Daily Republican., 1883-03-23

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An soon as convenient, aud that II was
impossibl" TO furnish an itrlnized state,
mtnf.
A communication was received from
James Turner, calling attention 10 a
petition which he presented to Council
some time ago, that was granted, Ia
change the course Of u run at Tenth
anu Union streets. He said the water
was flowing INTO his cellar, and he
would like fhr nuisance abat"d. Mr..
Q'ihh moved that thc street 'om'nis-
sioner he Instructed to have the work
done. hr: Garrett said, from the ac.
tions OF the Street Commissioner, it
Woul't he supposed that ne worked en-
hrrly independent OF council, and did
not pay the slightest attention to their
wishes or orders. he had been ordered
some time ago to have this work done
at lenth ana Union streets, and It's not
at1efdeh 10 yer.
tie said that this was not TIL" only
time the Street Commissioner had failed
10 give any attention to the orders OF
Council ant; cited IA number OF instan-
ceS where work had been ordered by
conner that stlil remains untouched.
he hah gone Win lhe street Commits
sioner to several places, and pointed ont
what was to he done, ana he had
PROMISED 10 attend to II at once, nut II
SIM remained undone. The speaker
Thought he was Commissioner for
about hve streets OF TINS city, and the
remainder could take care OF tllemSci yes.
HE "onld not say thtr" was II 'mon key
IN thr pilt, b'it from what ne had
heard, he tho'lEhf II was II XII gov"
MI iailey said aitet thiS 'ir''n" "i
ao''~ 'ht' hau 'heil pollr'u upon th'
Street Commissioner, he thought 1t
T'sh'' as II" was present, tl'a' ne sh"ni.i
nay" an opportunity 10 delrhd himself,
ana on ms morton thr r''eS were S'is-
pended, ana Mr. Iebley allowed the
moor ne Nii" 'l'''' ne was 'i'''r her-
vcu>, as he hi'i not expected inns abuse,
which was not only uncaIlcd for, but
untrue III every lhlrtic''iar; III regard
TO me work at lr"til ana mon streets,
ne had visited "placc win Mr: Snith,
chairman OF ll'' coii'i'lf''r, anu ne tad
told nm not I" DO the WORK al that tilnr'
ana he hat not r"rivth any Orders
since.
lie coitrnd"i tl'a: he hinl always
Dbeyed me ORDERS "i t"'lhrli "h'h II
was IN MS power 10 u" S''' D''t S'hc'
Christmas he had not been able to 40
Inurh on account OF the weather. ne
spoke OF work ne had uolie, ana Stln II
any n'riber "i Council would trii MN
what TO 40 further, he would gladly 40
II. Mr.. johnson suggested tha' II ne
would attend I" al the streets III Mr..
|iarr"ti's ward Che ScVcnth) there
would not be any more complaint from
that source, .
Mr.. Icbley said hrdid notundtrstand
me KID g!"v" business, so Mr.. tiarrct'
SAD he would "liIighrh MN, ana sfateh
hat he was constantly receiving com
plants about the Street Commissioner,
anu ohly laS' evening ne il'lu pr'h S'"!'.
ped on the street by parties " ho could
not get work done that was ordered by
Nonnrll, AMI persons ma! Siih |" nm
hat he was on " Commissioners for hve
streets in thlscity. Last raj resident
N Rroomc street, asked the CoininiS.
'ionert TO place ashes on : lat street, and
t was done immediately, ana about
'hriStmaS the lady asked br. Comlnls-
'ioner what he would ike, and he said
Ie did not scarcely know, nut he need
d pair of gloves very bad, and III
rw days she presented him with "a
handsome pair or KIDS.
Mr.. Garrett said he wanted 1t under
tood that this was not Il personal fight
~ his part all he wanted was Ior the
street Commissioner to do what h" was
,rdrred to do, and ii it was the fault OF
my one else that he did not do II, he
wanted Council to know 1t. Mr.. Ieh-
ey said that he had never owned pair
# kid gloves in his life, and after some
'urther wrangling, the matter wasdrop-
"d and the business rr"c''""' WIN,
md the petition of James Hunter refer
ed to he Street Committee with power
o act. !
On motion Of Mr.. Tall"y, til" street
Commissioner WAS sustained in what
lr had cone.
The following petitions w'r" presented
nd referred From many citizens, re-
l'l"sting the Legislature =" pass the
,cnding act providing for the arrest Of
characters ard professional
licves; from Margaret A. Flannigan,
or the paving and Euttcring on the
vest side of Jackson street from Della
ware avenue to Hazlett street, from
ames Ferry, for the paving and gutter
ng Of Bennett street, between Ninth
nd Tenth streets, and on Ninth and
'enth streets between Hcnn"tt and
'hurch streets; from Robert Cooling,
or the extension Of water pipes ON
ackSon street between fltil ana Sixth:
rom Charles W. Rowland, for the grad
ne of Broome street, between Eighth
nd Tenth; from James &. Pickels, to
ave the bed Of Twenty-fourtl street,
etween Market and Tatnall, brought
- to grade.
The ordinance for the relief of Samuel
!. Baynard was called up for u
Mr.. Miller oHereu IeSol'i.ih'' ma.
.as W"i'.u, n h",a ,"S III. in tbe .;de.
o'', ','l'SS.u''oi ~ ,'"tJ " - f ,r;I,h,h .traa,
'a'K Oh .ae sou'" nii' mren " e stra.ts
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