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Hm Investigating Committed.
' .' The committee report that they held tw inty-lve
meetings, saolusive of the sub committee. tMi y suD
wiim forty-Mi wltnnM, ot whum twihtr-si at
tended. Charles Thompson Jones, the Pr Hiietit of th
Board, appeared, aa did Mr. William Kill it', ffrnate.
Tbe Trusters snbpa-aaerl ad nottflel whi til nn n-
rear were Uonsrman, Harnea. OraefT, UoMa nts, Mil
ei,MMl,tDlti TrnitM woll i
' While the lair gives to (JoonclH the power to Issne
eubrrross, and to examine witnesses tinder oath, it
tail to provide a remedy vrhsn tbey refuse to appear,
or appearing, refuse to be sworn. I
The eoorse pursued by the Chief Engineer of the
, work, the Terr fountain head of Information, aa all
inppoie It to ba. (whether It be ao Id point of fact or
not Jwae followed by ttamnel H. White, the regis
trar, and Benjamin t. Riley, the cashier. They bold
Sosltlons of treat next to the Chief Engineer, and
heir refnaal to anbmit to an examination aeoessarilr
eprlved the committee of the Information which It
waa their doty to Rive. Holding ofllcea by law and by
the power of Councils, ther have aet the one at defi
ance and treated ihe other with contempt, and by ao
doing have Inputted the whole community. Tkia con
duct of Itself Ihowt that tbey are unfit to hold the
' placet they occupy. Nor Id (hla connection ia the
Board of Trustees tree frt in censnre. No one can doubt
that their ofticera wonld bare promptly appeared and
teatlfled bad the Hoard glvehtiie slightest intimation
that inch waa their wish, bnt their indorsement of the
, conduct of the recusant Chief Engineer, and their
pretence of ignorance aa to It, gave the others the
right to anppose-and npon anon supposition they
acted that it waa mure agreeable to the board that
their employe) ahonld abstain from testifying.
It la doe, however, to Colonel Jones to say that ha
rromptly attended before the committee, and cheer
ully answered their questions, giving all the luforma-
t tioo In hla power.
Many citizens, too, who are subprr-naer, and whoia
testimony waa known to be important, declined to at
tend. ' i
The report then ya that It waa Impossible within
the time occupied by the committee to make anything
like a tnll examination of the management of so exten
slve and diversified works, or of tue system by which
they are gover. ed. Tlielcoin mittee bare done the best
tbey could nnder the i ircumstanceg by which they
were surrounded, and selecting suae prominent fea
tures from the mass of evidence, present them with a
few brief comments, and close with the conclusions at
which they bave arrived.
1 he high price of ooal for IBKS being one Of the ohief
' reasons assigr.ed fir the failure of the works to realize
profit Id that )ear,it Is proper to look at the faota
which produced that condition of things. In 186) the
cost of coal waa 6513(87 36- In lb6. 4B5,781 Hi. In
188 It rose to 91,116,166 44, more than bothot the pre
ceding years pnt together.
The eub-commlstee In their examination of the hooks,
yapera and documents were confined by resolution to
ibe year le6t and '66, so that It was only when antece
dent transactions extended into the former year, or
contracts of the latter ran Into I8i6, that they wore
permitted to Investigate outside of tue limits fixed by
the committee.
The coal furnished to the Trust In QM and Ml, a
fixed by the papers they have produced, was 199,716
tons, and coating 81.832,743 H). The Westmoreland and
. Pennsylvania Coal Company furnished of this amount,
tinder contracts of 1861, continued for three years,
89,718 tona, theoontract price being 91 10 per ton, thus:
39,718 tone at S 10, .... $303,(61 80
Jf or this the Trust paid 361,69128
Ixcess, . , 949,1.12 48
The coal fnrntehel to the Trust for July, 1864, to De
cember 31, 186, was nnder the following contracts:
May 16, Westmoreland Co., 40,000 tons, at 93 60
Kcnn, 4U,(90 " "
Tea., Hays, SO.uuO " "
These weie on a sliding scale. Freight at 9 4 78, and
coal mines at 93 76, All oyer to be paid by the Trus
tees, Fixed Price.
May, 1E05, Westmoreland, 20,000 tons, at - 99 76
Piinn. .Mil (HID ' .
Penn. Su.000
Oct., If66, Cameron, 40,000
9 26
Total of contracts, 300,000
Under these contracts 149,947 tons of coal, costing
91 7HH.C48 62, were delivered by the contractor! in the
following proportions:
Westmoreland and Fenn Cos., 138362 tons,
receiving 51,451,042 IS
wiiiiam i nays, iu,zjy ions,
receiving -
Other parties. 1.426 tons.
108,091 31
receiving, .... jo,9M 11
Total.
149,997 tons,-
receiving, ... 81,633 043 62
The Westmoreland and Pennsylvania Coal Compa
ny's 910 66 J ton, net average.
When these contracts were made the trustees could
net have been ignorant of the value of coal per ton In
the carat the mines, for they had visited them occa
sionally In the years referred to. The contracts made
in 1861 gave them full information as to Its value, for
tbey paid under them but 96 it, ton, the cob t on the
cars being but nftv-tlve cents, and the freight 84 10,
. leaving a profit to the contractors of forty-five centa
on each ton.
The average price per ton paid the Westmoreland
and Pennsylvania Coal Company, under the contracts
of 1864 and 1866, was SiO 66.
Prlcepaid, ..... 91066
Met cBt per ton at the mines, $1 16
Add former freight, ... 46 .
Freight, as per contract, 4 76
- 6 as
Leaving over all former profit, per ton, 94 20
This on 149 897 tons would buow an extra profit that
some parties realized to the extent of 9 629,937 40, to
aay nothing of the drawbacks or allowances by the
Pennsj lvania Kailroad Company monthly to the Penn;
sylvania and Westmoreland Companies ranging from
26 to 40 and 66 cents per ton. Large as this sura miy
Senear, a closer examination will increase rather than
diminish it.
Tbe advanced prices demanded for coal did not arise
from the civil comnr tlon, for the Increased cost of
wages has been added, but from otber causes. Tbe
coal should and would have been delivered in West
Philadelphia lor $6 86 per ton or less, but for private
organisations and the monopoly of transportation
working in harmony with the other. There can be no
monopiy of tbe bituminous or gas coal mines lying
along the Pennsylvania Kailroad and Its branches.
That road runs for thirty miles through coal Holds,
many of their beds lying level with the track of the
rot d, and the supply is so vast that the coal is worth
less rer ton or load than gravel in the hills around
fbilade'phia. Thla monopoly of transportation has
been a disastrous power for the works. It is uf a cha
racter not well understood. Every gas consumer has
1 felt tbe effects of it, but tbe caure remains a aeciet.
The freight on the road holding the monopoly is re
gulated to prevent almost any competition in gas coal
coming fiom the west over it. Tbe drawbacks or al
lowances granted secretly to favor parties amount to
thousands of dollars, and Mr. Jones states in his an
nual report that it would be a yearly saving tj the
Trust i quiil to 976,000 if the same drawbacks were
allowed by the road as ia conceded to ooal sent east of
tholty.
Th abiding contracts provide that if there be any
allowances made tbe contractors it shall accrue for the
benefit of the Trust. While it is believed that such
allowances have been made to a large extent to com
panies, the Trust has never had a dollar returned by
this saving clause. In settling with the coal com
panies it ia not kuown how much was allowed and paid
on eaoh bill for the increased cost of mining, aud now
much for Ihe rise on frleght over 84 76 per ton. Tbe
con mittee vainly sought to get this information. It
can hardly be that tbe Trustees paid the bills without
being satisfied on these points.
