Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-07
ALDERMEN VOTED ss,eOo.

The Board Decide to Give the Hoard
 of Public Works Funds With
 Which to Go Ahead With Its Work
 Tho Widening of Grand Avenue That Junk Dealers Lieense-The
 Flag Question Referred to the Mayor
 With Power to Act.
 An unusually we'll attended meeting of the board of aldermen was held last even- ing, twenty-two of the twenty four mem- bers being present. The absentees were Aldermen Newton and Champion. The principal business of the evening was the consideration of the question how to furn- ish money for the board of public works with which it could carry on the work of repairing and cleaning streets, but incident ally that ancient junk license ordinance, the widening of Grand avenue and the much mooted flag question were taken up and disposed of.
 Prior to the meeting of the board of al- dermen the board of finance met and voted to recommend that the requests of the board of public works for extra appropria- tions rendered necessary by the recent storms bs granted. When the recommen- dation came up later in the board of alder men it was earnestly championed by Al dermen Blakeslee, Mcdonald and Beecher and was finally unanimously adopted. Alderman Blakeslee stated that at the present time, money should be appropriated in order to give the unem- ployed an opportunity to work and support their families. He also thought that unless some such action was taken it was one of klo hot fha StafA If 0f- fairs might result in this city as had re- gently occurred in the city of Chicago. Alderman Beecher in favoring the rec ommendation stated that Superintendent Doyle could advantageously use 300 men on the streets and he favored any means whereby any unemployed resident of the city could be given an opportunity to work. He moved to amend the report l making the sum SIG, ,OOO, but the amend ment was not seconded, the mayor in the meantime explaining that $s, 900 would be sufficient to meet the immediate require ments of the department.
 The recommendations of the board of finance were thereupon unanimously adopted.
 Alderman Hitler as chairman of the committee of the court of common council appointed to look after the raising and lowering of the city flag reported that none of the city departments would undertake the work. His report was accompanied by communications from the police depart ment and board of public works in reter- ence to the matter. Alderman Gallagher moved that the entire matter be referred tc the mayor with power to act, and it was SC | voted. After the vote had been taken the | mayor said, "Well, it seems to be the de. sire to shift the responsibility from one | department to another, but will attend tc | it," to which Alderman Gallagher in reply | suggested that as there were twelve months l in the year and twelve wards in the city il l might be good way out of the difficulty ! to have the two aldermen from each of the wards attend to the raising and lowering | for month each.
 Alderman Beecher introduced a resolu tion asking that a sufficient sum of money be appropriated to carry on and perfect any necessary and useful work with the view of furnishing work to the unem ployed laborers of the city. A similar pc tition was sent in by the Trades Counci of this city, but no action was taken or either owing to the fact that the appropria tion had been made for the board of pub 1 lie works.
 The proL osed ordinance de itineran | junk dealers came up on 8 motion to recon
 coneider the vote taken at the last meet
 ing when the adoption of the minority re
 port making the fee $2 instead of $2O wa
 lost. The motion to reconsider was als'
 lost, and the report as amended making
 the fee $10 came up for acceptance. Thi
 was also lost, it requiring thirteen votes,
 majority of all members present and ab
 sent, to pass an ordinance. As it was ,onl.
 eight votes were cast in favor, and in con
 sequence the mayor will continue to issu
 licenses at the nominal price of $1 per ap
 plicant.
 On motion of Alderman Mcdonald
 chairman of the committee on nomins
 tions, George w. Brown, Charles s Moo
 ney, Charles Williams and Jeremiah Ma
 honey were unanimously appointed specis | constables.
 The question of tho widening of Gran
 avenue at State street was next taken froI the table and referred to the committee o
 streets. Another layout of the propose : widening has been made, which 1t is b.
 lieved will be satisfactory to all psrtit | concerned.
 : An old order calling for the widening (
 East Chapel street near East street, whic
 has been pigeon -holed in the board of pull lie works since November IA, 1891, ws next brought up, and the board of publ works ordered to make an immediate Ia,
 out and submit it to the committee o Uofr fn