Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-22
NEW TERMS FOR ALL.
The Three Chiefs Of Departments Re-
Elected by Councils
WITHOUT A DISSENTING VOICE.
City Attorney Moreland Also Continued in
His Office.
MORE REGULATIONS FOR STREET CARS

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day afternoon, reelected Chiefs Brown,
Bigelow and Elliot and City Attorney
Moreland. The meeting was csllsd in &C.
cordance with the law requiring that on the
the third Monday Of December every four
years Councils shall choose chiefs for the
Departments Of Public Safety, Public
Works and Charities. The present chiefs
were elected December, 1881, .and their first
terms will expire at the close the fiscal
year, January 81. They had no opposition
yesterday and were unanimously chosen to
serve second terms.
After each branch had transacted some
minor business. the members of Select filed
into Common Council chamber, and Presi-
dent Ford, of Select, took the chair He
first asked for nominations for Chief of the
Department Of Public Safety. Mr.. Lambie
rose and said: 1T will be remembered that
I did not favor the new charter four years
ago. thought then and still believe there
are many defects in it, though some have
been remedied by subsequent legislation
and the charter has had judicial interpre-
tation.
The Government Has I'm improved.
| Dut uoWeNeT GHdI may Dc hHoW tuc
city government has vastly improved by
the department system, and those who have
put the new municipal machinery in opera
j tion deserve undying credit. Comprising
the police, fire, health and other bureaus
the Department Of Public Safety is far from
the least important feature of the city gov
! ernment. Nobody will question the fact
that Chief J. o. Brown has managed the
| department satisfactorily, and with the best
possible results to the city. Chief Brown
is not perfect and may have made some
mistakes. He has received advice from
| Councils, citizens and press, but it should
be remembered that it is one thing to ad-
wise and quite another to act when person.
| ally responsible.
''Chief Brown has not reformed the NOR
| ais of the city. That can only be done by
| higher power. But he. has driven out the
| dives, and vice is no longer prominent. He
has effected great improvement in the po-
lice regulation by recognizing the force,
| bringing it up to standard second to none
| in the country. In answer to those who
intimate that the department has been used
for political ends, L would say that Chief
Browns motto is, Good government is
good politics, and he adheres to this policy.
nominate J. o. Brown"
Nobody else had a name to propose, and
Chief Brown got all the votes cast, 6S in
number
What Bigelow Has Done.
Nominations were then in order for Chief
of the Department of Public Works. Mr..
Heating said: "When the new charter was
adopted I was not in Councils, but always
have approved of it. No part of the city
government has done more good than the
Department of Public Works, under the su-
pervisi9n of Chief Bigelow. The latter
served aSong apprenticeship, and the city
h as reapeG the benefit of his efforts. In
every portion of the city improvements can
be seen that will stand as monuments to
him. Chiefly through his work the Sitv has
good streets and magnificent park property.
I nominate E. NJ. Bigelow."
Chief Bigelow was also elected unani->
mouslv with 60 votes. Mr.. Perry nomi-
mated R. c. Elliot as Chief of the Depart
ment of Charities. He said MI Elliot
needed no eulogy, his acts stood for him.
Mr.. Elliot got SO votes, 80 in the Select and
80 in Common Council The members who
did not vote at all, being absent, were
Messrs. Anderson, Fitzsimmons, Murphy,
Reilly, Warmcastle and Wilson of Select
Council, and Messrs. Gallagher Hagmaier,
Magee, Pfeifer and Wallace OF Common
Council.
Before and after the joint session each
branch transacted some business of its own.
In Select the Highland Avenue Railway
ordinance was presented from the Corpora
tions Committee providing for an extension
of the DuqIesne Electric road along High
land avenue, from Bryant street to Bunker
Hill street. and also from Kirkwood street
to Ellsworth avenue. The ordinance was
passed finally in both branches. A propo-
sition from w. S. Hutchinson to change the
boilers at the Brilliant water works so as to |
allow the use of coal instead of gas and to
put in a smoke consumer, the whole to cost |
$50 for each boiler, was referred to the FL
nance Committee.
The ordinance amending the general |
Street railway ordinance, providing for the |
stoppage of all electric and cable cars at |
points where the lines cross to prevent ac-
cidents, and providing for penalty of from |
$50 to $500 for violation thereof, was con- |
sidered in Select. The ordinance failed of |
passage at the last meeting for want of |
legal majority, but on the call of ayes and |
nays passed finally.
Property Owners Not Suited.
In Common Council Mr. Brown presented !
a resolution recalling from the Mayor an
ordinance for a sewer on Oakland avenue
from Bates streets to Forbes street, passed |
December a. He said some of the property
owners wanted further hearing on the
ordinance. Mr.. Shannon moved to post
pone action until the next meeting He
held that the sewer was needed and should.
be built. The motion to postpone was car
ried by vote of 18 to II.
MI. McGonnigle, from the Finance Com
mittee, reported that w. c. Moreland had
been designated as City Attorney for the
ensuing term, beginning February l. 1892.
The selection was unanimously approved In
both branches.
In Common Mr.. MacGonnigle presented
a resolution compromising the claim of
s., 600 made by Thomas Burns for property
used for the Greenfield avenue bridge, at
81 500; passed. Also a resolution to pay
the Schultz Bridge CUpany S1,303 90 for
extra work on the Forward avenue bridge;
passed.
Mr.. Wilson, in Common, called up the
ordinance giving Armour & Co. the right
to Law a switch on South wenty-frst street,
and offering an amendment providing that
the firm should pave South Tweuty-frst
street, from Carson street to Sidney street,
at Its own cost. Mr.. jarrett said the peo-
pie did not want the railway there at any
price. Mr.. Wilson said the amendment
was satisfactory to the people who have
been in the opposition. The amendment
was adopted and the ordinance went over
for printing. .t
Street and Grade Ordinances.
The following papers were presented and
referred in Common: Ordinances locating
street, Woolslayer alley, Griffin
street, Roxanna alley and Park alley; fixing