Evening journal., 1889-03-22
NO MONEY FOR A SEWER
Nor for the Street and Sewer
Department.
UNDERGROUND WIRES APPROVED

UNDERGROUND WIRES APPROVED
City Council, In a ong Session, Dtsposes
OF all Bills TO Take Money Out OF the
City Treasury-wires Underground by
December 1, 1892.
The regular session of City Council last
evening was the longest for months and
more practical business was transacted
than for any four or five previous ses-
sions combined The first business that
came up was action on the resolution ap-
propriating 500, 900 of the unexpended
balance for the redemption of bonds for
the building of the intercepting sewer
should it be built
Mr. McKenny asked why this money
should be expended for that purpose
In answer, Mr.. Quinn explained that
the resolution showed whether Council
was willing to pay for the sewer, should
it be built.
Mr.. McMenamin thought that because
there was surplus, there was
scheme to spend it and the scheme
would cost double the amount suggested
| He wanted the money returned to the
people by a reduction of taxation, be il
| for year
Mr.. White moved to postpone consider
alton indefinitely. The motion was car
ried by division of Is to 8. This action
settles the question Of using any Of the
unexpended balance, for the proposed in
tercepting sewer, so far as Council is
concerned.
The resolution instructing the city
solicitor to prepare bill providing for
the building Of the intercepting sewer
laid over from last Monday evening,
came up, and on motion of Mr.. McMena-
min was indefinitely postponed.
The resolution showing the sense of
Council to be favorable to the appropria-
tion of $l5, 900 additional for the Street
and Sewer Department and thereafter
such additional appropriations as Coun-
Gil saw fit to make came up.
Mr. McKenny moved that it be indie
fnitely postponed.
Mr. Baugh understood that the bill
that Council did not approve, increasing
the appropriation of the Street and
Sewer Department $50 600, was before
the Legislature. Now they wanted
$4,000 more. Did they want the
earthg'
Mr. McKenny also opposed the bill, and
said the department had been toadying
to some of the committees of Council.
This brought Mr.. Quinn to his feet
He said the bill was not before the Leg
islature, but waiting the action of Coun-
ell on the resolution. No member Of the
department carried him in his pocket.
Mr.. McKenny-'P Perhaps you are too
big"
Mr. Quinn continued, saying that the
department was here and il was diff
cult matter to get rid of it and he was
not going to see it cripped for money.
Mr.. McMenamin assailed the depart
ment and maintained that it was extra.
VACANT and could be run on $65, 900
year.
Mr.. johnson did not believe the people
or the Citizens Committee knew how
much money the department was spend
ing. He thought that they should not
have another cent
The department was defended by Mr..
Bowers. He did not see that the streets
were better kept before the creation of
the commission. City Council seemed tC
feel it their duty, as soon as the commits
sion was created, to obstruct it and il
giving the department all the money
they wanted
Mr. Chambers called attention to the
1 X
against the city since the regime of the
department.
The people of the city of Whining
ton, said Mr. Roberts, "are taxed t
death" The streets were no better after
having been in charge of the commission
for two years than they were before. II
was expected that the commission would
do the work cheaper than Council, but II
had not been so. Mr.. Roberts said tn,
commission was created to give certain
men fat salaries. He was opposed TO al
the commissions
Mr.. McMenamin declared that the
streets were never in such a condition a:
they were to-day.
MIR. McGonigle had it on the authority
of the daily papers that the bill giving
the department its increased appropria
tiOn had been introduced into the Legis
lature. Let it get what it could from
the Legislature. He was opposed.
Mr.. Quinn stated that there was onl,
balance of less than 81 600 in the Stree
and Sewer Department, while there wa
yet four months to the end of the year
and the lighting of the city to August
; would cost $40, ,000
The motion to indefinitely postpon
consideration of the resolution was the
) adopted by a vote of I3 to IL. as follows
Ayes-Ayars, Baugh, Dillon, johnson
Mccall, McGonigle, McKenny, McMens
! min, Roberts, Ryan, Sawdon, SheI
White.
Nays-Beale, Bowers, Chambers, Cole,
! Davis Forrest, Hawkins, Moore, Quinn
Sharkey, President Farra
The city treasurer reported balanC
! of $12S, 122. 80 to the credit of curreI
4 expenses and s427. O4 to the credit of tn
\ park fund. Received of Martin J Meal,
| S400; Board Of Water Commissioner
for interest on bonds, SO, 390. 49,
I A communication from j. T. Mullin
Son, regarding the renting Of the yal
in the rear of East Sixth street, wa
/. referred to the committee.
Mr.. Forrest presented an act of Legi
lature exempting the lands of the CherI
e Island Marsh Company from taxation f
It twenty years.
% After discussion, in which Mr.. Chan
= bers found fault because no one hs
t signed the act, it was referred to Il
Is Legislative Committee with power to &C
Is A communication from David Lemoi
l. prayed that an ordinance be passed con
ID pelling all houses built on street cornel
N to have a marble block on them csntai
is ing the name of the street.
IL A communication from sixty busine
h men in the vicinity of Fourth stree
le presented by Mr.. Sharkey, asked tn
Of an act be prepared providing, first, +