Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-13
FIRED BACK AGAIN.
Allegheny's Appropriation Bill Fails
to Pass Common Council.
CHOKED ON THE HOSPITAL GIFT.
Ghosts of Past Efforts Haunt the Last
Regular Session.
REPORTS THAT CLAIMED ATTENTION

The last regular session of the present Al
legheny Councils was held last night, but
another meeting will have to be held to act
on the appropriation ordinance. 1t was
called up last night and all swallowed but
the clause donating $4,000 to the ALE
gheny General Hospital, and in order to re-
duce this amount the bill went back to the
committee. 1t will be at least week be-
fore the city employees will receive any
money. Controller Brown SAYS he may
| make arrangements to borrow the money be-
| fore that time.
In addition to this the. session was also
after the nature of spiritualistic seance,
from the fact that the ghosts of the commit
| tee on the extension of the water works and
| the division of wards were presented in the
shape of reports and unanimously pigeon
holed for the perusal of generations yet un-
born.
The Work of Common Council.
At the opening of the session in Common
Council Thomas A. Parke took the chair
in the absence of President Hunter, and most
of the Councils seemed to be with the
President, for most of the time business
was transacted with only 26 members. On the
call of wards, a number of minor petitions were
presented. Then the resolution awarding the
contract for the purchase of a Silsby fire en-
gine was called up, and, after it had been dis
cussed for Is minutes. Mr.. Rudolph raised the
point of order that the Fire Committee had
MT been properly called. His point was sus-
tanned and the resolution sent back to the
committee.
Resolutions awarding the contracts for print
lug the annual report to c. F. Peck q Son, and
for printing the city stationery to John Ogden
were passed finally.
The action of Select Council in passing the
resolution requesting the members of the Leg
islature to oppose wharf bill No. "a was con-
CURED in.
The appropriation ordinance was called up,
and Mr.. Stauffer moved to amend by making
the appropriation to the Allegheny General
Hospital $1,000 instead of $4,000. He urged
that the hospital was not entitled to the in
crease while homeopathic physicians were not
allowed in the building and the city physicians
we're not given power to place patients in the
hospital.
1t was argued that this would keep the men
from getting their money. which is now three
weeks overdue. The amendment however,
carried by vote of "A to r. and the bill was
sent back. The special ordinance directing the
payment of tie $4,000 was also sent back.
Mr.. Kennedy'S resolution fixing tine limits
within which the new Government building
should be placed was also voted down. A large
number OF ordinances were then passed finally,
among which were the issue of 1000 street i'm
provement bonds. and exempting the Allie
gheny Athletic Association from the payment
OF license fees, and fixing the number of news
papers for the official printing.
Couldn't Afford to Break Quorum.
The ordinance creating the joint and stand
ing committees was passed, as amended by
Common Councils last Friday, which made the
representation on the Public Works Commit
tee Is from Common and from
Select, and on the others II from
Common and from Select. Select
Council. however. refused to pass it. and re-
Quested committee of conference, but as the
committee could not leaye the room without
breaking the quorum, no work could be done.
Messrs. Hox, Neeb and Stauffer were appointed
on the committee. The reports from the Mayor,
Controller, etc., were received and filed without
reading.
In the Select branch a resolution was passed
requesting the Allegheny representatives to OPP
pose the wharf bill unless it was amended to
provide that the width OF the stream shall not
be lessened. Arthur Kennedy also called up
his resolution giving the sense of Councils as
the proper location of the new Government
building as the area bounded by Sandqsky
street, Park way, Arch street and Erie street.
He amended il by substituting Montgomery
avenue for Erie street. The resolution was
passed.
Both the Common Council ordinance govern
ing the markets and the resolution changing
the name of the "Gas Committee" to the
Light Committee" were referred back to the
committees. A number of minor ordinances
were passed, and then the meeting was ad-
journed.