American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-08-22
THos. JEFFERSON SUTHERLAND.
[Reported forthe American Republican,
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL

EXTRA SESSION.
FIRST BRANCH, Friday afternoon, August
2lst. Pursuant to call from the Mayor,
both branches of the City Council, assembled
in the Hall. The roll was called and the fol-
lowing members answered TO their names:-
Messrs. Cohen, (President,) Cotton, O'Leary,
Hickman, Bishop, Turner, Soran, Collins, Da-
Wis, Watkins, Buchanan, Hooper, Brown and
Gross.
On motion Of Mr. Brown message was sent
to the Second Branch, proposing the appoint
ment of Joint committee to wait upon the
Mayor, and inform him that the Councils were
now in session, and prepared to receive any
communication he might have to make. The
chair appointed Messrs. Brown and Davis on
said committee. The Second Branch by mes
sage assented thereto, and appointed Messrs.
keenc and Green, as the committee on their
part.
Mr.. Brown, from the committee appointed
to wait on the Mayor, reported verbally, that
they had performed the duty assigned them,
and that he would make a communication in a
few moments.
The following communication was received
from the Mayor and read:-
MAYORS OFFICE,
August 2lst, 1916.
To the Members of The FIRST and
Second Branches Of The City Council:
Gentlemen-I have deemed it necessary to
convene you at this time, in consequence of the
serious injury done to some of the streets and
sewers in different sections of the city, by the
recent heavy rains with which our city has
been visited, in order that snch measures may
be adopted as the emergency may require
herewith present to you statement made
by the City Commissioners, in reference to the
extent of the damage done, and the probable
amount of money it will require to make the
necessary repairs, by which you will perceive
that from the examination which they have
made, they are of opinion that it will require a
sum exceeding ten thousand dollars for that
purpose. AS no appropriation has been made
to meet such an exigency, would respectfully
recommend that suitable provision be made to
defray the expenses necessarily incurred, and
to be incurred, in repairing damages.
The great extension of paved streets of late
years, with the natural location of our city, will
require the Council to provide for more sewers,
and of greater capacity than those heretofore
erected. Centre street, from St. Paul's street
to Jones' Falls, should be tunneled, or so grad
ed and paved as to secure the property in and
below Calvert street. From its location it will
become the highway of the water of large
portion OF the North and North Western parts
of the city after every rain.
by resolution No. 1885, passed at the last an
nual session of the Council, the City Commits
soners were directed, provided the Baltimore
and Susquehanna Rail Road Company COM
piled with the conditions expressed in said re-
solution, TO have bridge erected over Jones'
Falls at Monument street, and two thousand
dollars were appropriated to pay the city's pro-
portion ofthe expense. The Directors of the
Rail Road Company having assented to the
terms enjoined upon them by said resolution,
proposals for building the bridge were solicited
and received. You will observe by the accom-
panylng communication and plans, that the
Commissioners were unable to make contract
at the amount to which they were limited. 1t
will, therefore, be necessary, should the Coun-
Gil desire the improvement to be made during
the present season, to make further appropria-
ton for that purpose.
transmit herewith to your honorable BODY.
petition from the residents and property hol-
ders in Caroline street, asking to have the grade
ofsad street restored to the grade it was, before
the passage of Resolution No. So, passed at the
last annual session of the Council.
further transmit for your consideration a
communication, addressed to me by commit
tee on behalf Of a meeting, lately held in the
western part of the city, relative to the mum
datlons in that section
All of which is most respectfully submitted,
JACOB G. DAWES, Mayor.