, 1879-06-08
THE CIIY-H.AIL.

The total receipts OF tho Water Department for
May war $136, 339 o..
The employees OF the Water Department were
paid their May salaries in cash yesterday, amount
ing TO So, 600. The other disbursements amount
ed to about 81, 600.
c. 7. Hotchkiss signed the contract yesterday
Tor sweeping and cleaning the improved streets.
giving bond in the sum OF S25. ooo. he IL to do
the work for S21.5o per mile.
The Fire Department yesterday purchased, on
BIDS. 5, 900 feet Of cotton hose from m the casWeM
Manufacturing Company. and 3, 600 feet OF rubber
hose from e q. Carlton g. Co.
The City Treasurer receivod yesterday 81. $50
from tho Water Department, 4525 from the City
Collector. saT5 from the Comptroller and s37, 900
from the County Collector, OF which about one
half Was In scrip
B. " Donohue, one OF the noissest Of the fat
lists, has been cared for He wears pen behind
his ear in the City Clerks Office. He is one Of the
100 others who claim to have made Mr. Harrison
Mayor, End is at last satisfied
Bids we're opened yesterday for building An iron
fence along the entrance to the laSaIlc street tun
nel, South Side. The bids ranged from $3.50 to
waterbo1es. No awards were made.
.Wahl Bros. were to ses the Health Commits
soner yesterday, and informed him that their es-
taplishment no longer emitted any offensive odoEs,
and, furthermore. that there would have been no
occasion for compliant originally Dut for the
neglect Of one Of their employees.
Comptroller GuEney is closing down upon every
species Of extravaganza In the departments, and
the Offices yesterday where three CLERKS are en-
ployed called for SIX gross Of pens. aud the re-
quisit1on was not allowed. This Is move in the
right direction. '.
was one TO c. II. Clark to erect five two-story
dwellings, corner OF Calumet avenue md Twenty
sixth street, to cost 50, 200 each; one to e1-Ad.
Rnn ctr ne MnrFan NArh nTn
to Nicholas Cook, to erect three story dwelling
at No. 4Ss North CLARK to cost 81, 6oo and one to
II. Bchlas, to erect thrce-Etory dwelling at No.
4B6 North Clark, to cost 81, 200.
1t was noted yesterday that q delegation Of Al
dermen had called upon the Mayor in llle interest
Of securing q place for Capt. - Buckley: It now
gathering, put that Aid; Lawler and McNally were
particularly pressing in demand for the removal
Of Capt. Hood and Lieut.: Bell, and the reiustate.
ment Of Sergt: Burns; The AaFor, it is understood
asked That ii there WAS anything against the OIL
GERS that charges be preferred in writing, which
Lawler. has agreed to do. There Is fun ahead.
It is generally understood and believed that the
Mayor will SEND the most Of his appointments to
the Council tomorrow evening. Thc offices to be
filled which have to be ratified by that body are
City Sealer. oil Inspector, Gas Inspector, Com
1endent Of Duildinse. and Police justices of the
North and South Divisions. There il all manner
OF speculation az 10 who the favorites will be, but
Nv oAE AAVW6 AuyluiuH apQutlL. a4LeE luCF nave
been sereral'y confirmed, the cutting and slashing
in the various departments Will commence in
earnest
POLICE FORCE TO BE REDUCED.
Mayor Harrison yesterday notified the Assistant
superintendent Of Police to prepare to reduce the
police 25 per cent. Although nothing WAS said on
the subject It believed that the reduction viii
take effect July l. The proposed reduction it, no
doubt, the immediate outgrow1h Of the city's hnau~
cial embarrassment, hastened by the trouble grow
ing out OF the curtament Of the right Of the city
in the reduction the Mayor has an idea to make
room in the near future for political friends who
are u yet nnprovided for and they cite his inter-
VIC" Wath the authorities some weeks ago, ana be-
fore thus scrip trouble, 10 sustain Themselves
wherein he expressed himself in favor OF lncrcas-
ing the efficiency OF the force that It's numbers
might be reduced But whatever may be the
will raise row. 3 foretaste OF which was seen a
few weeks ago when few officers were singled ont
and relieved OF duty The Aldermen will Kick, the
officers friends will bring their influence to bear,
and, ali told, there will be a lively time
THE PAWHBRoKERs. 49,
before the Legislature limiting pawnbrokers to
charging Der cent month for advances became
Law, all OF the pAWnbrokers would 60 ont Of
business, and thereby the city would lose con-
and the prediction is being fulfilled. Yesterday
n1teen pawnbrokers took ont second hand dealers
licenses, and they announce their purpose to 20 on
ana 90 business Us before except that instead OF
1gat and sell them back aZain atnuch price as may
be agreed upon at the time. For instance, they
raaa VII onT . watch worth 500 fol. $40, will
g eh. e1ne9 @01h 70, q TO- md ell i 6se
nRare: This Is a complete dodging or getting
around toe law, and the pawnbrokcrs have The ad-
vantage IN It that : second hand dealers license
dQ44, Tha CoupEjI Will nf1x ronnn1t fha nm h1ic