The Board for If 66 are not accountable tor tbe disas
trous effects of tbe sliding-scale contracts. To what
extent the Board making ft was liable, if at all, it Is
impossible to say. The parties having the monopoly
of transportation, uniting with other companies hav
ing the coal to sell, may have effectually cornered tbe
trusteea so that tbe Trust was obliged to pay an ave
rage of ten dollars and fifty cents per ton In lttoiaud 1866,
when it was worth but one dollar and sixteen cents in
cars, at the mines, in what proportion the combina
tion bringing this state of tilings to bear profited by
tbe operation of four dollars and twenty cents per ton
is unknown. Certain It Is that some of the companies
paid handsome dividends after these speculations, or
double the amount of capital they bad invested In the
mines. Person may take coal to New York and f-tch
it back to tblladelphla for as little or perhapi less
freight than if brought to Philadelphia direct from the
mini i.
Why it is that the const-mers of gas in Philadelphia
are compelled to pay the Weitmorelaud and Pennsyl
vania Coal Uompauie from three to four dollars per
ton profit on coal, when other parties would furnish
tbe same kind at a profit of tweut -five cents uly,
may be accounted for by lookiug into tbe origin of
tbese companies, and finding out the uamteof the par
ties lnteeated In thi m. Oien the road to all auke,
and coal would be furnished at 96 per ton, If not a
lower fignre.
In the contract for tbe Cameron coal there aeems to
have been no chance for competition. It wan hur
riedly made, and the Trust Incumbered with a very
Inferior article to the extent of 40.U1XI tone. Itoaunot
be used by Itself, and is oblige! to be sandwiched be
tween other ooal. The yield from it la quite below the
. standard derived from good coal, and the reslduani is
cf little value, while the cost of carboii'idng and puri
fying It Is greatly above that for productive ooal.
The price paid per ton for this coal was 99 25, a
price at which a much superior artiole could have been
Obtained.
The system of giving oontreots, in the opinion of the
committee, is a mistaken cne. Competition , exoept in
a few instances in the past, and iu no case in the pre
sent, was er Is Invited by public advertisement. Tuere
should be ptiblio notice to prevent wrong aud secure
tbe interest of the Trust.
The furnishing of supplies by members of Councils is
Impolllio and wrong, and may ld to the grossest
abuses and corrosions. The fact that the Chairman
of Committee on Oas Works now holds several heavy
contraots for supplying iron retorts, amounting to
thousands of dollar, tlle ynT u not only objection
able, but should be.it It is not already done, prevented
Among the contracts for supplying material other
ban this the committee had cnlv vlri.... Kr,... i
than this the committee had cul
touching two of them -one aa to firs-brick, the o-her
aa to aton-cock boxes. By the cariera fnmJi,.i k.'.v..
Board, It appears that they paid the ooutractor for
fire-brick aa high as 991 per thousand for extra brtok
986 per thousand for brick No. I, aud 870 pr thou
sand for brick No. I. The witnesses te- titled that they
made every effort to get b.icks eo.ua! in quality to any
that bad been made (and which theysneplied to nu
merous Iara establiahni nts) Introduced Into the gas
works, offering tbem at 86 per thousand, but failed.
Tbe same kind of brick, sold by tbem to another party,
foaud their way into the work! subsequently. What
was paid for them pr thousand by the Trust did ntt
appear. Bricks at that rate, at that time, gave a profit
lo the seller aa testified to. Whether ther did or Old
not, it seems strange that tte trustees should keep on
buying lire brtok at 99J, 86 and 87U per thousand,
when th btst could ba got for 966.
Tbe Arlck Dd tUe furnished In 1864 amounted to
911 683 8.1 , of which oue contract furnished 9IV.99I 96,
and In 1868 941.SV2 W, of which tba same contractors
fornlrned bii.'M 67, almott a monopoly of tbe entire
supply for tkose years, at enormous profits, aooordlug
U tbe evidence,
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPII.-fPIIILADELPIIlA, FRIDAY DECEMBER 14, 18G6.
These contracts were given ont without inviting
ccmpetltion by publ o advertisement, as were all tbe
contracts, save those In the year 1M4 for coal. I
. 1 o eatnme, aa has bsan done by the o hler 1 0 his re
ports on the 1st of January. 1866, that the lost for IH69
of It 1(8 785 61 waa owing to the blgi prices of oal an '
wages paid lo the workmen, and the great b as sus
tained by the True-in lighiint the pnbllo lamps, is a
most convenient way of absolving the trustees from
very responsibility for the disastrous results oT that
year. If the coal used in 1866 had re n as well carbon
ized as It had been the prevlons years, and its yield per
ton In good gas had been eqnal to their average if the
gas had been properly manultotnred befo.e being
jBastd Into the holder, so that sixty millions of cnbio
feet conld rot have resolved themselves into tar, naph
tha, and other constituent parts; and if the yield of
coke had not fallen off beoans? of the Imperfect carbon
I ration of the coal, (the total loss on the waste of these
materials alone, as computed, being 9424,031 80.) there
would have been no loss on that year, the figures
wculdbave Ik en revereed nolwitnstandlng the high
price of coal, the Inoteaaed demand for labor, and
the loss sustained In lighting the publio lamps, as is
alleged.
The facts established by the Superintendent of Limps
are extraordinary, and show that the lamps for several
weeks were lit an hour later and put ont an hour ear
lier in the darkest nights and moat dangerons condl
tion of the streets, In Docember, I86S, than they ought
to have bet n, by reason of a short supply of gas, and
that the city was for a long t'me deprived of half the
light she was entitled to mulllnrs being put upon the
burners, which were subsequently disposed of as old
brum, occasioning a loss of several thousand dollars.
It Is a feature against the management that they
conld not carry for any length of time even a por ion
of tbe city warrants (which bore Interest) paid to them
for gas, but sold the whole, amounting to 8411,679 64,
at a loss of 930,334 16, a discount of about 7H per rent.
With proper energy In the administration of affnlrs,
and the exercise of a proper economy, this might have
been avoided.
It has beeu proved by the testimony of Mr. Howell,
superintendent ef publio lamps, that the meter lamp at
Kittta and cherry streets was permitted to bnrn for
bours after all the public lamps In the dlstriot for
which It was the teat for consumption had been extin
guished. (Such negligence, supposing It to lie nninten
tl nal on the part of the agent of tba.Trust would be a
waste or gas as to It, but it would enable the trustees
in contracting with the city to assume a false basis as
to the consumption of gas by the publio lamps.
The city, in common with the p lvste consumai-a,
snfleis from tbe Inferior quality of the gas supplied,
from its want of illuminating power, yet she is
c liaised to the full extent of the price of gas at the
standard value. No donbt she paid the full price for a
lull supply of gas for burners consumlbg six feet por
hour, bnt did not get It, as in the cse of the mulll ra.
What she paid lor more than she received it ia hird to
say.
If to the loss thus sustained by the city be added the
frightful loss ol gas in all the departments, through
the carelessness of the agents in using it, (for which,
of course, the trustees are not responsible,) a faint
Idea may be formed of the Immense tax she pays for
light.
The manner in whloh the books and acoonnts are
kept at tbe eleventh street oftloe Is certainly a very un
common one, and the system would prove very unsatis
factory to a private business house. The opportuni
ties on the part of the committee were entirely of too
limited a character. Under the method now practised
it would be difllcult to dlsoover any discrepancies, and
it leaves everything in a olouded condition, bo far as
the main oillce ia concerned.
If the system of keeping accounts introduced by
proceeding cashiers was tbe same and no better than
this. It is not to be wondered at that the hoard was
puzzled to get at its true financial condition. After
trying their proper and preceding officer without a
satisfactory result, they were obliged to get two of
their own number to find It out. These gentlemen took
the treuble, for which they were paid 9360 each, and
this money they have not returned, although the pay
ment and retention of it is against the laws which will
not permit a trustee to profit by bis trust.
Jnvesttntnts for Ihe Sinking fund. 'Ihe certificates
of loan and stock were all produced.
Those for the city up to January, 1866,
amounting to the sum or ... 91,233,700
To which has been added since in gas to 6
percent, per annum, ... 116,000
A total of ....
