, 1880-02-26
THE CITY-HALL.

TIE Committee on Streets and Alleys, North,
| is called for Saturday.
AID. WErrEnRR positively announces TINT he
| is not a candidate for reelection.
| THE Committee on Judiciary Was called Tor
| yesterday afternoon, but quorum did not get
| together.
| TIE Police Department sold Sl.40o worth OF
tickets to the Parnell reception, and will turn
] over the money therefor to-day
Tm city Treasurer received yesterday She X S%3
lector, and sol from the Controller.
Iris again announced that the inspection of
tho hotels is to be resumed. This morning Is the
! time fixed, and the fremont House and Com
mercial Hotel the objective points.
yey, and Riordan Joined In a call for Il special
meeting or tho Council to be held tomorrow
evening, to take up the appropriation BILL
NEmAsS, LEM s. Co., whose place of business
fire some weeks ago, yesterday presented the
Fire Department with $50 for the benefit of the
benevolent fund.
AMONG the building permits issued yesterday
was one to August Setback, to erect a 1Eo-story
dwelling, No. lS5 Rumsey street, TO cost $500;
one to John Freital, to erect q two-story dwell
Ing Superior street. near Nucker, to cost 81 SEQ;
and one to John Mahon, to erect two-story
dwelling, Van Horn street, near Paulina, to cost
$3.50.
TIE Mayor yesterday sent out Invitations to
the officers Of the several street. railway COM
panes to meet him ut bis Office this afternoon.
The object of the gathering Is to reach an under
standing between these corporations and the city
in the matter Of removing the dirt from their
tracks 1t is charged that they have been shov-
cling it inru the cutters and leaving the city to
remove it II it Is removed ut ali and this Is what
1t is desired to stop
THERE is trouble In the erection Of the bridge
it was reported that most Of the structure,
which WITS to have been completed In Il few
days, was in the canal. It appears that the
disfuvor, and have several times Stecred their
crafts into the scaffolding and knocked it down,
aRa the at mmS t1e YIN IL th m
city authorities yesterday. but, SINCE the city
has no control over the canal nothing wns done.
The contractor will turn his attention next to
the canal authorities, and it remains to be seen
whether the bridge will be built or not
THE Mayor and Commissioner Waller resumed
the investigation into the alleged deficits in the
Water Office outside those Of Moeckels. The
experts" some days ago reported the deficits.
and the Mayor was left to find out how they had
been created, and to this end had several Of the
employees OF the Office before him to explain
entries made upon the books in their charge.
The examination WIS in private, and since it
was not completed nothing could be learned of
day until completed, and enough is known
already to assert that the result will be the dis
mlssal Of some of the accused, If nothing else
occurs
SOME EARLY HISTORY
E1-Warden Kimberley, of the Insane Asylum,
yesterday called upon the Mayor, and presented
him with Hist of the members Of the Fire De-
purtment when it WIS volunteer organization,
and also SOME valuable historical data in con-
nectiOn with the department in those times.
The record goes back to 1S444, when Augustus
Garrett was Mayor, and the citys population
was estimated at about s, ,0O 4. S. Sherman was
then Chief Engineer, and Francis l. Sher-
man, who was subsequently Mayor, was
Foreman of Fire Bucket Company No. l.
John C. Haincs was Treasurer of the Fire Guard,
and John C0lehour, Sanford Johnson Samuel
a. Lowe, and George 4. Robb held positions Of
one kind or another. The records urc minutes
Of the meetings of the Department at odd times
between 1871 and 1856, and show that among the
living, were: Henry Grcenebaum, Patrick Casey,
Avery Moore. J. G. Shortull, Val Ruh. n. Ben
ner, John McCarty, James McIIa1e, Anton
Berg, James u. Donnelly, Joseph Abrams,
Tyrren, james a. burlington. A. Benedict, ~ 4.
Neubcrgcr. J. A Kinney NOV in tho Depart
ncnt}, C. H. Durfec, S. 2. Rounds, d. S. Moore,
T. 4. Ho5ne, T. v Shurley, ]. 4. Dattsford,
George 4. Gibbs. George Vandercook, Joseph
Dixon, William Wavman, r.. E. Courtney, Joseph
Harris, James Fl. Reese, c. G. Scaton, and C.
Gould. The numes Of G. II. Dyer, Daniel Cnnc-
ron, u. L. Boone and S. S. Hayes, deceased, also
appeared on the list The papers were the prop
erty Of Mr.. kimber,cy's fa1i1er, and have turned
up In the settlement Of his estlte, and arc q
valuable piece Of Chfcngo's early history, espe-
cialiy since all such records were destroyed by
the tire Of ISL The papers we're turned over to
engrossed will be presented to the Historical So
Cfnty