, 1881-04-10

they being appropriately recorded and mailed.
In 1870, bonds numbered 45S and 4Ga were paiu,
and. consequently, when the duplicates turued
that they were the same bonds but it wns easily
proven that they we're genuine. There are
no forged rdnplicate Chicago City bonds aoat.
and hnlder5 need have 40 anxIetyin this regard,
The number Of cases of smallpox reported
yesterday was us follows: Orchard street, COR
:lcr North Grove court. ?. Henry, 113 Mohawk,
lI3 snrlinQ street, and 30 Clybourn avenue,
son. Statc 40 Sherman. o6s BisseIl, ~ String,
and III Oak streets, and 800 Vinccnnes avenue.
hcustcs In the Meudei Block aud ut ca West
Monroe street.
REFoRslING THE SALOONS.
The Mayor yesterday sent a letter to the
Chief OF. Police IN regard to the controlling and
conducting Of saioons, of which the following
MAron's OFFICE, april Q, 1ss1.-J. MeGarfgr,
superintendent of Pnlfce-DEAH SIR: For solue
time past it has been churgcd by the press and
hlbittns minors. thieves. and prostitutes in s.l-
loons were being violated, Strict orders in the
"a past ,',a have sn's*, oeea Issued !" tho pasr
nv eurncst desire that the ordinances
in question shall be ris!liy enforced. Please
ngn,n Sye orders thar patrol'nen shaa pay close
will te ut my disposal. Whenever you tintl that
patrol1nen are flcglecttng their duty in the prc,-
tses you Will forthwith discharge them. Yours
Respectfully. CARTER II. hAnR1soS. Mayor.
Subsequent to his receiving tho letter 4 rli1B-
uSE reporter called upon Mr.. McG0riglc, nnd
gest1ons Tho Chief said 1int he would carry
them out to the letter, and thut he would issue
An order to thur effect
TESEA1.NT-IIOu$Es
The reports Of the tenement house inspectors
yesterday Included tho premises Nos. las. l4::.7,
nuu lt24 state street. The property Is owned by
I. C. Wilcox. aud occupied By eleven tuunilics,
prenlses are sixty BY sixty feet, and % u three M
story frame- The rooms are insulIciently VEN
tja1el. The second aud third floors OF No. liz
twenty boarders. The skylishts on the top Of
tho Railways are tightly closed. but tho owuer
has promised better means of ventilation. South
of this building Is an excavation filled With stag
Nos. .4Vl, s41s, antl a4o5 State STREET, owned by
S. Schocniet. three-story and basement frame.
forty-seycn persons The condition OF tho
plumbing work IS bad and 1eaky. Several OF
the water closets are chnked, offensive, and
bad. Heaps uf manure III the basement and ,,u
sink trips. Tho plumbing is very unsatisfnc--
tory, w.lter-c!osets In the basement chozed up
1;t.l: and sinks untrpped nasenGnts tioode'l With
Nos. 3s0l to dslG Michigan avenue, Baird Il
bradley agents. The, waste water runs into
ane f. ind soG e ths prS If ,h IRE t
pipes are ustrapped. There are twenty -une
families occupying the premises. The row con-
persons. There are aftecn children OIL tho
premises.
The following fs report OF work done during
tho past week: Tencnlents examined. eighty
two; notices served, sixteen; attachments made,
eighteen.
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
The Committee OIL Judicinry 1ner, with Aid.
S:.nrcy In chalt. The urdcr in regard to per-
SOILS using water from city muins, outside ct
the city limits, which had been referred to the
Cn1nnlittee- WIS referred bark to tho Commits
sioncr OF Public Works. he tug give thu tlAtnes Of
the parties using the Water and the amount of
revenue received tacrtfrofn. \ petition from
tue f,ropcrty-ownerS on West Division street
ssas referred to the Corporation Counsel for ,l1l
opinion. The petition set forth that III 1874 tho !
To Improve the street. aud tue Commissioners
went on to do the work and collected p.,r-
ton Of tho assessment, but subsequently
tho Supreme Court declared tue ordinance. Void.
der tho previous ordinance portion Of the
have paid their assessment,
And they want to be exempt from beng taxed
again Tor the 5A1nt purpose.
The com1nitt ct. decided that Norton be cgruntcd
\ quit chin deed for the West Madison street
mill property upon payment OF s6to due the city
III Nlock 9, aud proportiOnAte amount Tor
what they own OF ulock $, which would he about
SIN.
The Van E,1ren street yiatuct question came
,p agair upon tho petition OF the property
who desired to get their buildings rsised
q grade by the city, which would involve II cost
II $10.WW. Tho attorney for the petitioners
alleged thnt tho Commissioner Of Public Works
ind City Engineer had ordered the railroad
'oinDnny to Eo tf with tho work directly III op-
lusitlon to the order vi the Council and tlut
he Commissioner bad unnecessarily interested
'itasclf In behalf ot the .a!rot..l company: Tho
llatter was discussed ut grcnt length, 1t was |
nc opinion OF the Committee that the money
onlpany. The whole matter wt,s laid over Tor
NC week, shrn 1t viii BE- decided