Daily Republican., 1883-09-14
CITY COUNCIL.
yrGrLAR MEETING LAST
.,r"xINl;-ROUTINE BUSI.
N,SS TRANSACTED.

iaut ,a Conrad called Council Il
,,;uu,es of the last stated an
II ' meetings were read aud ap
" street Committee reported II
If awarding the contract /
Front street from Poplar to Wal
,rsat TO Davis & Brother at 25l'
,U ner SQUARE yard. The Commit
,I,o reported on the petition o
az " & Hughes, for curbing and paw
Tpl,h street between FRANKLIN
n, rrison streets, that it was tn
nf the property holders in th'
inv to have their own pavint
~ and then the Street Com
ionnr would have the cutters at
ry also presented the plan of tn
rnniucer and Surveyor to hav
Icy linn sewer constructed IL fee
in fine clear, and feet 6 inche
The plan was then referred bacl
p street tDlilllllIbte.
1ard Of Joshua 7. Heald and wife
he bed Of Fifteenth street at Rail
,veuur, was received and referred
he Law Committee. The bill OF
as r Hawkins forSl02 for boarding
rners was received, and Mr.. Taylor
,hat he would never vote to allow
nil some change was made in thu
upr of hearing the cases of parties
,tei By the police.
p way things are now done, nearly
ne cases were heard before n Squire
rhe fines and costs, instead OF go
into the City Treasury, where they
uped, reverted to the County Treas
He thought it was time Counci
looked into this matter, and had i,
agcd. Mr.. Pickles said that ht
ID inform the gentleman that there
ether members Of Council who
ght the same as he did.
lp Lamp Committee reported favor
on the following petitions That
Brnry Conner for gas lamp on Penn
..t between Sixth and Seventh
tts j. Taylor Cause for lamps on
tenth, Twelfth, Clayton and Rod
stree Samuel II. Price, lamps al
rA, and Sixth, and Union streets,
,uudry parties for gasoline lamp at
icrnth and Union streets. The
rs in each case were adopted.
City Treasurer reported a balance
~, 1864 in bank to the credit of
u,y. The usual weekly report OF
City Auditor, returning check
vn IN favor Of David II. Cole with
It's signature was received, and as
"a, The clerk had finished the read
Nr Stevenson presented his week
asolutiOn, aud the action Of the
Itor was overruIed by the nsnal
and nay vote.
hn Chief Engineer of the Water
urtncnt reported that during the
!, he had iorty-eight men employed,
a payroll amounting to S43s.l
'h' payroll was not audited, 1t was
rsua passed by II strict party vote.
Ae Street Committee made a supple.
lItary report that in accordance with
rsoIa'ion Of Council, passed at the
meeting, referring the matter to
! i'm they had made a thorough exami'
ion Of the sewers on Tuesday, Sep
Ibr II, and had gone through all
would ada it of passage. In the
P!Icup sewer, between Second and
F'rth streets, they found the flat bot.
obstructcd in many places and
fy offensive from filth, which enters
rom kirkman's livery stable, Bus
Procco factory and other buildings.
sewer was as clean as possible with
Pa' bottom, and fhe sides in good
ldl'lon. The committee recommended
7 patllng in OF an inverted arch
Flom and traps TO prevent the escape
The foul odors. Shipley run sewer,
hIc0 was entered at Maryland ave-
y, was found in very filthy condi-
'I' IL" walls giving way in many
Arc,. The same condition of the
Ncr vas found at Ninth and Adams
r'''N. They recommended the re-
NM Of the walls, the putting in of
'avrrl"t arch bottoms, the cutting
oi al! cess pools Unless an adequate
lo0n' was paid, that proper traps be
N and III" open parts Of the sewer
covered a. soon as practicable.
VI Ea-thurn moved that the report
adopted, which was amended by
faTrfII that one hundred copies be
h,"l, and the motion ~ amended
5 passed.
NE Street Commissioner reported
u during the past week he had
"ity1ight men and 8 single teams
p.oy"d IN cleaning, opening and
'i''hg the streets and cutters OF
I, "'y, with II payroll amounting to
L IS.
communication was received from
Board OF Health, calling attention
w. bad condI,ion Of Race street, in
Ninth ward, which was referred to
'lNt1 Committee.
70 ne Committee reported that they
received IL communication from
r' Ensrr"r Murphy Of the Fire
stating that the Water
" ! II steam Fire Engine Company was
! IN active service and responded to
"''ilnS, though all its property had
Il H'Ih or was offered for sale. He
N"> officially cognizant of their in
"hI 10 60 out OF service though he
persuaded that such was their de-
nInation.
ue following communication was
received from John d. Ginder,
tc'ary of the Water Witch Steam :
'ehg'ne Company "This is to no
your honorable body that the
,rf Witch Steam Fire Engine Com
" No, ., will 90 ont of service to-
row Friday evening, September II,
> SINE die. We also notify you that
gong and fire alarm in our house
a' your disposal, and as we have to
up the possession Of the house on
w., ,o',l INST, the gong ought to be out
'le 'lial time" a request that the
s,ua annual appropriation Of 81 $50, less
%; sIoV due by them TO City Council,
'"l' 70 them was granted and an or
was drawn for that amount. The
~, mnhlcations on the subject were
,p'cd and ordered recorded.
Evils r. Lynch was granted permis.
10 set one hundred feet of curb on
Hsoh ' street between Seventh and
l.n WI streets in front of property
w. ~, ny him, the work to be done un.
~ 'ne supervision of the Street Com
'ioner.
i IIpetltion of Samuel Sayels to have
"e"alk on Six4h street between
,.n rar ahi Walnut streets repaired,
ieIcfrtu to the Street Committee.