, 1879-06-06

lO.455 Hu1uiNR lnSneetiOn department., li.41oi
MI; election :e1ncnses, 9,n77. Itcaltt. Depart,
tnent, 1,U49; House of Correction, 7,040; legal
cxpet,sc. a,U03; Police Courts, 3Ssol; pounds,
1u,@7: printing anA sssilonery' lsolh: 'ainiaee, p
17,Ga5; special assessment, city property, sV8eu;
Judgment account, all.
Tbs sfayor PROPOSES to throw the rospons,bti-
tty Of appointments OH the heads OF depart
mcnts; THAT is, ho viii turn over to them Ill inc
applications, and let them make tclecttons lnf
subordtnates. 4 good doai o. 0issal,slacllon u
expressed at thia cuursc, and the nuo,ber OF lts
non0s's opponents in the Democratic party ID
npt to bt tncrcabed.
Tho pcr cent limitation for city purposes
docs not accm to annoy tic city authorities
much; they haYo as yet not lookel tnto INC
rson said, Insufficient unto the day ts thc evil
thcroof, anil Comptroller Gltrney. Thntif the u.s.
scsbncflt wasn't large enough to Yield what Was
needed for expenses, II would havs to pe III"
cfcaAcd.
Tic judicial election being over tho workers
ia the esI pepaftment II Pabiic WORK yestcnlav.-
Capt, Dan Gleason nk Inspector Of Scwcrs, vice
}lai'anin; e1-Asd. Mike Ryan, sNpes'nssndcat ot
Metres, vIcn Charles hrowu: j. d. Miller, AS
Bailey, who didu't resign; aud Andrcw Duune,
Foreman of South Division btreets, vfcn George
N. Houghtop, who handed In his resignation.
These appointments were made BY Coulmia'
stood. OF tho Mayor.
The bill limiting tho Issue Of scrip to 75 per
cent of the tax-levy has been tlrcd over to Tic
Corporation Counsel for an opinion, not as to
its validity, but on the point whether It Is ap-
plicable 70 The present year, ard, X 80, whesher
be incurred afler JULY /, when The law goes into
effect The Mayor aud Comptroller arc 10th to
I talk until they understand the exact naturu of
s law ,sasr.as. Tss sssh m.x y s00ut 70 qahet qD,at
ts tie psuss.AsT panes. il only Il per cent
| of the levy can he nude available by issuing
scrtp after July /. The aspenses will have to 70
cut down nearly Is per cent, II the prcfent ea.a-
discharge oil many 1nep. Otherwise, the en-
ployes will have to be satisfied With ihFee-q1iar-
iers Of thcir pay now, aM! wait Tcar Or two
fos the rest to be collected. Tue OUTLOOK y
Comptroller sre exceedingly vc1cd At the sttua.
THE LAKE WATER.
The last report Of the Commissioner Of Pub
Tic Works. which Is new go!nK ~ tHsog9h M the
giving few Of the principal resu}ts Of micro.
scopIc examinations Of Lake Michigan water Us
delivered from the city hydrants., as a gen
era thing, the forms of nnaal ,tn ,aT ana 9s, ysEe
| in tic ciear, pure water of all tic great
Northern Lakes, and most Of them fully
| rs abundant In the Rnter supply o. CIove!atlli
Oecnsionaiiy, however, organisms are found
whlcl, have been carried out TO tlle lake crib BY
tho lake or river currents from tho brcakwates
or shorc. where, at certltu seasons, they arc
river OF sewer outlets. storus scatter them ia
thc waters OF the lake for considerable dis
tance from the shorc, md, when oEce taken
into the tunnels and mains, they cor. T.
found in tue water supply at almoa
Mi sessions oi the year. Nearly all the real tn
pusltiss In the hydrant whser como directly o.
indirectly from the sewage and river Watc
hydranE water was undoubtedly largely IN
crossed by the reversal OF the courac Of tht
Chicago River, andit can only be maintained b.
preventing the discharge OF all impurities int
the lake Or extending The tunnels 50 far from
shore ns to be beyond their Influence. Th
paper shows quito plainly that the wator suppl.
Of this city ia e1celleut.