The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-10
C0UNCILMEN IN SESSION
ROUTINE MATTERS DISPOSED OF AT
 LAST NIGHTS MEETING.

Sewer Ordered in stevens Street--No Hos
 pital for Contagious Dlseuses-Council-
 man Chillingworth's ouestions--A Alder
 men to Consider Estimates Tonight.
 Thirty of the thirty-five members of the board of councllmen were present 1 last evening at the regular December meeting of that body President Nicoll was in the chair and the session was unusually brief, but little new business of importance being transacted. In all matters which came up from the board of aldermen concurred action was taken and in consequence it was but the work of q short time to complete the business of the evening
 The councilmen unanimously voted to concur with the board of aldermen in tabling for printing the report of the board of finance in reference to the es- | timated expenses and income of the city for 1S96 The entire report is printed in another column of this paper.
 The much discussed report of the com mittee on sewers recommending the construction of a sewer in Stevens street between sylvan and Davenport avenues was taken up and the councilmen fin ally decided to accept the report and adopt it's recommendations. Some time ago when the question: first came up the argument was advanced that there was no outlet for the Stevens street sewer. Since that time, however, an outlet has been made into the Davenport avenue sewer, he2ce the action of the council men last night Councilman Pickett strenuously opposed the report on the ground that the sewers were now over taxed, that a stretch of about 400 feet on the street was not severed and that the Evergreen cemetery would be flood ed with sewage The report was final l ly accepted by a vote of A to 5.
 The report of the committee on ordi- naces prohibiting the erection and maintainance of any private hospital for contagious diseases within the city limits was tabled for printing in con- currence with the action taken at the last meeting of the board of aldermen.
 On motion of Councilman Chilling worth the report of the committee on ordinances relating to the opening of streets after permanent pavements have been laid was recommitted and the committee instructed to secure from the | corporation counsel an opinion on q number Of important questions relating to the subject and after receiving the opinion, formulate an ordinance gov erning the matter.
 The questions to be decided are; Whether the city is required to lay all of the permanent pavements under the street pavement act? Have the abut- l ting property owners or street railway companies the right to pave in front of their property or between the tracks? Can the city grant permits to open the street then refill the trench and repair the street at tha expense of the party obtaining the permit and with the cX pense as lien upon the property of the party at whose request the street has been opened? If notice is not served upon the property owner whose proper ty is liable to a lien for improvements so that he may be heard at each public hearing in relation thereto does the fail- ure to serve such notice afford a de- fense against the payment of the as- 1 sessment which eventually results from the hearing of which he was not noti- 1 fled?
 | A resolution offered by Councilman Chillingworth recalling from the board 1 of compensa ton all petitions for dam ages in consequence of the construction of the Water street bridge, as the mat l ter is now pending before the superior court and the laying of them on the 1 table until such time as the court may decide the questions at issue. was adopt ! ed with but few dissenting votes. l The following were unanimously elect | ed special constables: Charles EStoles, George Brown, Marion De Angelic and Eugene B. Rosenthal
 On m5tion of Councilman Grinnel the board then adjourned to Tuesday eye ming. December IT, at which time action will be taken on the estimates.
 WILL CONSIDER ESTIMATES.
 A special meeting of the board of a1- dermsn has been called for this eve ming by Mayor Hendrick at which time [ the estimated expenses of the city for the fiscal years commencing D .cember 1, ! 1SgI will he capsidarp1