, 1880-09-07
TILE COUNCIL.
Another Effort to Use Oil for
Street-Llghting.
The staubcr- -McGrath Contcst-Annu1led
Special Assessments.
Telegraph.Pocs and cohblc-Stones Wasting
Tina on Parliamentary Law.

present except IAllt. D[xuIi, AfeNurney,
Swift, Thompson. nnd Mccormick.
CORNERSTONE.
AID. Burke introduced MI order calling
Npoil the Commissioner of Public Works to
prevent the lisU Of eObblc-stonc hctwcen lie
rallwny-trachs along Clnrk street from Slx-
ternltl tG rWenty-sccNnh.
AID. Wfckcrsllaln cattcd attention to the
opl!nance allowing Tho laying Of tie Trucks
III 4,'estson, which was found tu prnvisIc for
the lisc Of cDbbfc-stone, ntld tho uuter wits
referred to tho Committee OH Sttccts antt
Alleys, South.
prnye,nents were presented mil passed,
among tllcn besng olie for 1ulying 4 tln street,
Et1.1s AVENUE.
Commissioner Nnller submitted an ortl1-
nal,cc rcuealing the ordinance and nnltutltng
The assessment for tho Improvement Of Ellis
avenue III nccuunt Of fts lnslitlclency, and
ordering 4 new assessment. Tho ordinance
was ,ulnt,tCll
Ald. hurley calfesl attention to tho fact TINT
tho property which had not puld tic old as
sesslirnt WIS advertised for sale Monday,
and Introduced tho following, which wns
adopted:
Re*nlrel. Tint tho Controller notify tho Ca,,nty
Collector forthwith that tho assessment for tho
n1l direct him IL unit FROM tho sae my and njl
property under such assessment.
ALI. reevcy Introduced m order forbid.
ding the doing Of ai,y llcavy tcanl1,g oil West
1acksnm street for sixty tlnys, or until tho
mlenan ''sci In parlng the street l,ad thor
ough'y settled. Tha order WIS atioptc.l.
LIGHTING WITH OIL.
ALI. Meier introduced an ordinance FOR
crGctinE lahl}-pbsty, ta lie pnid for lby special
assessments, MI strerts ,wlicru gas iit,s Ind
nut bceI extended, t.,El that hereafter tcsu
slirr,s hr lighted with oil, te cost 10 bo
tal,en from tic fund appropriated for tint
AID. hurley Objected, on the ground that
the fund tur public benefits 'il,t heen eX-
liaustGtt, itnt therefore tho 0rtlInaict, was
imprac.!cable. 1ha ordinance w.ls referred
to tho Committee IN fs,ls
AID. Cnlcrton introduced tic following:
f}1krni. Tint tho Contrn.ler bc nnt] he IL here
BY authorized and directed tn forthwith ,tlyrr-
tiss for prn"snis T. sht tho street humps In tho
lie ,spoke in favor ot llis order, stating
tho streets lor tho ycnr STU. 900 lad been OK
l'elit'c,l tlIe first SiX months, y WIS ,eees
Of ihu money llatl ulrea!ty bcc,, pail out, nllll
he thought tho Cnulcil l,isl erreH In tic aW-
ling Ct tlia et.l.aInp Fnntt aircaty IN ;,tl-
ya,c'!'E ,a te Ply nt tho lap!lglltcrs. a,l Tint
read frDn tho Appropriation bill to show that
eoutcuti,lg TINT tl1e bill ynx v, f,n ,imf,,ra ~
y contract; and tint lilo appropriation
conl1t1on that tic money ~ sllouitt '''nn pe
ust:,I rs IT lia: been in n1s!0 wliEc. it WINS clear
WIS nut being done: Tho question w,ls Il
very serious one, anil In view Ur lilo sitlu.
ton hc lIotft1 to sre the order passed.
order, thinking tat It Vas M cntirelY tiu iccs. M .e
sary;
After gone pnr1aytng Aid. C,tlferton n,oyrtj
to suspend tho r,ics to piss thU order. Which
,was WV acreSd to by i vote ot, II to j,
ALI. Sanders, Alspeter. S,nyth, md Btrjcy,.
This result WIs tf,iu to n IiiisnunrrI,rns,n1;.
1anny Of lie Aldermen tiliilElug tjIey WIT,
yntltg simply tt, suspend tl.e rules, hut rn
G'le il,Mle Il motior 10 reconsider, although
l,,,ch talk followed tho ruiImr of thn t,l,.tr
oil the pnlnt. ~ '' ~'''$''
A1d. Everett; BY, consent. introduced y
the ctlnllnlttees ''v,catetl BY Frauk x.
otallocr.' 1t WIS pasted.
Observation-Disclosures.