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CHICAGO TRIBUNE; TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 18TL 
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Statement of the City Debt—Our 
- ObUfations and Our 
m 
Large Floating Debt 
to be Provided 
For, 
of all iptciml 
ai atragmtiwi tf All 
(•.tracts Adhrtwi. 
* 
—— — 
Property-Owner. 
Makt Tfettr Owi 
Street 
187ft, nil * per cent*. 
ef" 
"th*r*with to 
He nee, M tar M 
debt, there to 
« » 
MPBICrrAt LOBBS* » T * H B r 
IBB, 
Aa n«ar as I can ascertain, th* loss of cit; 
arty by th* ire, M ettteetod hy the 
h«i>Aft, is as follows: 
City Hall, tooWBaf fnraiter* 
J 
»tt»««—\"::-::::::::::::: gat 
o«t at gcaySTnaA. •-. 
, 
njm 
Damag*TO IStop A****.,.•. 
, , , . . . 
14*00 
l t o i | » to are hydraat*. reservoirs, M i e « , 
^
^ 
wat*r**rv&e, ate...,,,,. 
Z: so,** 
Total 
fM8S,Q» 
To this must be added 141 3-4 mile* of side vtllu 
d*s**rayed (the replacement of which shonid be 
Uy special assessinaatl veined slttsMa*. 
,. 
. fm&inOtpartimmt torn. 
.innSXtagS Wwth. . 
SO.M0 
VenNtSe... 
. 
-•--— 
^TjjjJ 
p—nii* to «WBe»"...".*rrii.*....;r!."!irrinn »!*» 
sjasasge to mm 
h>,tm 
XNMMge to Fire Atone Telecnga 
«,90> 
Total,..,,,..., 
, 
Bnildiug* w » r t t „ . H . 
*iirnitnx*^ftoar«», at* 
Tetel. 
BHMM I 
• M S 
JSieonf «»f' SSSnsaftott £**£. 
, e t c , worth 
property worth 
$m,m 
Ti-tal loss** 
A M sidvwaikst 
Grand total. 
All these biunt 
.wmm 
oeroxu 
of 
Reforn* 
Diaaharj* 
tion of Malarias, Ac. 
The 
Fatnre Fir* Limits Caex-
tenaive with the City. 
I- J 
After tbe adjommment of the old Common 
oancil, end tbe organization of tbe new Board 
f Aldermen, last evening, Hon. Joeepb Medlll, 
ae Major-elect, on assuming tbe duties of bis 
dice, delivered tbe following message: 
ME8SA0B OF MATOR KXDHJU 
MS. PEErtlDKMT AMD G « T U I I U OF 
ion Coonon.: The Terr brief asrioc 
ttervened since receiving notification of lay atoe-
on, renders it impossible to furnish yonr bea-
rable b»dy with apeeHle information on some 
abject*, or to make reconu 
lat require it. Bet as I 
itb tbe unties and business of 
onai infor aiattoa will be 
>Uaoe, as tbe charter 
I have been called to the head of the City Gov-
mment under extraordinary' eusainstanoe*. A 
:w weeks ago our fair city, reposing in fancied 
•curity, reeeived a fearfully tragic risiuuon 
oni fire, which in a few brief but awful hours 
educed a large portion thereof to ashos, cinders 
ad smoke, consuming one grand division, tear-
ig but a fragment of another, and inflicting 
a u*ly 
wound 
on the third. 
In a sin-
la uifbt 
and day 116,000 of our people 
re rxpelted from their homes and compelled to 
r-e for tbeir live* Into the streeto, «am»ioni, or 
ke, to avoid perishing in the flames. Many lost 
. ir lives from heat, suffocation,or failing walla, 
h JW many may never be known; and taemai-
: des w tut escaped were fain to seek shelter and 
d at -be hand of charity. The greater part of 
oil i/-ens, nut burned out of their homes, Inst 
ir stores, shops, offices, stocks of goods, imple-
nts, books, accounts, papers, vouchers, busi-
es, or situations, and it Is dlAectlt to find any 
tlsen who has not suffered directly by that fear-
1 conflagration. Of the total property inCai-
tao created by labor and capital, CTistlag oa the 
of Ot' tober ,mure than half perished on the »th. 
kemouey value of the property thus suddenly 
sibilated, it is Impossible accurately to ascer-
tain, but it can hardly fall short of oae hundred 
and fifty millions of dollars, a comparatively 
email 
part 
of 
winch 
will 
be 
re-
imbursed 
by 
the 
insurance 
com panics. 
Such a tremendous loss cannot befall the people 
at large without seriously nifeeting their munici-
pal affairs. The city, as a corporation, has lost 
in property and Income precisely in the same 
proportion a* hare individuals in the aggregate. 
The manic" 
no income ex-
cept what ttHerfvea from the etttoems of Chicago, 
in the form of taxes, licenses, and rents, or ob-
taina on their credit; and to the extent that 
their property and business are diminished by 
the terrible misfortune that ha* smitten them, so 
is the revenue of the city diminished; and, as 
our citizens are retrenching expense* to meet the 
exigencies and keep within thaw means, so must 
the iuuBicinel jtoTernment do likewise, 
FTSAMCUJL 
CONDITIO* OF T B S O T T . 
Heavy as the biow ha* been that has struck us, 
I am not discouraged. Our mantoipat law at, like 
these of the oitiaea*, will soon be repaired, and 
r»y judicious management of our city affairs, the 
-.ceple will the sooner recover from their losses, 
ad thus be able, in a abort time, to bear 
: tie burden* of taxation without oppression. I 
11 aall proceed to state, in brief form, the present 
| seal condition of the city, as I gather it from 
I oftVial source* : 
itebt Dee. l, 1)71.... 
ut may be deducted bonds hail in tbe 
suistag tuad 
#14,103,000 
&37.000 
This debt to composed of the following 
utdea debt—old issues 
. . . . . . . . . . „ . „ . - • 
uaded debt—new issue*,. 
-boot boada.. 
. . . 
•hool coastrmction bonds. 
wt-rag* bonds 
: v«sr anprovemeat 
Ater bonds... 
* , , , : « * • . . . v » • 
» » • * • » . . . . . • 
2.4US.000 
I ii addition to the bonded debt, it to offlctolly re-
I rted to me that there i* a floating debt conatot-
lag of : 
rtifiestes ttf 
1 n settled ctonns tor *«epeatog tbe eaaal to ex-
cess of th* *X,a»,oas a a t b o A e d by taw 
urrent e'spsaaes tor November about... 
VaJW 
Tunnel balance, andother Item*. 
«VMt 
Total, about. 
Tbe 
Comptroller 
e s t i m a t e s O M 
e n s e * for t h e remainder of t h e 
1441,000. 
There 
stand* to the credit of 
rand* t h e following 'unexpended 
Water 
ater 'fund, from sale ml baadi 
st-bool touldtog, tram s*to«f M 
ie«tal aasestoafhi oateotod.. 
•idewsll fund 
. . . . . . . . 
:form bebool fund 
seat Ttf 
general *x-
" at 
i«%i*a 
SO, 000 
Total. 
«*Tcim 
t 
e i pease*, 
om these funds tbe City Government bas 
emporaitry drawn tor payment of current 
a pen***, to be replaced when needed 
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i,an. 
euz.ua 
The Oomnse*, CetBMiLat a 'late meeting, appro-
:rtotcdtl40,ai» of the Water fund for repair* of 
: tie Water Works 'and extensions of mains, which, 
hen expended, will reduce the Water fund to 
57.303. 
By the ftoWeer mode of doing business with the 
mkm nothing waa paid by them to the city on 
deposit*, while high rate* of internet were 
•aid by the city for temporary accommodations -
be money loaned actually being the city'# own 
und* The totereetthne absurdly paid, amounted 
k ver>' large item hi. the annual expenditure of 
city. 
BAD rnAcncn wnwai gat ouix> B« najronnxn. 
rom time immemorial ft ha* been the practice 
tbe municipal government to anticipate Its 
enuee from nine to twelve month* before they 
re received, a practice which I unqualifiedly 
ndemn as Imprudent and improper, and which, 
rust, will be reformed at am early data. The 
•y taxes am c*4tocted in the spring, bat as fast 
they are paht la, they are needed, fat the 
tudation of •eating debt aa_ 
* ims, and when, those are settled and 
.. the year's tax** arc exhausted, and 'tor' 
-»dne of the fluent rear the government to sap-
ped by batiowtnjr. from special fund*, or tie 
• :iks, by issuing certificate* of indebtedneat, or 
*ort lag to other flnauctol devtoaa. Thi* hi all 
ong. 
There 
should 
always he la the 
reasury 
a 
anntetoaOy 
large 
balance to 
<t 
eurtaat 
expeases. 
Ticre yet • re> 
uns 
four 
month* of 
this 
fiscal 
year, 
d during that time- very little revenue will be 
ntng into the Treasury fro** taxation, rants, or 
use*, and, cnaee^ucatly, the city mast borrow 
oa 'the banks, or others, to) defray current ex-
sea, until It can repay from the annual taxes. 
Hi: fur 
A T U t t t T ASSISTANCE nE*I>**KD BT TaTS *TAT*. 
