The daily gazette., 1880-11-27
CITY COUNCIL.
ADJOURNED MEETING LAST EVENING
BUT LITTLE BUSINESS TRANSACT
ED-FUEL FOR THE POOR,

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BUT LITTLE BUSINESS TRANSACT
ED-FUEL FOR THE POOR.
City Council met last evening, hav-
ing adjourned over Thanksgiving day,
President Sharpley occupying the
chair.
The Street Committee reported fa-
vorably on the petition of William Lea
& Sons, asking permission to set curb
in front of their property ON the south
side of Twentieth street between Mar
ket and Tatnall, and on the north side
of Carter street between Vandever
Avenue and Buena street. The reports
were adopted.
The City Treasurer reported $780,
748.67 in bank to the credit of current
expenses.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
The following petition was intro
duced by Mr.. McKenna and referred to
the Lamp Committee:
Patrick Laly asking for a lamp on
Second street between Orange and Tat
nall streets.
Mr.. Paynterintroduced and had read
an ordinance increasing the salary of
the Chief Engineer of the Water De-
partment from 81, 900 to 81, 300.
Mr.. Abele presented the award OF
The commission appointed for the pur-
pose of assessing damages for the
opening of Walnut street between
Fourteenth and Sixteenth. The awards
were as follows:
The Swift s. Courtney g. Beecher
Company $840.
j. II. Cause, west side of said street
$1,000.
J. T. Gouse, east side, $50.
On motion of MIR. Paynter the awards
were rejected.
Mr.. Merris Taylor called the atten-
tion Of the chair to the fact that at the
last stated meeting of Council he had
introduced a resolution providing for
the appointment of committee on
legislation. He moved that the rules
be suspended and the chair appoint
the committee. The motion was
adopted, and the chair appointed the
following committee:
Messrs. Merris Taylor, r. II. Tay.
lor, Lewis Paynter, G. A. Rodney and
| A. p. Beecher. The members of the
committee constitute the Law Com
mittee. On motion of Mr.. Rodney the
President was added to the commit
| tee.
Mr.. Paynter desired to know through
the chair when the gentleman from
the Seventh ward (Mr. Rodney was
going to call the committee on the
road to the river together. He hac
read considerable comment in regarC
to the matter in the press, and he
thought it was about time that the
committee had a meeting. especially il
there woulo be any legislation needed
In all the comments he had read, ht
had not seen Christians avenue men,
toned. He thought chat at no distan
day he would ask Council to take ;
trip down the avenue in order that i
might see the benefits that wonld arist
from the avenue.
Mr.. Rodney said that no member o.
Council was more anxious to have 8
road to the river than he. The reason
why he had not called the committed
together was because he had been CO
lecting data to lay before the commits
tee. He had asked Mr.. Conwell, Chic
Engineer of the Survey Department, tC
make surveys of the. proposed routes
but the Department had been SO busy
that The work had not been completed
until about ten days ago. AS soon a
Mr.. Conwell could make it convenien
he would call the committee togethe
and they would then go over the pro-
posed routes.
The following resolution introduced
by Mr.. Blake was adopted:
Resolued, That a committee of ont
from each ward be appointed by th'
President for the purpose of distribu
ting fuel to the poor of the city, during
the coming winter.
Adjourned.
ORDERS.
During the session the following or