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Quirk, there was a bill introduced for the extension of Belvidere St., and that was approved by the Street Commissioners. After that was approved, it was learned that the property belonged to the Boston & Albany Railroad, and could not be taken the same as private property. In 1898, a special bill was introduced into the Legislature whereby this property could be taken. The money was appropriated for the extension of this street, and the residents of Wd. 10 would like to know why the matter has been laid upon the shelf?

The order was referred to His Honor the Mayor.

DISPLAY OF FLAGS, EVACUATION DAY.

Mr. GIBLIN of Wd. 15 offered an orderThat His Honor the Mayor be requested to take the requisite action to cause all flags belonging to the city of Boston, or under the control of the various departments, to be displayed upon the public grounds, school-houses, Fire Department houses, police station houses, and other public buildings of this city on Evacuation Day, Friday, March 17, 1899.

Referred to His Honor the Mayor.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.

Mr. WELLS of Wd. 16-Mr. President, I move to adjourn.

The PRESIDENT-The Chair will rule the motion out of order, as the gentleman was not in his seat.

WIDENING OF HYDE PARK AVE.

Mr. BRODERICK of Wd. 23 offered an order-That the Board of Street Commissioners be requested to report to the Common Council an estimate of the cost of widening Hyde Park Ave. to a width of eighty feet, from Forest Hills Sq. to the Hyde Park line, Wd. 23.

Referred to His Honor the Mayor.

EXTENSION OF GERARD ST.

Mr. CONNOLLY of Wd. 17 offered an order-That the Board of Street Commissioners be requested to report to the Common Council an estimate of the cost of extending Gerard St., Wd. 17, from George St. to the junction of Hampden and Dudley Sts.

Referred to His Honor the Mayor.

NEW SCHOOL, WARD 17.

Mr. CONNOLLY of Wd. 17 offered an order-That the School Committee be hereby requested, through His Honor the Mayor, to consider the advisability of selecting a site and erecting thereon a new primary school house in the vicinity of Thorndike and Reed Sts., Wd. 17.

Referred to His Honor the Mayor. IMPROVEMENT OF SUBWAY ENTRANCE.

Mr. ARMISTEAD of Wd. 11 offered an order-That the Superintendent of Public Grounds, through is Honor the Mayor, be requested to report to the Common Council an estimate of the cost of asphalting or otherwise improving the paths in the Public Garden adjoining the entrance to the subway, for the convenience of persons waiting for cars; and that the said superintendent also report whether his present appropriation will allow his making this improvement.

Referred to His Honor the Mayor.

REPAIR OF WILTON STREET.

Mr. ROLLAND of Wd. 25 offered an order-That the Superintendent of Streets be requested, through His Honor the Mayor, to make necessary repairs on Wilton St., Wd. 25.

Referred to His Honor the Mayor.

BULLETIN OF ADVERTISEMENTS.

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Mr. LINEHAN of Wd. 13 offered order-That His Honor the Mayor be requested to cause a bulletin-board to be located in City Hall, upon which shall be posted advertisements for proposals for all contracts to be made with the city of Boston.

Referred to His Honor the Mayor. INVESTIGATION OF REPAIR DIVISION.

Mr. LINEHAN of Wd. 13 offerd an order -That the President and two other members of the Common Council be a special committee to examine the books of the Repair Division of the Public Buildings Department, and to report to this body on the condition of said division as to its ability to perform the duties for which it was established.

Passed. Later in the session the President appointed Messrs. Linehan, Kiley and Stevens on said committee.

EXTENSION OF COVE STREET.

Mr. LINEHAN of Wd. 13, offered an order-That His Honor the Mayor and the Corporation Counsel be requested to appear before the Legislature or any committee thereof and advocate the bill for the extension of Cove Street, being House Bill No. 533.

The question came on giving the order a second reading.

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Mr. LINEHAN of Wd. 13-Mr. President. so that there may be no mistake in regard to the bill referred to, I have pinned a copy of it to the back of the order. would like to say a word in reference to the thoroughfares that lead to and from South Boston today. The thoroughfare named Broadway Extension seems to have twice as many people passing over it morning and night as either Dover Street or Dorchester Avenue extension. bridge is in a dilapidated condition. On many occasions in the summer time teams have been known to sink through the planking, through the timbers of the bridge. The planks and timbers are rotten, the bridge is rotten, and it would not surprise me to have an accident occur there any day. It will be a matter of only a few months when the city will be compelled to close the bridge, and the people of South Boston will then be obliged to go around to the South or West to get to their destination, which they could otherwise reach directly by going North. As the Mayor has been responsible for the placing of the railroad terminal in that section, I say that he is responsible therefore for the inconvenience arising to the people of South Boston; and the least he might do would be to go to the State House and advocate the passage of that bill. If he has the interest and welfare of the people of South Boston at heart, Mr. President, he will do that.