CitT Treasury weald begreatty eatbarrassed 
meet the 
that" 
of publto preperty by the fire wa* «a*te se-
g; add telito the heavy redaction of reveaee 
i taxe* aad water rant* erased by the fire. 
le uponto 
DOS 
id^ti^siaavitswB to th* Oon^totton to 
>« eity daafl, aad the three tnings combtoed 
ould feave the dtp ia a dUenana, had it l o t 
ten for th*..State »topping promptly forward 
„I -i.iliit.mi H tlit iftj TTT money it had ad-
..ncrdtataaaxat* tor th* ceaapfattoa of th* 
i irhigaa amflllMaato Qsaal. The State had re-
,.rVed to . Itoau th* right 
to 
do 
thto 
he or torn nl centmot 
with 
th* ottjy, 
^ he eaaal m new in. the compssto 
lof tbe 
State, 
free of 
ail 
.1 nd sure to yield a handsome-
* hito the ptooeed* of the ;. 
to the eltj to rebaild It* 
school house*, aad other structure*; tomatotaia 
ts credit sad laHijaot* It* snweraatoat ants the 
.•rtoto to pa*** lito ttoaely relief thus rendered 
w ill iiaat**toBy' qntohen the reatoeatte* at oar 
eity to it* fornier m^M** 
pgwar> whth it caa 
reward the State farII* fvtojr o j torge contribu-
tion*'to itpWwvtBnr. 
'M»Jhre|rgra|wtoo| 
Chicago weaver*© due ' 
General / 
their Mad._ 
Tbe sum the State has engaged to p 
suuetures, macbiiia*, bridge*, 
side walks, fixture*, and furniture must be reauilt 
and replaced at the earliest practicable irMrment. 
as they are indispenaible to tbe eity and citizens, 
OTHKM a r n i t t r A L LOS8U BT THK Fin*. 
But the destruction of this property is not the 
only loss suffered by the corporation. Thd burn-
ing of records, vouchers, books, papers, tax war-
rants, a»e«*toent-roDa, etc., will necessarily oc-
casion much toes, confusion and eanbarrassuieut 
to the City Government. Buttt 1* believed that 
a large part of the apparent Iocs of offiuUi 
know .edge and data can be supplied from other 
source*. Still the pecuniary loss to the eity will 
be considerable in the destruction of the evi-
dence of delinquent taxes and special 
Tbe book* and papers destroyed, ot a 
reported to me as follows: 
Mmvof* Offtee— Kverytuias to the Mayor's 
destroyed by tbe are, but no public records 
Dieuts were kept tber*. 
rrtjiiOewjBtrolfei-#<p*»-Ali tbe teeords,neck*,pa-
perCand ales of the Comptroilert office, from its 
nueiMeiBt-m down to tbe date of the fire, are destrt 
Fortunately for tbe city, tbe cbarter baa, sine* 
required 
the 
Comptroller 
to 
publish 
an 
anal 
statement 
of 
receipts 
and 
expendi-
ture* and liabilities of tbe city, and. stove IM%. 
t«» publish a montbty statement of receipts aad expen-
ditures. 
Prom tbe published proceedings of the Coat-
niuB Council, all of which are obtainable, tbe general 
financial capdittoa of th* city np to SeptemberTfen, 
can be ascertained. 
The September statem eat which 
wa* j repared and ready for publication was burnt 
< « i tlerk'n 
Gfflet—Oaiy the books, proceeding, and 
documents destroyed totextbe am efasptembw. A H 
documents prevlons to that time in tbe vault are pre 
served in good condition srhieh is -
they are o f more raraetotae crtyt 
and paper* that were loat. 
Citwrrmmmrm't 
i 
than all tbe books 
OMee—A U books sad vouchers in bis 
bands destroyed; but the public mou«y» were deposited 
to bank vault* and are safe. 
las 
Commimomcf* 
O0m~-All 
of tbe real estate as-
«es<a)tent books for the year 1871 and all of tbeanhrdak* 
of personal property are saved or restored 
Also 17 
volumes of mas* of the Booth and North Divisions 
also,J3 volniuea of maps hi blank; allot the schedules of 
property as described and assessed from 1837 to 1871 in-
clusive are saved. All other records of this office were 
destroyed. 
.. 
City Cirtitctor'* Ofitee— Alftae special assessment rolls 
and books, 'the general tax-warrants ot urn, am, aad 
W ' a n d 
J ^ B 5 ^ e 5 ^ j » £ ? P « t y tax, tuseeOoeted frt>m 
tbe years last to 1870, toclnsive; also all other books, 
memormnda, etc., were destroyed. 
Tbe Collector also 
repoi-t* the toss of " some tea thousand dollars to 
money, bank checks, orders on Treasurer, besides re-
ceipts, reports, and many other documents, tbe value 
of which it would be difficult to estimate." 
Board of PubHc WVrfce—Saved all books, vouchers, 
etc., belonging to the bookkeeper's department, and 
also the principal books of the special assesment de-
partment ; all other books and memoranda were de-
stroyed. 
Bmrtmf 
JPtthee and Fir*—All 
books, records, and 
nieutafanda ef this o^partinent are blotted o u t 
Jfeatta J%avtiiui*'~-The toss of books and papers 
" M o w r t (& D . A - A I I the books and dockets fi* 
stroyed. 
Polite 
amrt(W,J).J~-Tlm 
books, dockets, *hx,-re-
main intact, not having been to the fire. 
Police Court (M.JD.)-A11 
tbe books and dockets de-
stroyed, 
; 
Soorrf of JSdueation— All books, records and doca-
ments destrbyed, exeept record of tbe proceedtogs of 
tbe board 
XXPLAXATION. 
This list of destroyed reoerds and papers may 
convey an exaggerated idea of tbe actual damage 
done. The system of keeping tbe city accounts 
was such that but little loss will be sustained by 
the city by reason of the destruction of the 
Comptroller's record*. To illustrate: The ap-
propriation for the board of Public Work* 1* 
nearly one-third ot the total annual appropria-
tion, and, including special aaftessiuento, is more 
than half of all the money expended on city ac-
count The board make out a voucher for an ex-
penditure and iteud it to the Comptroller's office, 
keeping a duplicate in their own office. The 
board aiso keep books of account, showing tbe 
expenditures of appropriation* for and vouchors 
issued by the board. The board of Public Works 
saved their books, records, vouchers, etc , and to 
this extent the records of (he Comptroller's office 
can be replaced. So that ft will be impossible 
for claimants to defraud the city by false claims. 
The appropriations for the Police and Fir* De-
partments, amounting to about tooo.ooo, are large-
ly made up of the pay rolls of policemen and fire-
men , and they were paid on Saturday preceding 
the fire except a few who were ou special duty. 
The usual course of business in the Comptroller's 
office, combined with the personal recollections of 
theComptrtdier and his clerks, will enable that office 
to prevent double payments, or fraudulent pay-
ments, and the danger of such will be over with 
when the payment* for the month of November 
are completed. 
It le in the destruction of the records, rolls and 
warranto of the City Collector's oiHoe that I ap-
prehend the city will suffer the great jet loss. The 
City Collector, when an assessment to made, or a 
tax levied, receive* a warrant for its collection. 
Rives the notices ren^ired by law, and reports 
once in each year, generally in March, to the 
court, the delinquent* upon all real property 
and special a**e*ament account* which come 
into hi* bands, the latter 
prior to the 
aist of October, and of the real property war-
rapt* prior to the preceding second Sunday of 
December. 
Upon this report the Court renders Judgment 
and issue* a precept to the Collector to collect 
from the property against which a judgment 1* 
rendered tn favonof the city, the amount of the 
tax or aasesaatent It fortunately so happened 
that tbe sale* under these precepts had been 
made prior to the fire. The property appealed, 
and upon which tbe appeal was perfected can bo 
ascertained by referring to tbe transcript in tbe 
Supreme Court of the State. Some of the appeals 
prayed for were not perfected. 
In these oases it 
may be difficult to establish the proof of the 
facts, a* the court record* were all destroyed. 
Some injunctions were also pending, the record* 
of which were destroyed. 
All the personal property tax warranto 
destroyed; upon these warranto no Judgment of 
the 
court is 
obtained. 
The amount of 
uncollected persona! taxe* for 18T0 I 
have 
not 
learned, but the turn wa* doubttoat 
eon* iderable. 
The Comptroller's last 
shows that there were delinquencies on 
it had been obtained, amounting a* fol-
MajM 
. bttJC* 
. 131,437 
General tax warrant for 13*7 
General tax warrant for lass 
General tax warrant tor toot 
Cacollected April 1,1*71 
... 
The prospect of hereafter oollec ting much of 
these taxe* is not very flattering, to say the least. 
Much of the property itself hi* been destroyed 
by the fire. 
All special a see sum eat warranto issued since 
October 31, 1370, were destroyed: and, what is 
worse, but very little had been collected on these 
warrants. I suggest to your honorable body that 
it would be advisable to repeal those assesamento, 
refund the moneys collected, if any, and make a 
new 
assessment 
if, 
indeed, ft be possible 
hereafter 
to 
make 
any 
assessments 
which can be collected, under the recent de-
cisions of the reconstructed Supreme Court to 
which I 'refer etoewhare. At alt create, the first 
step, in my opinion, that should be taken by the 
Common Council Is to repeal all these aeseas-
menta, for no ftrther collection is possible a* the 
matter now stand*. 
BOXED OA PPBXJC WORKS n X T S K D I T C n a * . 
The expenditure* of the Beard of Pahtto Worm* 
from April 1,18T0, to April l, i*n, ware a* follows; 
From direct taxes 
$1,M&.017 
SpecialaaacsawsBts. 
-..-. 
3,SS,*J3 
From the sato of bonds for— -
Walei" rand.............................. »^*i,tSa,tto 
sewerag* ma*.*,,,,.,.....,,,.,........ ast,tt*f 
Otty Bridewell fund. 
to,<74 
City Mall fund.. 
i z i j t o 
laCslto street tunnel fund 
Canal deepening fund 
Total from sale of 
te*4,aw 
Total expandttore 
, 
ffS3MS7 
P r o m April l . l f f n , t o December 1, ton, being 
eight m o n t h * of the present fiscal y e a r : 
From direct taxes. 
