, 1880-02-22

DflugeS. Inc fOlk-StFeet man got VI ,45O net
The Twelftl.-street man, the, sans. Eight
Main street, same. On all of these the salarie;
| proposed were s., 4Q44 In each case.
At this point 4 good deal Of excitement
ensued, arising from the fact that AID. Dix0I
and others perslStently refused to vote, a11c
1t was inti1nated that they were afraid to dc
so. A motion that the Committee rise and
report progress was made and lost, and Aid
Rawleigh bitterly denounced the ''trimuers'
for their disincllnation to g0'on rec0rd.
Aid. Everett hoped the press would record
the names, even II the Clerk did not keep q
When Fuller street was reached, the
schedule recommending S55J5, with per cent
oH, half dozen motions were made to ad-
vance the salary to SGo0, 500, and other
figures.
Aid. Throop said he had got tired OF this
nonsense, and, unless the members OF the
Committee would vote like businessmen, liz,
would get up and go home, and so would a
good many more.
Carried.
On Archer avenue Douglas avenue, Ash
land avenue, and Western avenue the rate
was fixed at 5000 EACH.
For Kinzie street the schedule recon-
mended S1,5H: Aid. I'awler wanted it i'll
S1.S00 net, and this prevailed.
Indiana street got. ST, ,206 net; Erie street,
$l,S5b net; Chicago ayenue, 81, "a net; North
Halsted, Sa26 net; North ualsted street
{canaD, ss4G net; Division street., ss46 net;
Division street }cana), $50 net; North ave
Fullerton avenue, $500 net. On all but the
laSt-named the schedule recommended S per
cent off, while on Fullerton avenue 1t was
recommended to pay S558 less per cent.
Aid. McNally moved to reconsider the vote
by which the Adams street salary was fixed
at 81, GOO. Lost.
The next item was for general dredging
throughout the river and harbOr, removing
distractions, including repairs Of docks. The
schedule called for $4,000:
Aid. Dixon moved to strike out the entire
item and called on AIr. Waller, who explained
that in his opinion it would be cheaper for
the city to purchase and operate its own
dredging machines, The few owners Of
drcdges combined and not only agreed on
hs pSs bat detsa bea ns1 ossen own tes Of
competition and they measured water as
well US mud. He believed the expense OF a
dredge wonld be Si5000, and of running it
$50 per day. Now it costs from 80 to 60 cents
per duSf sra yard to 1G rsGys the asdsp%s deposh IT, mai.
ter temporarily. .
Aid. Swift opposed the motion, believing
that the city ought not to 60 into the dredg-
ing business. # competition did not exist,
Aid. Clark moved to fix the appropriation
AID. Throop Judged, by his own expert
ence in the dredging business, that it would
be q good one for the city to keep out Of.
AID. Stauber took the opposit view: He
% fs en alS9 6qnas that 1t would pay the city to
Aid. Meier agreed with his socialistic col
league from the Fourteenth Ward, and de-
claret1 that In two years the dredges would
e Co@missioner mn e'eF Waller further advocated
his project for buying and operating dredges:
The entire question was then postponed
temporarily.
nARBoRMAsrERs.
The next item was for the salary Of two
Uarborlnasters at $3.50 each.
Aid. Peeyey wanted the salaries raised to
Commissioner s Waller thought the rate pro-
posed was very low.
Ald. Meyer amended to make the salaries
AID. Everettfu amended to 81 900 each.
=, AID. S,nyth proposed to make the rates
81, 800 each
The s. ,ovo proposition was voted down.
Aid. Throop amended by making the sala-
ries $500; same as last year. Lost
The LOO amendment was then carried.
TUNNELS AND PARKS.
The salaries of the engineers OF the Wash
ngton and LII Sale street tunnels were placed
1T $500 each, and the total appropriations for
each at $4,000 and 81, 800 respectively.
RI pAprs
came next, and appropriations were made as
follows: Lake Park, $3,0O0; Ellis Park,
$500; Union Park, 5000; jefferson Park,
=, 600; Vernon Park, $4,000; Wicker Park,
- mn. WASHINGTON Sn,1are. S1 nm. An at-
.,sn.,t - .nnrnEnr;,+o S:tnn ~ Tomnho1I p,rf-
- aills - " ."u s,c,nJ do,,,, "1f
''is lS1Onllaltoasiy zuG'u fes eon
:, AN GTelCIt aonou ~ tF.oo ~ Coueleeo
Park. He created much amusement by nam-
,ither sum-. The sum Of 81, 800 was voted for
. steam-rOlIer.
ii. Meier altered \ motfon tn insert al |
,r1,ron,;ntinn ~ s10 nm fnr nuhlic hoth;nu-
~ - r ,,f5r eooordpa ~ snt;5
loaoeo. Atu' Eanlot oeSpnuSu t1u nlo1iult,
wi, penalng discussion, Lne tohH2lttee rose
lnd reported progress
AID. LaWier offered Q resolution providing I
or the closing of the city offices on Monday |
nd postponfng the Council meeting until |
evening. Tho resolution was adonte1 |
"0o""1 ''en5' ~ -soA"sto" " ~ o'Aopseo'
oPPosEn ~ sC1tAt. |
Aid. Clark offered the following:
WarRr.s Tba cftv churtar rnn,,fres that fho |
nnr,nr,tinns for n,,,nit.innl n3,rnosce shui, he
9nde d,,rint, Tho f1rst nna,ter f earh f3scn xaar
vh;ie tha revanne iaws nf fin STATE rcni}er Il
nnnsshIe to collect the money this annrnnr;s
ted until the year thereafter; and.
WHEREAS, Under tho operation OF these two
aws the City Government Is left without funds
nand =; WIN Mhlca 20 sus Us Us curreet expenses
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