, 1881-02-06

| relative to the management Of the pesr-house
and the treatment OF It's patients. at the ap-
| pointed hour only three OF the Committee were
present.~Ald Cullerton. Murphy. and Lawler,-
the absent members being Aid. Wickersham and
and afsar wsttne baif an hour witbout tie
meeting receiving any additions. an adjourn
! ment to next Wednesday afternoon ut 3o'clock
wns agreed upon, the meeting tu be held in the
City Clerks otllce. AID. Cullerton credits tue
absence OF witnesses to the fact thar the meet
ing had not been sufficiently announced: be
matter OF the pest-house management or mis-
management, was Of very grave Importance
and 1t was urgent that they should be hearrl
The next meeting Of the Committee will prooa-
bly, be attended by d large number Of witnesses
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Judiciary Committee met yesterday after
noon In the City Clerks Office and resolved not
TO take up the matter OF rcdistricting this city
ern Indiana Railroad Company TO lay an Under
ground telegraph line in the city limits was also
On Aid. Wickersham's resolution in relation TO
increasing the tax for Public Library purposes:
AT the time the Library bll was drawn the
tnxation was made by City Assessors ut approx
imatcty the full value Of the property. Ths
Valuation Of the City Assessors In 1879 was $ss4
! ii mill upon thnt valuation. giving $5G.939. The
valuation is now made under the general rev.
enue law OF the State, In accordance with long
! actual value. amounting to sll5.l33.6i3 One
fifth or mill upon the valuation gives So s,ti
one-half a mill would give s5s.aGd- The Library
future will need more rather than less. Most
Of the great free libraries in ENGLAND,
following notable example in the United
States, have established several branch libra
rie5. 1t ts obvious that branch libraries will
soon become an urgent necessity here.
1.-The second asnendment proposed is OF the
greatest Importance. The rooms III which the
Library ls now located nre noL- sAfe and COM
modious. but thes are as good US any that could
be rentsd There is probably no etnee a
temporary, unsuitable. rented rooms. In the
opinion Of your Committee, the powers OF the
Council should be enlarged III accordance with
should seem expedtent, suitable building may
BE- erected FOR the use TT the Library
law be SO us to provide that tho Library tax shall
be exclusive OF rhe ? percent limitation In the
General incorporation uct.
TOO LIBERAL APPROPRIATIONS.
Judging BY the way in which the Finance Com
mittee commenced On the Appropriation bill, It
is just barely possible that it Will not retrench
enough. Its members forget that there is, at
best. but s3,0,a,49i 10 ne appropriated. This H.
that, at their session Friday. they Topped
oil %en s f5q more 1no fnaa wag @P'9ys
addea more tSsn $4,000 above the a%oant
* she ea se6 assf
Controller aggrerate the large sum q s5ls ;os3,
The FInnnce Com'nitiee m made It S5!9l.s, n
same with the Fire Department. The Con-
lrolicr's recommendations have been utterly
disregardefl, and instead, the heada Of II tbe Pc De-
been ably assisted by AID GullsEtsn. and rs,
Watkins. and ut times AID. o;dcs,h Mcc9tmick slS
opinions. There IS not 100000 needed for the
extension Of the police system. The police ask
for seventeen additional stations to carry on the
the city, which, when completed, Will be equal 10
doubling tho force. The TWO new stations in
operation were built from the savings ot t8o
secret SERVICE and other funds OF lSso: There
are three more under way. which have also been
allowed to be erected from the savings. Now,
the Poes p. asks ae tor IL For te1e
fnitree. while the Controller showed It was not
nrcded, the Fire Department asking for
% mere for ne sanses txo
lots, which were asked, and total OF Sao0U for
the extension of tho system this year. which
ienytn9 @ 's seven ~ TO be provided Tor in lBaa. il
the Committee has ans eye to future cont1n-
rcncies which may arise, they should not over
ia ruIsing about, and his Recommendations
should not DC ignored.
MORTALITY FOR JANUARY
The Registrar Of Vital Statistics has issued
his report Of mortality in 1his city TOR the month
deaths last month, AGAINST sla ;aa6 the ns3 Dnth
Of na the year Of
in December has bur 10. 70 to the l,A0
Of popula don, while tn January It assumes the
large assrage q 80 I'm; 'nH1e i,,e seasa Ts % n De-
cenber the deaths from consumption were oat
nfty-tive, while IN January the record SHOWS SHOW
we're thirty deaths from bronchitis last month.
and but twenty- -one In December: There were
twenty three victims to capillary bronchitis last
mouth, aguinst fifteen in December In Januasy
there were stxty-seven deaths from pneumonia
while ta December there were but forty-e1ghf:
broncho- pneumonia had seven victims and /
while In December there were but tour deaths
from the former and tive from the latter.
Under the head Of zsmotic diseases there IS
better showing, though one death from cholera
infantum occurred during the month. There
were 81 deaths from Group. a9u!nst 81 the month
previous; SO deaths from diphtheria. against l07
ora,nst 10 the mouth before. There were other
ieaths, as follows: Diurrhea, S; dysentery. I;
enteroeotia, !: erysipelas Il: ceEenro spinal ~.
typho- malurIat fever, S: typhus-fever, !; mea-
sles, /; mumps, =: pyemin, 2; quinsy, !; sept
coma and whooping.song6, ; AL ta9 d,seass aosse
aud do not show record OF which Ghicago
can be proud. 4 great cause Of these a4seases
Is detective drainage aud seWeF-gas. ano ss ~
fact TINT in d 1urKe number or cases mouse,
dr1,ins that connect with sewers are poorly laid,
joints are not properly cemenred, and they are
hid nj u depth that does not comply With the
INV. a practical man In this business stated 70
d Tn1nuSE reporter day &c two ago ,,s tnat ~ 10
nearly ali cases the ditches from the houses are
dug and drains laid by the same laborers, who
know nothing whatever pEacIlca&l!y H. 10 r rcgnra t"
generally feels that the nearer the top OF the
ground he lays bis 1I,a asans ,a The lsss
trouble lies Where tho joints are poorly
and the house connectlon Is laid In I
meaies through the dwelling. and no one can
ever Ind where the trouble originates: he I'd
ciosets and wash basins and catch basins, which
can be done very cneaply, and the MyinK OF
iron-pipe drains, with feadon plugs, from which
there can be no escape OF sewer-gas, and which
will not break 50 easily. even II not 50 deep IN
the ground These are matters worthy Of con-
stderation by the health authorities
There were u deaths from violence Of various
sorts, being sufYocat4d, 2 drowned. killed bT
an elevator. = killed by railroads. l By street.
car, s died under surgeons hands, und 8 from
morphine; persons we're frozen to death: 9
- a1sxt1 $1%a 0fH