Daily Republican., 1886-07-10

Gil was held last evening, with Presi
( dent Eckel in the chair. The roll w.
called, after which the following prone
sails were read:
u John Mcbride, grading and paving q
/ Second street from Van Buren, to Jack
son; jackson, from Maryland avenue Z
, Front; Third, from Adams to Va,
, Buren,; Fifth, from Monroe to Madison
, Pine, from Fourth to Eighth, and Lord
: from Spruce to Church, with rubble @
cobble stone, at 81 cents Der suuar
yar1; Belgian blocks, $2.i4 per souar
yard. M. Keogh, DR., part OF the sam
work at ID cents for rubble or cobbl
stones and part at 55 cents; Davis {
Brother, rubble or cobble stones, 64X
%, e6tz, 62H and "a cents; Fros
street, from Shipley to Justison
with Belgian blocks, at $2.25s1, ant
Fourth, from Lombard to Pine, will
tie same kind of material, S2.33sI
Davis q Simmons. with rubble or COB
BILE stones, ID, 60, 81, 65 and CO cents
with Belgian blocks, Front, from Ship
ley to Justison. and Fourth, from
Lombard to Pine, S2241S; Fourth
from Justison to Madison, 81 03. Re
building Shipley run sewer-P. Car
berry, III, 1875; William O'Meara, 81 ,O75
Alexander Murray, 81 .465; John Carr
81, ,4I3; James Connolly, $1,O25. Print
Ing 800 copies annual report of Board
Iof Health-Meroantile Printing Com
psny, SLY per page; III. W. Lyndall
10 CENTS The bids went to their ap
prOpriate committees.
Mr.. X. H. Taylor presented the res
ignAtien OF William b Hyland as Goa
oil inspector, which WAS accepted. Mr..
Taylor nominated Samuel Durney, and
Mr.. Barney nominated Samuel II.
Dixon. After the vote was counted
the tellers announced that Sam uel
Durney had received Ii votes, and
Samuel Il. Dixon z votes, and the first
named was declared elected.
Mr.. X. FL. Taylor said he rose for a
personal explanation. 1t had been
stated last night that Mr. Murray had,
during the first year that he was in
Council, drawn as high as $45 in q
month, which he denied. He held In
his hand paper which showed that
durinR the year 1884 Mr.. Murray had
received 1928 for salary, and was next
to the highest member, after the sala
rles OF the ohairmen were deducted.
Mr.. Mckenna asked which paper il
was, when Mr.. Taylor replied the
Morning News, which he supposed was
friendly TO Mr.. Murray, as it seemed to
delight in styling him Honest James
Murray"
In reply, Mr.. Murray said that he
also had copy of the same paper as
that presented by Mr.. Taylor, but az it
only gave the salaries received by mem
bers for eleven months of that year, he
bad copied from the city auditors ooks
for the entire year and found the figure
as follows: Mr.. Farrell $445, Mr.. Blake
1885. Mr.. Abele $3.50 ana himself $352,
showing that he was the fourth highes {
instead of the second, as claimed by
Mr. Taylor. He said that during that
year he was on the Street Committee,
and the account OF the meetings was
Kept by the chairman and not himself;
consequently he was not responsible for
tho amount credited TO him. He was
also the chairman of the Police Com
mittee, but they had never held more
than three or four meetings in month.
He alleged that Mr. Taylor was the
only member of that committee that
ever found fault with him for not allow.
Ing him 80 cents for g meeting, which
he did not attend. He came too early
one night and went away before the
other members came.
MIR. Tay.or said that Mr.. Murray had
misunderstood him, as the point which
he made was, that he had received S45
fJr one months salary, and KEPT it. In
regard TO the charge made by Mr.. Eur.
ray about the committee meeting, he
said that he was there at the time ap-
pointed, and as none of the other mem
Der5 came he went away. 1t was not
his fault that they did not come, and he
did not think he should be made to
suffer for their negligeI ce.
Mr.. Murray explained how he came
to make $40 in month, aud said that
while he was member OF any of the
committees he had never missed meet
ing, neither had he ever heen absent
from meeting of Council during the
three years he has been member.
Mr.. MeKenna asked Mr. Taylor why
1t was that Mr.. Murray had been ig-
nored, and not placed on any of the
ommittees, and he replied that II he |
was chairman of the Street or Opening
Streets, or Sewer Com mittee, he would
as soon bave Mr.. Murray on it as any
one else, but as the chairman selected
their own committees aud did ace fit to
take him, he had nothing TO d with it.
MIR. Taylor said he did not find any
fault with Mr.. Murray for taking the
$40, or any other money he had received.
as he supposed he earned it, but what
be wanted to do was co establish the
truth Of what Mr. Newell and himself
had asserted on the previous evening 4
that Mr.. Murray had received as hiph
~ $40 in month, which had be en-
denied by that gentleman himself. Asl
ray had admitted tkat IL was so, he had /
no more To say.
MIR. Mckenna undertook to continue
he discussion, when Mr.. Merr.s Tay,orl /
raised the point that as this was per.
sonal matter he was out of order, and /
the president declared the point well!
taken.
Mr.. Brison called up for third read,
ing the ordinance relating TO sewers and
drains, and as soon as the clerk had |
read the title and enacunE clause,
moved that all the rest of the ordinancel
be stricken out.
Upon the motion being carried, he
offered a substitute, which was read by
the clerk.
A discussion ensued on it's provisions,
and 1t was explained to Council by City
solicitor Turner, after which il was
adopted.
Mr.. Barney then moved that the fur
ther consideration be postponed one
week, and that the Printing Committed
Dc instructed to have fifty copies printed
for the use OF memb bers
Ihis was amended by Mr.. Norton,
mak'ng 1t fve hundred copies, and the
motion was adopted.
Mr. Merris Tay lor offered solution.
%nioh was adopted, instructing the
CommitJee on Public Buildiuga 10 in.
quire into the expediency of lighting
Council chamber, the police station and
public buildings with the electric liebt.