- 
14.127,450 
from special iiotwasiimta 
tS5i»4is 
Front proceeds of ton*** tor eaaal, seweisge, 
water, tunnel, e t c . . 
i.TltTrt 
to the 
their 
and 
for 
«a,MM**, of 
t» ooo, and I aat ••aau.iif we caa depaad apun 
15.000 more la tin**'far thepaytnent 
Governor 
SwiL 
' • engaged to pay for the 
mortgage ea 'the eaaal to 
ha* aliaady been received 
epem 
of thaJaau-
. totereeton the city dehC ai fattew*: 
State • per cent 'bead*. 
- 
- 
*-"**dfMIS{ 
Canal tolla...... 
J l i g 
jBtoois Central 
ten 
• • - - * *ffiff 
Funds in Stat* Treasury. 
- 
" ' " 
Total. 
..*., 
ftoMWf 
rx I asset contra© Off*. 
The amount of interest'!* pay Jaaaarf 1, lff% 
* tapMto, toss tbe Interest on the siatelag fa%« 
aosMta. which the Cwanetl may. 
thiafe, 
of the 
to pay 
1 
whtoh the 
order eaacettod. The 
. about »i»,oatv 'wiM ' he _ 
SrWge boiidsrs and fire aad poiee farce. 
O* *** ifi**/11^!1*** * • AtoF loo* *o* taMT0 
from the IHhantoCeatral tax, to apply oa the » ' 
interest of tk«eitrdaw*; aad from September to 
»«««"»k^»ifflJ'x?BflP^.lt9l8Jfw» »** eaa-half 
laitl tax, whtoaw'Bl yuad tr**piS'-, atoe, Jannarr 
v igis, |3to,oa» frowi the inineto Central tax, and, 
eerbap*. WM** from tbe tells of the canal, mak? 
la^aKaldwrlMtmoftt.445 000. 
TbtowUlstUl 
Jeave to be i*o*ir\at In IJM, inednulag latetwst, 
•ossethtogaMstowhaall^aw^an. 
By tie end of 
^tatttooe we 'Can reaaoaably neae that the eity 
will 'have •»» far recovered from all tto texmeass 
losses a* to need no more exterior **stotaace9 but 
he able to uwer, frata taxattoa. an due* and de-
maad* that amy bo brought eganwt tt. 
*gbBXtt»* 
or aogDe. 
"The only porttaa, of' the funded debt that ma-
tares tmJm, b the asaall amount of JtoMOf. fper 
cent boada, du« ftoeenahar l, lfft, 
Oafir WJMiaf 
staking fund hstias. I as* iataased bytheCanap-
arcltor; are repaired to Ito pawhaaed wtthto tac-
it year; aad oaly iftavaw of bond* faM_due to 
3; 1*7,000 m mutmWm mims, sad m&» ta 
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Total stoc* April last 
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A* befaro *ant*d, tea Comptroller estimate* the 
smeaat of money reaatoed far the remainder of 
the fiscal wear at »,i«.*to, to ha supplied by tax-
ation. Thto doe* not tocfad* expense* oa aceount 
of Water Work*, sycuitei •wsowtnento, or any funds 
in er edit from the sale of bonds. 
TAXES COMING VCK 
The Comptroller also caumato* the amount of 
taxes that will be daw under the present aims* 
men*, after 'mating rebate, for loss of property by 
fire, at *a,2ft»,ca3, from which eouaiderahto dedae-
tions must be made for deUnqueaeto* and resist-
ance of jaymeat A els** of property-solder* 
have aeqt Jtoed the had habit of contesting ia the 
court* the payment of all taxes, and harassing 
the city with appeals, rntnnctiim*, aad other litT 
gtm* device*, baaed on alleged informalities to 
•seevsment or judgment whereby the city is de-
frauded cut of targs sums of money Justly dne it 
It Is so longer safe to reckon on an estimated 
amount of r*venue from a glfan valuatioa of 
property and per cent of taxation. Some remedy 
must be devised to correct this growing eflT, 
which is nurtured aad. spread by a class of speotoi 
pleading, technical attorneys, said to he compen-
sated by contingent fens, aad who .meet with re-
markable fa vorln th* court*, especially of late, to 
'the work'of tapping sad mining th* revenue* i l 
the city. 
»a isoaa aractAt Assaautaarrs. 
In (.hi* survey of the present conditio* *f 
' fhav* i 
municipal 
have not 
very important —Iter. I refer ta the system of 
making improveaue ns* by special assessments on 
the property benefit**!. Tito system is a* old a* 
the cVtoiy&.andsndcr U tto^mon.y 
procured for opening aad widening i 
and altojs. aad impxwvtog streets, and ... 
cidowsiSN to the extent of assay hundred mile*. 
How many miflloa© of dollars .hare been raised by 
*ectteJ: aatooaasead aad eapandwd under the direo-
ol the Board of Pahlto Works for these ohjeott I 
ass ant prepared to state, hat it must exceed 
g ^ i s ^ S n n i a i a e Ceurtef the State, slaae Its 
KjioHlsatlfcaTStor th* .MOW Constitution, ha* 
•jade decision* overrultag all its former deetotoa* 
which carried to the* ultimate •eqneaees, work 
a perfect revototttoa *a the system of SJ 
•Meataseafo. ••*4. *fd*ed evertiuww titea 
Th* •Oowetattoa, Caeassel give* It^J»Wfoi 
that theoc tot* «%etoiaas of the Suiweaie Ctoart 
hare so aaasttlcd the tow of assessments 
as te render to tospSMahte tor the dty teewttoaO 
it* improvestente aader the prrseat chartor, un-
tosstt to drrirfd^llal^iltoeast hataafterof sti 
sid^a^buikSk^^hell^lpwid by fsasraf aus-
at.«a. The enurt ha*. *a!eoa*traedthe-towthat: 
lbete stem* to be no- posst*** way of njsJBBjf* 
* pceial .*«c**ssscnt to par the cost of met m-
provemcat, 'that-amy .aat be dafested by »ay in-
terested patty wbo restate papawat. The worst 
feature of these revolutionary daatotoas to the 
piecavssaaat to which they piaee stther the Cfty 
Go vei a a m t er the «H»tr*T1o« fat^watif' already 
- bat not pant for. There isuet^arfrom a 
mUlioa of dollars due to contractors for work 
done and materials furntohed, naAsr theprovto-
ioBs of the' charter anthorixtog special nn£ i - -
a»ents,and 'these claimants a n already tfefoatv 
ettlag the city with suite for the aatoanto due 
thtm fross (he person* whose, nrowrrty received 
the apectol benefit from 
thJT iliproveatonto. 
I nave a 
list of uncolloeted sssesssaent* 
which foots up the torge sum of tr*M»4.ii. Of 
this amount, all exeept ta*s^.afi to pending to 
the courts, either by Injunction or an appeal to 
the Supreme Cearf, principally to the totter, 
Soxae now oa appeal are rcacocBgrnenta. amouat-
ing, perhspa, to iUaJto. Thto, added to the 
tm.449. makes the mm. about tt»,M8, which have 
been decided adversely to the city, an the appli-
cation for Judgment upon the original or first 
assessment. 
If the ,TBeyjreh " decision to ad-
hered to by the court, this amount will be last, 
either by the city or the coateactors, and this 
will be only the first instalment of the losses 
that will fan on the city or contractor*. 
A brier statement of the points decided by the 
court will convince your honorable body that I 
have not magnified or over-stated the grave ooa-
srquences that must flow from the change of 
views held by that court. 
In the 
recent 
caa* of Btoh 
at. the 
City, 
the 
Court 
ha* 
decided 
that 
the 
finding 
of 
she Appraisement Con-
niiseioners is not emtclwite, but that it is only a 
means devtoed by the legislature to get parties 
into court; sad that upon the application for 
Judgment a party obketing to Judgment may 
show that he is assessed too much for benefit*; 
that he to not allowed enough damage* for th* 
property condemed; to fact that ha may show 
an j thing meritorious or technical which toad* to 
show that the assessment ought aat to ho col-
lected from him. 
The Court also now held* that the objector Is 
enMtltd to a Jury trial, aad, of course, a right of 
appeal from its verdict to the Supreme Court 
thus entailing endless litigation and delay 
en 'the eity. The Rich ease wa* upon a condemna-
tion proceeding, to wit : widening Michigan 
avenue. 
Following th* Rich ease, the Supreme Court 
have decided the case of Creotc ef. City, ftae *$. 
City, and one or two others, affirming those 
named in which the rale laid down ia tie Rich 
ea*e. Is applied to the Improvement of streets, 
except 
that the Court 
ha* not «toeided 
'that the objector in an Improvement proceeding 
is entitled to a Jury trial, leaving that point still 
open. 
The charter requires that an assessment shall 
be made for benefits and in the proportion of ben-
•cflta conferred. Rut there happen* to be no pro-
vision in the charter which direct* the Court, if It 
finds that the party to assessed too high, or not 
enough to reemwt the assessment and have the pro-
per tion maintained i but the enact of those late 
decisions is, that if the assessment apoa one lot 
to defeated, the whole assessment necessarily 
falls. Even if the Court should modify their 
opinion so as to hold that the assessment is de-
feated only as to the party succeeding in sustain-
ing his objections, it will leave the city in an un-
enviable position as to its assessments. In the 
determination of the question of benefits there 
will be no fixed rule or basis to act upon. It will 
be impossible for any Commissioners to assign 
befits that the Judge and j ui-y will agree with as 
to each and every amount assessed or valuation 
In September last the Supreme Court, under it* 
new organisation, delivered another opinion—not 
yet published, which seems to knock the last 
prop from ander the city, in regard to making 
special assessments. It ia the case of Beygch m. 