Those for Houthwark and MoyamemiDg
up to January 1, ls66, ...
Added since, ....
31,361,700
918,220
3,700
919 922
913,600
2,400
S 16,900
10,600
2,100
912 7"0
9 2 400
400
For Germautown up to January 1, 1866,
Added since, .....
For Manayunk up to January 1, 1866,
Added since, ....
For Bichmond np to January 1,1306,
Added thiB year,
82 800
As far back as 1863, the then Chief Engineer, John U
Crerson, Esq., pointed out the necessity of more stor,
age room, and of increasing the number of retorts.
Chief Engineer Stewart, in his annual report for 1864,
refers to these also, and in strong language pre sses
upon the Board their early consideration. Those
prominent requirements for the auooessfnl conduct of
the works seem not to have hid the weight they were
entitled to, for the retort honae li not yet ready, nor
have any steps been taken to provide additional stor
age room. The disastrous effects of crowding the re
torts is shown in the loss of coal ; to meet the demand
the gas has been forced; to the great waBte of coal, fol
lowed by an interior coke, while mains have beeu laid
to a large extent and at heavy cost to carry gas into
the rural districts, before the capacity to supply the
dematd caused by tbe additional drains had been se
curer!.
When gas Is scarce and there is a pressure for it in
the long winter nights, then the city cannot get a fail
supply, and is for Honrs without it, as is proved and is
weil known to the citl.i-ns. beoause tbe works are un
equal to tbe demand. This abowa not only a want of
capacity in them, but also a want of capacity in their
superintendence and management, or this difflo iltr
sbenld have been foreseen aud carefully guarded
against. Mot having been anticipated, tbe Trust suf
fers in waste of ooal , the city from want of light at t be
most Important season from the benefits to be de
prived from it.
In December, 1861. Councils made an appropriation
of one million dollars tor tbe extension of the Uas
Works. Instead of tbe Immediate application of this
fund to its legitimate purpose, nearly one-fourth of it
was need in exper. meets to mpply German town from
small gas-works at Ma-arnnk, and that when it was
known that tbe holder at Mntn and Diamond station
bad been constructed for the purpose of receiving and
distributing gas thronghout this northern sec ion,
and from which they bad eventually to supply Ger
mantown. The new retort-honre should have been bnllt a year
or two ago: not ouly it, bnt what is of more import
ance, a bolder to store away the gas wheu made, with
all Its distributing and connecting mains.
The works are unequal to the labor now Impose!
upon thorn in certain conditions of the weather. If
the present is subject to such contingencies, what wi 1
the fature eucouutei t What forethought has been ex
hibited here, tbe want of which may at any moment
subject the city to total darknestf for it is established
by the testimony of Mr. Elliott that lu one night the
consumption was over 4000 millions of cubio feet ot gas,
while the capacity of the works Is not more than
8,0(0,000 cnblo feet in twenty-four bours. Tbe com
mittee submit to the consideration of tbe Board and
tbe Chief Kugineer the following propositions :
What benefit to tbe consumers or to the city for a
full supply of gas will be the retort house now being
built at Poit t Breeze, even if at thla time finished?
Supposing it finished with pipes into tbe present bolder
at Point Breeze, conld that taot add any more availa
ble gas or distributing capacity? Why was not the gas
bolder at this atatlou repaired In 1866, so as to obtain
the advantage of its whole glaring capaoity and weight,
and why was the one-half of it out away? Is theoipa
city of tbe bolder at that point, together with its con
duct mains to Mrcket and Ml III in streets station!,
more than sulllcln t f r tbe conveyance of gas made by
the present workwy ((opposing tbe new retort house,
bnllt with all its appendages at the point with its con
ducting main to the distributing holder on Market
street, now In actual operation, of what benefit to the
city and citizens would all this outlay In cash be, if
theie is not sufficient storage room to receive tbe yield
OI tne oiu reiorsr
Leakage and Waste, In the annual report for 1861,
page 63, the loss which is put down to this cause alone
amounts to the eaormoos quantity of 113.491,549 cub o
feet of gas. For the preceding year of 184 it is placed
at 83 390,376 cublo feet. The average for tbe five yea
of 1859, lukl, 1861,1862 and 1863 will be found, byilie
table referred to, to be 61.476.3U6 cubio feet; so that the
loss by leakage, aa it is called, exceeded in 1864 th
average by 31,8 6' 369 cubic feet, and iu 1816 by (1,016,313
cublo feet; thus more than doubling the leakage upon
tbe average of tbe five years, and exceeding that of
1864 by 29,109.974 cubio feet
Tbe term leakage is made to cover every foot of gis,
arteritis measured into tbo bolder, that Is not ao
counted for at the end oft' e year by the cash received
into the treasury and tbe suspended debt. This iitt,ir
item is exceedingly small, the total to January 1. 1-06
being estimated at 83 1,868 49; while to the 1st of J,iuu
ary, 1866, it is stated at 838 346 26-an iucrease ouly of
92612 24, representing about 830,000 cubio feet at 83
per 1000fet.
Gas, therefore, that Is consumed and not paid for,
that is wasted through carelessness, that la consumed
through Impurities of manufacturing and runs away
In tar or otherwise, is all put nnder the head of leak
age. It is a general term that covers every descrlptlou
of loss after the gas reaches tbe holder.
Estimating tbe loss on 61,1X0 000 of cubic feet, being
the excess above the average of preceding years, at 83
per foot, it would show a total In tbli Item of 8 iW.irno
loss, per cent, for prompt payment. Tbia la the loss
upon gas stond alone, outside of that which oocurs In
tbe process of making it, from various causes, and
which may be increased or diminished, depending
solely npon the care and skill exhibited In tbe maun
facture. It Is shown by statistics furnished by the an
neal reports, that the percentage of loss by leakage la
1863 was 8 30; In 18(4, 10,49; and In 1868, 13 333, being 18'
per cent, in 1866 above the lose of loot, and 6.133 per
cent, above that ot 1863.
Taking the percentage of loss of 1853, according to
the table, No. 1, hereunto annexed, or the amouutof
gas made in 166, 84,6 6,V0 cubio feet, it would be
33 349.000 cublo feet of gas. This is
13,349.000 cubio feet at 93 per 1 00 feet, 9130,147 00
Lets per cent, for prompt payment, 6,6o2 S6
Loss to tbe trust by leakage, . 9I33.644 (6
Independently of the loss of gas by leakage.lt Is
shewn by tbe table annexed. No 1. taking tha statis
tics from Ihe annual reports of 1862, '63, '04 and W,
that the ave-age yield of gas for the three first years
was 8 4in,i3 cublo feet, wllle for le06 it was MUi3
cable fet, a difference of 836,909 ubto feet.
There was tbeeame labor aud expense asif the pro
per quantity of gas had been obtained fiem it, tbe
I? u.rSA .'"'J1 "lou caused a loss of gas equal to
81 ,266,046 ouble feet equal, at 93 per 1000 feet, with the
disotnut otl, to 819.106 38
By table No. it la shown that the deficit In the
yield of coke to the ton of coal osrbon sad in 1866 waa
194,471 busbele, as compared with tbe average yield of
1862, 1P63 and 1M4, and thla, at P cents a bushel, wo'ilrt
be 921.691 81; allowing the total coat In these tnree
Items of gaa. coal and coke, from waste of materUl, to
have been 8334.H4I 84. I
In tbeocmaetitlon er manufacture of gas. the illu
minating powrr Is everything Ton may have and con
sume vaaors without light. To what ex ent thecitt
zens and city bave been compelled to pty high. orlc-
for a light below the standard cannot be eortalnl
Both were and are called on to pay for the qk tntity
consumed, whether the quality was of the kind the
woiks ought to have fnrmahed or not. From this the
consumers, publio and private have no escape. i While
tbe 1 tost complains that the city does not nay anlfl
elent pi Ice per lamp, and desires to Increase the rate
at which It seeks to arrange tbe city, It Is silent as t. i
theweak and diluted oonditlnn of tbe gas it furnishe
for the public aoro nmvdelion. (
In London and other large cities there la anitfTlier
rr officers appointed by government to teat the quality
or Illuminating power of gaa. Ibis is done t short
Inteivala, ana if not found tip t the tndird, an
abatement of price Is allowed to the consumers. In
deed, so particnlar are the authorities that the ataud
atd is regulated by special law.
