Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-13
BOARD OF COUNCILMEN.
Petitions Read and Referred-Reports of CeEnmittees-Other Matters of nH Huaf

Petitions Read and Referred-Reports
 of Cenmittees-Other Matters eff
 More or Less Interest.
 A regular meeting of the Board of Council men was held lest evening, President Wolfe in the chair.
 Petitions were read and referred as follows: Of Catherine Gruner for damages caused by land taken; of Otto Dieter for relay of side
 walk on west side of Chestnut street between
 Chapel and Wooster streets; of William s.
 Smedley for sewer on the south eide of Whal-
 ley avenue between it's present terminus and
 Orchard street; of Willirm H. Spock for
 compensation for injury to horse and wagon;
 of Cullum & Co for damages to carriage; of
 Sargent & Co. for permission to erect a bridge over Wallace street; of R. M. Everit
 for new layout of Rock lane; of Francis Cross for abatement of tax; of P. Doyle for
 cobb1e gutters on both ssides of Munson
 street; of James A. Roston to be appointed
 special constable.
 Remonstrance of J. Burton Hine against
 the layout of Burtonia Place was referred.
 Report of the committee appointed to se-
 feet janitor for City Hall was accepted and
 ordered on file.
 Communication from the Board of Finance
 recommending transfer of funds in the
 Board of Public Works was passed by unanl-
 nous consent. Report of Conference committee de taking s2, 900 from the fund for grading streets
 for grading John street was accepted and the transfer made.
 Report of the Board of Compensation as- sessing damages and benefits for pavement on Court street was accepted and assessments laid as recommended.
 Resolution de crosswalk from Lamberton to Wilson street adopted. Report of the Board of Compensation find ing benefits and damages equal for the layout of Blake street was adopted. Report of the committee on the widening and straightening and new layout of Liberty street, which has been circulating between the two boards for some months, calne up again i'll the Board of Aldermen l on g. disagreeing vote. This Board voted to rscind and concur with the Board of Alder men, they adopting the layout as recom- 1 mended by the Board of Public Works. Report of the sealer of weights and meas ures for the two months ending Sept. 30, 1885, was accepted and ordered on file. Communication from the Board of Public Works recommending an ordinance regulat- ing connections with sewers was referred. Monthly report of the Board of Public Works for September, 1885, was accepted and ordered on file.
 Report of the clerk of the City court for August, 1885, was read and ordered on file. Report of the Committee on Retrenchment, Reform and Abuses de reducing the rate of
  Report of the Committee on Nominations recommending the appointment of Charles c. Hall and others special constables was read and the persons named were elected. Report of the joint special committee ad- verse to public cemetery was accepted and 1 recommendation adopted.
 The Committee on Ordinances reported an ordinance de removal of ash heaps which was adopted. The same committee reported adverse to an ordinance de riding bicycles on sidewalks; and adverse to an ordinance clos ing barber shops on Sundays. The estimate of the expenses of the Police department for 1886 was referred back for an l itemized statement.
 Communication from the Board of Police | Commissioners asking for transfer of funds | was passed by unanimous consent. l The Committee on Sewers reported in ia
 vor of sewer in Water, Lafayette and Minor streets and Lafayette court; also for sewer in East Grand street between Liberty street and i Congress- avenue. Their recommends tions 1 were adopted.
 1 The following recommendations of the street committee were adopted: For concrete walks on Elm street between University Place and Garden street; for :modif- cation of order of sidewalk on the l north side of Commerce street between Con l gress avenue and Water street; for relay of l sidewalk on Temple street; for sidewalk on l the east side of Greenwich avenue; for side l walk on the north side of Dickerman street; for the grading of roadway and grade and 1 curb of sidewalk on both sides of Webster street. for the grading of Ann street; for 1 sidewalk on the south side of Lamberton 1 street. for sidewalk on the east side of Pop lar street; for sidewalk on the west side of | Arthur street.
 l The following reports of the Committee on l Claims were adopted: Referring the claims | of Max Mailhouse and Mary J. Fitzpatrick to 1 the Board of Compensation The same ac- ton was taken regarding the claims of Eliza
 beth A. Farran, estate Of Michael Currall and Mrs. John Rempstead The same committee reported adverse to petitions of s. il. Street, l John Shuster, William H. Johnson, s. J. l Hoggson, Middletown Savings bank and Jen" l nie B. Brown.
 | It was voted to reconsider the appointment | of the special constables made this evening l and the nominations were then tabled. Ad- l journed.