, 1879-06-18

cost $3.50 oo2 o. It shows, further that 1;a, 1sa
smtrs, an!l that 1t The close ot tue year there
were 1u,785 etrcet.1amps in use, be'ng an lli'
Tho number OF Ianps condemned md replaced
Ivy new ONES had been t md forty snTe1 lafnps
ras the average number which t'att hesn hsoSen
per tlay, the entire cust Tor lamps aoo repairs
L to,p'' print IN fs" days md Fs''' lot "'''s'o'
nERh IL TROUBLE.
Mat Franzcu. recently appointed Oil fnspeet-
or, yesterday Hiado dclnnnd upon hts rssde-
ces;or to turn ovcr, an'l was mot With rrttlsa:
f. ard, after looking up tho facts, fl appeared
that he had been appointed 10 MI
vacancy which lid not fxlst, the present In
spectof, F. Q. Co'e, having failed to resten thc
Mayor hnylng iatlcn 10 rcnlpTc him. n,ld fl!s
ot''so not expiring until july !, Ihe Mayer
letter 10 Mr.: Cole, notifying him Tint he had
been removed ETC., a,tl Askl,ls h'm to tnrn 1Sef
the fact that he had been altowc'f to hold ovcr
swo months, but this solncc, Il hppeass, was not
sut1lcens,. for 10 eltngs Ia. his rights
anl ta'k' =, back taking .. the l;cs position
rept with tho concurrence Of two-.h'ras
Of the Council. ilIcn another question ariscs,
for succ l'ranzcn was appointed to all vacaan-
cy thmt ltd not exist, md has qualified under
lIhk At1I0hlkilEHtl llCtt 10 eOtAF EtAF1 AoA0tt
even II he had possession q the ut'lec. whether
lie would be respected at OF Inspector or not.
Tile discussion o! ttlcso question. brought to
light during The day something Of tho history Of
altogether he cannot hc said to be happy, Thu
| story goes TINT ills lnost formidable
rra' Tor, tho .puec was one Dong,
nt tho Eighteenth Ward, ind q prominent
appointed went to tic Mayor MD preferred, a
| serious charge aealnst him. AZ the tlInc tht.
| Mayor had about agreed 10 settle the dispute BY
| appointing third pcrsont but after the charge
under any circumstance. Franzen kuew uoth-
Ing Of All this, but hls rival kcut posted aonie.
how nnl ns soon rs he wns snttsticd that he had
| no show and Franzen Ta4 the coming n,an, le
on certain conditions Frahzcn now thinks that
! he owes his appointment to DonY, and. II thG
story proves TO be true, he will 90 sonIe tall
swearing before tic lives up to the conditions
agreed upon. which aro said to 20 ttsat hc would
divide the profits. Franzcn, however. IL not
suto OF getting the .olllce, Of OF retaining II
should lie ret It, md, all told, the situation Ii
| not ns pleasant as It might be.
SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.
] Tic Mayor WIS Yesterday morning turround
cd by the usual crowd Of placc.huntcrs, but
vaused them 70 be dismissed, and sent GU.
word TINT wheu be wanted them hs
wou'd.scnl for them. Later In the day bis Of
fee was comparatively deserted, but the caud!
dates only got out Of bis shadow to get Ia the
shadow or au "caglo" across tl1e street, whgre
they ipdulEcd In nl1 mauuer Of abuse Of him.
They talked Ut ineratitule, Ills unfhthfulness,
mud hs want Of backbone 10 say what he sneant
| nnu DO what he eaYs, and nothing under thu
sun will appease them short Of bis seudlng 70,
them at once anu causing their nan,es TO bs
placed upon the pay'rolis. In tho Departments
| there WAS the same confusion and uncertainty
which has existed for weeks past, uud unlcs.
something Is speedily done the city's business
| will suffer. As things are now moving every
thnls IL uncertain, ulld from "Appio Mary u tc
the heads OF the Departments there ia species
OF Decentralization Inconsistent With the comfort
Ut the snpluye or tbosc having business tt
tIon to BIZ "Mnyor Of the entire city," arlt
the tngt That there Is s!syIsu auhserviency
everywhere to bis will, which no one kuowl
anything about MI hour at time. Iht
situation, 40 far a. the employst
nra concerned, Is Illustrated every da|
III Tho reporters dealing With the heads. Asl
any uno Of them II Tiers arc 10 be any, dis
uniform answer is, mot Lint l KNOW of," t1e1
meaning. uf course, that Mr. Harrison must bt
heard from befura they eau say anythng4 not
withstandtns tbs ordinances csothe then
With authority In all aucl, matters
Even s0tns Of the members Of til,
Law Department are no less slayish, a. atrang
ns 1t may secu, which was sexempsidcd yesteEda.
in cue OF them answering lhs reporters qucz
fion about legal poiut BY sayInE tint lie coal
| not a,swcr until he knew how the Mayor fol
upon tile subject. And what is true Of til
heads Is loitbtY true Of subordinatea, md trtnl
tru1 Of the subordlnatcs the Aiayur appointed
weeK ugo, who are yet wandering about til
on horseback. Anything would be changu 10