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Show City Council. Meeting of the city council.Tuesday evening, November 12th, 1S78, Mayor Little presiding: A petition was received from G. F. Culmer and others, asking that the sidewalk on the south side of First South street, be graded to its proper level. Referred to the committee on streets and Ueys. A petitt nn was received from George Goddard and other property owners of Firtt South Btreet, protesting against any change of grade of tho Eidewalk. Rtferrtd t the committee on streets and allfj-p. A petition was received from Jarm:s Leaiham and others, Betting forth that a portion of Third South street was in a bad condition and is often inundated from ovetduwing water, aud akinc that Inn Bireot be repaired. Referred to the eoiiimiUee on streets and alleys. A pft uiou was recei ved from Mnrier B'lo . asking the removal of a blacfcr-muh -hop which they repr -sent as lining located in the centre of a row nf wtudeu buildings on the east side of Commercial street, and consequently conse-quently e". lingers property in the neighborhood. Referred to the inspector. in-spector. ot buildings. A petition w.ia received from Jesse W. Fox, jr., city surveyor, asking that $5 per month be appropriated for fuel, rent, t to. , dating from Feb ruaiy, 1870, no payments lor this pur- , pose having been made during that time. Kelcrrtd !o the committee oo c'aims. ' A petition was received from D. H. 1 Wells, jr., adding tho city council to i appropriate to him $39.07, the amount paid by him in October, 1877, for digging a water trench to the water mains from his residence. Referred Re-ferred to the committee ou waterworks. water-works. A petition was recei vod from Peter Cowliog, asking permission to erect a platform in front of bis premises prem-ises oo which to place wood,-coal, etc. Referred to the committee on streets and alleys. A petition was received from R. G Waldron, asking for an auctioneer's license fur one year. Granted. A petition was received from J. P. Freeze and D. O. Calder, asking the privilege o( erecting carriage steps over the aqueduct in trout of their places of busiuess, the dimensions to bs six left long, four fe9t wide an.l thirty feet high. The petition was granted under un-der the restrictions made by the council coun-cil regulating plaltorma. The delinquent t:x of & widow named Davis, residing in the 17th ward, who ia infirm and indigent, was remitted. The following sums were appropriated: appropri-ated: To Win. Hyde, for feeding prisoners, 1.597 meals at 10c. per meal $159.70; to the artesian well contingent fund, $2,000; ou road and street account, J2,000; to waterworks' fund, $2,000. The special committee to whom was referred the matter ot city gas, rendered the following report, which was accepted and the committee in structed to continue its investigation ou tho subject: Your special committee, to whom was referred the matter of ascertaining the amount ot" gas used by tho street lamps ot' this city, and whether or not th cor-poration cor-poration waa payitig higher for the gas . used by the street lamps than private individuals, aud alto relative to the extension ex-tension of tho pipsi ob contemplated by tbe &s company's charter, bug leave to farmer report that wo Invo Ten the in at tar careful consideration, and have taken piins to have special observations made and measurements taken of the amount used wiUiirj a given time for tha last tbre-i monthi, ending October 31st, 167$, and liod that 8U0 feet is about ilie veraga of .tf9 used by each lamp per month, wluen, at the rate of SI pur 1,UU) f et, would )y3 120 per 1 Dip per month. We further Una that tho liglit-irtr, liglit-irtr, extinguishing and repairing on each lamp amouais u 76 cent per month, which makes a tntal of $o.'J6 per lamp per monto, or $17. -40 per annum on cacti lamp, which, on -22 lamps, amounts to tho sum of $1U 5-ii.S0 per annum. Tbe attention of the council was called to the practice of persons of throwing decayed vegetables, fruits, fish, etc , into the water ditches on and near Main btreet, tho water passing through such ditches being used for culinary purposes by citizens, and the marshal's attention was directed thereto. The council adjourned till neit Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock. |