, 1881-05-15

,sa tnat all may nave chance, the matter will be
shese ber A a. n99a > when the
All the money collected In this way goes toward
| the maintenance of bridges.
| COMPLAINT was lodged with the Commission
er ol Health yesterday that the dwellings Nos =.
L. and Hammond street were defective rs to
sewerage. They had only one catch basin, into
which was also run tho refuse of tannery con
| nectea Win one OF these houses. There were
| 1nSuihclcut traps. and the sewers were old
! 1S1a2.
inc Sa TAT iib
lauon to the water-taxes due on the County
| Hospital Tomorrow the respit granted b. tho
CITY will expire, and. If the county does not fie
its bill pny up date, The water will be shut
of bright and early Tuesday morning. 3Ir Wal
i.r Is exceedingly earnest about It as Mr Wtett
| tcrvew that he had hidden away papers from
| him, which was not the case.
! - F1nE-MARs11Ah ,swES1E. Chief-of- Police Nc
| the Fire-Alarm Telegraph System, yesterday
showed the Cleveland stayor.- Chief of the Firo
Department, and members OF their Common
telephone system and champagne bottles
worked. The delegation was introduced to tho
ments during tho day.
missioner OF Public Works yesterday that tho
| contractor who was about to pave North La
5e street 1ndsr prvae contrac was de-
which did not at all como up to the speclhca-
lions. This contractor has no permit as yet to
commence tho work. and the Commissioner i'll
sists that he shall do his work right or not at ALL
THERE were fnrty-six burial permits issued
no roason to lay tho present largo mortality rate
10 tho water. He admits that tho mortality rate
among Children in excessively large, and knows
that there Is y prevalence and tendency to dis
1fl1nmfnhft0n kfa hn
would not speak, but he believed that tho NOR
talfty among children would increase, and he
admitted that the present mortality rate was
the nrEest ever known ut this time Of tho year.
THE Tonement-H House Inspectors last weok
examined 1G3 buildings, containing 3,5s6 rooms,
$40 families: and :,o@ persons; 60 notices wero
wns brought for failure to comply with formal
notice and Judgment rendered agninst the party
owners and agents Of tcncn1cnt-houscs are gen
orally complying with tho notices moro readily
than when this class of work first commenced.
The character of the results accomplished shows
marked Improvement
The following building permits we're issued
yesterday: John Wagner, two-story and base
lnent brick-front addition. 3lxSt feet. 9li Twcu-
story and basement dwelling. 2'x4S feet. Forest
avenue, between Thirty-second and Thirty
fass so1 ssop 'a md 81
Michiganavenue. to cost $1,000: August Schrenk.
TWO threc-sto and bnsenent dwellings. kit
$l4.000; II. H. Berntyky, for three threc-stnry
and basement stores und dwellings, 1llxM; feet,
corner Of Blue Island and Centre avenues, TO
cost ST., 600.
Side Street Railway Company permission to lay
sixteen feet wide Of stone pavement between
their trucks the fun length Of State street. The
that eau be found, and will be lnid in bed Of
concrete, making the finest payment ever laid
In Chicng0. What is known as the Camp pRyc-
mRnt will bc laid bEtWHfn all their fr;FkfS tflD
residence streets, such as Indiana. Wabash, Cot
tage Grove and ether avenues: This viii consist
covered with asphalt, SO thnt tho pavement will
be even less noisy than wooden block. Tho
work will shortly be commenced
COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
The Special Committee which has under
consideration the question OF. Council Commit.
tees for the ensuing year, finds itself at logger
heads, and It IS not at ni likely that any report
that will be adopted will cllnslatc from It,: Tho
tempest which is raging is between Mayor Harri-
son and ~, AID smyth, and ninscs on the question
The AlIerinan Is Of Of tho opinion ;, n ID ,hat he is Tho
solid MulIoon oC tho i've. willis Mayor HArri-
SOU believes that he Is the biggest pill in that
box. There were various rumoEs ationt IN re-
gard to tho two gentlemen around the City-IIaN
yesterday. One scdato City Father SAID screncly
is just as bs gun is Carter and guess ho viii
afraid he'll bYildozo Brady and Hubert,
you try to get Il tread on his rights" There is
every Indication now thar if the kepublicans
hang together they can tip over ail Of Hnrri-
son, Cullerton, and LaWlor's ,wcll-laid plans.
sTnEEr-cLEAS1SG.
Commissioner Waller Is pressing, the street.
cleaning contractors to hurry up with thc'r
work. aud some Of them L., Hre compelled TO 70
portion Of both East and West Madison
streets. Cannon s. McfIugh, the contractors
1--WE e srn bsa s oT
yet, and have not commenced upon Nos. They
have been both slow and derect and yesters1ny
Commissioner Waller summoned thcsc gcntlc-
men before him and told them that he would re-
advertise the contract. by which thcir bondsmcn,
OF course. would lose money. They promised to
morrow morning, if they were granted further
time. Upon these promises all extension WAS
tbo pros d IS carr1 out IT, Wiap 1ns:
Walsh, the contractor for District 2. IS tho only
one who has completed his work. and the only
job that has been we'll done, and which was fully
approved of by the Department. .
THE PROPOSED wArER-woRKs.
The Select Council Committee, Of which Aid.
I1drcth Is ChNirinan to whom WIS referred tho |
resolutions nsking The Legislature to draft
City Ut Chicngo to lssue S5A0j,0U additional !
bonds to build new wnicr-tunncis and extend !;
in the City Clerks Office, with Aid Hildreth pre-
siding. aid. hurley showed that last yrar tho
Ssps WIFI the 'fff asSs was to us;
and tho surplus receipts would be )
sufficient to pa, interest on s5.oo2oo] :
present. pr Water Works system was worth over ;
SS,003, ,0GO, and had paid its own expenses In j;
every part since Its organization, with large .
And Increased revenue each year over and above :
thuI.
Aid. Wickersham exhibited table showing
was ll6,tvuO0o gallons Il day, while additional :
engines Of N.0o'ooO capacity we're required on
: AID. Hurley stated that Philadelphia had
ample water-surply fruu the FsirtnOuut Works,