Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-02

postpone for printing the schedules. The
motion was lost.
Mr.. Renziehausen wanted the Electricity
Bureau Of 10000 explained. Mr.. Binder
objected to the gentleman speaking away
from his own seat, and the Chair sustained
the objection. Mr.. Ferguson at once wanted
this ruling applied to men of whom he said
that they were running around the room So
licitiEg votes.
Mr.. Renziehausen (from his own seat)
asked for an explanation. Mr.. Magee be-
gan to give it. Mr.. Ferguson was talking
to another member, and the Chair suggested
that he listen and thus save the expense Of
printing the schedlle, to which suggestion
Mr.. Ferguson meekly replied: "Thank
you"
Mr.. Cul5ertson wanted the Health Bureau
schedule, and Mr.. Ferguson objected to the
item of 500 for Office furniture. He took
advantages of the chance to say that the
health inspectors did not attend to their
duties. When told that the bureau has six
rooms in its care, he withdrew his objec-
tions.
Mr.. Ferguson objected to the Building
Inspectors item because it only included
one buggy; he wanted the Assistant In
spector to have a buggy, too. He was told
that this was for the Assistant, the Inspector
being provided for, and said he was satisfied.
Mr.. Mullen said Mr.. Ferguson surprised
him. %he Chair said Mr.. Ferguson was LA
bic to surprise anyone. Mr.. Mullen OBJ
jected to the Building Inspector having q
buggy. because he used it more for election
eering than for going about to look after the
buildings. The item was approved.
CITY ON WHEELS.
Mr.. Ferguson objected to buggy for the
Plumbing Inspectors. If this thing was
kept up, he said, it would be necessary to
take the city out to a 5O-acre lot to get room
for the city buggies. The item was ap-
proved.
Mr.. Renziehausen wanted to add 81, 900 to
the city property item to build public closets
in City Hall, but was voted down.
The next fight was over the public light
ing item of S121, 900. Mr.. Ferguson told of
how he had tried to get lamp posts for the
Seventeenth ward, and had failed. A num-
Der of motions to reduce the figures were
made, and lost, and then the item was ap-
proved.
Schedule A" the street Improvements,
was taken up, and went smoothly until the
item of Ss1, 147 so for repaving Forbes street
was reached. Mr.. Mullen asked why all the
streets to be improved led to the Fourteenth
ward, and this started the ball. He moved
to strike the item out.
Mr.. Culbertson thought the East End got
too much. He told of the poor condition Of
Penn avenue in the Lawrenceville district,
and referred to the appropriation to repair
the east end OF that avenue.
The motion to strike out was lost, and
then halt dozen members started to get a
slice of that SS1, 900. Mr.. Ferguson moved
to reduce Forbes street to $40, 900, Mr.: Dun
can moved to reduce it to $4,000 and to
$50, 600, and Mr.. Ferguson moved to cut it to
$40, 600. All these motions were lost, several
of them by tie votes. Mr.. Waggoner moved
to add ST., ,744 to improve Taylor avenue,
the horrible condition of that street having
come out in the debate; but this motion was
voted down. The item was then approved.
The estimated receipts were read and ap-
proved, and the bill was placed on final pas
sage. 1t was adopted by SO ayes to 1 no.
Mr.. Ferguson, in voting aye, said he might
as we'll swallow it gracefully, and Mr.. Rem
ziehausen explained that while he voted
aye, he still believed the rate of taxation
too high. The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Messrs. Baum, Bigham, Binder, Brown.
Carnahan, Carr, Donley Donahoe, Duncan,
Dunn, Elliott, Ferguson, Fox, HaFmaier, Hague,
Helmold, Johnston, Kearns, Lydon. Magee. Mo-
schell, McCurry, MacGonigle, Mcclure, Me
mann Pitcairn, Renziehau sen Steggert Wag-
goner, Wightman, White. Wright Holiday.
Nay-Mr. Thomas Mullin.
Mr.. Waggoner offered a resolution d.
recting the Chief of the Department of Pub
lie works to repair Taylor avenue out of the
Highway fund. This was adopted and
council adjourned.