The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-06-17

Miscellaneous salaries.... Sto0
Ada 3 per cent. $50
contingent fund. ........ sS,5oooo
To which must be added the amounts, including
z per cent cost of collecting and amount not
collected:
Bonds for Jefferson st. bridge. ...>>......s21 200
Observation-Disclosures power bonds. ........ 7,0OO
Balance to Job Pierce. ................'.'. SOO
Due Mrs Doolan OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES wv
Sll,400
SO that deductng the amount OF the contin-
gent fund, $500, which will be raised by IL
censcs there remains to be raised by taxation
the sum of s3l, 800, Of which sl9,927 is for eX-
penses of this fiscal year, and $11, 400 for indebt
edness left by the last council. The report OF
the committee was adopted and the necessary
ordinance passed certifying to the county clerk
that 49,, 800 would be needed by the city.
A communication was read by the Mayor, in
which he made some recommendations-very
briefly condensed as follows: Having noted the
fact that the saloon of James Hoolihan had been
closed 10y the police, he suggested that in the
future the license committee in considering ap
plications for license should consider not only
the worth of the bondsmen offered but also the
cense, since the wholesale issuing of licenses to
whoInever pays the fee, no matter what his char
acter, is wrong in principle and practice.-He
recommended a reduction of the police force as
being larger than the city required; and this too,
without meaning to question the character aud
ability of any man now on the force,-He sug
gested that the fire department should be more
frequently tested that it gay never be foHnd out
of order; and that the arrangements for water
supply at the court house square should be made
more perfect so that If "the man who under
stands it, be out Of town it may still be used,
which IS not the case now!!-He thought the ex-
pendftures for street lamps could be reduced;
and certainly the. the system Of lighting them
can he improved. The present man turns over
his business to irresponsible boys. They are not
cleaned properly, and are lighted without the
slightest reference to the necessity for lamps =
burning on bright star light nights and out on
dark cloudy nights when the almanac says there
should be G moon!
These recommendations were subsequentlyre.
ferred to'the standing committees for proper re.
ports
The fire department recommended in favor OF
accepting N. C. Perkinss proposition to provide
city hall and engine house. The proposition
provides for the remodeling and repairing of the
building on Clinton Ct, just north Of the old gas
works, to include a council room, 20xS0; hose
company room, 3Oz3e; hay barn, 14xs5; clean
ing room, 14x1S; grain bins, l4x9; stall room,
14x26; engine room, 56x3O; hook and ladder and
hose drying room, d0x16. Perkins IS to make
all repairs, dig an artesian well and supply the
building; erect bell tower 60 feet high; include
THE present Jail in the lease; for all of which the
city is to pay S70e per annuu, the buildings tC
be ready for use within GO days. The report was
adopted and the mayor and clerk authorized t
make a contract to that effect The drains tc
the sewer are all to be laid by the city.
Another saloon was authorized,
Permission, on petition of L. Y. Griggs, was
withdrawn from parties who wished to shell corr
in the street just west of the cut on Madison ST.
1t seems the council has no authority to gran
such permission, since the courts had previously
issued perpetual injunction against IL.
The license question was then tackled by Hol
lecker who moved that the liquor license be
fixed the same as last year-$5O. Perkins amend
ed that all licenses be the same. White thought
the Opera House should be squeezed little and
moved 10 vote only on the question on hquor IL
cense. This was voted down, and thereupon II
was voted that all licenses be made the same as
last year.
The mayor called attention to the depredations
of rascally boys or others who are destroying va
cant property in the neighborhood of the old
Cushman foundry. He said the owners thought
the city should offer a small reward for the con.
viction of the depredators. The matter was
turned over to the police committee with power
TO act.
Adjourned.