, 1880-07-04

ness On the West Side will be closed up Thurs
day, Or Friday at the latest
TIE C1TY-HALL.
THE Washington street tunnel is asain open.
ALI. of the city Offices will be closed to-mor-
] row in honor OF the Fourth.
Up to last evening 1900 dog licenses had been
taken out, from which the city has realized
$4,000.
THE Treasurer yesterday received $e4s from
the Controller. s4,5+l from the Collector, and
s., $40 from the Water Department.
TIE Health Officers report for June sh ows
that lib nuisances ahated, and that u, SIS
pounds Of unwholesome meat were condemned
TIE Rush street bridge will be closed to travel
Wednesday to put in new floor. 1t Is not
thought that the repairs will occupy more than
one dag.
AMONG the building permits issued Yesterday
was one to Jerome Bcccher to erect six two
story dwellings. corner Of Thtrty-third street
and Forrest avenue, to cost $i5,000.
TIE Adams street yiaduct is now lighted. us
an experiment, with three gas-burners attached
to the beams overhead. with retlcefnrs throwing
the light east and west The effect Is to hetter
light the foot-ways. aud If after trial it proves
I success the other yfaducts will he lighted tho
same way.
TIE Special Assessment Department Is ready
to pay rebates on the improvement of Harrison
| Street, from Sherman to Franklin, and TIL the
Improvement OF Franklin street. from Adams to
Van Buren, street Those applying fur rebates
| must exhibit q receipt showing the payment OF
| the assessment.
COMMISSIONER De WOLF is heartily in fnvor
| of the smokc-burner ordinance, and rcgurt1s Its
passage as an absolute necessity. Yesterday he
asking him TO call at No. i, Mccormick Block to
enforce the ordinance, the writer laboring under
the impression, no doubt, that it had already
| passed
I I'm np wor = arnonncas tha+ rhn nroft ,1non
| the appropriation for the summer months, on
account q smallpox, etc. will nccessitate
| OF the year. How he will curtaii he has not yet
| figured out, but he will, most probably, dis
| pcnse with some Of the Workshop Inspectors
| for one thing.
| COMPLAINT has been made that many persons
on the South Side hive paid no attention to the
ordinance requiring them to renunber their
houses, and yesterday Superintendent @ Donnell
! was requested to have his officers again remind
| the negligent OF their duty in the matter. Those
who full to respect this second notice will be
prosecuted at once
a DELEGATION Of citizens living along Lake
day Of the stencil arising from quantity Of
! refuse matter which was held under noses by a
| pier in the lake in the vicinity of Thrty-nilth
! Street. They thought the matter cume from
the distilferies near the city limits DR.. De Wolf
Will investigate Tomorrow
| CoNrRArs were yesterday awarded for grad
[ ing and paving Bryan place, from Randolph to
Lake streets; for grading and paving Washing
ton street, from Franklin to Market; for grad
Ing and paving Michigan avenue, from Ram
dolph tn Jackson streets; and for filling, grAd-
ing: and paving Taylor street. from Clark street
to Fifth avenue. Rny Whitney are the con-
| tractors
The award for furnishing the city With sewer
brick was made yesterday as follows: J. ~ L.
$; 3. Y % PSsnaten On :: 1T t ssss; Franz % Hm
and 5o0UW at $sao; nayt E Alsp, 100000 at
$s;so: Q: Hupe, 10000 ut s.; and Louis Mueller,
10000 At 81: Some weeks ago bids were in
gotten for Ss25. but Mr.. Waller thought he
could do better, and readsertised, with the above
usEpEspHD BALANCES
4 few days ago the Finance Committee SUBJ
rnitted to the Corporation Counsel tho question
d,,t OF the right 9t the Council and Con-
ance OF the Library Fund of Inst year
to the General Fund, and yesterday Mr. Albums
pended balance in question:. amounting to
S10.696, was levied and collected for q specific
purpose,-to be used to maintain the Public
Lbrary,-aud that therc!s no power vested any,
where to divert it from that purpose. The nc
hon Of the Council, then, In transferring this
eral Fund was, he holds, illegal ana void, and
the Controller will, no doubt, take this view of
it. The opinion is of moro importance thun it
appears on its face, however, for the reason that
all Of the balances, except those TO the
credit Of the School Tux and Sewerage Funds,
have been actually transferred and drawn
~ e~k~AA~~A
one Of the questions for the future.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE MILITIA.
The militia Of tho city have 10 warmer friend
in the Council than Aid. Clark, aud. appreciat~
ing the fact that they need place to drill. he
had conference with Commissioner Waller
yesterday on the subject He proposes that the
city shall furnish them drill ground. and sug
gcsted that a part OF Lake Park be set aside
for that purpose, and that the city make
with him entirely, and tho alderman promised
to draft an ordinance covering sufficient of the
ground, etc. and present it to the Council at m
carly day. He thinks that tract GOO feet long !
and about tho same width would be ample, aud |
his idea OF improving it would be to plant two |
rows Of trees around it. with gravel walk be- !
tia, he thinks the improvement would ornament !
the park. and that the public drills which would
the public, and also tend to arouse a deeper iu-
terest in the maintenance Of Our local military !
organizations
4 MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
The authorities are 1nanifcsting considerable |
interest on the subject Of pavtng, or the paving
material OF the future. and in the effort to find
fbem aftaa
one thing that the city IS defective in it is its
%s Wat ts S Taned Is o
what kind Of paving material will give the best |
5ns1es bs and then aa9pt it By
might not to do ' for I1'' ali Of a'"',iu: The
streets On account Of its expense, or some other
CAUSE o0l Inc CITY IN5n1 DC QlstrlcIeu.' ana LnuS
overcome this objection. Uniformity is much !
TO be desired, and Mr.. Waller is fully i1nbucd
with that idca. aud so aIc many members Of the |
Council. But the real difficulty Is to determine
what kind Ut pavement is best Whether the
Commissioners plan will do it satisfactorily or
not remains to be seen. If it does not, however |
the proposition to appoint Commission of our
best citizens to look the matter up by personal
observation Is being discussed. The whole uucs-
ton is an important one and worthy the most
Thorough investigation.
TEE COUNTY-BUILDING.