Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-04

RspoEt-Of tho special committee to ascsr- tain the expense of repairing the chamber of the Board of Councilmen was referred to the next Board of Common Council.
 Order for the transfer of unexpended bal ences in the police department was referred to the next Court of Common Council.
 Reports of the Committee on Streets in fa- vor of the grading and curbing of Munson street between Orchard and Crescent streets; in favor of the extension of Rosette street from Howard avenue to Cedar street; in favor of the grading of St. Roman street between Lawrence and Highland streets, were &C., eepted.
 Report of the committee on the erection of public urinals was read and referred.
 Report de layout of a new street from Win chester avenue to Mansfield street as recom- mended by the Board of Public Works was adopted.
 Report of the Public Works de extention of Elliott street from it's present southerly terminus to Mulberry street was adopted.
 Report of the Board of Public Works de extension of Munson street from Mansfield street to Whitney avenue was passed. Communication from the Board of Public Works asking for the transfer of certain l amounts amounting to about $2,S00 was read.
 Alderman Law thought the Board of Alder men should recede from their former action and concur with the Board of Councilmen in | referring the matter back to the Board of Public Works for an hemized account. The | motion to reconsider and concur with the Common Council was passed. l Report of the Committee on Sewers de l sewers in Oak street betVeet Day street and 1 West river; de sewersin Lamberton and But | ton streets; de sewer in Prospect street be- 1 tween Division and Sachem streets, were each l referred to the next Court of the Common Council.
 Report of the Committee on Sewers for g | - -~eL liott Lane and East street was passed. 1 Reports of ths Board of Compensation
 were adopted and assessments laid as follows For the widening and extension of Mulberry 1 street for the extension of Brewery street and assessments thereon were laid on the table for one week.
 The following adverse reports of the Street committee were made: De extension of Button street to Putnam street; de re pairing Humphrey street, between Pleasant and Orange streets de change of name oi
 East Grand street to Highland avenue; dt petition of w. G. Fisher to use water ing tanks for advertising purposes
 The same committee reported in favol of the extension of Hillhouse avenue, iron Munson street northerly to Suburban street
 also in favor of concrete sidewalk on bott sides of Carlisle street, between Liberty stree and Howard avenue; also for the extension of Second street to Howard avenue; also fol the extension of Sherman avenue, iron Goffe to Henry streets; in favor of substi tuting concrete instead of brick on the nortl side of Lamberton street; also for curb anC eobbling of gutters on the east side of Wes
 Water street, from No. 352 to Carlisle street
 Report of the Committee on Licenses il
 favor of granting licenses to Porter Rice tt
 remove night soil beyond the city limits, ana
 to Judson Brothers for rendering lard pro
 vided they comply with the city bylaws ant
 rules of the Board of Health, was passed.
 Report of the joint committee on remova of the State House, recommending that tn
 same be indefinitely postponed, was passed Report of the Committee on Public Librar
 (published elsewhere) was read and accepted
 and the report of tte committee on squares
 in favor of granting permission to Trinit.
 church to extend the rear of their church ed flee was also passed.
 Report of the Committee on Claims de pc ] tition of the General Hospital society fo ! abatement of assessment wRs passed. Tn same committee reported adversely to clair of c. L. Bradley; adverse to claim of Henr. z. Nichols, and adverse to petition of Mar garet Eagan.
 Ordinance de construction of cesspools an vaults was referred. Adjourned.