, 1879-03-14

W w T1LA llE gAlks
THE CITY-uALL.
Tile Committee on Fire md Wnter Is called to
meet at the City Clcrk'a Office tomorrow ut 2
o'clock.
Three cases of scarlet fever and two cases of
dlphthcria were reported at the Health Otlre
ycsterdny.
The Trcasurer's receipts yesterday werc
sf,411 uml Ills disbursements s9,OoO. Among
the disbursement. items WIS one Of $500 paid
TO the Chlrago fias-Light j. Coke Company on
last years. accounts.
The total tux-1evy for tho year 1878 was
49, m, f.23. For The present year tic levy
VII. be, unless tf'c Major does some cutt3n!;
io%n. 10 s3,9,5;h9'.5 IS. Of S197 9ioa2 more than
miscellaneous receipts In the various branches
OF the lily Government.
Building permits were Issued YESTERDAY to
Jncob Rohlu for two two.stury aud basement
stone front dwellings. 70 BY Al feet. Centre
atreg: ncar Franklil', 70 cost 900 each; to J.
street, to cost $4,000: anl to VARIOUS parties for
Improvements ard additions aggrecating $500.
The draughtsmcn Of the Private Drain De-
nartment arc At work upon map which will
location. Of tho man-holcs, catch-buslns. etc.
The different mains, With t,!eir divergent
branches. arg co'oreu differently, so that the
tract drained BIZ eacll ia dtsccrnIle at GLANCE.
sewerage Department, and Vii, be- eli nisra M In IN
nbout SIX weeks.
tton bill an Item OF sl0a0 " for lIro of yault
in which The public money bl,all bs ke3t III
kind" although passed BY tho Council, docs not
thn f1nu9 {rtr3Rfp1 IN him 10Feni IL,
vault rather than IN the custody Ut bnnk that
may uay interest thereon. Corioration.Cu Cuunsel
Bonlcld said yesterday TINT tho Council wonll
lave to pas8 special ordinance providing for
the chnngo fn case tho change were desired.
TIE MAYOR AND THE APPROPRIATION ELL,
A reporter. asked Mayor Heath yesterday
whether he Ind examined the Appropriation
Bill, nu!! whether II he had 10 intended to ap-
prove all u contained. 1lie Mayor said TINT l,e
copy 10 be lnnlc, and should soon IooI; through
II very closely: In general way he could eny
that he thought tho bill Was altogether loo
large. There was ITO reason why more money
should bs appropriated for 1870 than for 1918.
sec, any imperative call i0r apy new
improvements. As things wero now, It
wns certainly unwiso to cxpcnd anv
Ro1e t money ds tnn ~, was a1;ogtcly neee
felt The burden of taxpayIng murc linn ever be-
fore, Last ycar, exclusive ofAhe interest IN tic
bonded 1ndcbtedncss, the city uIl cut only
about S1,0QO,00D, and tint amount certainly
question whether he thought ho might yeto any
particular Item IN the bill, the Mayor satd 1t was
top soon to te't but II l,e cosil1 cut the appro-
pr!a,ions down he would, The streets, lo
thought, bud been propcrly cared Tor last year,
for lo llad heard no complaints OIL the subjcct,
md, II tile work could he done as
ss'eP1y now' ,oa1"a.s there wns no Hsed ot
thu rurpusc. It was his nl,juou too.
that yta.luctB, ant such like improvements,
which wero not t,nrerutlyclY necessary, alul
which could 60 oyer for another year, Should bo
what he would 10 until t,e tlah studied over the
bill. AS regarded ras he thought the Council
f1ad done RICH IN putting In the amount origt-
nally repurtcI BY thu Finance Committee, for,
since tho use Of gus bad not hccn Abandoned,
enough money should t,e appropriated to paw
fur gas II used during tilu year, uni no. repeat
the bundcr ot maKisE contract for any article
at m expense greater than Was provided for In
the appropriation hill.
THE NEW nu,Lp1so,
The work Of commencing The setting OF stone
I'll tie new City-lInll tas been DELAYED by dis
agreement between the contractors, Tolilnscn
y Kcrd, md tllr stone-cuttcrs. The Bcdforti
Company is acntllng forward lis stone frotu its
tarrles with all proper speed, antl tl,eru nru at
presctit ,0OO feet Ut TutnItnsG g. lged's ynyJs
III tlls city. Hut thu stunecuttcrs urc lctDau,l-
iug Se.5o tor day'a work Ut eight hours, whlo
ule snploycs ura willing to Five S:50 for IL lay's
work Of tcn hours. How long this hitch Will
continue 1t is impossible to toll. TlIe contract.
OTIS tsavo s0luu cut-btuilu OF hand, ud could be.
gin ontrnttons Tomorrow Il tlley close; but
they don't care Hbout running tic risk of start
tng III OIL the work, hutl thea lnvint, To Q,&tt
when they run out Of stone.
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