, 1881-10-30
CITY HALL.

TliE County Treasurer paid $4,000 to the City
Treasurer yesterday of tax collections for 1885,
TIE Controller requests that all persons who
nave adjusted claims against the city present
them Mundy, US 1t Is TIC last tiay of the mouth.
TOMORROW nt o'clock the bids for the ar,nory
lot, corner OF Adams and franklin streets, will
be opened. Tho property is estimated by rcn1-
estate men to bc worth II, 800 per front foot
THE Committee on Streets and Alleys OF the
South Division met yesterday afternoon a,,li
recommended that ordinnuees be prepared for
tho paving OF Monroe street, from State 10
wabash avenue. and for the paving OF Couch
place.
ncnt OF l'nbtlc Works, yesterday succeeded in
getting from Crosby Il Cunning $alI.ui, the
amount u hi!! for damages done to the State
street bridge by the schooner j. D. Cooper in
September last while III tow OF the tug Black
ball.
YESTERDAY morning "Farmer'' Harms can't,
INTO inc Mayors otcc und asked that IT ho
carried olt tarston I,tutl,,l's contract wua the
money for the wur.1 dole. ulld that also now
ciniued ny itlonn, he paid over 10 bim Tho
Mayor said that the .nuney for work done by
Hr Harms III street cleaning. would be paid 10
him and not to Mr.. lsohu, who WAS no longer
recognized as a contractor for the city.
The Mayor stated yesterday he hoped
TINT Mr. Cs;gtn would soon ssnd over bis cotl.~
Licb ordinarily had no right to let Il Citizens
Committee 20 over the houks without The Any-
grant 1he request upon application. All tho
employees Of the Watcr O.lscu were anxious TO
be investigated. us aIt that had been said they
believed reheGtcd Ia u measure upon them as
individuals. THE Mayor was about to tnaugu-
rate complete checking system, SD that one
clerk would prove check upon the other.
THE Mayor Yesterday received a communfca-
ton from Mr.. Wooufnrd, II copy Of which had
also brcu sent to Gen f4teb, IN which he stated
thnt nine moro wAter inspectors were required.
Uecausc Of Il lack OF sufficient help in this de-
nj
disadvantage in making the assessment, and he
hnd NOT heretofore asked for more help be-
cause ne thought that in tho puEt it wls tho
policy tn curtniI expenses i'll this department.
But the additional torce wits needed US follows:
Three regular nnd two special inspectors i'll tho
South Division: one regular and Quo special i'll
tho North and nne regular and one special IN
speetnr III the Northwest Division. The 5fnyot
says that be will make the appointments, aud he
has already decided whom he shall pitt in place,
50 that applications are not necessary TO be
hAnded in.
-: THE NEroRr COURTEOUS.
4 few days ago Mr.. Washington llcsing COM
piaicd Ill Il letter 10 The Mayor of 4 leAk in the
wAtcr-Enniu ut the corner Of Superior aud Cass
streets. The communication. accidentally. was
addressed 1n tho Superintendent OF Water.
which is 'aiSnOiner 1Or Gen. lieo+ who is SIM
ply Water kegistrpr as other cities term o'fi-
sent to the Mayor, who rather cavallcrly replied
10 it, and said that the matter would be re-
tsfrsd to d the G EnIneef ,h The prnper
Instead OF this the correspondence wis
banded over by the Mayor. To the alteged
tlur t1pe and clerk behind it with IL biz; open
book. The ''Conpiaint Durenu:' instead Of
referring the matter to the City Engineer. pre-
tended to have lacked into it himself s1'd trnt1
his ltt:S or knowledge Of uater- mains could find
no leak Yesterday Mr. irs:ag sent to the
Mayor the following: interesting letter. THIS
time Mr: liesil;5 1nakcs no mistake a. to TIC
official. for he addresses Acting Commissioner
OF Putic Works Harrison. under whose direc-
tion the CITY Engineer Is supposed to nct but
tha {nft fHr and
son, Acting Commissioner Or Public 'Fnrss--Mf
DEAR srn: 1Tour TWO coninuniea sions Of oct.
y and u; were duly received You say, "io,
Then why did you seud over Mr. Cunningham,
who says that my COMPLAINT about the leak at
to he groundicss. and that he taed to discover
any leak now ut any time In the past. tlHh
supposed from your general inte!lt5ence tfat
you were aware that your Coinp!uint s,letS had
nothi11,. whatever TO do with wuter- mains, and
that any inspection on mis- part WIS SIMPLY USE
less. -
three days ago personally requested you to
have tho matter attended to. You hive not
seen lit to take amy steps In the matter, ana inc
adjoining Easements are at!ll in danger OF oe!ns
fjopuol. The citizens of: Chicago need not &c
:lstunishcd ut the complaints about the "as:;@e
OF water, when LEAK i'll i main IS NOT reralrcd
for nearly Il week nfter notice Of the same has
beer, gwen to the head Of the department.
'+Ihs delay is aii the iu0re sing n!ar bechuse oH
three previous occasions before you assumed
Charge Of tho department, when Il sinlilar leak
occurred made coulriaint, and The leak WIS
repaired within six hours-not within sls DAYS
- At exactly tweuty-scven minutes oetufc
hole, out Of which the water bubb'cd ucArly six
inches high. and will take great pleasure sif:
Commissioner, in showing }o. the leak. thus
ErrounIless but that your Coupiaint Clerk
WAsi1Noroy HEslSG."