The order was read a second time and passed. Sent up.

GAS LAMP, CUSHMAN AVE.

Mr. LEFTOVITH of Wd. 8 offered an order-That the Superintendent of Lamps, through His Honor the Mayor, be requested to locate a gas lamp in Cushman Ave. in such a manner as to light it properly. Referred to His Honor the Mayor.

PAVING OF RUGGLES STREET. Mr. McINERNEY of Wd. 19 offered an order-That the Superintendent of Streets, through His Honor the Mayor, be requested to cause Ruggles St. to be paved from the tracks of the New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R. to Parker St. Referred to His Honor the Mayor.

SIDEWALK OF PARKER STREET.
Mr. McINERNEY offered an order-That-

the Superintendent of Streets, through His Honor the Mayor, be requested to cause the sidewalk on the easterly side of Parker St. to be paved from No. 466 on said street to Ruggles St.

Referred to His Honor the Mayor. INVESTIGATION REGARDING SUSPENDED SEWER EMPLOYEES.

Mr. McINERNEY of Wd. 19 offered an order-That a committee of five be appointed to wait on His Honor the Mayor to find out why the suspended members of the sewer department are not reinstated when there is one million dollars appropriated for such work.

The question came on giving the order a second reading.

Mr. McINERNEY of Wd. 19-Mr. President. my reasons for offering that order are that a great many of the men in the sewer department are not conversant with the laws governing the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, and labor under the impression that the Common Council is the cause of their not being reinstated. One of the members of the Common Council from my ward has gone so far as to go through the district from which we come and try to make the men of the sewer department believe that my vote has been cast in opposition to them. I want to set myself right in this matter before the public. He has gone to them and told them that the Hon. Martin M. Lomasney of Wd. 8 controlled my vote in the Common Council. I want to tell this body and the public that he does not control my vote, nor anybody else. My vote has been expressed in this body at all times as my conscience directed. My reason for voting against the appropriation of one million dollars coming from the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, amending it so that the amount would be $500,000, was in order that the present administration would not have sufficient money to let the construction of sewers to contractors. I know of several cases right here in the city of Boston where sewers were built by certain contractors who hire none other than cheap alien labor. I say it is not right for the city of Boston to have those contractors employing such people while members of the sewer department are at present walking the streets. I know of cases where the men in the sewer department can get no credit from the stores. We all know that, when they are employed they get but $12 a week, not enough to properly maintain themselves and their families. They have now been out of employment for some time,

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CITY OF BOSTON.

Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen.

Monday, March 6, 1899.

Regular meeting of the Board of AlderChamber, men, held in the Aldermanic City Hall, at 3 o'clock P. M., Chairman Barry presiding, and all the members present.

The Board voted, on motion of Ald. Berwin, to dispense with the reading of the records of the last meeting.

JURORS DRAWN.

Jurors were drawn in accordance with the provisions of Chap. 514 of the Acts of 1894, viz:

Seven grand jurors, United States District Court, March Term, viz:

John F. White, Wd. 18; Robert H. Swan, Wd. 24; Samuel W. Kirkland, Wd. 10; John Fink, Wd. 22; Joseph G. Jones, Wd. 20; Michael P. Sullivan, Wd. 15; John J. Archdeacon, Wd. 7.

Nine petit jurors, United States District Court, March Term, viz:

Francis J. Rowan, Wd. 6; Albert J. Taylor, Wd. 15; Abner Gaskill, Wd. 23; Frank F. Dean, Wd. 22; John J. Sullivan, Wd. 12; Patrick J. Trainor, Wd. 12; Arthur C. Wiggin. Wd. 17; Edward Muldowney, Wd. 9; Simeon Chadwick, Wd. 18.

APPOINTMENTS BY THE MAYOR. The Mayor submitted the following appointments subject to confirmation by the Board of Aldermen, viz:

(1) William H. Kenney, to be a Constable of the City of Boston for the term ending April 30th, 1899, in place of Jeremiah S. Sullivan, resigned.

(2) Frank B. Cotton, to be a constable of the city of Boston, in connection with his duties at the municipal court, Charlestown District, for the term ending April 30th, 1899.

his duties at the Charlestown court, for the term ending April 30th, 1899.

(3) Martin Gilbert, to be a Weigher of Coal for the term ending April 30, 1899.

(4) Henry H. Sprague, to be a Trustee of the Boston City Hospital for the term of five years, beginning with the first day of May, 1899.

Severally laid over, under the law.

LOAN ESTIMATES.

The following was received:

Mayor's Office, City Hall,
Boston, March 6, 1899.

