, 1880-03-28

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| project in the West, where he hns received the
greatest aud heartiest encouragement Of the
! enterprise.
THE CiTY-HALL.
| TIE City Treasurer yesterday received 504l
from tho City Collector: $l,6l6 from the Watel
Department.; and 81 AT from the Controller.
TIE Health Department has had the ordinance
in reference to the inspection Of workshops anG
factories printed upon card, and it is to be
| posted in all establishments coming under 1ts
provisions. As soon rs the appropriation bill
has been approved the Inspectors provided for
| six III nlnlbcr-will be appointed.
| 4 DELEGArioS of State street property y-own-
crs. hcided by Aid. Jonas, called upon the Mayor
yesterday to Insist upon the vctoing OF tho ordi-
| nance for laying railway tracks upon that thor
] OF u2hfare. He listened to their story, but told
them that he could do Dothing unless the OBJ
| jectors proved to own d majority of the proper
| ty. They left him disheartened, and Impressed
! with the idea that there was no reason to expect
a veto.
COLLECTOR REEs settled with the City Treas
urcr yesterday, and paid over to him S., 600.
He hus pnid over in all s705, ,4A and, besides,
about S2l0M iu commissions to the Town Clerk
All he has taken from the office is his legitimate
salary, and he retraa without any Of tho criti-
cism which has followed some Of his prctieces-
sors. Certainly his record Is without blemish.
The City Clerk will be ready on and after
april to issue licenses for keeping dogs. The
nlctallIc tags required by the orlinnuce to be
worn around the dogs neck have been procured,
and everything is in readiness. THE police ar-
thorities announce that they will SEQ that the
ordinance fs enforced. or that the number OF
e,,';la. Is - ls,s 1 ~ ~ asiu tne MAYOR
siderable money thereby. The tax is s. per
annum.
TuE Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
chungc the construction OF the Milwaukee ave-
nne ana Desplaines street vladuets as to admit
OF US swltcnlns on from the main track Ut q
pn.ns west u T., Dcspla'nes SO thnt 1r can the pet
Ter reach the freight-houses The Company
proposes TO pear the expense. which Wall con-
stst u snstt,ltlns piers Tor piles Tor the sup
BINS were opened Yesterday for jrnnrovinp the
claimed streets: They were six in number, but but
infornlality. The bids were for doing the work
per mile. and US follows: D. H. Keyes, 531.1 10;
ChaFtes walsh, SIC 10: Charles 5. Chamberlain
Sis; james klncade; 81; and B; B. Cunning
Ina dnat az Of the biIs tfe regarded I as too high
II Ing Work @ was qpne last year 1or ssl5o per mile
9h fhis sss than the bidder TOR tho work
makers never show 'o or undnrtoIo t to INV
whether tho city has q lien % upon the lots and
lands described for water tax which, lends to
considerable trouble. Water-ratcs are rs m,eh
n tax nvninst nrnnnrtv as "nv nthort ~ - ia % and
qbstsaGtS hns Should aIsys show whether the cty
fcrred. Those having abstracts made should
insist upon it in Justice to themselves. and also
By sm Vim me tbo DC
'4 - 'ts Npp4, 41'e ~ 'no " o'4eo'
THE RIVER WATER
samples Of the water in the river taken at differ
cnt points. The North Br,nch sumples were
comparatively clear. hut their stencil was un-
bearuble- Tho samples from the South Hra.,eh,
north Of the canal lock, were also comparative
Iy clear, but the smell wns siclse1ling III the OK
IRENE. ,er oontn OF the locks however, the sam
pcs meeG tery t drtS m anu IL Gxpefts hd ny Reen
siseness they could not possibly have rotten up
amyth'tng to have C., exeflled I'll the odors The
and o. str stsonsor S ane sfn& IL
tnvor OF 1t could possibly be adduced.
f T. creyer f ay n Sryve IL; 9 nds s'rrnunding Put
has becn III the habit of inhaling pleasant odors.
LATE BUT SAD.
The mortality report for 1874 is about COM
to huVc hccn SGi4 diyifle n,,,nnt, tbe wartfs as
follows: First Ward. lid: Srcnni IL :ss4. :rhirI ~
lG3; FOURTH us: Fifth, 753; Sixth IL: Seventh,
cnth. 81: Tgelftb. oE5: Th;rtennth' n. Fnnr-
teenth. l,ED: Fifteenth. iii: Sixteenth. |
53a; Seventeenth, az; md Eighteenth, 265.
CONSUMPTION, rs: infnntjle cnnyuisinns' ~:
454: inantion 3j.. menin,ritjs .rIi.
old agB III; enteritis, III: bronchitis liz: henri
tliseuse. 13l: inflammation Of the BRAIN 1G; con-
gcsdon Of the lungs Il; railroad shock, ss; drop
81, 61' paralysis, 81: suicide, 81: drowning, 80;
lcnttion, 80: infMnte debility, JG and epilepsy,
IT, W the entire. en number s5t9 were under
year ear ct aEe, @ s6o UNDER years, ~ under ;, Sss
tween " anti y ~ between ~ and 10, fj3 be-
tween 30 and &C ao e. 5s6 between 70 and %. 4a5 be-
ween % and eo, % 35a between % and H. ~ be:
.wccn 70 and s0 LIS between 81 uni ~: 20
,ctwccn 90 and 100, and : over 100 years The
,,cport is not yet complete, but will be In few
lays.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Mayor has not yet concluded what items !
Il. will strike out Ut the appropriation bill If he
trikcs out any, or If he has he kccps his
conclusions to himself He says, how
ever, on the subject that the sN3lGl for
he Fourteenth street lridEe viii NOT |
&c used for the purpose, it having been set inside
" IL resolution Ut the Council, whereas apnro-
|ri,ltious can only be made by ordinance. Fur
her than this, he says he Is IN favor OF reducing
:lnries. and would follow bis plum of Inst year.
m me WHOLE IL IS very UNCERTAIN what he will