, 1880-03-25
THE COUNCIL.
Billings Protests Against Furnishing
Gas at Reduced Prices,
And the Aldermen Agree To Fay tho
Same Figures ns Last Year.

Collapse Of the Combination for Building
Bridges aud Viaduots.
Passage Of tho Appropriation Bill sho,n
Of $13o,ooo.
Tho Council heti nn adjourned meeting last
orcnfng. Mayor Harrison In tho chair, and nj!
tho Aldermen prosont except 0rannIs. Etszncr,
md Mccormick.
a communication wa4 received from Mr. Ill.
ltngs. saying that tho West Side GAs Company
wns unable, financially. to furnish gns at Sins.
ad not ablc 10 furnish 1t for less tlnn tho price
paid last ycar-<a. Tic coutd not sco why hia
Conpnny should bo called on 10 submit tn re-
dnction Of rs cents thousand. while tho South
stto Compnny wns to rcco!vo the same price ns
nsbt b aoWeS To- ~" ab.na 1 nft R
etc. aud "rcaaouabie sum :" for gas. liz d|d
mot max inr profit, but tho cost
On motIon a'a oe' ot H cnita!ton the appropr,a.
AM. Gn'ierson m moved tit & ,por cent po added
pnrt'nent. making them tho same as Inst year.
T9 9en ft" as to an tho item WAS
Tho MRynr t31ted attention to m error OF the
GsEf wso sn! st The @,t ssp Get ~
iea Gat S"sns nj been on!ite .'f IL as eo
tt..rney arinncl. and both eo!nei:laa .xth him
.Xli. I.,wlcr saId 100000 had been put in for
into !" That matter" aid ,wanted to know il that
Snn'Int n, q IT, on9nsy n1 could DO used this yoar
THO MayUr remarked that II It wero left with
him he would Bnyp tho fiO, COO, but he could not
y hnI!1 ,n La the plnplng-W1rks. Mr: CEgicr thought
Sl,,u 49, YOU'D 30 necessary; $aoVo "ou'd be OF
Az. Mawle'Rh beloved tho ltom ought not to
~ ,aiSlurned:
-, ~. Gulcrton sald tho Council could not p9ss
str.ist tic near1orn street bridge, ahd he for
nu1t,p1su A nu1nor pr rrxcrnr.t, 2.
woid sec that lan iamnRts wn,ltd @ enslo' t''n n
biz ]il.l9tnet,t It ,Sns fjnlisE In nnnrnprrtc fnS
N0. Tho civ ton woni ts1 iinb}n fftr timm1rre
arising frs,i buIf,linr Tho npnrnnchns. H"more.,
6os r'stT rot oii rja rns .e" ot ~ LOT 'ao peaf'
Aid. Dixon snid ho hnd looked thu hill orcr
carefully, MD coii SC werS Il cu,,i ~ DO r..
$s,bD5 for nrobabe detrcncy. @ rhmt twus IL ner
sea 'es fs m ia ee
iectc r!rht alonw. Hut ti,n ancaE.r yns IN farnr
Of n1nSinu II mn rtrfn ftf mr. rent tfonco TIM
91 E tsnt,fd liz n;it T., hnfr nni sho,, I'm ic,,.
would bc Within tho Limitation. Tia x4Sni,
Eniijd sin,n,s. hr s,,rn,,. A - tho nnnr,,rts
street bree. ia civ nsvcr ~ eo,,id constr,,s.t
l,rif,ro nr nnythjnS 111so rIrcnt inrh hv inrh
RnflrOnri onnnslfin vns tt,t. n,f1k II, thn ,ocnn
mt thTs ti.nrs tio main = nina @nr fhn hrfJoa
tlonyin9 fhat thar, wn,1Ia ha rmv a,nn,e. ~ y
or ftr thc vin,Ii,nt- rhn Cnnnrii ahnsiG Renm ~ IL
view, In its icgislutoa. ti,c fat,,re Of the tx ~
Tho liam fnr fhn S.jtv-IIi, nn"tS fn 2 rn2ncr2a
md $25,O0 could be loppel or that Rpproprt-
RfGG for tho Chtcn0o nYCn9to Yins1uCt. n!1ti TIM
1iem fnr the jackson streot bridge could Go
dropped.
AID. Eullcrton Thought tho Jackson street
bridge itc1n should stantl.
Aid. sw IT, was opposed to striking out the 10
por cent for deficiency What was cnilccte. last
yohr was no criterion. Ho believed in havfng
surplus,
In law to attneh per cont month to all lclln-
quonta utter May |.
n. IN ~, ,,..ni,,,: - ~.
VA ~ 70 ~ anG ,oG}my " Q, ne Gor cent ana there
KID, WloN"rsl,"m u WI In fmxor ~ tInn tho
III III veto cast s void fo
~ ~ afaHa III, III, m'ia ~ WIS H. tavnr OF