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VOL- II. was called to order at 8: 20 o clock recoras read2 and it took fifteen minutes to do it. Full council pres- ent, except Attorney Smoot. George L. Wrenn has made no reâ€" i ' ply to the request of the council. 1 , that he have the plat of his unrecordâ€" 2 ed addition, down where he, Messrs. Aldridge. Baker and others live, reâ€" corded in accord with the laws of the state. and the ordinances of the city. , afl‘he city attorney read 'two ordie . ‘ nances, he had prepared, by request a ‘ of the council, abolishing the offices of city engineer and superintendent of streets. They were referred to fi- nance committee and attorney. The ‘ city collector‘s bond was refered back ' for correction. The fire and water ‘ committee reported on Mr. Drisooll‘s afiair where the contractor used wa» 1 ter and did not pay for it, that his i requested rebate be not granted. Re- 3 port adopted. The owner of the 1 property is and must be held liable { for water used by.the contractor. and by any tenants who do not pay for t the water used by them. Alderman 1 Phillips made a strong speech in de l tense of owners who never Were no ,1 tified of deficits,and bills were one to j ,W‘o years behind band. Mr. Cobb _ wanted to know how Mr. Phillips happens to know so much about this ; matter andThe was told. Mr. Cobb i thought. there were plenty of dishon‘ i est folks in this city. He did not pro l pose to payior these dead ducks: let y them pay or shut OH their water. Alderman Cushman explained his 2 to the. attori report in reply to Co]. Davidson’s l any ground question whether this report was ret 1 Daniel Cc roepective Or referredto the future. , superintendi He suggestwl that during the hard his crossing times we had become slack on enforc . Mr. Nolan's ing these collections. but now that l, The Lain prosperity had come We collect right ; tru work on up to the law. Mr. Phillips said if about $4( the city would live up to its rules, he lowed‘hy th would accept the report. and he want- committee r ed the report amended sons to have i for these. so all bills he sent to the owner of the The bills property. and it was carried fire to dered paid Highland ParkNews. CITY COUNCIL. HIGHLAND PARK, ILL, NOVEMBER 5, 1897 one. Mr Cushman said send bills to the owner or his agent “only." Messrs. ()bee, Cobb, Fritsch, David- son and Smoot participated in the discussion for nearly or quite an hour, when it was adopted slightly modi- fied. Mr. Cobb wanted to know if anybody was to get favors; if there was to be any partiality. Mr. Book's plan for a $40” build» ing for fire apparatus, the committee said no; it is too cheap. Mr. Cush- man presented a minority report. who said a building was a necessity. and he deprecated municipal pride in a fine building. He wanted his report suimtituted for the other one. Messrs. Cobb and ()bee opposed ex- penditure for a cheap building now. while in the very near future a prop- er city building for all purposes will be provided. The minority report was lost and the majority one passed. 3 by five votes to one for the minority report. The matter of gates at the cross- ing down by SQ M. Coe’s came up. with a letter from Superintendent Lawson. and Clerk Finney‘s reply to him. Mrr Lawson wrote a very courteous letter. ' Mr. Cushman wanted the attorney instructed to proceed at. once to enforce the orig‘ inal order. and it was done. Some months ago the council called on Mr. Flinn, emcity treasur» er, for a report on his deposits as treasurer and the interest he had re- ceived on the same. Mr. Flinn has declined to do anything and the fin- ance‘committee’s report was referred to the attorney for action. if there is any ground for action. n Daniel Collins‘ late complaint of superintendent of streets taking up his cnmsing was reported 0n and Mr. Nolan's action approwd. 'l‘he- Laing Happ matter of ex‘ tru \vorkon Vine avenue west of about $400 value “an diaal lowed bv the city engineer. and (hp committee reported against paying for these so claimed extras. Thebilla ware reporth and ur- dvred paid. AldPrlnan Cuslnnan l i wanted the police to enforce the or- l dinances against fast riding across ‘ the bridges and riding bicycles on the sidewalks. An order for making a rebate of 7 per cent to James Mc- Donald for cash payment of his en- tire assessment on the Central ave- nue pavement was given to the fin anee committee with power to act. Alderman Phillips called on the po- lice committee for a report on their investigation of the illegal sales of 3 liquor-sin the city. They were in- ! structed to report in writing at the next regular meeting. The “Automatic” Willcox Gibbs machine is most popular, with inteL ligenfi iadies. -- -- .. ., J',“ Wilford H. Hall, after Spending a month in old Kentucky and twu days at home, is off to Indianapolis for a brief visit to some of his Hoosier friends. James Tweedie, who has had charge of the grounds at the Exmoor country club. left yesterday for In- dianapolis. where he is to lay out golf grounds for the country club of that city. Those competent to judge say a more efficient man than Mr. Tweedie could not be secured for that purpose. It is said the reason of the tempor ary suspension of work on the elect tric railroad is the delay in getting railu‘and / other materials, and this grows out of the revival of business making such demand for freight cars that the roads can't (filiver'as fast 32% wanted. That is where McKinley and prosperity is working an injury. is it? Mr. King. the gentlemanly supl. of the electric railroad. has an office in Goldberg's opera house block. Hr- is one of the most competent electric railroad men in the country. He has had charge of constructing many if not most of the roads built by Mr. Loss: indeed next to bankers. he is Mr. [4098' right hand man. We know he is having in first claws jol) donv lwrv OF LOCAL INTEREST. NO 23.