'j be excessive leakage In 1866 Is only to be accounted
for by the imperfect quality of the gas leading to con
densation, In a shape which those who have end la
yered to give reasons for the loss ( not, however, certi
fied nnder oath or affirmation ), did nut understand, or
understanding, have evaded the question altovether.
It must be borne In mind that tbee same cans' B to a
greater or lo s extent amount for the leakage of pre
vlons year, but they reached their maximum In 1-46.
and will be leas in 1866 A competent scientific and
skilful officer, practical'y acquainted with hla duties
and faithtully performing them, should not be re
moved, nor should the stokers and helpers be changed,
and their places supplied by raw and inexperienced
bands, whose only merit may be that they are parti
tan ward managers, for one party or the other
The committee then dissected tbe items of wages In
the last annual report, and animal verted upon the
rracttce of tbe Trusteea of the works In seeking pub
lo offices while tbey are managing the great work en
trusted to them.
To sum np the whole, tbe failure In the management
of the Uas Works may be largely attributed to tbe In
troduction cf politics In tbe appointment of the Trus
tees and their employes. Commencing years bick, the
evil has grown In foroeand intensity.
For a time there was a bal nee cf strength, but In
the spring of 18n6 the domlnator of one ol them he;a ne
supreme, and then a wholesale discharge ef tbeir po
litical opponents ensued, and their places were sup
plkd with political favorites, with but little egtrd to
fitness and capacity. While It Is not Intended to se
cure any of tbe Trustee, past or present, from ti e
odium they deserve for so prostituting a trust into
which they shonld never have permitted politic to
enter, tbe facts show that this year has neon the most
disastrous one In the history of tbe works, the grot
prt tile for it being only ... 9121 463 9
Korlfft, ...... 618,9661
For 1863, ...... 185.17670
For 1862, ...... 371.73. Si
For 1861, 372,(16 27
For 186", - 4' 8 436 '4
The loss admitted by the Cashier In his annual re
port on tne operations of 1866 being 9163,781 61, the
only year since the existence of the works when they
proved to be a lotingconcern, alihongh they wore set
ting enormous profits; and this, too, while every other
establishment of tbe like kind was making uionoy and
paying dividends.
Too much of politics and not the proper standard of
heat toll the story of fatlnre, to say nothing of mis
takes in contracts and extravagance in v. rious direc
tions. In the annnal report for 1865 one of the causes as
signed for leakage in the yield of coal was tbe Interior
quality of the iron of which the retorts were made,
which were furnished by a particular contractor.
How many of the retorts were short lived because of
bad ircn or through unskilful bandliug, whether they
were killtd by mixmaragement or were inherently de
fective, is a fact never to be got at accurately ; for it is
bard to say whether poor iron or bad labor was more
toblame. But certain It Is, If made of the bst iron a
retort cannot long stand unskillul handling ami ir
regular heat, fco.too.of tbe coal; if not properly
charged some of it never carbonizes, and If not pro-
erly carbonized it will not produce got d coke. The
leat when not of the right kind, and when i f the right
kiiiu not kept cp regularly, fails as to gas, wastes
coal, produces bnt poor coke, and leads to the destruc
tion of retorts and settings.
To what extent iubereut defects n the retorts aid
tbe unskilful handling of them combined to pr.dnoe
this state of things, can never be asce-tained. The
Committee of the Trust, In their report of defect v
retorts, si em not to have given a thought as to defec
tive heat. They assumed that tbe h at was always
right the iron was to blame, but not the fire.
it cannot be denied that there has been gross mis
management, even if the charge of corruption bo
doubted. Tbe profits have disappeared, tbe exponii
tures have largely Increased, the citizens pay betvier
and rtcetve less light, while the works, which wre
regardid in the prospective as a source uf sure profit
are now a burthen to the city. '1 be seourity of the
loanbolders Is thus Impaired, and unless some remedy
can be applied (and the proper remedy can hardly be
known nntil after full investigation), the works will
actrally occasion increased taxation, while everywhere
else such woiks are the source of sure profit, and this,
too, at places very tar dtitant, from the coal Holds
which are so abnm ant In our own ttiate.
No one can believe that a man without, scientific
knowledge and but little practical expi rlenoe la com
petent to be tbe Ohlof Engineer of so Immense an es
tablishment as tne I'uuaiieipnia uas moras, in aujc
cesstul management requires the mind and genius of
no ordinary individual. He mav be honest, lie rn ,y bo
attentive and industrious, but these will avail but
little if, being tbe head of the Werits, ho is not com
Ectent to Instruct and teach those under him in all the
rauches. and prompt to detect their errors and mis
takes. He most be a dlaciplir arlan, watchful and en
ergetic, tor the trust is a gieat one, and the responsi
bility neavy. to aepena npon nis suoorainates is at
once to destroy hla power and plaoe b in at their
mercy.
1 he interests of the city, and the comfort and reliof
of the community, require that this trust shonld be
abolished and the gas works be made a department of
the city. While it is believed private parties cau be
found to take tbem with all their immense dues, give
the city, if not its light for nothing, certainly at oat.
and relinquish to it the entire amount Invested In tiu
sinking fund, nearly one hail million of dollars, stip
ulating, also, not to put gas at a higher rate to private
consumers than two dollars por thousand cubio feat,
the committee do not feel disposed to recommend tbe
municipal abandonment of works which, if properly
menaced, will prove a p ilit t the city, yielding at
least half a million of dollars annually to the public
treasury.
Torr ake the works a department of the city would
brli g tbem directly under tbe control of tbe city an
tborltles and nearer to the people. As they are n ,w
placed and managed, they are in the nature of aclos i
corporation, away from inspection and without check
Whether, when the change is brought about, they are
all to be managed by a committee of Councils, or by
commissioners appointed for that purpose, the Coun
cils having tbe right to approve of and make the ap
propriations ncoeesary to carry on the work, tbe
whole of tbe proceeds being paid into the city trea
sury as tbey acorue, is question not necessary to be
discussed at tbis time.
A certain cure ror most of the abuses which exist is
to put an end to the Trust, and make it a department
of the city, and this tbe committee recommend to the
tarly attention of Counoils.
In conclusion the committee would remark that the
proper management ot the Uas Trust is a m itter which
was superior to all party considerations. Its supoly
should be cheap and certain. They ask the adoption
of the annexed resolution.
JamksFaoc,
B.W.Gkav, I
Thus A. Barlow, Committee.
J. W. Hopkins, I
Chas. M. WaumekJ
recember 12, 1866.
Besolved, That the Committee be discharged from
further consideration of the subject.
TAULg OF COMPARISON NO, 1,
Percent.
Oas Made, Oas Bold. Leakage of Loss.
1PA3, 736 689.0C0 676,823,491 60.374.6O9 8.20
164, 794.e7tf.000 711,236 426 83,390,676 M 409
IOCS, 644,616,100 717,026,411 42.490,649 13.343
No. 2.
Tons of
coal and Tield of
Oas made, other ma- gaa per
feet. ter'l used. ton.
1862, - 666.9:7,000 63 888 0 f.S1
1863, 736.698,000 78.t37 9 So 7
1864, 714,676,' 00 86,211 9.3U
.366, 844,616,100 93.107 9 o74
Average for three yeari.
Average for 1865,
9, I'd
8.(74.
No. 3.
Tons of
ooal uaed.
