preside, and to request their taking such measures in by giving a better descent to carry off the water of that relation thereto as they may deem necessary to remove All which is respectfully submitted, by yours, the evil complained of. Extract from the Minutes of the 3d inst. viz: "Whereas, complaints have been made to the Board of Wardens that a considerable alluvion deposit has taken place in the river Schuylkill, opposite Arch street, caused by the culvert or common sewer; and this Board believe that there is sufficient ground to apprehend injury to the navigation of said river from this cause therefore Resolved, That the Master Warden be and he is hereby authorized and instructed to address a communication to the City Councils on the subject, and request them to take such measures in relation thereto, as they may deem necessary to remedy the evil complained of." Attest-Taos. JACKSON, Clerk. A communication from Mr. S. HAZARD, was received and referred to the Library Committee Mr. LIPPINCOTT as Chairman of the Committee on Logan Square, made the annexed report and resolution, accompanied with an ordinance, which were agreed to. The Committee on Logan Square to whom was referred Item No. 3, in the report of unfinished business, viz: an ordinance providing for the construction of a sewer to cross Logan Square, and unite with the sewer in Mulberry street, Report; street. &c. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON To the Select and Common Councils. Councils on the 14th April, 1824-It was made the duty Received for premium of 10,000 dollars 6th That they have viewed said square of ground, and are The committee therefore beg leave to recommend the passage of the ordinance submitted to them, and offer the following: Resolved, That the committee on Logan Square, are hereby authorized to take measures as soon as may be (after a culvert shall have been completed through the same) to have said square of ground filled up and levelled. Joshua Lippincott Esq. SIR:-Previous to filling up and improving Logan Square, it will be necessary to construct a sewer six feet diameter in the clear-commencing at the sewer in Mulberry street and extending along Schuylkill Fourth to Sassafras street-thence across the said square to a point on Vine street 80 feet west of Schuylkill Fifth street. For interest and dividends on stock held by State of Pennsylvania 5 per Paid for 10,000 dollars 5 per cent. stock, cent. city loan, Paid for 15,000 dollars 5 per 4,029 62 800 00 3,687 56 1,200 00 22,000 00 148 63 13,874 36 45,740 17 6,100 00 10,800 00 16,950 00 11,890 17 45,740 17 Dolls. 41,172 74, amount of certificates of stock, Therefore the whole sum is invested and bearing an interest as per schedule annexed. The amount of stocks held by the was, The amount of stocks held by the Sinking Fund on the $288,838 79 330,031 56 $41,192 77 4,547 40 Amount of the cost of the stock above stated, $45,740 17 Your committee in their last annual report to Councils, suggested and recommended that it would be expedient to place the further sum of 3,000 dollars annually hereafter to the credit of the Sinking Fund, to be withdrawn from the income of water rent, at the same 172 time and in the same manner as the other appropriations are by the "ordinance of the 11th April, 1824," for the same object. Your committee after having again considered the subject have deemed it advisable, that the sum should be reduced to 2,000 dollars per annum which would then make the total sum together with the 14,000 dollars already appropriated, 16,000 dollars from the income of the water rents annually placed to the credit of the said fund, applicable to the redemption of the debt of the corporation. They submit herewith an ordinance for the adoption of Councils in conformity thereThey would further observe that no appropria to. tions have been made from the income of the water rents, or from the income of the corporate estate of the city to this fund since the 3d of May, 1821, although loans have been made to the corporation exclusively for the use of the Fair Mount Water Works since that period amounting to upwards of 500,000 dollars. It appears from the annexed report of the Watering Committee, that the water rents of 1832 will exceed 70,000 dollars, and that there will be a surplus arising from that source of near 10,000 dollars after deducting the expenses appertaining to the Fair Mount Water Works for the year 1832, and the annual appropriation of 16,000 dollars to the Sinking Fund. By a calculation made by the city treasurer, the present means of the Sinking Fund with the addditional appropriation of 2,000 dollars will be adequate to redeem 622,900 dollars of the principal of the city debt at the various periods it becomes due, up to the 1st January, 1846; leaving a balance then in hand of 258,354 17.100 dollars towards the payment of 456,000 dollars of the city loan which fall due in that year, when it will be necessary to make a loan for the deficiency, unless an additional sum be placed now annually, sufficient to accomplish that object. But it is anticipated that in a very few years a sum sufficient will be appropriated from the income of the water rents which will be ample for that purpose and for the redemption of the balance of the debt as it becomes due. It must be admitted that the Sinking Fund now stands upon a permanent foundation, and is unquestionably the best mode that can be devised for the payment of the city debt; and if properly regulated, may accumulate to such an amount as to redeem the debt of the city without being felt by our citizens. All of which is respectfully submitted. Mr. MASSEY, from the Committee on the Girard Fund, offered the following resolution which was adopted. To the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. The committee on Girard's Legacy, recommend to Councils the adoption of the following resolution, vis: "Resolved by the Select and Common Councils of the city of Philadelphia, That the City Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to receive from the Trustees of the Bank of the late Stephen Girard, such deeds, and muniments of title to real estate, as they may deliver, and to give them receipts for the same." Mr. GROVES offered the annexed resolution, which was agreed to. Resolved, That the committee on Will's Legacy be Mr. DUANE offered the annexed resolution, which was agreed to, and Messrs. Duane, Groves, Okie and Moss were appointed the committee. Resolved, by the Select and Common Councils &c. That a committee, of two members of each Council, be appointed to inquire whether the public interest and convenience would not be promoted by making the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge a free bridge; and what would be the best means to accomplish that object if deemed desirable. COMMON COUNCIL.