City, in which the two former decisions of that 
Court, in the Ward and LafHn eases, are directly 
overruled and reversed. The Court now holds 
that if the first assessment to invalid for any 
reason, technical or otherwise, no new or re-
assessment can be made. A petition for a re-
hearing was made in both the Rich and Beygeh 
case*, and granted in the Rich, but not yet in the 
The same court, last September, in the esse of 
the City TA Norton, I am informed, made a de-
cision taut the city was liable for a part of the 
assessment, assessed upon property not liable by 
law to be assessed, and used language intimating 
a general liability of the city to the contractor 
for all work done, including special assessment 
work. 
It to tbe intimation In this last deci tion that bas 
caused the contractors to threaten suit aguiust 
the city tor special assessment work. 
The court 
seemitfoplace the city to this dilemma: By revers-
ing its former decisions It reader* It impossible 
for the city to make a valid assessment that will 
stand Its fire, and then intimates that the eon-
tractor may eottoet his claim from the city, be-
cause the assessment was not properly made! 
Tbe liability of the city to contractors to thus 
stated in Section 17, Chap. S, of the charter: " Any 
person taking contracts with the city, and who 
agrees to be paid from special assessments, shall 
have no claim or lien upon the city to, anyetmU, 
except from the collections of the special assess-
ments made for work contracted for; and no 
work to be paid for by a special assessment shall 
be let sseepl to a wmiroctor, or contractors, who 
u-ill to agree," 
This language of the law seems to be plain, ex-
plicit and peremptory, but the contractors expect 
to circumvent it under the new doctrine laid 
down by the court, and that, too, in the face of 
their own written contract*, in which "they 
agree to make no claim against the city on ac-
count of special assessment except from the col-
lections of the same according to Section 17, 
Chapter s, of the revised charter of said eity." 
In view of these recent decisions, the only safe 
recommendation I can make to your honorable 
body is, to direct all contracts revoked involving 
special assessments, aad to recall all warrants 
outstanding for the collection of special assess-
ments, and to put a stop at once to all improve-
mento being made on account of such arajrnn 
ments. Let us ascertain to a certainty the exact 
liability of tbe city in all condemnation proceed-
ings for tbe widening extending, or improving of 
streets, alleys, and sidewalks. No other course to 
safe or Justifiable at this time, in the face of the 
recent and unlooked-for decision* of the Supreme 
Court 
WHEAT PROPEKTT-OWireaS MI78T DO. 
When the property-owners hereafter desire to 
have new streets laid out, or streeto extended or 
widened, or graded, macadamised, or block-
paved, let them be required to cater into an 
agreement with the city, waiving right of appeal, 
stay of Judgment, or any claim oa the city for 
damages in connection with such improvements. 
Require them also to make contracts, directly, 
with the contractors for the work to be done and 
materials furnished for improving their streets, 
alleys, and sidewalks, in order, that the contrac-
tors shall hare no pretence of claim against the 
city for work done for the special benefit of indi-
vidual*. 
There are no funds to the Treasury now, nor 
likely to be, for a long tins*, with whtoh to pay for 
street extensions or widening*,cr pavings, and 
the dtp is prohibited from borrowing money and 
adding to the municipal debt, for these or any 
other purposes. It will be all the city can possibly 
do, to keep the present improved streets in re-
pair and clean all the streets in this wide-spread 
city. 
KKTRKSCBaaMT ANX> BOOKOXtT T H S OSDBK OF T 8 S 
DAT. 
The lavish expenditure heretofore Indulged in 
by the Board of Public Works, Board of Educa-
tion and other department* must be peremptori-
ly terminated from the sheer fata* of necessity, 
if nothing else. The two or three millions a year 
obtained froea the sato ef bond* aad added to the 
city debt, which was the pleasant practice, is for-
bidden in th* future by the new constitution j 
and the two or three millions annually obtained 
ironi special a-eeewment* is prohibited by the 
Supreme Court The only remaining source of 
revenue (with the exception of rents, licenses snd 
the canal lien money) to from direct taxation on 
paps*to- according to valuation. The time has 
aow cease for the introduction of a rigid system 
ef retrenchment in all branches of the municipal 
government the "pay as you go" principle 
mast now be adopted and adhered to. 
There to nothing that will afford such financial 
relief to the city, at thto time, as retrenchment 
It to onr surest resource, and better than any 
credit; we caa draw upon it to a remarkable ex-
tent 
When we borrow we must repay with in-
terest, but when we ***• aa expense there is no 
debt created, and neither principal or interest to 
provide for. 
The fire-fiend came like a thief ta the night and 
caught our municipal government UTing in excess 
of its income, with a loose discipline ia some de-
partments, inefficiency in others, and extrava-
gance 
in all. 
It will 
be 
no 
easy 
matter 
to 
reform 
the 
luxurious taste* 
and expensive habits of the past or to enforce ia 
the future, close economy upon independent 
customed to have the use of all the money they 
desired. But the Common Council has some pow-
er left under our singular charter, to hold tbe 
furse-strtugs sad impose restrictions and 11 mi ta-
lon* on expenditures, and to force down the cost 
of supporting * municipal government within 
the tax-paying ability ofour crippled people, and 
I pledge myself to aid you ia thto duty to the full 
extent of the small fragment of executive power 
left in the hands of the Mayor under our peculiar 
charter. 
DISCHAKGfi 
BBDCC-
you control, to the extent of about w per cent, 
1STfhanested of on* year. I am of thaoptatoa 
that the members of the different boards, ap-
OF OFFTCR-HOLDFRS AND 
TJO* OF SALAAJ KM. 
There should be, in mj opinion, a complete 
overhauling of all expenditures in all the deaart-
ssaato of the city, with a view of ascertaining 
v. herein and to what extent reductions caa ha 
made. I ana persuaded that the aarvioes of hun-
dred* ef persons now oa the. pay-roll* can ah dis-
pensed with and. their salaries saved to the Treas-
ury ; aad that a multitude of expenses eon be 
kipped off without detriment to the public i&> 
teresto. 
This is no time for the city to support super-
numeraries or retain stoeeare*, or keep on it* 
pay-roil* met* employes than it ha*, work for, 
when Ts.000 of our worthy and industrious citt-
ern* are burnt out of hoaie and haahseas,. winter-
tog in sheds and barrack* erected by the money 
of strangers, and subsisting oa the charities of 
sympathisers, sad when th* ability to pay take* 
is limited to the remnants of property uude-
vourcd by the fire. 
nrvawiGATiow RVdesstpD. 
In view of the existing state of things, I rec-
oaamend the appointment of a apectol committee, 
whose duty it shall be to make a searching fn-
vestigstioB into the detail* - of the municipal ser-
vice, for the purpose of ascertaining where tt to 
poeelfeta to retrench expeases; and, in thto con-
nection, I would suggest the adTtosbtlity of re-
ali salaries over which the charter give* 
, to the extent of about W per Mat, 
I am of the 
fit, ap-
will cheerfully co-
operate to making the proposed reduction, which 
would save the Treasury at toast half a million ef 
dollars. 
^ . 
If I comprehend the mean ing of the recent ma-
ulclpsl election, one of Its chief purpose* wa* to 
secure the retoraa* aad Btaaoaslaawhlch I have 
•amed, aad the people will be bitterly^dteappotot-
ed and indignant tfthey are apt fairly carried 
MONHaPAt coaairrrroirs. 
'For several'yaars a*n*jt*a*jteaa. have witness-
'and a toeling ef d**po*Hfc aiy! aadalmost dwpalr 
came over them. Honesty, ••sand "fa.aave de-
parted from th* majority of those hotdtag place* 
of trust or honor, fa some eittos knavish combi-
nation* of unscrupulous partisaa* had seised 
upon the municipal government bF foul and cor-
rupt means, and then rioted to proagoteexpeadi-
taie. Taxes increased atarmlngty. 
Municipal 
rndebtednets swelled frtojhtiatty. Hhe earnings 
of the people were rapidly transferred to tbe po*-
seastea of the rulers, and their property was beine 
hopetoasry mortgaged at the auruc time The des-
perate, vtctoas, and eriantoal classes- were placed 
en tbe city pay-rolls, aad ah*tea*oef»«e*fersatel-
tite* ware created by 'the thousand. Sach, at least, 
ha* been the experience of the coninterctol empo-
rinua of the nation. The evil exanvpto of the New 
York municipal rule infected, to'creator or to** 
degree, afl the municipal goverumeate in the 
TJnloa. Did Chicago wholly escape from the coa-
taminattou t Can Tr lie shown by the increase of 
our toxatton or funded debt t Ifearnot, ! 
But rascality, •sooner er later j overate ?« all 
bounds of shame, negleete' to caver in tracks, 
and Buddeuly stands exposed and coofoundedby 
*n indignant aad ^plundered coaxaunrty. This 
was the result in New York, where the citizens, 
totpaUed by the iasttoto ef scir-prcaerratien, 
arote ew ataass snd overthrew their thimish 
i uiers. A portion of the.aame tidal wave seeeM 
to have reached this eity, and it would be well 
for those entaavtefl'W'lth the Imposition of taxes, 
and the expenditure of public money, to be 
admentohed as to its warning si«nlilcance. 
Wheat the toaan-lpal raters of' a city are sober, 
npright, sad' benest * 'men, and discharge their 
duties with integrity and di;rniry, they set an 
inesfetlble cxsmple tor good 
before their 
Utog 
thai 
fellow.citisens which powerfully 4* 
promotes inmsnuH) honesty and fair 
asnona all etossss. A mmuielpal government that 
practise* economy and honesty encourages the 
same twtxm 
amonc tip* masses, promotes coa-
tentmant, aad dtomarage* the growing evil 
celled "irregularity in Recounts." if muncip«l 
heads ef boards want their authority, resp oted, 
they must respect themsalves, aad show by their, 
actions thht they are worthy of the respect of 
their subordinates, 
every oflfcial should, la 
honor, s* rve the peento as fairly and faithfully 
as he would serve himself. A higlwntuded or 
honorable man entrusted with office will he more 
scrupulously careful in handling the money of 
t i s teQow-oitUetta than m expending his 00a. 
