Evening journal., 1890-09-19
a veRY sHoRI sEssIoN.
Little Busines~ Transacted st the Meet
ing of Council Last Evening.


Little Bnsiness Transacted at the Meet
ing of Council Last Evening.
City Council met in regular session
last evening, President Farra IA the
chair.
The Finance Committee reported
favorably upon the petition of l.. II.
Johnson, asking that $3.50 overpaid
taxes be refunded, and the report was
adopted.
Councilman Sharkey reported bill of
William Gray, for $l45, which he said
the Fire Committee would not approve,
because 10 exceeded the amount, allowed
to be paid by the committee as pre-
scribed in the city ordinance. The bill
was for work per formed by Mr.. Gray and
others upon the line of the police and fire
signal service. Instead of each man
sending in his bill the whole thing was
resented ia the name OF Mr.. Gray and
that too, AT an improper time. A running
discussion was entered into and the bill
was finally referred back to the Fire
Committee.
The Police Committee reported the fol-
lowing bills which were ordered paid:
John Gibbs, SO; Frank Killings, So % !;
William Gray, s203.
Councilman Shsrkey presented bills from
the Fire Committee, but as they we're not
approved by the committee the chair re-
fused to present them to Council, as
several of the members objected.
Mr.. Sharkey stated that the bills did
not come from committee at all, but that
they were now brought before Council for
the first time
Mr.. McKenney contradicted him and
said he saw the bills before committee
two nights before.
Mr.. White Of the Police Committee re
ported unfavoraby UPON the petition Of
Arthur Duncan ard Michael Costello for
the remission Of fines
The Committee on Bonds reported j.
e. Morton aud Preston Ayars as bonds
men for Clerk of Market y. N. Smeltz,
aud Patrick Neary and John T. Dickey
as bondsmen fer City Auditor John A.
Mitchell.
The report Of the city treasurer
showed balance in bank TO current ex-
penses, $l6l, 554 81; special deposits,
S12 $40 60; received of John J. Mealey,
5000; F. p. Moody, 81, 1850; water com
missioners. ~, 300.
Mr. Bsugh presented petition from
the Security Trust and Safe Deposit
company ASKING TOT bne return OF
$50 80 overpaid taxes. 1t was referred
to the Finance Committee
l. q. Vandegrift of the Twelfth ward
presented a petition from Philip r
Shea and others asking that u fire alarm
box be placed at Fourth and Scott streets
Referred TO the Fire Committee.
Mr.. Lawson asked if the members of
the sinking fund commission had given
bond The president and others said
there was no record whatever OF bond
having been given
Mr.. Beale asked for the reading of a
section OF the sinking fund act and after
IL had been read moved that the clerk
be instructed to ascertain whether the
commissioners had given bond, and the
motion was adopted.
An order for IS, 691 66 was drawn in
favor of the Board Of Education as the
amount of its monthly appropriation
On motion of Mr.. Sharkey, the follow
ing orders were drawn in favor of the
Fire Department as salarie s for the engi
neers for the past six months: Chief
Engineer f A. Robinson. 800; First
Assistant James F Kane. $50 Second
Assistant W. H. Green, $50
Mr.. Beale gave notice Of an ordinance
to amend an ordinance to facilitate the
payment Of bills against the city, after
which Council adjourned.