The daily gazette., 1882-08-25
CITY FATHERS AT WORK
.rouIAR WEEKLY MEETING
OF CITY COUNCIL.
DaFDGING COMPANY's CONTRACT
o,.cussIon over the Amount Of Work
nons-The Usual Variety of Petitions,
and other Routine Business.

President Conrad was in his old seat al
.g,y Councils regular meeting last night.
III Tbe Lamp Committee reported favorably
-, ,be netitions Of Albert Thatcher for
,amns at sixth and Harrison and Sixth and
VanRuren streets; of Benjamin Sharpless
,or a lamp at Washington and Nineteenth
n stropts, and of George II. Tyndall for A
4 ismn on Wilson street betweent Ninth and
4 Tenth streets
The Opening Streets Committee reported
in favor Of allowing the National Dredging
Company 5000 oD rendered bill of s., 800,
:, there was work enough TO cost 81 900
vi be done In other words, In the com
nlttee's opinion, 81, 500 worth of work had
not yet been done.
Aoag and useless discussion took place,
and daily the matter was postponed until
th @inal contract with the dredging
company could be found.
hCity Treasurer reported a bank bal
nads6, ,S4.35.
he Street Commissioner reported 80 men
isi T. teams employed for the week, pay
o. SSSA.
The Chief Engineer OF the Water Depart
meat reported Al men employed for the
week, payroll S3S3. 1853.
Mr. Quinn offered resolutihn asking the
Mayor to enforce the ordinance prohibiting
push carts from being used on sidewalks.
adopted,
Mr. Quinn then withdrew his market or
finance. He will offer a new one.
Henry Carr petitioned for the opening and
grading of Bradford street. Henry Bennett
rtitoned for the opening of Heald street to
De old Garasche road. w. NJ Kennard
etitOned for lamp on Shipley street, be-
Eeen Sixth and Seventh streets. McLear
Kendall petitioned for water pipe down
Ihlh street between King and French.
P0rg NJ. Brinton petitioned to have West
tret paved between Eighteenth and
neteenth. The trustees Of Trinity Chapel
sitO0ed for permission To set curb, etc. in |
bout Of their new church.
The Board of Health's resolution, asking |
Culci to compel the Street Commissioner |
obey the requests of the Board of Health |
Is read, On this long discussion took |
Ace, and the general opinion was that the
pet commissioner should be compelled TO
bis duty. Street Commissioner Zcbley
y heard In his own behalf. He said he
attended TO all orders he had received
bm the Board of Health except the last
which was with reference to old privy
ik with which he had nothing to do. He
Eeyed that the Board of Health was very
Rt
lhares f. Fritz petitioncd for permission
niend the drain pipe along Tenth street
Jefferson to Washington.
he Harlan IL Hollingsworth petitioned
rebate of taxes on $1,000 worth Of
srassessed property.
John Wilson petitioned for the grading of
pin avenue to Rattlesnake run. 1t was
erred To the Street Committee with power
act, The amount work needed, being
ball. '
pr George II. Cantwell petitioned for
abatement OF nuisance ut Seventh and
FuCe streets.
le ordinance for the relief of Mrs. II. S.
oaO was lost by Il vote of to IL.
plt' beecher gave notice of an ordinance
amend The health ordinance.
motion was made by Mr.. Beecher to
sh order for 81 900 for the Water Witch
company, the previous Council havin
leu 10 give them that amount, and let
vach year be ;aken out of the com
appropriation. IL was found that
@'iVV remained Of the fire appropria-
anu Council refused after "a spirited de-
10 give the money, owing to the fact
ua' much money could not be taken
O'ler appropriations. The ayes and
"ere as follows:
S'-Bailey, Eastburn, Grubb, Garrett,
,'on' ' Moore, McKenna, stevenson, I
anu Courad-ll. I
'VpAhIe, Baugh, Bcecher, Blake,
n 'alhler, Quinn and Shaw-S.
w VI llllllSsion appointed to assess dam .
?gol, :? Ht opening of Harrison street be-
aG ,oI pm and Shallcross avenues reported
ual ualIlages tod. I. Head.
,USNaS DS lor resctting curb and repayinp I
,ia tJSa street from Poplar to the F., w. x !
1vi, 1OH snre were read as follows:
1@ ,,,li lDiro'-Setting curb, 5A cents per /
Sa Sa,is' 80 cents per yard.
De-, pr,%ranr,IinS-Curbing rari and paving, 40 !
'"Tn'rh,t3,s'rcRepaving, 3s9I cents per
,r'ollls, va.a ~ cents per foot. I
"i' % were passed as follows:
h,nl. |lerS s3O, p. Carberry 81, 40. rs,
G Ir"S ~ x Co., Sl73.75, Washington Cox /
r,i syomlle Dalllel Dougherty Sl06.S9, ID. Il. !
re.i X SS11VW, coo, John Collins S55, August
tr,, S,'".o w. Hemphill Jones 81 800.
:, perrlckson $4,000.
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