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under suspension Of the rules, asking
that the joint standing committee on
water be authorized to investigate and
report on the advisability of improving
the water supply system during the
coming year. He said that it was very
Important that the matter be acted up
ON as soon as possible. The order was
adopted.
The report of the republican city com
mittee was taken from the files and re-
ferred to the committee on election re-
turns.
The mayor sent in the appointment of
Patrolmen w. H. Spencer and Thomas
j. Spencer for confirmation. Alderman
O,Connell objected to the confirmation
OF w. H, but moved the confirmation
OF Thomas j.
Leave was given, on the request of the
chief of police, to allow coasting on Will
liam street, Pleasant street and Benefit
street, to Mt. Pleasant.
The following appointments from the
mayor were confirmed: Weighers of
coal, L. Robinson, E. s. Fiske and w. S.
Pratt, Of the F. w. Wellington Co.'s
yards; VIM. K. Brooks, VIM. H. Greg
ory, of the +. e. Powers yards; Consta-
BILE, Samuel D. Nash; supervisor of
wires, Henry A. Knight; burial agent,
Amos M. Parker; clerk of the board of
health, James C. Coffey; special police,
George F.. Dudley, B. &. NJ. railroad de-
pot, Lincoln square; Selwin B. Clark,
Highland military school; James B.
Burke, Foresters' hall; Matthew Nc
Cauley, Waterman Quinsigamond wire
mill; George Martin, Chamberlain bak-
cry, 220 Chandler street; Cornelius
Donahue, Bradley L. Mott, Salisbury
farm and Institute park; Frank L. Din
mack, Salisbury farm and Lincoln
square; George ]. Cornwall, engineer,
Holyoke shop; Jacob w. Gray, A. H.
Mirick's, Park street; J. H. Dapuis far
mer, Millbury ave. George H. Cheever,
Pleasant street and vicinity (on fiats);
James Doyle, foreman, North park
John O'Hara, Father Mathew hall; Louis
Barrett, Waterman, Webb's granite
yard; Frank H. Sears, First Baptist
church.; William A. Weldon, 1888 Planta-
ton street and vicinity; Dr. Geo. f. Bal
com, Webster square and vicinity; Ar
thur Bassett, 3. & NJ railroad viaduct,
and the appointments from the board of
engineers o. L. Sweet, w. S. Stevens,
p. N. White, P. J. Kane, A. H. Stone,
Joseph Gonya, John O'Connor, and F.
L. Stevens, call ladder men on ladder
company No. 4; John Bruso, permanent
ladderman on ladder company No. 4;
promoted to permanent lieutenant of
ningham, call hoseman on engine COM
pany No. 5, all on three months pro-
baton.
Adjourned for one week.
IN COMMON COUNCIL.
The republican members had a little
fun with the democrats in insisting on
carrying out the rule which provides
that all petitions and orders must be
filed with the city clerk "a hours before
the meeting at which they are to be act
ed upon. The first kick came when pc
tition was presented from John A. Gar
vey for an electric light at the corner
of Pattison and Batchelder streets. OBJ
lection was made to its reception, and it
was laid over until the next meeting
Shortly after, Councilman Timon Of
fered an order that the street commits
sioner and the superintendent Of sewers
report what work, if any, has been done
with regard to the abolition of the rail-
road surface water nuisance on South
bridge street. He followed this with an
other order that the street commissioner
construct a catch basin or devise some
other means for relieving the sidewalk
on the east side of Southbridge street
under the railroad bridge from the sur
face water.
The first order went over to the next
meeting, without any objection; but
when the second order was read, Coun-
Gilman O'Leary moved that the rules
be suspended and the order adopted.
The motion was seconded by Council
man O'Connell, and then Councilman
Timon said few words in defense of
the order, and explained why he was
late in getting 1t in. His hardness was
due to the fact that he was very busy
all last week, and then again, he did
not know the rules so thoroughly as
some Of the other members who were
older in service than he. The matter
was one of public necessity, and little
spite or disagreement among the men,
bers should not stand in it's way. The
people of the south end of the city are
entitled to as much respect as those of
any other section of the city, and when
a matter of such great public convent
ence is introduced into the council, it
should be given fair treatment. There
is cali for immediate action IN this case,
and SO long as he was member OF the
CITY council he would never let personal
or partH affiliations stand in the way of
his voting for any thing that was of
public convenience.
Councilmen Powell and Inman said
that the rules were adopted TO govern
the body. and should be lived up to. This
brought out replies from the minority
and when some of them were peglnnlng
to get a little warm under the collar,
the question of suspending the rules
and adopting the order was put and car
ried unanimously amid much laughter,
the democrats being trifie surprised at
the lack of the opposition.
Councilman O'Connell offered orders
for the committee on sewers to consider
the advisability Of constructing eaten
basins at the corner of Meade and Lam
airline streets, and Meade and Lafay-
cite streets, which were laid over under
the rules.