The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-03
MEETINGS AT CITY HALL
ACTION OF COMMITTEES ON oRDI-
 NANCES IND LICENSES.

| vestigatfOn-HaclSs to be Numbered an'
 HacIkmen to Wear Badges.
 A meeting of the board of finance wa held last evening, all the members be ing present and Mayor Hendrick pre-
 siding. The matter of apppopriatint
 $650 for band concerts came up for con
 sideration. Alderman Shanley remark ed that as the concerts are to begin il
 June this year instead of July, as las
 year, he was doubtful if $65O would bt enough.
 Alderman Reyes explained that thi: year they would begin In June and enc in August, while last year they begar
 in July and ended in September; SC that there was really no longer space
 of time given to the concerts. Mir. Shanley made no objection, and
 the board voted to appropriate the $650.
 It was recommended to appropriate
 $350 for Memorial day observances.
 The next matter discussed was a new
 place for the Howard avenue precinct
 The present station cost $45 rent per
 month. The police department rents
 the upper floor for SID per month, this
 making the actual part of the house
 used by the police for a station $35 per
 month.
 City Auditor Brown said he could get a better location and accommodations for $15 per month The matter was re- ferred to the city auditor with instruc- tions to report at the next meeting of the board.
 Councilman Dewell made the sugges- ton that committee be appointed to sign the pay roll each week. Council man Reyes said the committee would have to consist of four members, as it is necessary for the pay roll to be sign- ed by four members of the board, and no action was taken.
 Frederick H. Coggswell, the stenog- rapher, sent in a bill for $250 for stem ographic work done at the aldermanic Investigation into the charges of mal- feasance in office against Police Com missioner Daniel g. Csilhuly. The board decided to wait until all bills in connec- ton with the investigation had been sent in and put them all together and send them to the court of common coun- cil for approval.
 COMMITTEE ON ORDINANCES
 The committee on ordinances met in room 13 city hall last evening. The pro- posed amendment to sections 2S9 2S6 and 2S9 of the city ordinances, concern ing public hacks and hack drivers, so as to require lamps on each public hack with the number of the license painted on such lamp, and also requiring each driver to wear such number of license on his clothing, came up for considera- ton first
 Assistant City Attorney Matthewman appeared before the committees. He said that while there were many of the hack men who were responsible and perfectly qualified to perform their duties in worthy and honorable manner, there were many, especially the night hawks" who were willing to take any fob at almost any price. Tn executive session the board voted that the num- Der of the license be painted on the lan- terms in figures an inch and half long, and that the figures on the hackmen's badge be three-quarters of an inch long.
 The next matter considered was the petition of the lamp department for an ordinance prohibiting the obstruc- ton of public lights. Alderman Lam' bert. chairman of the lamp committee, appeared before the committee and said that several lights were obstructed by telegraph and telephone poles. He urged that an ordinance be passed to remedy the matter. In executive ses- sion the committee voted to recom- mend an ordinance that no pole or ob sttruction be placed within six feet of .he public lights.
 The petition requiring bill posters to oe licensed was considered and the pe- .itioner was given leave to withdraw.
 The petition of w. l.. Folsom concern ng the payment of salaries to the | members of the court of common coun- | il was considered. No one ppeared | n favor of it. Councilmen Coolidge | Lnd Hurd, members of the committee, were facetiously asked if they wished | Q advocate it. They answered in the | negative. It was the opinion of those | present., however, that the members of | he committee on ordinances should | eceive d large salary.
 BOAfGD Of' NOAA r LINDA HUM
 A meeting of the board of compen- ation was held last evening. The natter of the assessment of property long the Nicoll and Goffe street sew IS was discussed. No action was aken.
 COMMITTEE ON LICENSES.
 The committee on licenses met in ooms 10 and il city hall last evening, lderman Shanley presiding. The pe- tions of William J. Adams and AL xander J. McInnis for a license to night lunch wagons came up IT consideration. The petitioners are r1prietors of lunch wagons near the Hyperion and also on Grand avenue. t present they are not allowed to be l tf:e streets, but have to place their -agons in vacant spaces close to the dewalks. The matter was tabled and
 was suggested that the petitioners ct the signatures of the business men those sections of the city where they ish to locate. N James Reynolds asked for a license peddle wares in the streets. He did ot specify what kind Of wares he