, 1881-08-14
ClTY-IIALL.

THE County Collector handed St5GD to the
City Treasurer yesterday is part OF his last
weeks tax collections.
i REPRESENTATIVE Of the Quinrard Iron
Works will arrive in tho city ts- morrow to close
up tho contract for the Bridgeport pumping
works and TO arrange various other details il
the premises.
YESTERDAY Mr.. L. p. billiard redeemed the
east quarter Of wharf lot In lot No. !, which is Oh
South Water street, near Clark As long .!eo q; ~
lS,3 Mr. Hillinrd tnortcased the property 70 tho
city in consideration uf Sl,0V9, anu had bccti
paying interest on the debt ever since that time
for more than thirty ycnrS.
TIE rejection Of the application Of Capt. VIII
son for membership uf the rotice and Fircincn $
Benefit association by the Nourd OF Trustees ot
the fund seems ut n :.lance to be drawing ii
,ather tine. Officer Wilson bus been Il police,
in 1s6l, and has done pairolman's duty for many
Il year. Ills transfer tu the Health Department
should not tleoAr him iruui tue privileges 10
which au old, tried, and faithful otfcer Is Gu
titled.
DIR. H. S. &. PATTON. the smoke nuisance abater,
Inst week inspected the following puces: 4. II.
Andrews s. Co.. Reaper Block, Grand Opera
House, schwaloert, aietropoli1an Block. Frank-
lin Mac1eash & Co., Kellogg, barrett & t., l..
Gould j. Co., the Chicago stamping ConIp;lny.
iiibbard. Spencer & Co., and the SHERMAN House.
i number Of firms asked him to recommend a.. !.
always refused TO do So. In the tneuntinlc the
smoke nuisance continues. without abatement,
immediately in sight of the Health Oihce
SOME time ago complaint was lodged With
that the channel Of lhe South Branch i'll the
ne'.hborhood of the Twenty-sxrh street bridge
WIS badly obstructed by rucks and other depus-'
matter was referred TO City Engineer Crcgicr,
who yesterday reported that the channel was
only uoout six feel deep. and tllat
by the deposit Of rocks from the construction Of
railroad tracks by the Panhandle and Chicago,
burlington s. Quincy Roads. ae suggested that
tbs railroad companies be requested TO cleat
away the rocks or furnish funds tor that pur-
pose, and that the city dredgc out the sand-oars-
BUILDING permits were issued yesterday for
the erection Of two story addition to the build
1nsss Of y. X. Fairbank y Co.. corner Of Nine
tctuth street and Wentworth avenue, to cost
sj,GW: for the erection OF a lNo-story dwelling
at NJ. lUts Twenty-iisst street. 10 cost $;,0D,
William LudcwinE beng :, tho owner; for ti,o ,,o
corner Of Wells and North Water streets, to cost
$l..D0U: for the erection by ". Sebcl OF three
story and basement ntlt7house m at No. 5l' Lar.
". {. Mcdonald uf three three story stores and
flats at the corner Of Ashlund avenue and
Twelfth street, tn cost *:,,500U; for tho erection
fv r. i. Fuirbank s Co. Of II onc-story addition
II their buildings ut the corner 0f Eighteenth
and blackwell streets. to cost S",HN.
THE WASHINGTON TUNNEL.
Some persons having circulated the report
u
TRIBUNE reporter yesterday asked City EnSi-
Eccr Crcgcr il he had ever authorized such Il
statement. lie said:
:. never said that the Washington street 1un-
mel WAS unsafe. What | did say WIS thnt it
wnuiu be better To close it than to pave it and
not to repair the walls ut the same time. Tho
walls Of tho tunnel are simply in a wEetchcd
condition.
- What will it cost to repair them"
- More. nuney thn1l VIZ have got. We asked
for money to repair the wallis. but the Council
ret used to give us any for that purpose.
ono way to prevent the wnter leaking
would he to- line the ceilings and walls with
brick, but that would not prevent the disiutcsra-
ton Of the walls, which IS constantly going on"
'*ls11't that making the tunnel unsnfc:'
No nlaE has right to auswer that question
without an examination. Of course. constant
dripping will wear away a stone. The water
1erc1iating through the walls must make itself
felt: but whether the structure is unsafe can
not be said without d thorough examination.
"Will 1t pay to pave the tunnel without doing
tho other repairS:
''Ihc pawn. Is but Il small part, iu my opn-
ion, Ut tie whole amount Of repairs necessary
10 the tunnel. ! would repair the wallis Ut tho
same liu.e that the paving is DONE else the work
will not DO anybody MUCH benefit Dr greatly it'll
prove the condition Of tho tunnel