To the City Council:-
I transmit herewith for your informa-
tion a copy of the loan estimates received
from the heads of the several depart-
ments, which were before the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment for its con-
sideration. I suggest that these estimates
be printed as a city document, for the
information of the City Council and of the
public.
Respectfully,

Josiah Quincy, Mayor. (Annexed were the estimates referred to.) Ordered printed and sent down.

HEARINGS AT 3 O'CLOCK.

1. On petition of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company of Massachusetts for leave to erect poles in Atherton St., between Amory and Copley Sts., Wd. 22.

Recommitted

No objections. Committee on Electric Wires.

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2. On petition of the American Sugar Refining Company to be allowed to use and operate with cars and engines the

tracks on West First and Granite Sts., South Boston, a location for which tracks was granted to the Standard Sugar Refinery in 1882.

No objection. Recommitted to the Committee on Railroads.

PETITIONS REFERRED.

The following petitions were received and were referred to the committees named, when appointed, viz:

Building Dept. (Ald.).

Petitions for leave to project signs, etc., viz:

Samuel Barnett, two barber signs, at 1270 Washington st., Wd. 9.

Michaele Basile, four barber poles, at 118 Chelsea st., Wd. 2.

Quong Shong, a sign, at 1068 Washington st., Wd. 9.

David Lipsky, a sign, at 1 Perry st., Wd. 9.

James A. Gay, two signs, at 1068 Washington st., Wd. 9.

James G. Abbott, Jr., a flag sign, at 277 Washington st., Wd. 6.

Dr. Charles E. Hale, to project an illuminated sign, at 174 Hanover st., Wd. 6. Claims.

Natick Five Cents Savings Bank, for payment of balance remaining from tax sale of estate on Don St.

Thomas F. Glennon et al., for payment to Thomas F. Phillips of balance remaining from tax sale of estate on Ward St. Franklin Typographical Society, to be paid for damages and expenses incurred on account of the shutting off of water at 119-121 Chandler St.

Electric Wires.

Brookline Gas Light Company, for leave to erect two poles on Fairbanks St., Wd.25. Licenses.

Samuel J. Ellis, for renewal of license to run four passenger barges on Sundays and holidays, between Maverick Sq., and Chel

sea.

A. L. Griffin, Manager, for a permit for "Baby Gussie," under 15 years of age, to appear at the Bowdoin Sq. Theatre for the week ending March 11, 1899.

Mrs. William S. Butler, for a license and permit for Alice King and 102 others under 15 years of age to appear at a May Festival in Boston Music Hall Saturday afternoon and evening, May 6, 1899.

W. H. J. Stone, for a license for musical, literary, dramatic and dancing entertainments at Fairview Hall, Washington St., Roslindale, for the season ending August 1, 1899.

Public Improvements.

J. Frank Willey, for leave to erect a post surmounted by an illuminated sign, in sidewalk at 761 Washington St., Wd. 7. I. Mandlestein, for leave to box a tree at 126 Sumner St., E. B.

John Soley & Sons, for leave to move a wooden building from corner of Birch and Brandon Sts., across Birch St., Wd. 23. Boston & Albany R. R. Co., for temporary tracks across South St. Petitions for sidewalks, viz:

Jos. Green, 34-38 Lancaster St., Wd. 8. Marie E. Sundberg, Allston St., Wd, 20. James F. Haddock, Washington St., near Roslind St., Wd. 24.

Melville A. Wescott, 2491-2497 Washington St.. Wo. 18.

Mrs. Caroline Ehrhart, 728 East Second St., Wd. 14.

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important matter to the people of East Boston. We have already a petition in here from the Winthrop and Revere Street Railway Company, and now the West End comes in with its petition. We feel over there that we would prefer to have the West End, because then we can ride for one fare. If the other road obtains the right, it will cost two fares. There is a great deal of traveling between East Boston and Winthrop, and we ask that we have a hearing on this matter before there is any decision arrived at between the two rival railways. I will offer this order, Mr. Chairman.

Aid. DAY offered the following:

Ordered: That the Committee on Railroads be requested to give a hearing to parties interested, especially East Boston citizens, on the petitions of the Winthrop and Revere Street Railway Company and the West End Street Railway Company, each for a location for tracks on Saratoga St., from Orient Heights to the Town of Winthrop.

The rule was suspended and the order was read a second time and passed.

LEAVE GRANTED ON PETITIONS. The Chairman presented the petition of J. Rosen, for leave to project an illuminated sign at 42 Pleasant St., Wd. 7.

The rules were suspended and leave was granted on the usual conditions.

Ald. DOYLE presented the petition of A. Bloomberg, for a sign at 99 Hampden St., Wd. 17.