66. .93
76,f03
83,774
93,(69
Bush, of
coke sold
aud uaed,
2, 6i,413
3.651,1(4
2,980.667
3,104,663
Tield ot
coke per
ton coal.
35 Ml
36.Ui
M,M)1
M M
1862,
1863,
1864,
lt06,
Average yield for three years,
Aveiago for 1866,
36. ,43
BOARDING.
JSO. 1121 GIRARD STREET
Js now open for the accowsiodation of
FlItST-CLASS J3C A11DER8.
ApplyeailyJ 8 2
gL ATE MANTELS!
SLATE MANTELS are unsurpassed for Durability,
Beauty, Strength, and Cheapness,
bLATE MANTELS and blate Work Generally, made
to order, '
J. B. KIMES & CO.,
812 BTos 8126 and 2128 CHK8NUT Street.
NEW RUBBER DEPO T--WM.80N,
HAUfcR A CO, No. 409 CPE8NCT
r-treet. bave opened a Kew Bubbcr Depot, for the sale
of rlnbber tioods of every description
I'atent ( oik Rubber Hhoes and Boots.
Patent ( ork Idattreseee
Patent Cork Cushions.
Patent Bnrlng Bottoms,
l atent Htufled Mufts.
I'atfnt Cork Life Preservers.
Patent Cork Kubber Soles. ' '
Alto, Guna, Flu tola Ladles' and Oonts Skates, Parlor
Croquet and Far or Base Ball. Parlor Bkating, Hkailng
jMuffs, Okating Jackeu, by rmue wil-Hotf a Co.,
li tW io.409CliB8iiUI Sweet
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
1 ( .
For Additional City Intelligence tee Fifth Page."
" 1
City Cotjkoils. The regular meeting waa held
yesterday. The business transacted waa this:
Select UrancK President Kperlng In the chair.
A etluon waa present) d through Mr. Cnttftll for
lamps in Thirty. nlnin street, Twenty tourm
ward. .
A con mut Iratlon was re-elved from the Water Da
parinient asking an extension of time to J. W Mid
dle'cn. contrao or for m king Iron pipe, lo conw
fjitf tier ol the recent r)etrnct on of his premises by fire.
A icsolu ion, accord. ugly, was Introduced by dir.
Gray end pasted.
A resolution to I y water pipe In Mill and other
streets. Twenty second ward, was also paaaad.
A long communication a introduced from H. P.
M. Birklnbine, Chief krglneer of tbe Water Depart
ment. vind eating his course while In that office, an I
ei omerating tbe number and extent of tbe improve
nu nts made 0 urine his administration
1 he communication betn very long. Mr. Gray mo'oil
that it be printed, and that a ape eial committee of five
frcme ch (.'haulier b appointed to investlgtte the
nccurary of hi r. Blrkir, bine's claims that he has
meneged the rfTlrs of h.s department with wHdom
ardecinom? Agriedtn
Colonel I'sge tl en presentod the annexed report
fn m the special committee, of which he is t'restdent
to investigate the alleged mismanagement of the U is
Wc rks. j bee second page )
'I he chairman of the committee now moved that the
emmittee be discharged from the further considera
tion of the su joct.
On motion, the report and the testimony were ordor
ed to be piloted.
Ihe Chamber went Into joint convention to electa
City Bollcitc r, ice Frederick V. Brewster elected
Judge
Communications from school teacher asking for
n i re r.ay, were ref rred to ihe Committee on Schools
'J tie amendments of Common Councils to the bit
making appropriations to furnish the new (Jonrt
lion no were coucunad in; alao, an ordinance making
appropriations to ray the funded debt af the city.
An biriitiai.ee was Introduced to pay to the clerks and
D senters of (!. inn lis S60' for ex ra services.
Mr. Ileum prt tested against this as a matter that
wis In proper A man, as a member of Councils,
alicuM spend Ihe money of the city as carefully as he
would rp nil hi own If this principle is allowed,
tteie w ll be t o end of similar spplications; aid If the
p r soi t salailos are not saflicitut let an Increase b
6. Led for.
Mr. Barlow thought that the pay was ample,
Mr Ven Cleveurg'd the paasageof tbe bill.
Col. Page oppostd tbe bill, which passed. Teas 14
my 7.
'J he ordinance to reorganize the Fire Department
was tat-en up ns It came from Common Councils
A mot on to pos pone Indefinitely was debated for
some tin e, and then pnt to vote with this result:
Yeas Mea-rs. Barlow, Bumm, Campbell, Oray,
Hopkins, King, Manns, Cmerly, Page, Bitoliio,
tbal crosii, rhermer. Hhem, t-ml;h, Wagner 16.
Nas-Slofsrs. Cattell, Freeman. Ilodgdon, Jones,
Mam 1, Pollock, Van Clove, and Bperlug, President-
8.
A motion to reconsider was made and lost by a vote
of ;4 to in.
A bill from Common Council, rotative to ths sale of
tie city's interest in Pine street wharf, was taken up.
Mr. Bnnim cxpl ineri that lha ITotterall estate wish
to purchase the tniall p rilon belonging to the city in
or del to improve it. Keith', r dock is large enough for
n ship. The Fotterall estate will buy it and Improve
ti e property. It would be much b-tter for theoity to
soil the city's share of tbe dock than to lease It at the
present price, with three or fn r hundred dollars ie
p lira in c ssary every year. Tbe city owns only 18 feet
ol the wharf and 29 teet of the dock.
Mr. llodgdon thought that tbe price named, 812 000,
is too low for such propetty. lie asked for postpone
men". Mr. Pnmm Bisected, and the bill was postponed for
avctk.
The bill authorizing the grading and paving or
Washington avenue was lost That re.ative to t o
grading of M ashington lane was passed. Adjourned.
Common rraneh Common Couucil o me to ordor at
3 o click. President Btokiey cccupled the chair.
The usual list of petitions was received, and the
stai dli b committees ditected to consider them.
Mr. Mactague presented a remons ranee against the
al teration ot the na me of f rune street to Locust street,
as proponed in Select Council.
A rt solution offered by Mr. Martin tkatanlnvita
tion be exten i to Select Couucil to meet Common
Conrcil in joint convention, at 6 o'clock, for the ele
tion of a City Solicitor in the p ace of F. Carroll Brew
ster, rtsigm d, was agreed to. .xv
A omuiui'icatlon tr'Di a committee of teachers was
reciveo, renneating Councils to attend a general meet
ing ol tbe lady teachers of publio schools, at the High
bcliool, to-morrow afternoon, t, secure concerted ac
tion for an Increase cf the salaries of tbe teachers.
Mr. Marcer, l h itruian or the r inance uonimmee,
repcrted an ordinance appropriating 1. 126,000 to pay
tbe interest of the funded debt of the city failing due
on tbe first of January.
Also, an ordinance anorocrlating 82o7,118 46 to pay
the fundi d debt maturing during next year.
Both ordinances p sstd.
The Fire bill then came np under the report of the
Con mittee on Fire end Tiusta.
Two reports came from tbe committee, The majority
report stated that tbe oomrnittee h-d cona.dered the
ordinance submitted to them, and bad amended the
first section by tbe bu' Htltuliou of two members of the
Board of Directors of t be K ire Department Inst ad of
tbe Fire Marshal and Chief of Police, originally named
bsCommlsaioueis. Tbe Committee thought that as tue
fireman ia deeply interested in the woikings of the
( in mission be should bave the privilege of a voice in
its creation. 1 be Committee also altered the ortgluai
oidmat ce by inverting a cluuee allowing the flreuieu
to elect their own officers the I". ngiueer and his as
sistants. As the Chief Kugf nuer Is nuder the old bill
directed to be elected by Counoils, the Commute-,
thought it would be bett r to allow tbe present plan of
election by tbe Fire Department to coutinne, as the
t hief Ei gineer, chosen by tbe firemen themselves,
will bave no canse to cringe to or caj le Councils.
