The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
ESTIMATES AGREED UPON
COUNCILlIEN AND ALDERMEN COME TosATISFACTORY OONCLUsf0Ys.

They Then Vote to Concur With the Upper
 Board in All Matters Respecting the Esti-
 mates for 1S06-Amendmsnts to Hack
 Ordinance Adopted-Adjourned Sine Die
 Will Banquet Tonight.
 The special meeting of the board of councilmen called for the purpose of further considering the estimates for 1896 was not called to order until S:45 o'clock last night. The delay was oc- casioned by the committee on confer- ence, consisting of Aldermen Belden and Well of the upper board, and Council- men Dewell, Darlington and Hurd, which was in session from until $40 o'clock. The business of this committee was to reach some amicable settlement about the street sprinkling appropria- ton and the proposed supervision of sprinl1ling, over which the board Of aldermen and councilmen had agreed The session was a lively one.
 The two aldermen and one council man were in favor of the action of the aldermen, which transferred the $12,5 for street sprinkling from the sundry account to the board of public works, and which also appropriated the @$1 ,0G0 mentioned for a supervision of sprink- ling for the hardening of James street. The two remaining councilmen of the conference, it is understood, stood by the action of their board, which sus- a bia1 nff # hoo ,>I >,f fv,o i'm making provision for supervision of sprnkling, but in order not to fur ther entangle the matter it was decided not to make any minority report.
 The report of Alderman Belden, chairman of the committee, recom- mended that the board of councilmen recede from its former action and con- cur with the board of aldermen, that the board of public works be instruct ed to advertise for bids and that the sprinlsling be let out for three years to the lowest bidder. Councilman Chilling worth suggested that the contract should not exceed more than one year, and after an amendment to this effect the report was accepted and the recom- mendations adopted.
 Councilman Dewell then made mo- tion to the effect that the board recede from non-concurrent actions with the board of aldermen respecting the esti- mates. This was done, and immediate ly after vote was passed to concur with the upper board in all it's actions on the estimates. The hack ordinance and the amendments offered by the al- dermen came up. Councilman Dewell -t, f1,N ,1,o r1x 11xy K upper board were trivial, and upon his motion the ordinance and amendments were unanimously adopted. This end- ed the business
 President Nicoll arose and said: Gen. tlemen Tn all probability this is the last meeting which the board of coun- clmen for 1895 will hold, and I wish to take this opportunity to again thank you for the honor you did me in select ing me your president. I wish also to thank the board for the courteous man. ner in which it has treated me and the individual members for their constant attendance at both regular and spec ial meetings. Furthermore, I extend my thanks to the press for their careful treatment of all business and their correct reports, and the clerk, sheriff and page for their strict attendance to duty"
 On motion of Councilman Chilling worth a vote was passed thanking the president for the able and impartial manner in which he had presided over the deliberations of the board and a vote of thanks was extended to the clerk, sheriff and page for their good | .1T tl a,,l in,ry I7 die.
 The banquet of the outgoing board of