. I t 
is the duty of the Government of Clucasro to sot a 
good and and pure example, not only before its 
own citizens, but before the other municipal gov-
ernments of the Union. The perpetuity of toe 
notion itself depends upon th* character of the 
m».nicipaflties. If they break down by vice aad 
dishonesty, the national 
the dust 
edifice will erumble to 
caannsTiBLE cBAnAOTBn OF Taa OITT. -
No more important questions can engage year 
attention than those of the future fire limits, aad 
a reliable supply ef water for the extinguishment 
of fires. The first is to the nature of prevention, 
and the second of cure ; and I shall briefly dis-
cuss them in the order of their importance. Oa 
the »th of October more than so.eoo habitetloas 
and bnctnea* ptoses were deatruyed by Are ins 
single day. SO enormous a los* of property i a so 
incredibly stout space of time, finds no parallel 
in tbe history of conflagrations, ft 1* not dirti-
cult te explain the cause of this sudden and tre-
mendous destruction of property. •There was no 
other oitj upon the fan* el' the earth where all 
the condition* for sach a disaster could be found 
in equal perfection. To begin with, the city of 
Chicago is situated on the lake border of a bound-
less prairie, swept continually by high winds. It 
contained «0,0O» ptoe-built structures, and a few 
thousand 01 brick or stone. The pre vailing winds 
of tue autumn are invariably from the west and 
•outhwest. 
faa solidly 
built parts of the 
city, 
and containing 
the most 
values, 
lay to the eastward of the mwiiltastute porttonj 
and were completely flanked and commanded by 
them. Each year the wooden parte of the city 
have filled up thicker and thicker with the most 
inflammable of all building materials, vis: pine. 
Pur mile* square there wa* little but pine struc-
tures, pine sidewalks, pine planing mills, mauu-
faotni e* of pfn* aad pine lumber yard*. ! 
A hot parching, southwestern gale ef many 
days duration hadabsorbedevery particleof mois-
ture from the vast aggregation ef piue, of which 
the city was mainly constructed, and reduced it 
to the condition of tinder. A fire broke out in the 
night to tue b* art of this com fustible material; the 
fuj tons wtodapreadit quickly aad<tweptitonward 
restotlefsly. 
When the storm of fire reached the 
South Branch it had acquired such strength and 
volume aa to leap over it as though it were a tiny 
rivulet. 
It fed on the dry pine tenements on 
its fine of march and spreading right and left 
swept everything before it with the besom of de-
struction, until it died out for la ok of more pine to 
devour. 
What lesson should this cruel visitation teach 
us f Shall we regard it as one of fortuitous oc-
currence which only happens at long; i otervals and 
is beyond human foresight or control 1 Such a 
conclusion coastitues our great future danger. A 
blind, unreasoning infatuation in favor of pine 
for outside walls, and pine covered with paper 
and tar for roofs, has possession of many of our 
people. 
It to thought to be cheaper than any 
other building material, when, in point of fact, ft 
is the dearest stuff, all things considered, that 
can be used. It is short-lived ; rote out in a few 
years: rapidly becomes shabby in appeirance, 
and of all building substances is th* most incen-
diary. There is no economy whatever la erecting 
tenements of pine. The difference In first cost be-
tween it and brick is not to exceed 15 or 30 per 
cent, and tim saving at the outset is soon lost in 
higher rates of insurance; larger consumption 
of fuel; 
more doctor*' bill*; 
incessant re-
pairs, and greater discomfort. 
The value of 
real property is reduced, aud its advance retarded 
by the presence of unsightly, decaying, and 
combustible wooden structures, and the owners 
are unable to procure loans on sach property on 
terms satisfactory, either a* to time, amount or 
rates of Interest. 
If we rebuild the city with this dangerous 
material, we have a moral certainty, at no dis-
tant day, of a recurrence of the late catastro-
phe. The chances of future destruction increase 
exactly In proportion to the multiplication of 
combustible structures on a given space. The 
sirocco blast from the southwest visits us every 
year. We have strong winds at nearly nil times 
from the west. All she conditions for great fires 
are, therefore, constantly present in the dry sea-
son. 
With oar present mode of supplying water, 
there is never an adequate quantity at the point 
of need to combat and promptly overcome a 
great fire. But no supply is sufficient to quench 
a fire, with twenty minutes' start, among thou-
sands of tinder-box structures, and propelled by 
an autumn gale in time Of drought. 
WHAT THK F U T U n a VrjUt-LIMlTS SHOULD BE. 
Can there be aary doubt as to our duty In view 
of these conditions and considerations t It seems 
to melt is obvious and imperative. 
Those who 
are intrusted with the management of public af-
fairs should take such measures as shall reader 
the recurrence of a like calamity morally impos-
sible. The outside walls and the roof of every 
building, to be hereafter erected within the limits 
of Chicago, should be composed of materials as 
Incombustible a* * 
slate. Seif-preservat 
So the preservation of the city is the highest duty 
of its rulers. Except for the most temporary 
uses, I am unalterably opposed, from this time 
forward, to tbe ereotion of a single wooden build-
ing within the limits of Chicago. 
The fire-limits, in my opinion, should be made 
oo-cxtensive with the boundaries of the city, and 
when the latter are extended, so should be the 
former. There is no line that can be drawn 
witb safety within those limits. 
Any Inner fire-line will occasion endless dis-
content, and will forever be assailed and broken. 
Draw it anywhere inside of the city limits, and 
it will be continually forced inward, and shrink 
back toward Its old aad useless boundaries. No 
satisfactory or logical reason can ever be given 
to interested persona why those next to and 
within the line should he prohibited from erect-
ing Incendiary structures, while their neighbors 
on tbe opposite auto of the street or alley are per-
mitted to indulge la that dangerous luxury. 
Either let us forbid the construction of those 
buildings which tend to Jeopardise the city, or 
allow all citizens an equal prlvdego to burn down 
tbeir neighbor*. Thto to a land of equal rights 
aad privileges, and the rule in regard to incendi-
ary structures should also bo equal and uniform. 
I can see no other way of securing the safety of 
the city and satisfying the citizens, than by 
treating all alike, aad extending the tire limits to 
the dry boundaries. 
Special privileges are 
Odious to. 0 republican country. 
In view of all the circumstances, I recommend 
that pour honorable body proceed to frame and 
perfect a fire ordinance that will give security 
and permanence to the future city. The existing 
wooden structures will gradually disappear by 
the ravages of fire and decay, and the desire to 
replace them with permanent edifices. In a few 
years we can have a city solid aad safe, durable 
mid beautiful. The enactment ot a lire-limits 
ordinance, comprehending the entire city, will 
add tens of millions to its credit abroad, and 
greatly appreciate the value of its realty at home, 
it is the wisest financial measure that can be en-
acted. 
AN 
WDEPENDEJVT SUFFLT OF WATER FOB FOIKS. 
The future safety of the city demands a better 
and more reliable supply of water for the extin-
guishment of fires than is afforded by the existing 
system. This fact was painfully demonstrated 
in the late calamity. When the pumping works 
succumbed, not a gallon of water could be 
procured by the Fire Department or the citizens 
with which to tight the fire, and hundreds, per-
haps thousands, of houses perished in conse-
quence thereof. The oily should not be left 
wholly dependent on those machines, because 
they are subject to many oontingeaeies tn addi-
tion to that which disabled them. Boiler* may 
explode and ruin the engines, or oat off the sup-
ply of ttesm; some of the machinery may give 
way while the other engines are idle, awaiting 
repairs ; valves may fail; a main may burst from 
overpressure, or other cause; fire may again In-
vade the works, or something else may happen 
at the critical moment, whtoh may again leave 
the fire Department helpless aad the city a prey 
°The ^p^rraphy ot the city forbids an elevated 
reservoir of capacity and pressure sufficient for 
the*iStiBgutohraent of serious tires, such as they 
have in Montreal, New York, Pittsburgh, aad 
other cities. But a simple, cheap, aad reliable 
substitute can be found in the construc-
tion of a system of subterranean reservoirs, 
one at every street creasing ia the densely-built 
portions of the city, aad at greater distances 
apart in the more sparsely built parts. These 
reservoirs may be connected by earthen 
such as arc used for sewerage purposes, ef 
quate diameter, aud supplied with water by arte-
- sian well* placed at proper diatanccs apart. The 
waterfrom*H'tl»weasto,each division of tbecity 
wonld thus be connected and made to flow into 
any reservoir from which the fire engines might 
be drawing water. A dozen artesian wells la 
either division of the city would supply water 
faster than the whole department fa action 
could conguato it. Th* stock of water in the res-
ervoirs ihemeefves would be invaluable ta great 
etoergeack*. 
" L 
. 
Only one engine caa draw water from a flre-
bvdrant, and the others usually have-to-go loag 
distances to find hydrants, and their dehvery-
power to greatly diminished by distance and fric-
tion of water in the hose, while the hose Itself i» 
burst a*d destroyed, ia great quantities at every 
severe combat with fire. But fttoal each of the 
proposed reservoirs several engine* ooaaf draw 
water, and thus, at short range, concentrate an 
irresistible discharge apoa the Are and quickly 
master it. 
