, 1881-04-17
TIE CITY-IIALL.

/ THERE were [QIfLF-OnG DuTtul-pErInltS lSSuGll
| yesterday by the Registrar of Ei1nl Statistics.
| TIE first street-ccanlug Will take In about
sixty miles Of paved streets. The bids for the
| CLEANING will be opened Tn the I'D inst
| TUE petition for q rehenrin. Of the Rixney
viadlct c,tse was filed In tho Supreme Court ut
| Ottawa yesterday Tho case will not come up
| again unttl-ncxt fall.
| THE Workshop and Tenoment House Inspect
| ors examined l5a tenc!acut-h houses last week,
| served thirty-s1x notices. anu caused twenty
| Attachments .! nuisarccs to bc made.
! ruE Western Indiana Ka,lrond Company has
rebuilt nnd raised the Eighteenth street bridg dge
| thrs.c teet four inches III twenty-five days, in-
| stead nf thirty. rs j. WIS required to do under
the orunance. II Is now safe and open to travel.
Nix. RcDoLrE IsRASp, the new City Treasurer.
sh9wsd up AZ IT, ths ;,,oe ctyha TX yeSteranny lie
reporter that Cashier 1e1u Brenan and Mai.
Lnn'san: BY tna =, o.,nkkeeper; would rer,,.!n VITO
and desorvc1ly popular.
YESTERDAY was Il .hnliday for tho Health De-
partment, as there were i1u c,ssrs Ut smallpox
reported. Dr. De .fo1r attributed !. In parf to
the tine weather. but sa!d Hf$o thai there would
be gutMly number uf new cases yet. but that
tho wpTsr bAd been seen. 6c,irlet-icvcr was re-
ported ut No. a.64 Wood and It's Church slreot.
JAMES S. DuFF, an attachG OF the Mayors
Office under Mayors Rice and 51nSnn yesterday
write Mayor ellurr.son IL complimentary letter
ulhn municipal paper printed prior to tho lire.
presenting to min the KEYS Of tie Mayors oilice
in the old City Hail, which were nbul: tho only
things he saved cut Of the huildlu. in the great
fire Ut 1871.
srrr. JAMES K. LAKE, of tho West Division
Ktw'ay aNd Ma, the Gommssnnsa Of ln9lte
In regard 10 tho Inying OF the new rai!r''sn-
track on East aud West Lake street. TRUCK
ixy'% w "a. ne ~ commences INN t ny l weTy ~ yn or
EilIt, trtt,i Michigan avenue ~ Central Park
The ri lroatt company will ca1nmv1'ce first On
the West side Of the bridge, and will utilize the
crtlar bck pavement laid on the east end OF the
bridge 10 Michigan avenue.
THERE have been great many complaints
madc Of late that those delightful iillle harbi.-
gers OF spring the robins and other birds which
flock to our purks and streets, nre being stoned
TO death by bud buys. In order to stnp this
w.nton destruction. sup1. McGurlsic yesterday
issued Stringent orders tn the pol ce tu enforee
the ordinance fpr the protection Ut the feaih-
cred snngsiers. uud to arrest all boys who are
killing them with stonts. Or who mny DC found
should tAke warning III time, for tho Justlces
wifi cnforce the law to It's fullest e1teLt in these
caSeS.
IT is very clearly apparent that there Is a
sewer-pipe ring in Chicago. which has ia vIew II
combination against tho city. However. 1t has
thus early In the fight run against s1inz. And
wa1cntuiness u co,n.nissi"ner ] W,llr m and s.its-
En-! neer Cregier. rhe amount Involved is a
small one but 1t shows the anl,nus oi the co!n-
1he supervision of Ci1y-Engineer Crcgler. Com
missioner Waller consented to build sewer
TN North Park avenue to Connect with
tho Fullerton avenue conduit, the prpperty-
owners TO pay for 1t. and the money to be re-
funded whenever il could un1er the city system.
The required cnsh WIS promptly handed in. aud
Mr.. Cregier looked ab..ut TO buy the sewer-pipe.
He found that he could purchase the 1naternl
Ut card rures II straight ~ per cent OIL Ut retail
which was ~ per cen1 less than TUG usual whole
SAFE pr!cc. II WIS tnen a1seo'ereu tn:tt !ne ppc
~outu Gust StD. and me law compelled ~ ad-
fert1ssHaent 1of oils- Af hal!er MAS H!!41ng -
r. yfts4
but he felt bound 70 comply with the hlw.
Last week the bids "ere opened. 1heF we're
nearly nil alike, except lnat of IN Individual
n!tiled Cunneilr. who was III per cent Or SO high
or than the propositions previously mute to Mr.