Daily Republican., 1881-08-13
CITY SOL0NS' SESSION.
THE DICYe LIE ORDINANCE FAILS
TO PASS COUNCIL.
SEVERAL New Ordinances - Pett.
nOBs Granted and big BPich
Of Bills Passed Last Night.

risburg tiremen, last night. and Col
Mention presided at the regular meeting
of Council.
The Water Committee reported that
the loss to George Mahan, by losing a
horse ON Market street, had been salts
factorily adjusted. Favorable reports
were made ON the following petitions !:
Gregg & Pierce. for water pipes on Lin
coin street, from Pennsylvania ave
nue. to Eleventh street ; George r.
Weller, for water pipes on Eleventh
street. from Lombard to Pine ; Dennis
Kane for water pipes on Railroad ave-
nue., from Lobdell 10 A streets Theo-
dore Llnf, for water pipes on Heald to
B street.
The Ore ling Ssrss.ts, ,Committe report
ed unfavoribly ON the petition of Chas.
Cannon for the grating Of street from
Buttonwooh to Locust, and of Locust
street, to b street.
Proposals were awarded as follows
Patrick Carberry, tor grading the bed
of Van Buren, street, from the south
side OF Sixth street down to the quarry,
at 50 cents per cubic yard Martin
lteogh, for grading DUPONT street from
WaWassnt street, at 10 cents per cubic
yard John &. Lavery, tor grading the
bed Of Lombard street, between Twelfth
and Thirteenth streets, and Twelfth
street, between Lombard and Poplar,
at 80 cents per cubic yard. ...
The City Treasurer reported SIGH i54.-
s6 III bank, the Chief Engineer reported
"a men in the Water department. pay
roll 500. .O4 the Street Conmissi )ner
reported IS men and l0teams empl )yed
pay rol $2l1.99.
\ Petitions were presented and proper
y referred rs follows: A. 5. Reed, for
permission to set curb at Thirteenth
and Poplar streets w. X. Grant, ask
ing that the paving ordered to be laid
at Sixth and Madison streets some time
ago be laid at once w. b. Norton
for the opening of Decator
street to the Railroad John
Mccall, asking hat CUTTERS be paved
on Lancaster street from Twenty Second
to Gordon and on Twenty Second street
to the end of the curb, and to have cross
ings at Twenty Second and Lancaster;
.Johu i. simmons to have water pipes
laid on Fourteenth street from Clay
mont street to Marsh road, aud replngs
at Railroad avenue and Fourteenth
street. and Marsh road and Fourteenth
street.
Mr.. Rodney now called up the ordi-
nance to prevent bicycle riding on the
pnblic sidewalks of the city.
| 1t was discussed at considerable
| length, the opposition coming chiefly
/ y, fI..ru If IA
who had reported the bill unfavorably.
The ordinance was put on its final
passage and was lost by the following
vote, having failed to receive lnajori-
ty of the votes of the whole Council.
| Aye,-Messrs. Bailey, Beecher, Blake
McMenamin, Mention, Moore, Robinson,
Rodney, smith, Ta.ley, and Colonel
lTaylor-11.
| Nays-NIessrs. Abele, Adams, Baln'
hill, Carmichael, Denny, Lawrence,
McKenns, shaw, Merris Taylor and
Towusend-lO.
| Absent-Presiden Sharpley and Mr..
paynter.
4 few minutes afterwards Mr.. Rod
nov Introduced the ordinance again and
it had it's first and second readings.
The ordinance Introduced at the Sug
restion of the Board of Health, provi-
iing for the prevention of smallpox
patirats leaving their houses without
proper certificates Of recovery from at
tending physicians, was called up by
Mr. Mprris Taylor, and passed finally,
but three members, Messrs. Bailey,
| Moore and Robinson, recording their
vote, against it.
The ordnance creating the office of
superint ,nlent OF the nav fire alarm
telegraph was then taken Up on its
third reading and finally passed with
o,,t opposition. Subsequently MI VIII
liam r. Wcstbrook was elected to the
position, his salary being 500 per an
mum.
Chairman Blake Of the Fire commit
tee introduced his long-leterred ordi-
nance, reorganiZing the Fire Depart
rnent of the city, which was read for
the first time. A synopsis OF the or
dinance will be found elsewhere
| On motion of MI. Townsend, Council
adjourned to meet at $50 o'clock TINS
evening at Oak and Harrison streets, for
the purp )se of establishing grades in
the Eleventh ward.
| ORDERS.
During the evening bills were passed
as follows:
Martin OToole, S35; Robert Morri
son, s. 10; Mary Murine, S73 90;
James Murray. sll. So; John IL. Flamar
S5O.73; James McKendrick, S24l.l3;
Henry Hillier, $47.5O; William Crater,
$50 80; Lobaell Car Wheel Company,
S67. SO; Adams 81 Bro, $3.50; james
| Hu hes. $40; John Collins, So; James
Butcher 4 Co., S36; Harry Mckinney,
$500. A.; Philip ?. Tyre, S54.S3; Pat
Uarbcrry, SlO7. 50 Edward w. Hooper,
| S3s 81 Harry Lape, S54 10; Hughes "
| Walker, S4s50S; Coxe& Allen, sal 90
Washington Street Club Stable, S56;
William 7. Massey, S2j;Davis 81 nro. ,
lO7 ct; Nelson Morris, S35S.37; James
ckendrick, S25l Allen Ruth, S3O4
IS; 5, q. Simmons n Bro, SS4. III;
Davidson g. Bro, S7.25; Geo. W. Jack
son, 80; Neal Duffy, Sl2l.jO; w. " N.
Railroad Company S40.56; G. w. Bush
Il son, Sj67 .y6; Pat Welsh, $500; Will
uington Coal Gas Company, ~. .15 a.:
| l.. Sharp, SIG 81; James Bradford, S5.25
Capelle - Bro, $40; Lawrence Burns,
80. 20; Allen Speakman, SOB. Coke "
| Allen, $3.50; L. +. Eckel, S4s; Thos. M.
Osle s.ly; James NJ. Bryan, Sl35.4o'
| Jas. McGovan, "; Kenneoec lee and
Coal Company, "a 81; Betsy Morris, 70;
Henry Mckinney, sl2; Philip Lynch, yn sn,
|Sl5; Weccacoe Fire Company, @oo;
| Coke q Allen, $3.50, b. T. Townsend,
% James Bradford, f.S1; q. f. IhomaS
s. Co., sl.so; Adams y Bro, Sl5;
& Bro, $500; Almond & Co., sl5s2;
G. W. Vernon q Sons, 81; John Brady
-; Carl specht, So 90: "A: :,ia u, sh"'p' a p
sis "a: Frank Chandler, Sl2o "; n;
Neunayer, 50; Lobdell Car Wheel
Company, s227 G2; Robert Morrison,
Sla 95; James f. Traynor, so II: Pusey y
Il Jones Company; 70 cents, Stewart "
Company, S. %; Chapman valve Man
ufacturing Company, S2o4; J. S. Brown
So; G. w. Stone, So; Adams " BRO,
on,1s. ~ Gl1 2f. lanes q.