Artesian water l« so warm that ft would never 
fltecse la the pipes, however shallow they were 
told, nor in the reservoirs, because the perpetual 
influx of the warm water would always keep the 
temperature above the freezing point The out-
flow of thto water to the North Division aad in 
tbe northern part ef the West Division ould -tto 
conducted into the North Branch of the Cnieag* 
River, aad materially aid ta its paifflcation, with-
out expense ta the cfty. In other portions of tap 
town, surplus water could be run Into the street 
sew em, there by aa vi ng the expense of " flashing " 
theui, aa now practised. In the season of street 
siu'inkling, the waterlog wagons could obtain 
water 
from .the Artesian fountains, there. 
by 
leaving 
a 
larger 
tupply 
for 
do-
mestic 
purpose*. 
There 
hat 
various 
other uses to which the waste water might ad-
vaatogeously be put, not necessary here to enu-
merate. 
The cost of the propose*! supply of auxiliary 
water would be insigaifloaat when compared, 
with its value in preiserving property aad adding 
te the safety of the city. Tift 1 tutnuai. taving of 
of 
Have 
of tbe eity 
de-
1 first cost of 
procuring It. Boaateon* Nature: hat 
our feet within easy reach, thto' 
water, awaiting our bidding to pour 
we the enterprise and sagacity to utilize ttt 
I ref«r the further consideration of thto impor-
tant subject to the wisdom ef your honorable 
body, Perhaps seam better pun te accomplish 
the end in view—the' safety ' 
structtou by fire—will be soi 
and carried into effect. Bui 
iabtd by the bitter and ten into experience 
of the past never again to depend exclusively on 
eat pumping works for a sore aud adequate sup-
ply of water for the reduction of a great contta-
giatiea, 
cosctrstoN. 
There are other important subjects to whtoh I 
would call 3pttr attention ware thto communica-
tion not already too loag. 1 But I. found it impos-
sible to discus*, the extraordinary condition of 
things in which the fire has placed tbe City Gov-
ernment in the brief space usually occupied by a 
Mayor's Inaugural, in concluding I point with 
pride and admiration to the gigantic efforts our 
whole peoptonr* putting forth to rise from the 
ruins, and rebuild Chicago, The money value of 
their losses caa hardly be calculated. But Who 
can compute the aggregate of anguish, distress, 
and suffering they hare endured and mast 
yet endure t 
These woan&tt see still sore 
end Bgcnitiag, though they have been greatly 
»*M**S' ' ^.J^ 
^P*o»:P\ generous, and 
world Wide chanties that have been poured out for 
their succor and relief: and' I claim iptka^ba-
half that they are showing themselves worthy the 
benefactions received. 
They have faced their 
calamity 
with 
noble 
fortitude 'sad un-
tiiaebtog 
courage. 
Repining 
or 
fantea-
t at ton to unheard 
In " .our midst but 
hope 
sad 
cheerfulness • are' every-where 
exhibited ami expressed. All are Inspired 'with 
an ambition to prove to the world that they are 
t-hi-
aad ~~r*Hf 
jan enooun-
' rppalr losses aad re-
raak among the groat 
„ of its sympathv-. ..•.una 
aaea, agut to show how* i>ravel• 
ter. disaster, ,,n«w- quickly 
store CalOago to her Mich 
eittos of the earth. 
^ ^ 
Happily there is that left which fire cannot 
coEa»*-4*aJMto of industry and self reliance. 
the flames devoured, and titose caa speedily re-
create more than was swept away. Under free 
^S!^.* e'«^,?oTerntaea*,ani the blessings 
of Providence, all losses wiSeoon be repaired^! 
?d by the fire assuaged, and a pros-
ever dreamt of wtll beachie v-
brief, that the rise will astonish 
even more than the taU, of Chicago, 
• "*m,s' 
a 
•» 
if 
Calomel fSathauatofl Mass si. 
-
Colette! Nathaniel RosseJu who was shot, 
yesterday, in purauaaee ofjhe sentence pro-
nooaced by the French Hilitary Commis-
sion, was bom in 1841, in Fiance, and entered 
the jwxuy at early age. HO Joined an engi-
neereorpa, and, having evfitced decided abil-
ity, ito was promoted rapidly, and had at-
taiiied the rank of Captain when only io his 
^bMSS? 
• ? • * « stationed at Metz, whsre, 
£ a l ~ l , < m */ hA8 mil't»ry Huties,he acted as 
Professor of 
Grammar in the Education 
League organized in that oily. He romainad 
at HotE during the fYaaco-German war, 
ana Was a zealous, faithful officer. 
He once 
tried to pass through the Oerman lines dis-
P^fff**^ Peasant, bnt was captured. 
But 
he acted the part of a peasant so well that 
ho escaped being shot, and was sent back to 
!!il ci f y- • W i l « B . at the close of October, 
1870, Bazaine surrendered fietz, Eossel was 
enraged almost to madaesat and endeavored 
to ptoise an uprising against the Germans 
Falling in the attempt, he J e d in peasant's 
attire, crossed the Germanjgnos, and through 
j * ! ? 1 
? °Stne> French prisoners, and reach-
ed Caatel-ht.-Germain, whaaee he continued 
his journey, while the rain was falling in 
torwEit*, to Luxemburg, and tbanceint© 
Belgium, 
Undismayed by the diaaatcrs befallinr the 
French arms, Rossel hastened to England, 
and thence proceeded to Toujrs, where he 
joined M. Gambetta, who f i v e him the rank 
of C©l*»el, and sent him to the North to rc-
j."the state of the fortified towns, aad 
Chief of Engineers at the Camp of 
Never*, When he learned of the treaty of 
peace he declared he would fight in the ranks 
of those opposed to it; and, on learning of 
the revolt in Paris, on t i e 18th of March, 
1871, he promptly ottered has services to the 
insurgents. He was placed in command of 
the Legion of the Seventeenth Arrondisse-
ment; but his zeal in establishing discipline 
displeased the committee In control, and 
be 
was placed 
under 
arrest 
on the 
2d 
of 
April. 
Finding 
about 
this 
time 
that 
Felix 
Pyat 
had 
violently 
assailed him in his journal, be went to the 
office, and remained there half the night, 
waiting to chastise 
Pyat, who. however, 
never came. 
Rossel was soon released, and 
was appointed Chief of Staff by General 
Cluseret, the Communist Minister of War. 
He next acted for about four days as Presi-
dent of the Military Court, a body charged 
with the trial of persons disaffected toward 
the Commune, and then was named Min-
ister of War. In this latter capacity he 
showed great zeal and activity: and, while 
other leaders wera ready, to betray their 
associates, 
Rossel 
remained 
faithful. 
His services, 
however, 
did not secure 
him from the displeasure of the fickle 
Communist authorities, for, on the 10th of. 
April, a decree was issued, again placing him' 
under arrest. He managed, with his former 
good fortune, to escape, anil remained in se-
curity until June 7, when, after the fall of 
Paris, he was captured by Iho government 
authorities. 
At the time of his arrest, Rossel was dis-
guised as an overseerof the Eastern Railroad, 
and had even provided himself a letter from 
an officer of the company, Introducing him 
to another official. He was tried on the 
charge of desertion, and lor complicity in 
the acts of the Commune. t>uring his trial 
he behaved with great dignity, and heard tho 
sentence 
of 
death 
pronounced 
with-
out 
betraying 
the 
least 
emotion. 
Owing 
to 
some informality, 
the 
sen-
tence 
was 
annulled, 
and 
he 
was granted a new trial, which also resulted 
in his conviction. He heard his sentence of 
death pronounced against him with the same 
firmness as before. In the interval during 
his imprisonment he wrote a work on the 
reorganization of the French army, which 
was pronounced a very able treatise 
Great 
sympathy was expressed for Rossel, aud very 
earnest appeals were made for his pardon, 
especially from Metz, where he was very 
popular. The French residents in the United 
State* were particularly active in preparing 
petitions, and sending telegrams in advance 
to President Thiers. 
The JFVORCO Messager 
Jmericmn of this city day after day con-
tained long lists of names sent on to 
be added to the petition for Rossel's pardon. 
T h e e p i l e 
C h a r l e s 
F e r r c . 
Theopile Charles Ferre, who was shot yes-
terday with the other Communists at Ver-
sailles, was only in his 2Sfeh year. 
During 
the closing years of the Imperial Govern-
ment he was known as an ardent Republi-
can, and was conspicuous in 1868 at the Ban-
din demonstration. He was sleeted in March 
last a member of the Commune of the Eigh-
teenth Arrondissement, and also a member 
of 
the 
Committee 
of 
Public 
Safety. 
It 
is 
alleged 
that 
ho 
was 
present 
6< 
at 
unary trial of 
Jeueral 
Lecomte, and loudly demanded the General's 
execution. In May he was appointed Pro-
curator of the Commune, in which capacity 
he effected several arrests, and carried out 
arbitrary sentences. He was next appointed 
a delegate to the Prefect Ufa of Police, and, 
as such, suppressed numerous journals, and 
signed the death sentence of many persons. 
He was, it is also alleged, ©ancerned in set-
ting fire to the Police Headquarters, and 
went to La Roqu*tte Prison to order the 
execution of the hostages. He also caused 
prisoners to be released, who. when sup-
plied bv him with arms aad ammunition, 
massacred many persons imprisoned by the 
Commune, including 66 goidarmes. 
Ferre 
was placed upon trial under, the following 
indictment: 1. For having participated as a 
member of the Commune in a plot to over-
turn tire government. 2, Far destroying and 
ordering 
to be destroyed, several public 
buildings. 3. For having provoked and order-
ed the assassination of the hostages. 4. For 
having usurped public functions. 5. For 
ordering arbitrary arrests, He was found 
guilty by the Military Commission and sen-
tenced to death. 
•T Wave* Air." 