Tbis report was suLmltted by Mr. Nichols.
Mr. Bar(Hley then offered a minority report, pre
senting tbe original t rdinai ce, amended Oi iy by the
KUlibtitntion in tbe Board of Commissioners of a niaui
l er of tbe Board of Directors ten ead of tbe Chief of
Police, first named. Tbe other seotious of the bill
were uncbanrsd.
'j he minority report was adopted in very short ordor.
Tbe Chamber Ignored tbe majority's action, oalled the
prevloua questi, n on a iilibtHiering debat", aud, by
a vote of 26 to 14, finally sent ihe ordinance into helect
Cooncil. The nays wore: Mesrs. Barnes, Calhoun,
i illop, Grillilhs, Hancock, uetzel, tiuliu, Mactague,
Mchols, Palmer, Shane, btauton, Stockhnui aud Wol
Lert. The Highway Committee reported a resolution to
grade Washington lane. Twenty first wad. Agreodto.
Mr. Stanton. Chairman of the Committee on Port
Wardens, reported an ordinance to lease to the Dela
ware Avenue Market Company Dock atreet wharf, at
an annual rental ol $4000. This was recommitted to
the committee,
The two Chambers In joint con vention, then elected
James Lyrd Ci y Solicitor, to till the vacancy occa
sioned ly the lesignation of Judge Brewster. Tbe
Bepublicans genet ally voted for Mr. Lynd, he receiv
ing 46 votes; Mr. K. O. Nichols, the present Assistant
t ollcitor, 11, and Thos J. Barger 8. The division in
the votes of the dominant party was because of the
possli le Ineligibility of Mr. Lyud.
Tbe Highway bill was considered, amended, and the
Chamber adjourned.
Report of the Opebations of the
Watkb Depabtmknt. The following communi
cation was Bent to Councils yesterday by Mr. Bir
kinline, C'biel Engineer of the Water Works:
'jo the te'.ecl and Common Counoils of the City of
Philadelphia:
Gentlemen : fbor socms to be a misandorstand
ing ol tbe manage ment and condition, of tbo aflairs
oi this .Department, and also an impression tnat
tbe improvements mado to the Woiks are not judi
cious expenditures; and as tbese impre siona iu the
minds or membeis ol your bouorable body are in
jurlonuiy ailcctiug tbo interests ot the Department
as well as myselt, to whom you bare intrusted tbo
Department lor six years and a bait, I would mon
respcctiuliy ask your attention to tbe following;
statements, designed to vindicate tbe action ot'
Councils in authorizing tbe work, and in making
the appropriation lor cairy ing it on, as well as ou
my own Lehaif ; and requesting such aoiion on your
pait as may be deemed proper in the premises.
On taking charge ot tbe Water Works in July,
1868 a larfy number of pelt ions from tarious parts
oi tbe city were referred to one by Councils, with a
resolution directing m to report upon a means of
turnlfhing an adequate supply of water for all part
of tbe city. In answer to the resolution, a report
was presented to Courclls in Ootoier(see Appendix,
Mo. 220, "Journal ot bolect Couucil," 1803, pajro 1421
of tbe extension aud improvements of tbe works
suggested in tbe report. 1'be improvements undo
untier resolution of Councils have oobi G14,033 07.
1 be results of those improvements bave been :
1st An tuoteaso of the pumping capaoity of tbo
Works of tweut i -six million gallons per day, 2J
An increase ot the storage capaoity oi the Woi ks of
taenty mi lion gallons 8d. An increase of the daily
capacity of the mains for attributing water ot
twenty-four million gahous 4th. I'beconnectingot
the Works, so that they can all be made to assist
ecb otber, instead of koiug entire y independent, as
before.
Ibe total capacity of the Works for pumping and
distributing water prev;os to these Imuiovemeota
was about seventeen million gallons por day, or
thirty-lour gallons per inhabitant, whi'e the amount
supplied last year to a grt atiy increased poHuiu iou
was lortv-one gallon, per inhabitant. I be capacity
of tbe Works is thus more than doubled by an ex
pend.turo oi less tban one-flub tbeir original co.-t.
Tbe total saving in tne running expenses resuming
flora those improvements will not be apparent until
next year, but it may be estimated at from seventy
five thousand to one bundled thousand dollars per
annum. As no accurate accounts were kept ot
pumping expenses prior to a detailed s.ato
ment it impntgtb'e
In 169 one pound of coal was consumed for 472 J
ga loiisot wa'er supol'ed, and In 1806 one pound of
coal tor every 898 6-10 gallons, allowing a saving In
coal alone of 4756 tons, which, at 25 per ton,
would be 829,718-76. There la a corresponding saving
in otber items ol expense, rod next year, when the
full benefits of tbese improvements are realised,
there will be a turtber saving of about (40.C03 in tue
expense ot pumping.
In 1867 tbe net profits upon the Works, after dn
ducting all expenses, were filty-two per cent.; la
106 tbey were over fifty-tire per cent., showing an
ireffssrd profit, nolwiths'afidlng Ihe price of coal, I
oil, tallow, ret ails, and all other expenses bave more j
tn donb ed su re that date. .The total receipts ot
D6Q wi 1 be (Hecen ter estimated from the 13th)
tetOCtOi the (xrenscs (Deoernlr estimated from
tbe 18th) tr-20 007 7fl, or but 2Q 000 more than t.ie
expenses ot lt67, and making the net profits of tbo
works lor tbis j ear sixty five per cent of tbe cross
income) and If the management of the Depaitment
the coming ear shou d not be Improved over this,
the net earnings ol the Works, after deducting all
expenses, will be 460 0uO. A number of improve
ment bate aleo bien made to the Woiks, which
yield no direct revenue, but which have been pa d
tor out of tbe annnal appropriation for maintaining
the Works, amrng wh.cli have been the gradinc,
plat ting, and improvement ot the grounds at Fair
mount v oiks, tin sixieer-lnch main on Twentieth,
stnet, from l't p'ar to Green, the main to Frank
foio, and replacing wooden pipe with iron, eto.
A portion oi the amount annually apnropni'otl
for themainteiiance ot the Works has genera I y been
lett ut,ependu at the end ol escli year.
Tbe shop, w hich,. nnder otber management, was a
bi 1 of expence, ha been mado to yield a profit of
irom two to five thousand dollars annually.
in appropriating the million loan, no provision waa
msflo to romp'e e the extension proposed lor Kair
n mint Wo ka, viz. :
The repincmgof thoold wheels with turbine snd
erecting a large pumping-enplne.whioh will increase
the pumping power of the works ten million gal
lons at ail seasons of tbe year. 1 his would enabln
ihe Department t lurnish a full supply, and allow
tor all contingencies that might occur by accident
or drought
In managing tbo works, suggesting or making
Improvements or indicating olhor sources ot nnp-
f ly, csre has Lcen taken to study the interests of
he city. Ihe cbaracier of the work douo, aud
the result ot these Improvements I would respect
fully sulmit to the Judgment of your honorub.c
body,
Electioit of tde Cut Solicitor.
Councils met in convention yesterday afternoon Tor
tie purpose ol electing a City Solicitor, in the place
of the Hon. F. Cs'roil Brewster, resigned.
Messrs. James Lynd and Thomas J. Barger wore
nominated.
Mr. D.IIon stated that he, on behalf of the
miLority, pioleated against tbo nomination of -Mr.
Lynd,
Ibe vote was then taken, and the Ke ublican
members cast tboir votes for Mr. Lynd, and 'bo
Democratic members for Mr. Barger. Bcloro tbo
result of the vote was announced, a number of tbe
Kepubltcans atked and obtained leave to change
tbeir vote for Mr. K. K. Kichnls, the present As
s.stant City (Solicitor. The vote, on being announced,
stood is follows : Lynd, 46; Nichols, 11; Bargor, 8
Mr. Lynd was therelore Ueclaitd to be tbe nominee
oi the Convention.
