bill Oh which
several weeks were spent. atncc the majority
eccnie! to be iu favor Of aaTiny as much tlmt as
I pussl!,la.
| The Clerk then began to rend the items, and
| t1.cy werr pnsscd ole after anothcr without
! t.uest!on Until that u
! THE cIrr-nALL,
$3.50, ,tNo, wns reached.
Aid. Lnwlcr moved to :makc .thc amount
! soOJ, 1,-the amount recommended BY tllr
| Committee.
| Aid. Culicrton said the Department Of rnblic
| Wurks did no. Recommend tlnIlnr for The
| purpose. The Comptroller nit In s.o0,003, aul
| tho Finance Commlttce concurrcd,
| AID. Throo!, didn't think $:sn, ,0o0 enough.
AID. srhwcts.l,as asked low mitch would
pr,,,ably b. colertrtl from back tnyes for the
| fund
| Eonrtroler Farwell said about $f0000
AID. arllwclstllal sail Tint TINT, with thr il,-
expended bnnncc of last yenr mil S:e.00,lhU,
wol!d give abou. sioo,00o ior use ycar,-alnplc,
| ie believed.
Aid Cook remarked that it weultl cost $3,0,
0ou to nut ttr City.1lail up rs higl rs the Coun-
ty Building.
The tliotlUn wRa agreed to.
| 'srnEEr CLEANING,
| el31, 1,So0,'' WIS slIt next auag.
Md. llnwle!yh moved that 1t PISS. Tie
amount was nut too much. 1t vas the same rs
| last year, when suHu Ut the streets Ind to bc
| CLEANED bY private subscription.
Tic nation WIS aglcel to.
Then came
all the Intervening liens going through
Ald. Mrt,nffrUr niovrtl to atr!kr nut e;0, 900
for Il yLn,iuct ut Chicago avenue nlni liNistrtl
atrcct. tsl,,uEh lits ward sould bH lcucIftcd br
II. liz favored Tho building Of two vlulucIs
i tn1s ycar,-thc sla'stud street utd Twelfth
strect,-hut m they were called for by the Aole.
sale, lie Wished IL Fct MI ul thnm stricken mt.
ALL. llyan referred to the uctttionin:. for yeara
by cltizr1s Tor slio improysinc, nl'! saia tlig
his mind. Something was tilt E,atter With hin.
lie asserted tlI:tt the peutlle were willing IN t4
taxed f.,r sewers, egiou.-huuses, anu v,ntlucts,
Thr item sllnul,i not lie disturbed.
AID, Ballard rut tit Il plea fur tic Twelfth
street vu.luct tlnugtcTl, which he thought waa
thu 0y onu ltHt hlioulIl bc built itls ycar. Thu
lnfsltlcos men, lie bc'ieycd. would Gladly pay
furit.
Aid. staulles criticised thu Mayor for jumping
u1l In ai improvements. null suggested ttnlt atl
appropriation be .!a'ac foE srho"l'tsnusc in MS
ii@rn.ll's) wartl. BECAUSE viadurts md scl.opI-
houses h,.d ,Iot heen built sor scrrfal rears was
| M rcnaen why nosle st.ulild lie t,tlflt now.
Aid. Cn1lrft,,n thnugAt ,tlp rr"sun of The May
or f.r no, building t!Ieat was u vAll onc,-tl'a;
The nustlon Of flc clty's liability for ta,nngvs
to property was mt sptteh.
IInl 1nuttuH to strike out prerale1,-ycas H.
ual,s Il, SITS follows:
l,as-rnllnr1. l'heluf flbcrt. Mallory, fully,
Turner. .ual,n4. taIIsriot. isl!lrf, fmyth, cook.
.ia,'ss9s, i MICAH McCaifrev. aud luna. Ill. ' >'e'''
:Nava-.rnlcy, sanders, ,Hior.lan'. McSally. OIL
aw!; MsS S'SsIHsj S E.fsst 1,'" soa''F
AID. Thompson moved 10 ssrika out S44,0N
far II yintutt ,ycr the tracks on Iseiltl, streut
AID. Sanders i,oprt Tint would not I,u ionu.
II was, lloweyer,-ycas u, nays t1,-as fol
lows:
rtt]Ainc turrtu, Oliver, nr.dlcs, aniytt1, Cnuls,
Throup, seAtun. ilawlefrtI TAunusun, kHoat
Wnlho. ,schweisthnl, janssoH'' @ccat'oy, ansl
.S'sy,-Tulcy, llallard, Sanders. ,ntor'!an. Nc.
Na!iy, 1awlef, AcSurnsy' E|szusr' lsyan. stau0eF'
| a1nt S3cseu-1l. .......
AID, ti!ll,crt moved to strike out s14,a2l. II
for y1G,tuct MI llarrldon street.
The ,ns,tlon was nt.reGl 10.
Adj, McNur;lry nlaslc speech Iu fnyor of tllg
retention, u Sl5,tki+n ior The sanghlnoa strcst
y,atluel. ri.uEe wAs toW Sl5, ,0ut III LIE Treasury
Ali. Rawlelgil saIl work Ind bccn com.
tncncet, n,ni I'LL appropriation ought rclly tu b.
mndc. ., ....
ALL. Throop-rncy will want $4,000 more
next year to finish 1t.
Aid. .lcSurney assured thv Council tlat sl5,'
Goa wt,.lIh be enough
I'LL. ballard rysnaFl;el that MT stroke bud
bcr,! done as yet. llsc 1noncy wuul.l kesl,
4 uiotF.>n 10 strlkp Uut WIS not n9reel to
yeas, tl-i'nl1ard, phyips, Afutoy, Thompson,
Knoll, Waldo; nuys. ~.
Aid, Turner n.uyru to strike out Si5.U00 foI
the tly's purtlun Ut tle SuutL lIalstod street
yiutluct.
Thu 1nntDn WAS ugrcel t0.
AID. Stauber nluyr1 tn Insert an Item o
2GUU for
two HATl.lInrsEs,
j one on tic North Siiu alni une Oh i1le fGut1
Siute, tIe spnke VI their Necessity, n1Nt sail Il
wusil't iHitcrIsg to ha d ulcllbcr ii btnly tttn
would REFUSE II do cycn 10 much for tIit
| lwoule.
ALL. Dnllartl said s:.fKO building wouldn't
stand over night during II llor'cnster.
ALL. Tuley Nl1hgrt IN lie cs.nr} wus in fayp
uf illc ltgr,. Ohrr lnrgc ctles IInl batll llhousrs
n,ni They had proven nf grcat benefit to t!r pub