The marvellous delicacy of touch possess-
ed by the Indian women (says an English 
writer) counterbalances tho inferiority of In-
dian cotton in weaving the fine and delicate 
muslins to which th© names of Webs of Wo-
ven Air, Dew of Night,Rnnning Waters, dec, 
are given by the natives. Tkey now us3 the 
spinning wheel generaUy far the ordinary 
fabrics, but "the spindle still holds its place 
in the hands of the Hindoa woman when em-
ployed in spinning thread for the finer mus-
lins. For these the Hindoo woman first 
cards her cotton with the jawbone of tbe 
boa let fish; she then separates the seeds by 
means of a small iron roUer, worked back-
w arils and forwards npon a flat board. An 
equally small bow is used fpr bringing it to 
the state of a downy fleece, flrhich is made up 
in to small rolls, to be held in the hand dur-
ing the process of spinning. The aparatus 
required tor this consists of 0 deUcato iron 
spindle, having a small ball of clay attached 
to it in order to give it a soJteient weight in 
turning, and imbedded in a little clay there 
is a piece of hard shell, on ?whiah the spin-
dle turns with the least degree of friction." 
Very great attention is paid to the temper-
ature of the air during the process of Spin-
ning, and th© spinners in tafMry climate of 
the northwest of India a o t a p y work aadar 
ground to secure a moist ami uniform atmos-
sphere. The cheapness of English mairafac-
t ured coods seems to have greatly depressed 
the cotton fabrics of India, Wat th© fine mua-
insof the latter country yet'maintain undis-
puted celebrity, and are valeted as highly as 
avar. The Dacca muslins aat thve very hnest 
of all. One of the best pieces which fonnd 
its way to England was tm yards long by 
on© yard wide: weighed only three ©on< 
two pennyweights, and oould ha 
through a very small ring. 
NT'S EXTRA,' 
•f# Mine retmil grocert 
are 
thareing 
exorbitant 
price* 
ter SjphErr>s mxTMe**» 
FLOIRn 
we will 
hereafter 
Mil 
orders, 
from 
JF.fJWJ-
M0JBB&9 *»t $ 1 1 , delirerea 
to 
any part 
®f the eity. 
M*rtr* 
to the trade 
$tO. 
A. X- WKIOHT & CO., Kxchadve Agents, 
Southwest corner Ogaal and lake-sts. 
^ 
Insurance Apcy. 
I ! "" ' 
I 
% 
GEO. C.CLARKE 
rmMjrct**M. orrrcn, 
j Jjfc .-'':• 
No. 10 
omem, 
No. 35 W. Washington-
CAR9S. 
MORSE, WARD & CO, 
COMMISSION 
No, 227 CHANTS 
E a f t VI /»h 
1 - - u gf 
j aw2SCFXX.AXJ£01IB. 
8 aDfl Vsssei Owners. 
Advances made on consignment* of 
«fcffl»> * » * fo»—«4 H«**» tor sale to into 
Property bougfit aad at W on msrgtaa. 
REFER BY PERMISSION TO 
jrntrr NATIONAL BANK, C 
VWOm 
NATION A i BANK, < 
FLINT. THOMPSON A CO. I 
B.RID, MURDOCH A FISCHK&, 
GEO. 
B,. CLARKE, 
Of tbe firm of H. Floyd (Faulkner A Oe*. B. 
Architects, Boston, M a s s , bas opened ai 
WO* 8 4 « 
W A B A S i r - A V . , 
be is prepared to furnish Plana, ~ 
MupertnteaAenee lor any bnikhnga 
" to his care. H e can, by the 1 
faeOtotos 
We will furniati dockage for 
for tha winter at South Chloago, and 
_ 
also storage for salts, *tc., free of 
charge. 
We have specious accommodation, 
where vessels and property will not bo 
exposed to damage from tiro, and 
where repairs may be mode. Harbor 
open end free for entrance. Address 
Capt, McDole, at South Chteago, or 
The Calumet and Chicago Canal ai 
Dock Co., st 360 Wab&ah-av. 
will pay expenses of putting 
In store and removing, but not! 
storage and dockage. 
CAUMET AAD CHICAGO 
office, offer great tacfhttos tor the prepara-
Ftons, «fcct and, by pcrmtarion, would rater to 
Messrs. Geo, F. 
the following 1 
;Mr. Hale,of 
Gore A oc ;Mr. 
Dr L ». Boone: Bev.'Bobarf 
Messrs. Lord A ' 
Weans, Xirttoad 
John lexovwi, 
city: Mee 
klfaamUn, Hale A Co.: 
tOollyer;' 
toatto; 
a 
U j b r t l a n d o 
Ordway; Messrs. Ctoato. Brothers; 
aft* 
, ana others. 
; Thomas Lord, < 
insurance Agency. 
Risks taken in the 
fMowing 
Reliable 
Companies; 
MANUFACTURERS' 
mSUEAltCE COMP%of Boston. 
ORGANIZED 1833. 
Assets, after pa jftag all 
of the Ctdeags Rre, $ 1, 
HOME 
IKS. COFt, of Ctolumbiis, 0. 
I M S ™ NATIONAL 
IKS. COMT, of MUwaukee. 
HOFFIAN 
FIEE i m COMT, of New York. 
RIVER INSURANCE. 
Merchants requiring insur-
ance en the Mississippi or Mis-
souri Rivers, can obtain certifi-
cate at the Marine and Fire In-
surance Agency of 
GE0.CCLARKE&C0. 
OFFICES, 
JYos. IO MSldridge-conrt 
and 
98 If*.. 
Waehington-st. 
/ETNA 
Insurance Company* 
OF HARTFORD, CONN. 
Organized 
A 
MP. 1819. 
paid In fifty-two years Over 
$80,000,000— Exclusive of Late 
Chicago Losses. 
Cash Capital, $3,000,000, 
With an ample re-Insurance fund after 
Paying Chloago 
Assets Over $4,500,000! 
This well-known and reliable Com-
pany, which has stood tho teats of 
over half a century, will continue Issu-
ing NEW POLICIES and RENEWINC 
OLD ONES at currant rates. 
m k PAD, ism, 
s8S Wahash-av., 4t Sseta Canal it., 
Adjusting; Office: ISO VVakash-ar.. 
rp te Satiirday, "oreaiher 18,1871, 1,181 
claims had heea paid, aasMintiBg ta 8t,Si7r 
ooo.eo. 
( i The First in tbe Field." 
THE HOME 
OB* 
Columbus, Ohio. 
$500,000.00 
995,479.12 
Cash Caj 
Cash assets, Nor. 1, 
1871 - - - -
Liabilities, inclnd-
ingChicago losses, 353,479.12 
Yet the fint Compuy to Mtify peliej 
holden k Cflieage thtt claim weti* k pu. 
iiM. 
The Isuei efthe Compaiy by the Ckieifi 
In lit being adjusted nd paid u rapidly 
tipottible. Bniineis ioliehed tt fair rate*. 
Adjusting Office for Chicago, 
No. 17 Eldridge-court 
- — 
-' 
Agents of the Ceapuy risiting the city 
in requested to call. 
JACOB PEETRET, Gea'l Ageat. 
OJL4 
NEWSPAP 
FOR SALE AT 
ine Office, 
South Canal-st. 
iiLiiiilfsliifi 
fieo. €. Clarke & Co., 
L O C A I i A O K N T S , 
10 Eldridge-court 
; 
i . 
fkt Ca;mpbeU Frlmttig Press 
fleacroasly fionatert by the inrenast to he sold for tJie 
t*Mrf oTtli* saa*«wt«* br t t o hit*Ms, to now up and ta 
G r a f t o n at JfeSsr*. fiORTON ^ f , l S O N A J | » * 8 <«-
tahli*iun*Bt. Ko. is sosta • fm pjjii i>s*fr. AH iattc-
Ist«d are iuritsd to call aud exaoahj* its worichafs 
» S , 
t«wis «f aal* awalTt* W . m . ffAlRBAKK, at 
Standard HaU, career Mldbtgiui-*T.*Bd TMrt*snth-«t, 
nstween t and A p ia. 
k 
SASH, DOOBS AND BLINDS. 
A fuU *s*orta»eah 
©ressed Ftsorinp airf Sidin-? 
tasmtishlT seasaasd. a*, tow prtesa Sar casa—al*» l « 
HI *hlBgl««.--a« McMAKlK S Mill, 881 and S3* Stato» 
«t. 
.i!" ' >«1 u 
Globe lis. tompany, 
OF CHICAGO. 
A D JUSTTtPM* O F F I C E , 
ROOM 1, NO. 63 CANAL-ST. 
n. r. WAjLMj*. rnsutmu 
EEPBBliC SSlfflEE CO. 
Parties having settled 
at 25 cents will be prof-
ited by addressing E. Q. 
IL, Tribune office. 
EQUITABLE HfSURANCE CO., 
CHICAGO. 
. 
r. 
An parties that sulercd loss and in«uredinjhla cam-
pany art' i«jn«*te«t to prowmt thdr proofs of loss as 
mm as no.^jbl«. 
Partus hoUliitg policies who did not 
SaSar lo*s aw> re^ntsted to nreseat UMI sam* tot cau. 
cellatiea. 
J A f i E S UOSQ. 
R«wetr«*, 
Room 1,13 Souta Canal-st 
IflW BUSS, 
J»^/JV3TS .f.VJ» OILS, 
PAGE & SPRAGUE. 
806 aad tOS Wthaia-tT. 
GAGE BROS. & GO. 
i¥n 
CANAL I 
miLLINERY. 
ityn S i * l ala. 
