, 1879-03-06
THE COUNCIL.
Another Afternoon Spent on the
Estimates.
Pumping Engines. West Side Police
Station, Judgments, Etc.

Pumping Engines. West Side Police
Station, Judgments, Etc.
Tie City Council held an adjourned meeting
yesterday AFTERNOON, for the purpose OF rcsun1-
inu tho consideration Of tic Appropriation bill.
Aid. Oliver, Mallory, and Wc.tcrcr wcrc the
only nbsentccs. AID. NlcCaHrey presided.
AID. Tuley sull that, In roorganztng the De-
partment Of Public Works, It wha necessary to
tx tho salary OF tho Superintendent Of
'rI1H wArKn DEPARTMENT
md tic gross amount Of his clerk hire. Ho
ma1o n motion 10 fix the Supcrintcndcnt's BaI-
srv Mt s2.5O0, The amount for clesks fnst year
WIS k3t8e0, but the Superintendent lad stntctl
that II could bc reduced to s51,o2o. nnt the
Alderman moved accordingly. ..
AID. Gilbert novel nh amendment to mako
the amount s45,ooO, and said that he under
stoot! that the Department had been used for
political PURPOSES .
Aid. Throop remarked that some allowance
should be made for the reason TINT thu WnlGr
DcpnrtMent employees wcre paid III cash. lie
Vas inclined to favor Aid. Gf'bcst's amend
A!i. Ra,yIc!eh saId tlat in his Judgment there
wcre too many In tho Water Department; It
was a sort Of an asylum frr political dcad.bcat
md hnngcrs.ou. He moved as an amendment
to thn amendment that tho amount be fixed at
se'G' aG cn,,otton rca5,,e,tci1 him to mention
those who might be dropped, "a llo seemed to
Be familiar With the workings Of the Office.
Aid. Rawsoigll said liu was not couvcraaut
enough with the office for that.
Aid. Cary thought tic appropriation should
to cut down $4,000; SILK was liberal ap..
preparation. lie made reference to the report
ilat the Water Department. was m asyltm for
AID. Cullcrtuu said that he had to 60 to Tho
Mayor to got a 1abnr!ng man put to work for ting
! Department. Of Public Works, and II, as stated
BY Aid. Rawlctgh and others, it wis refuge
the City Government WIS Responsible.
Aid. Jonas referred TO n resolution offered by
him for All Investigation Of the Department. Of
Public Works, good while ngo.
AID, Gilbert said TINT the Wntcr Department
WIS not investigated IN 18sG, when resolution
or ordinance wns adopttd tor the investigation
OF the Public Works Department.
Aid. staubcr said thers were men who were
emrlorcd In tic Department who were not
residents within the city limits. There were too
many incn in tile Department now.
Aid. SnDyth asked him how ma1y men tliero
wcre who wcro not needed In the Department,
and ho sald he did not know.
Aid. Cook ea1l that committee could be mp
pointed to investigate nnd rec whether there
were too many 1ncn employed IN the Depart
Inent, Tile appropriation could be rnattu all tho
same, nnd any port!on not required could bo
placed 10 unexpcndcd balance.
I'hc nrcvlo1s nuestfon wns moved nr1 cnr.
rtcd,
The question was then mt on Aid. raw
lcIch's motion, anl the veto stood 70 nays an
'fhu motion Of AID, Gtrlbert to make Tho
an1o,lnt s4 600 was nlso lost t-1.nys, 20; xeas, 49,
Aid. TuEey's motion nlultnE tl,c nppropra-
tion S5l 020, WIS carried by 23 yeas to 10 nays.
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M'scElAAHE HEous'
AID Sclweisthal moved Tor reconsideration
ol the vote on tc appropriation for tlH Fire
Alarm Telegraph, thu nsnount Of which wn.
sl4,3la, tog thc purpose Of having ST. 000 ALLOTTED
lor stxsy koyleas doors to ic applied to the ole
boxes. The tlottu'l was lost. ,.
AID. Loddins walitrd AL Item tnserted IN thu
Fire Department appropriation for an cnginc al
LaWndae, but Ills n1otlon was tnit' oil the table.
Aid. Daly deslrcd IL liaye ln ilcm uf 500 In
serted In tic bill for ttlc tmproycmcnt OF
sinai snail 1mrk ut tue Junction Of State anl Rnsl
AID. Tully moved, by way OF n Joke, that S:1o(
be appropriated for tho park on Archer avenue
ncnr ltalstCd street, known Us llcnley's slough
utNl to b. c9ltG1 l}fdEepprt Euunfe.