The sun., 1898-11-04
LIVELY COUNCIL NETTING.
Body win Not Pay Money That
should be Paid By Street
and S0W0r.

Some life was injected into the pro-
ceedings of City Councils, last evening,
by rather warm discussion over the
matter of the condemnation Of certain
property for the opening OF Eleventh,
Monroe and Trenton streets.
J. B. Oberly. Chairman Of the Finance
Committee, said that committee had. by
invitation, held conference with the
Street and Sewer Department on the
matter on Wednesday evening.
The amount Of the award OF the Com
mission of Reviews was $3.50. The
matter has already been published in
THE Sun in connection with the pro-
ceedings of the Street and Sewer Depart
ment.
Mr.. Oberly wanted the matter referred
to the Law and Finance Committee, for
them to confer with the Street and
Sewer Department.
Mr.. O'Neil said Councils had no right
to pay any other money except the ex-
penses of such commission unless by
authority of the Legislature.
Mr.. Smith wanted the matter referred
back to the Street and Sewer Department
for palmer statement.
| Mr.. Leary said the matter should, out
of courtesy to the chairman of the
Finance Committee, be referred to the
Law and Finance Committee.
Mr.. O'Neil remarked that the Finance
Committee had had a conference. He
said he was not very suspicious, but it
looks as if there might be niger in the
wood pile.
The niger was discovered shortly
after when the statement was made that
the Street and Sewer Department was
short of funds aud wanted Councils to
pay for the condemnation.
The ayes and nays were called on the
matter of referring it to the Law and
Finance Committee, and it resulted in
the motion being lost by vote of s to 4.
City Treasurer Curry reported the bal
ance in the Union National Bank to be
$Gl ,99S. 50 and in each OF the four deposi.
tory banks Sll9,336.
He also reported the following coIec-
tions;
From Tax Collector Savers 81, OPS, for
1898 taxes: Collector Lewis. S253 for
1898 taxes; ex.Colector Mitchell 81 1000
for 1897 taxes; Auditor Pyle, S. for
license, and S35 so dog tax; Building In
spector Cassidy sos fees; Agent N, G..
Kent, SIG from the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals; City
Enginet Bowman, $52. go; City Engineer
Bowman, $36 from Street and Sewer De-
partment.
Building Inspector Cassidy reported
twenty-seven building permits issued.
, Valuations $6,029 and fees sos.
Oil Inspector Kelly reported having
inspected $500 gallons Of oil during the
month.
A communication was received from
Secretary Wigglesworth, of the Board OF
Health, stating that through the prompt
action of Councils in furnishing the
Board with funds for anti-toxin and dis
infectants they were enabled to better
, fight diphtheria and had reduced the
number OF cases from forty to sixteen.
Tour persons have died and twenty re.
covered. Two bills were presented fol
anti-toxin and disinfectants.
A communication was received asking
for the repayment of tax on the property
of E. T. Walton, 907 West street, which
was assessed at $4,000 last year anC
3 SIC, 500 this year. 1t is said this was {
9 clerical error, as.on the street book il
was $4,000, and on the return it wat
SIC, 800. II was paid under protest.
Collector Savers was directed to refunC
Y $l3.3O collected as taxes through cleri
e cal error from Samuel Culvert, agent fol
: the estate of Samuel Culvert.
, The superintendent of the crematory
reported burning SO, 300 pounds OF gar
bage during the month.