The rules were suspended, on motion of Ald. Doyle, and leave was granted on the usual conditions.

PAPERS FROM COMMON COUNCIL.

3. Message of the Mayor transmitting a classified statement of the number, designation and salary of officers and employees of the different departments prior to February 1, 1899, not including mechanics and laborers. (Doc. 62.)

Placed on file.

4. Ordered, That the Superintendent of Streets, through His Honor the Mayor, be requested to grant permits for work on the streets only to such persons as shall agree to pay their employees for work on said streets two dollars per day of nine hours; such employees to be citizens of the United States and residents of Boston. Passed in concurrence.

5. An ordinance to amend chapter 3 of the Revised Ordinances of 1898.

Be it ordained, etc.:

Chapter 3 of the Revised Ordinances of 1898 is hereby amended in Section 12 by striking out the words "of the United States in any capacity and shall give preference in all cases to citizens of Boston, and inserting in place thereof the words "and, if male subordinates, legal voters of Boston, in any capacity."

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Referred to the Committee on Public Improvements, on motion of Ald. Codman.

6. Ordered, That His Honor the Mayor and the Corporation Counsel be requested to appear before the Legislature, or any committee thereof, and advocate the bill for the extension of Cove St., being House Bill No. 533.

Passed in concurrence.

7. Whereas, In issuing his order for a general reduction of wages and salaries of municipal employees, his Honor the Mayor expected to accomplish a saving of upwards of $200,000 per annum; and

Whereas, Such a timely saving has not been obtained, owing to the unexpected exemption of certain departments for reasons familiar to the members of the City Council; and

Whereas, The total estimated saving, under the Mayor's order as now enforced, does not exceed $55,000; therefore, be it

Resolved, That the City Council of Boston, without regard to party affiliations and as a measure of fair play, places it

self on record in favor of re-establishing the old rates of wages and salaries for all municipal employees in all departments in which those rates are not now paid.

The question came on the passage of the resolution in concurrence.

Ald. BRICK-Mr. Chairman, I move that that be sent to the Committee on Public Improvements.

Ald. BERWIN-Mr. Chairman, for what purpose, may I ask the honorable alderman?

Ald. BRICK-For the purpose, perhaps, of consideration.

Ald. BERWIN-There is nothing, really, to discuss in this matter, in my humble opinion. The resolve, I believe, speaks for itself. There can be no objection to this honorable board concurring with the Common Council in the adoption of the resolution, and I believe every member of the Board ought to be in favor of it if he is not. The whole amount involved, Mr. Chairman, is but $55,000, if the figures we have before us are correct, and I am satisfied that, with economy in other branches of the service, it is within the power of the Chief Magistrate of this city to provide the sum of $55,000 with which to pay the laboring men. I have not risen here this afternoon to make any capital of my interest in the laboring people, but I simply believe this is a fair proposition, one that should be considered in open Board, and if any of the gentlemen are opposed to it let them record themselves in opposition. There is no good reason why this should go to the Committee on Public Improvements, because if it goes there the chances are that it will possibly slumber.

The motion to refer was declared lost. Ald. Brick doubted the vote and called for the yeas and nays.

The vote stood, yes 1, nays 11, Ald. Brick voting yes.

Before the result was announced Ald. Brick said: Mr. Chairman, I would like to change my vote from "yes" to "no," in order to make the vote unanimous.

Ald. Brick's vote was changed to "No." and the motion to refer to the Committee on Public Improvements was rejected, yeas 0, nays 12.

The resolution was passed in concur

rence.

8. The loan order of the Board of Esti

mate and Apportionment appropriating $15,000 to the Public Buildings Department, Electrical Construction Division, for additional working capital, comes up indorsed "In Common Council, March 2, 1899, adhered to former action."

The question was put on receding from former action and concurring with the Common Council, which was declared carried.

Ald. CODMAN doubted the vote and asked for the yeas and nays, which were taken, and the Board refused to recede from former action and concur with the Common Council, yeas 5, nays 7.

Yeas-Ald. Adams, Codman, Colby, Dixon, Presho-5.

Nays-Ald. Barry, Berwin, Brick, Day, Doyle, McDonald, O'Toole-7.

The Board adhered to former action. Sent down.

9. The Jomt rules and orders which were recommended for acceptance by the minority of the committee on Joint Rules and Orders and which were accepted by this Board, February 27, come up with an indorsement that the Common Council, on March 2, non-concurred and adhered to its former action in the adoption of the joint rules and orders recommended by the majority of the committee.

The question came on concurring with the Common Council in the adoption of the joint rules and orders recommended by the majority of the Committee.

Ald. PRESHO-Mr. Chairman, as a member of the Committee on Rules, I would like to say just a few words in explana

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