Ihe reason given why the eleven Republican
numbers changed their voted was that there was
some doubt as to the riebt ot Councils to elect Mr.
Lynd, and therefore Mr lS'ichola was voted lor, so
as to make him the next highest on the list, it it
slit u'd be declared by the Coiirt that Mr. nd was
cot cbtitltd.
FmES Last Evening. Between 0 and 7
o'clock last evening a lite occurred in tho store ot
Herbert fc Tabor, Mo. 6 MorU Fourth street
Damage hiding.
At quarter-pant 7 o'clock an alarm was caused by
a trifling fire at N. W. corner of tievenleentb aud
Lombard streets.
At half-past 7 o'clock a fire occurred in the housa
of William C Montgomery, He. 1430 Fawn ftrcot,
cou-ed bv tbe exploeirn of a coal oil lamp, while an
attempt was being made to till it when ligbtid.
Loss 850.
Between 8 and 9 o'c'ock a barn on the Tacony
road, near Frankford, belonging to Dr. Burgiu,
was destroyed by fire. Loss $150. Covered by
insuranoe.
AThief witqaSwekt Tooth. Jacob
Elter and William Bai ey bad a boanng Deioro
Alderman lloitlor, ot the Central Station yesterday,
on the charge of sealing confectionery from tbo
store ot airs, b S. Itonuo's. Market stroot. Ther
were held lor trial. An additional charge, that of
carrying conceatod deadly weapons, wa s preferred
apaiist E ter, a blackjack leing found ou him
alter bis arrest, and be was held on that charge also.
Coach UrsET and Man Injubkd.
A. J Bait, ol Ohio, whilo on his way, yesterday, to
tbe Pennsylvania Kailroad depot was severely in
jured by tbe breaking down of tho Continental
Hotel coach, in West Market street, fie was re
moved to tbo hotel.
Cedshed to Death. Frank Monck, thir
teen years oid, was kited yesterday on Or eon stree
wharf, bv a pile of lumber foiling on him. His
parents reside buck of Mo. 129 Coates street.
CITY ORDINANCES.
AN ORDINANCE
To Make an Additional Appropriation to tho
ibe City Commissioners to pay Certain Cluims.
Section 1. Tho tseiect and Common Counci's ol
the City of Fhilaaelpbia do ordain, T hat tbe sum oi
two thousand and thirty-four dollars and forty
cents be aud is hereby appropriated to tne
City Commitsionera for tbe loliowing purposes,
viz.
Item 1. To ray meals lor Jurors, two hundred
and twenty-Eeven dollais.
Item 2. To pay fees of Coroner, twelve hundred
dollais.
It' in 8 To pay Officers of tho Court of Common
I less, one bt l.dr, a ana fiity-i-ix dollars.
Html, 'lo pay for pi.niing tbe Venire of tbo
Conrt of Quarter Sessions, six terms, eighty dollars
aud forty cents.
Item 6. To pav Interpreter of the Court of Quar
ter .Sessions, one hundred and thirty dollars.
It m 0. To pay for cases and shelving lor election
inifocts, in the City Commiscionors' Office, two
buntired and lorty-ono dollars.
Frovided, Ihe Controller etiall countersign no
watrant drawn on Item 2, unless the cbargos con
tained in the bill chained to said item shall be ac
companied by tbo certificate of the City Solicitor,
that tbe same are no gi eater tban those allowed bv
law. And warrants shall be drown by tbe Ci'V
Commivtioneis in conformity with existing ordi
nances. WILLIAM 8. STOKLET,
l'rcsidcnt ol Common Council.
Attot
Jobh Eckstein,
Clerk oi Common Council.
JOSHUA bl'ERING,
Fresidentof So'ect Council.
Approved this twelfth day ot December. Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six
I A. U. lObO).
MORTON McVriCUAEL,
12 14 It Mayoi of Fbilauelpbia.
AN ORDINANCE
To Authorize the Ereotlon of additional Market
Ucnsea on G raid avenue, fur tbe ue of Farmers.
Section 1. 'i be boleotand Common Councils ol the
City ot l'hiiadelpbia do ordain, That tbe Commis
sioner ot Markets be and he is hereby authorized
and instructed to have erected under the super
vision ot loe Committee on Market, additional
Market Houses on Uiratd avenue, between seventh
and fcivbtb streets, similar to those already elected
on said street, for tbe use of farmer, the lents ot tbe
samo to be arranged bv the Committee on Markets,
in conjunction with the Commissioner.
Beet. on 2 Ibat said work shall not be commenced
ni til alter January 1st, 1867; and that an amount
euibcient to complete tbe work bemadefn the annual
a Droprialion to tbe Di parinient of Markets,
Wharves and Landings, for itie year,1867; and also
that the Commissioner on Market, e c, be directed
to advertise for proposals to do the work, and that
the same be allotted to the lowest bidder.
WILLIAM S. SIOKXEY
Fresideut oi Common Council,
Attest
Abraham Stkwabt,
Assistant Clerk of Common Council
JO IHUA SL'ttiUNti,
President of Boloct Council.
At proved this twelfth day of December. Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred aud sixty-six
(A. D. 18U6).
MORTON MoMICHAEL.
12 11 It Mavor of FbUadelptiia.
AN ORDINANCE ,.,,,
To Authorize the Comraissionor ol Markets to
Apbolnt a Clerk for the Market in Manayunk,
Twenty flist Ward. J ,
beotion 1. Tbe fceleot and Common Counoils of the
City of Fhiladelpha do ordain. That the Commis
sioner of Markeis be and be ia hereby autborized to
appoint a clerk ior tbe markets in Manavuuk, in tbe
1 Venty-nrst Ward, whose duty shall commonos on
tbe lt ol Jannaiy 1667, at salary of olo hundred
.nd fifty dollar. , er aunutn g ST0KLEY
President oi Common Couucil.
Attest
Jobh Eckbtkin,
Clerk of Common Council.
JOUUUA HfERlNO,
Preside ut ol Select Council,
Approved this twelfth day of December, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and slxtsj -six
(A. D. 11306).
' ' MORTON MctflCHAEL.
12 14 It . Mayor of 1'hilttdulpbla,
CITY ORDINANCES.
AN ORDINANCE
. To Make an Appiopnatlon to the Cornml.
Honors of the Sinking funds for the year 1817.
Fectton 1 Tbe bclect and Common Councils of
tbe City of Philadelphia do ordain. Thai the sum
01 Four Hundred and Thirty-one Thousand Four
Hum! red and Forty five Dollars be and the same is
hereby appropriated to the Commissioners ot the
Hihk'ng i- uuds, lor the year 1867, to be applied w
follow:-
Iiem 1. To the Sinllng Fund of ten mill.ons, one
hundnd thousand dollars.
Drm2. lo tne Sinking Fund of one million,
twelve i boufsnd c oilers.
Itrm 8. lo tho Milking Kund of efpht hundred
thousand aoilais, nine thousand six huudrod
ooilais.
item 4. To the Sinking Fund ol four hundred
arid il ly tnousand dollars, fiity lour hundred
collars. ,
ltm 6. To the Sinking Fund of Banbury and
dol'lars ' telTe thousand s,x hundred
Item 6. To the Sinking Fund of threo hundred
and iweiiiv-live thousand dollars, tbir.y-nlue bun
dled i o lars.
Item 7. To the Sinking Fund of Northwestern
Railicad, f cv n tl.outtnd eight hundred dollars.
Item 8. To tho Sinking tund oi certain obliga
tions, nine bundled and sixtv-nine dollars.
lleinb. To the Sibking Jbund of Uoad Damages
one thousand dollars. '
Item 10. J o tbe Mwking Fund of oerta n Culvert,
two thoiisard lour hundred dollars.
Item 11. To the Sinking Fund oi Water Loan No,
1, tbrce thousand nine hundred and thirty-six
dollais.