€. 8.11A Mi I \ & CO., 
ArcMiBcW I n Waits, 
C W C D W A T I , 
Manufacture Store Frosts, Door* and ShnManSj fail 
Work, Glass Pavements, Grates, Mantels, wyW'gf. 
and *n Iras Work med in the erection of building*. 
WAHL BROTHERS 
Are now permanentlr located at ia> Mlchigan*v., 
where they are in toll supply of all grades of 
GLUE AKD IVE1TSF00T OIL. 
Cash for Glne stock. 
Colwell, Clark & Co., 
CONTRACTORS & BOILDERS, 
OTTAWA. ILLINOIS. 
HavlDf an ertensiT* PUning. Sash, Door, and Blind 
Factory in actire operation, where are employed 100 
men. and with » heavy stock of seasoned Lumber on 
hand, we are prepared te do contract work in Chloago 
witb despatcn; will take contracts. Including mason 
17. We invlta oorrespoadence Irom parties deairtiig to 
build. 
COLWTELL, CLARK A CO. 
jrOMTMWMSTJBMUr 
Horse Nail Company. 
T 8 J 
WKUBTCT 
V A - N j a i J A « E N - S T . 
We take pleasure in sdriBing the trade that we are 
gain in complete running onle 
aud day, and shall exert ourselves to fill orders 
iter. We shall ran 
again in complete running 
and day, and shall exert 01 
all possible despatch. N o change In prices. 
A. W. KIN6SLANP, Sec'y. 
E A G L E I E O N F O U N D R Y , 
(Established in 18*0,) 
8 A M U E L J . 
C R E 8 W K L L , 
Jr^ 
812, 814, Sis, and SIS Raoe-sL, 
P H I L A D E L P H I A . 
Iron Fronts, Stairs, Girders, Lintel*. Columns, e t c 
e t c 
IAsht and heavy Water Pipes, Sinks, e t c 
Fire 
Doors, Bars, and Bakrrs' Oven Castings, ete. Old 
castings of all descriptions. 
TOYS. 
Vergho, Ruhling ft Co.'* Retail Store, 
934 State-**. 
ML. 
W. B . B T F O E D ' g 
Office Is removed to 
7 S 5 
W a b a n h - a v . , 
CORK KB BIXTKHXTH-BT. 
Geo. H. Noyes & Messinffer, 
441 aad 443 Lafca-st., 
Paper Flour'Sacks, Plain and Printed Wrapping 
Papers. 
£• Sweet, J r . & Co., 
Civil J£n*rtneera a n d C o n tractors, 
9 9 
S. Clinton-rt.9 
Chicago. 
Contractors for railroad, dock and bridge buUdlng. 
A. F . OTTO, 
W a t c h m a k e r A Jeweller, 
No. ha Fifth-av. 
Residence, 78 Aberdeen-at. 
DE. W. C. HUlnT, 
Office, 81 § West Ifladisau-st. 
Besldence, 657 West Msnroe-gt, 
St. James Hotel, 
L O C A T E D 
Corner Clark and P o Ik -s ts. 
Cattaiiiig IN loon, fto Larprt us 
Best FaraiiJied fielcl ia the West. 
WILLM I0WB, Lata 
Win be pleased to SB* their old 
for the N F W ST. TAhEBB. 
Clifton House, 
NORTHWEST 
OF 
WASHnGIDI AST) HALSTMS, 
W. A. JENKINS, Proprietor. 
H. 7. KTTTREDGE. 
CIGARS. 
^/^^^J^y^^^y^J>^^^/v 
W v V A ^ A 
HAVANA CIGARS. 
Tbeun 
foil 
Cigars. 
Tbeir 
. weekly stasassr* 
e brands of Havans 
1* large aad tUoroa^ldy sssortsd, 
^ t r * a i * i T ^ A t , a ^ l S p o l l 
a BTa?Sh. W , 
estprlc**. 
Pri—.hstf w i n he forwarded 
Th* 
foUowlng brands 
receive regularv: 
La Boss daf 
L*A*tii 
Ftordell 
Fiord. Laao. 
C. Gonsales. 
AgniladeOt*. 
Charroca. 
pssssaa. 
fhjtgwars. 
i ^ d * * . 
Marias, 
. > mm, 
lutimidi 
SosaH*. 
LallSaerva. 
Arnii* UniTersal. 
Baeepciua. 
Xariaiaaa. 
A 
TXKFOHB, 
921 and 923 Broadway. 
W o w Y o r k . A n * . 1 1XTL . 
. . 
Treasury Department. 
OFTICB s r T B E Lmirr-Hofsr BOAEB, J 
WASBWOTOS, NOV. 27.1S7L 
S 
SsaiedpropsasiswlUbe received at this office nntil 
1 o'clock p. at.,on Monday, the 8th dayof Jaanary, 187S, 
fcr supplying ninety-one thousand aatlons Of the best 
quality »-iBt*r-*arsiii*d, pare Sperm, Ools* or Lard aU, 
for tbe United States Light-Bouse Service, according 
to the spectHcaaons hearing ****** above, copies of 
which may b« had on application to the Light House 
Board, to tbe Light-Hoosi! Luasjsctor, No. lfi Broadway, 
N e w York, th* Ligbt-Honse Inspector at No. 14 Pem-
b»rton Square, Boston, and tbe Light-House Inapoctor 
at Detroit, Micb. 
JOSEPH HJKNRY, 
Ghstruaaa Light-Hoaas Board. 
Biver-st., South Chicago, 
And 560 Wabaah-av, Chicago. 
81 
RJ 
n 
rU 
B £ I s L . 8 ! 
4 T E S ! 
S K A T E S ! 
A T 
J. L. W A Y N E & SON'S, 
1 4 JTorth 
(anal-st.. 
Between Randolph aad Lake sts. 
"TOA^ASET 
That vain able earner opposite 
Use Coart Hause, soatbwest ear-
ner 
a f Clark a n d Wasliinarton-
BUH lOT feet o n W-fkahinston-au, 
by ISO an Clark. 
CH4S. GOODJIAW, 
If. W. ear. Clark d 
DOCK. BOCK, BOCK. 
I wonld like to lease a Dock for a Term of Years, at a 
L O W 
R A . T E . 
Must Be Convenient to 
Address, stating terms, location, Ac , A B C, Tribune 
office. 
LIVERY. 
The only flrat-class Livery aad Board-
ing Stable in the Burned District. • fins 
stock and beat of accommodations for aa 
toSO boarder*. Parties wishing to buy 
or sell siU do wall to caJL 
EL NEWTON <k OO., 
187 aad. 180 Wsahlngton-st. 
RUPTURET 
The proof w a t Dr. Marsh's Patent Radical 
Car* 
Trass Will care Ruptor* is tbe testimony of those who 
bare w o n them and been eared. I a use. now over IS 
years sad bas cored thsnssaa* ef case*. These and 
an kind of Truss***. ShoolderjRraces, Elastic Stockings, 
apparatus for defsnaaUes, etc , accurately fitted by 
MARSH A BOWLKS, 
Sontheaat corner State aad Eighteentk-st. 
NOTICE. 
OomnTTES or SPECIAL R S U X F , ) 
Church of Sbe Mesataa, 
f 
(Corner Wabash^v. and Hubliard^ourt,) { 
CsrtcAoo, Dec. s, 1871. J 
In view of the fact that applicant** for relief are B« W 
permitted to apply to the District Superintendents by 
letter, wtthowt personal attondanoe at Uie depots, no 
farther necessity exists for soy apptieatton* tor sop-
pile* being made to the Special Committee, and, tram 
and after the a h Inst, (under inntractioo* from the 
£xecativeConimltt*«toUiateSrect).tbe 
work of ta* 
Special Committee wfll be exclusively limited to appli-
cation* for sid in purchasing sewing machine*, and to 
affording relief In special oases, by the payment of 
money t« applicants who have received no other Belief, 
in snob oases sad for such amount* aa nave been 
authorised by the Executive Committee.. 
K. a LABNKD. Chairman. 
T U B 
CHICAGO DOCK CO. 
Is now prepared to receive on storage, at fair rates, la 
Warehouse "C," Flour, Pork, Lard. Ham*, Sugar, 
Groceries, Crockery, Hardware, Stoves, and other 
merchandise. 
ISP" Liberal ad* an ce* procured on property in store. 
C. H . DCRPfiY, Secretary. 
N. CORWITH, Preskteat. 
BURNT 
Writing 
M*errettiy 
Restore*. 
The writing on paper* badly charred, In fact so 
much so that great care had to be taken to prevent 
them 
front failing to ptoses, have been perfectly re-
stored by aaing our 
INK 
DEVELOPER. 
More than fifty different nrsas have alresdy used It 
with perfect sueceiw ia copying their book* aad paper*. 
Call at our office, C nioa Park, corner Madison*!. 
J. MORRIS A CO. 
L U M B E R . 
t A gentleman who has been in t h e lumber business la 
tbls city for the past ten years wishes a position la a 
good lumber firm, in the capacity of sale — 
keeper, or general business man ; highest i 
to character and capacity in any position. 
LUMBER, Tribune branch office, 488 Wabash-av. 
Livery. 
We having completed onr now Stable* on West Man 
roe-*t., st MB and 102, shall be pleased to tarnish livery 
to oar enstomors on r e a s o n a ^ t e r g s . 
B E O T g K R R 
Bridges, Roofs, Ac, 
The Michigan Bridge and Construction Co. are pr*-
pared to erect wooden, Iron, er oombiaattoa r a s a ax 
bridges at short notice. 
_ _ . 
_^. 
Correspondents please address Michigan Bridge a a t 
Obastractioa Co., Detroit. Mtoh. 
TO BANKERS 
And rther* Whydont you baild bank vaaha, 
1 ^ 
^SWMSOM a SON, as 
TO DENTI8TS. 
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