-Mr. OKIE presented the following petition, which was referred to the Com. on Fire Cos. To the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia. The memorial of the Pennsylvania Hose Company, respectfully sets forth, That they have lately established themselves in the District of Spring Garden, and are now about procuring at considerable expense a very superior carriage and apparatus. That they have no place in which to deposit the same, and wish to obtain from Councils permission to use a portion of the lot lately belonging to Stephen Girard, situate in Coates street between 6th and 7th, for the erection of a temporary frame building for that purpose, upon such terms as Councils may deem proper, all of which is respectfully submitted. RANDOLPH W. EVANS, President. DANIEL M. HEWITT, Assistant Secr❜y. Mr. SULLIVAN presented the annexed petition which was referred to a joint Committee of two members of each Council, and Messrs. Sullivan, Lehman, Groves and Johnson, were appointed the Committee. To the Honorable the Select and Common Councils of the city of Philadelphia. The petition of the undersigned citizens of Philadelphia respectfully showeth: That the progress of the Columbia and West Chester Rail-roads is such that it is confidently expected that they will be ready for use by the middle of next summer, so as to admit of travelling on them from West Chester to this city, and that such travelling will not be prevented by the unfinished state of the bridge over the river Schuylkill. Your petitioners therefore pray that timely measures be taken to extend the Rail-road along Broad street, that it may be in readiness by the time above mentioned. The annexed communication enclosing a copy of the bill, was received, and was referred to the Committee on Markets. HARRISBURG, Feb. 27, 1831. SIR-I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of a Bill entitled "An Act relative to the Markets in High street in the city of Philadelphia," read in the House of Representatives, on the 21st inst. I am, very resp'y, Sir, your most obt. servant, JAMES PAGE, Esq. and are hereby authorized to cause the front of the An Act relative to the Markets in High street in the city of building intended for a Hospital for the blind and lame, to be constructed of granite or such other durable material as they may think proper, instead of having the same rough-cast as heretofore directed, provided the additional expense shall not exceed $2000. Mr. DUANE offered the subjoined resolution which was adopted. Resolved, &c. That the Watering Committee be and they are hereby authorized to cause the old machinery in the engine house at Fairmount, to be sold at public sale. Philadelphia. Sect. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of the act passed on the twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, as authorizes country persons to occupy the stalls in the western portion or moiety of the said market in High street, between Third and Fourth streets, free of rent tolls or perquisites, is hereby repealed. Provided nevertheless, That 1832.] the said portion of market which was appropriated to the use of country persons free of rent tolls or perquisites, and so much of the said act relating thereto as is hereby repealed, shall be subject to the same laws and ordinances that the western portions or moieties of each of the said market houses in High street aforesaid now are or hereafter may be governed. And provided also, That the rent of the stalls contained in the western portion or moiety of the market house in High street, between Third and Fourth streets, shall never exceed the sum of twenty dollars per annum for each and every Mr. Hood as Chairman of the market committee made the following report and resolution with an ordinance which were laid on the table: stall. The Committee to whom was referred the petition for the erection of a Market House in High street, between Juniper and Twelfth streets, beg leave to report, that: The Committee met, and after an interchange of opinion on the subject, your Committee adopted the following resolution. Resolved, That it is expedient to erect a Market House in the square in High street, between Delaware Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, and also one on the square in High street between Delaware Tenth and Eleventh streets. Your committee therefore respectfully recommend to Council the adoption of the following ordinance: An ordinance for the erection of a Market House on High street, from Delaware Twelfth to Thirteenth, streets, and also a Market House on said street from Delaware Tenth to Eleventh streets. Section 1st. The City Commissioners under the superintendance of the Market Committee are hereby authorised and requested to cause and procure (as soon as possible after the passage of this Ordinance) a Market house to be built and erected on High street, along the middle thereof, (between Delaware Twelfth and Thirteenth streets,) beginning thirty feet west of the west line of Twelfth street, and extending westward to within thirty feet of the east line of Thirteenth street, and between the said Tenth and Eleventh streets, beginning thirty feet west of the west line of Tenth street, and extending westward to within thirty feet of the east line of Eleventh street, and the piers or columns of the said Market houses shall not be less than eight feet high, and in no instance (regard having been had to the necessary levels,) more than ten feet high, and the width or breadth of said Market houses shall be the same with that of the Market Houses already erected on High street, and Market Houses shall be finished in the same manner and corresponding with the Market Houses erected between Delaware Sixth and Eighth Communicated for the Register of Pennsylvania. any disease; and was not visited with fever and ague, A flourishing village lying on the road leading from Bristol to Easton, where the road from Trenton to Norristown crosses the same, in the township of Middletown, Bucks county, and state of Pennsylvania, is situ. ated on a piece of high, rich, table land, six miles from the Delaware river, and one from Neshamony river, seven miles from Bristol, nine from Trenton, N. J., and twenty from Philadelphia. It is one of the most beautiful, healthy, and pleasant situations in the county; having a commanding view of the surrounding country for fifteen or twenty miles, and much the healthiest village in the county. The water is excellent, the air pure, clear and salubrious, and through all the past sickly seasons this village continued very healthy and clear of none. Number of colored people not known. IMPORTS INTO BOSTON. Sexton. STATEMENT OF DEATHS. In the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, from the 1st January, 1831, to the 1st January, 1832. Of the following there were Males of 20 years and upwards, 1,256; 1,491 under 20 years; 962 Females, of 20 years and upwards, and 1,230 under 20 years. There were 414 returns received at the Health Office, of persons who died in the Alms House of the City during the year, and 475 People of Color are included in the statement of Interments. Agreeably to the returns made at the Health Office, and collected from 155 practitioners of Midwifery, there have been born in the City and Liberties, from the 1st of January, 1831, to the 1st of Jannary, 1832-3,787 Male, and 3,555 Female Children; making the total number of births 7,342; leaving a difference between the births and interments of 2,403. |