Telegram-herald., 1890-11-25
DELIBERATELY LIED
That = ths Assertion That Startled
Ens Council
nmE BUSY SESSION OF LAST sICHr
me oi~easstsa % stFsss RAILWAY MAT
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ground out iaFge Zfist, and although
no business u great Importance was
transacted the preliminary steps 10
ward a street Fsil ssy jaagle we're tAksns
snd the result "a tne petkCa 0i the
Reefs LaEs Electric Railway Com
pany vii be Natehsd with much inter
est. The residents or West brdge-st.
and vicinity peutloned the Council 10
use IA influence ia inducing the street
railway company 10 connect the West
Bridge-st. hns With The south I0nla-st.
lac. The petition Was received and the
clerk vas directed 70 forward copy OF
the petition 20 the officers OF both COM
panles.
The residents along the south IoniA.
e.. car line presented petlion similar
to the one gwen above aud It took the
same course.
The Reeds Lake Electric Railway
Company pettloned for a franchise
into the city by the way OF East Ful.
t0n-st., Ransom-st., Psrk-st., North
Dlvslon-st. and Peari-st. % Csmpau
Place. The company agreeing 70 carry
passengers to the lake for 5 cent fares.
and that, should the company ever
cease 10 be a competing Line that it
shall thereupon forfeit al rights IN said
streets.
Referred 70 the aldermen of the
Second and Third wards
I'll. III. Drury and other residents OF
South Lafayette-st. petitOned for the
paving OF the street between the cable
COMPANY : tracks on their street, and
asked the Council 10 compel the said
cable company 70 perform rs duty IN
this respect. Referred 10 the aldermen
OF the Tenth ward.
A similar petition was presented by
Theodore B. Goasen, OF East Fulton-st.,
for paving in that street, and u was re-
ferrsd 90 the aldermen Of the Second
and Third wards.
Henry uuelsbOos, of the city wood
yard, asked the council for an assis-
tant, claiming that hls burden is greater
than he can bear, but ms prayer was
denied.
The report Of the city comptroller
was read, ratified and confirmed. Ii
showed that the bills presented TO the
cIty during the past week amounted 10
$6z3j.96.
The city engineer recommended that
the empsying Of the Cable company 5
cOnduits into the sewers Will be OF great
damage 90 them If immediate steps are
not taken 70 prevent the grease and
mud from being carried into the city
drains. He submitted plan for mud
traps 10 be placed where the said con
duIts empty into sewers, and the mat
ter Was referred TO the Committee on
Sewers.
The bill for a Pollock Interpretation,
presented by Alderman Hauser of the
Eighth ward, was reported back by the
Committee on Claims aud Accounts
without recommendation. Alderman
Sproul thought that If TIE Eighth ward
inspectors of election We're TO be al
lowed az interpreter that an interpre-
ter OF every foreign tongue should be
employed ~ each precinct. Upon mo-
ton of Alderman Hauser the bill WAS
referred back % the city comptroller,
and that vii probably be the end of It..
There was considerable discussion IN
regard 20 the dlscOntnuance Of an as
slstsnt city physician for the present,
kttr fHatllAAAtttc NAA NNt i'ttA- OA AIE
opinion shat the assistant IS ma unneces-
sary appendaCe except in times of ex-
cesslve sickness among he poor. The
report OK the committee on Poor, rec
ommending tbe above change, was LAID
on the table for one week. A resolu-
ton hy Alderman Opounell 10 tenn
p0rarly DISMISS that officer Was after
ward adopted.
The Committee on Sewers presented
resolution o. the effect that the
Board of Public Works furnish an
estimate OF the cost OF carrying out the
plan OF the city engineer for preventing
the sewage nuisance at FultOu-st.
bridge by laying q large iron pipe IN
the emanuel % carry the sewage below
the snallOW portion OF the stream.
". I. Powers was gwen permission TO
remove part OF tho railing of Bridge
81. bridge for the purpose Of conveying
building material % his new building
over the canal.
The committee 20 whom was referred
the bids Of r. ~. H8ll and Geo. Bum
nell. for reuumnerug the houses In the
city, recommended tnat the bid be sc-
ccpted upon the old, or present. sys-
tenn Ct numbering. and that the city
attorney Zee authorize to draw up =
contract Cd De presented for Che ap-
proytl of tbe council. The bid is "A
follows. For serving notice and placing
one number, 25 cents, serving notice
and placing two numbers. 40 cents. and
for serving notice and placing three
numbers. Sd cents
Alderman SAN era moved that when
The counc'. sdioura. DC adjourn Co meet
thisevenang Cor tae purpose of passing