1 1 em 12. To ti e Einking Fund of sevon hundred
thi tisand dollars, eight v-lour hundred dollars.
Item 18. le the Sinking Fund of Dotonse of CliT
No. 1. fit een thousand six hundred dollars
Item 14. 'Jo the binking Fund oi Oas Works No,
1, nine thousand dollais. ' '
Hem 16 to the Hie king Fund of Gas Works No.
2 ten thousand dollars.
Item 18. To the Sinking Fund or Gas Works No.
8, ten thousand dollars.
lem 17 TotheMnking Fund of Gas Woiks No.
4, twenty thousand dollars.
Item 18. lo tbe Sinking Fund of School Loan No.
1, twelve hundred dollars.
Item 19. l o tl.o Sinking Fund of Road Damago
and Bridge Loan, twelve hundred dollais.
Item 20 To the Sinking Fund ot Cbrsnnt Stroot
Bridgo Loan, No. 1, two thousand lour hundred dol
lira.
lum 21. To the Sinking Fund of twelvo hundred
thou-and dollars, lourteen thousand lour huudrol
dollars. - -'
Item 22. To the Sinking Fund of Bounty, No. I,
six thousand do lars.
Item 23. To the Mnklng Fund of Detense of City,
No 8, six thousand dollars. ,
Item 24. To the Sinking Fnnd of Dofonse of City,
No. 8, tweive thousand dollars. ,
Item 26 To the t- inking Fund of City Bounty, No,
2, thirt-nlne thousand ool ars.
Item 28 To tbe rinkiug Fund of City Bounty,No.
8, fortv-two thousand dollars.
Iuni's7. To the Sinking Fund of Publio School
Loan, Ao 2 twelve thousand dollars.
It m 28 lo tbe Sinking Fund of Water Loan, No.
2, twelve thonsand dollars.
I em 29. To the Sinking Fund of Municipal Loan,
thirty thousand dollars.
Item 80. lo the Sinklrg Fund of Chosnut Street
Bridgo, No. 2, one thousand and twenty dollar.
Item 81. lo tbe Sinking Fund of Dett ise of CliT,
No. 4, seven thousand two hundred dollars.
Item 82 To tbe Sinking Fund of City Loan, No.
83, twelve thousand dollars. .
Item 8. For Salary or Secretary, four hundred
dollars.
Item 84. For Stationery, Incidentals, eto., twenty
cfoliais.
And warrants lo be drawn In conformity witU
existing ordinances.
WIILIAM8 STOKLEY,
President of Common Council.
Attest
Jons LCKSTKIN, -Clork
of Common Connoil. -
JOSHUA 8PERINO,'
President ot Select Council.
Approved this twe'ftu day of Decembor, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty
nx i A. D. 1806).
MORION MoMICHAEL,
12 14 It Mavor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE
To Levy and Fix tho Rate of Taxes for tbo
carlE67.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils bl tho
City ot 1 hi adelpliia do ordain, That the City Com.
mis ioi.ers are hen by authonz d and required forth
with to levy on the taxable property returned by
tho As-esBors as tbe assessment made in the year
1866 (exoept such as ii-fraarkcd '-Rural"), a tax of
lour dollars on the hundred dollars on tue asaossod
value thereof, and upon everv taxab e inhab.Uut ot
tbe o ty tbe sum of twentv-tivo cents.
.Section 2. Tbe i-aid tax to bo levied for tho
3 ear 18b7, as our citv and county tax, and is
hereby voted for tbo fol. owing objects tor the sold
jear, viz. :
Item 1. For tbe relief and employment ot the
Poor, Ihe sum oi si ventoen cents.
Item 2. For tbo Ptiblio Schools, the sum of fifty
eight cents.
Item 8. For lighting the City, tho sum of twenty
eight cents.
I tern 4. For the pa ment of interest on the funded
debt and for tbo sinking lund, the sum of one dollar
and liltv-lour cents.
Item 6. For tbe caro or the Publio Highways, tho
sum of twenty cents.
item 6. For Bupply of Water, the sum of twonty
one ceiits.
item 7. For the Police, the sum of thirty-seven
cents.
Item 8. For the care of tho City Property, the
sum ot six cents.
Item 9 For tbo Department of Fire, the sum of
seven cents.
Item 10. For the Prisons, tbe sum oi seven
cent.
Item 11. For the Department of City Commiwlon
ers, the sum of eleven cents
Item 12. For Street Cleansing, tbe sum of sevon
cents.
Iu m 13 For tbe remaining expenses ol the Mual
cipuliiy, the sum ot twenty-seven cents.
And said amounts are bere'jy declared to be ap
proDriated ior the said oiject-i, subject to further
Direction by ordinance; audit shall be the duty of
tbo Receiver ot l'axrs to cause to be printe t on the
tax bl Is the rates voted lor tho obJ?cta beroiubefora
mentioned.
Section 8. On all such portion of tho assessed
property markfd 'Itura','' ouly two-thirds ot tbe
tax snail te levied ; and no part ot that sec apart lor
tbo relief and employment of the Poor shall be
levied ou tbe assessed property situate in tbe Wards
where bouses lor tbe accommodation ot the poor
are provided as required bv tbe Eighteenth Soction
ot the Actoi February 2, 18E4
S oi ion 4 1 bat in pursuance of th nower vested
in the Counci's of Plii'adolphia bv ' A further sup
plement to an Act to incorporate tbe City of I'h la.
di Iph'a," approved April 17, 1361. there shall be the
following allow ance made to tbe payers of taxes,
and penalty added for the non-paymont by the He.
ceiver of faxes, to wit: At the rate of t velve per
cent, per ann utn Irom the date of the payment until
the brat uav of January, if paid before the first day
oi Se tembor; if paid alter the first day of September,
atd ou or before first day ot October, an addition of
oue per cent ; and if not paid until alter Ihe first
Oav ol October, then an addition of two percent,
shall be added to aud pa able on tbe same; and if
not pa'tt nntil alter Ihe first day of December, then
n addition of three por cent, shall be added to and
payable on tbe same.
1 3 WILLI 4 M S. STOKLEY,
President ot Common Couucil.
Attest
John Eckstein,
Clerk ol Common Council.
JOSHUA bPERlN'v,
President of Select Council.
Approved tbis tnelltu day ot December, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and s.xty
six (A D. I860).
MORTON MoMTCH AKL,
12 14 It Mayor ot Philadelphia.
CORN EXCIIANGB
IBAO MANUFACTORY.
J O II it T. DA1LKY ft CO.,
BEHOVED TO
N. T., corner of M KK.ET and WATER Streets,'
Philadelphia.
DEALF.KS IN IIAU8 AND BAQQIMO
oi every description, ior
Grain, Flour, Salt, Super-l'hosphate of Lime, Bone
Dust, ttc
large and small GTJVNY B AOS constantly on band .
i n) Also, WOOL SACKS
Joum T. Bailxy James Cascades.
OTTON AND FLAX,
SAIL Dl'CK AND CANVAS
Oi all numbers and brand.
r Tent Awning Trunk, and Wagon rover Duok. Aiao,
Taper 1 ami ac'urers' I ri.r Felts, tram one to seven
leet wide! 1'aulins, He tlng. Hall Twine etc.
JUliN W. EVEUMAN A CO..
t(H Ho. 103 JONES' Alley.
TOBDAN'S CELEIiRATKD TONIO ALE.
J Ibis truly healthful and nutritious beverage, now
In ue I y thoussuds invalids aud others has estab
lished a harscu r lor quality ot material and puritr of
Uianu'acluie wllch sunns unrivalled. It la recom
mended by physicians ol this snd other plaoes aa a aupsw
Tier iokio and requires but a trial to convlneetbe most
fkrntical oi Its Pint o frit To oe had, who ess e and;
retail ot I'. J. JOltDAN . . t PEB Street Oi l,