Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-30
CITY COUNCIL.


THUEEAE EVENING, OOT 2s-Presdsnt HongWOrh present.
ed the report Of the Revenue Collector showing collections
s365s6 his report ALSO report the Water Tax
Collector, showing collections Of SsI6O5.
Mr. Hamilton reported that the Finance Committee settled
with Fuller Treasurer Of Corporation, and that they
had found his aocount correct and satisfactory.
Mr. Mayfeld presented the following report from the Superin
tsndeut Of the Water Works, which read:
tendent Works asks leave to submit your conera
ton the following report
ne has the pleasure OF informing your honorable body Of the
completion Of laying the large pipe from the Reservoirs to Cedar
street The follows From the Reservoir
own grounds the Lebanon Pike through Asylum
Ipdsey Avenue; through street, down
Market Ash through Ash to Summer street. crossing College
street on the Lebanon pike there branch for pipe
with inch stop valves At the junction Of Asylum street
inch valves. On Market street eight inch outlets with
valves at the Junction Of Lindsey Avenue and Market and
fss in Jiseter and from its Connection Al he Res
vors to Summer street. through Ash street, isthree
thousand eight hundred and ehyOue feet There five egh
teen inch valves 90 this line junction Lindsey Ave
nue. and Asylum street. one ct the junction Market and said
Avenue two on Cherry street and ASH and at the terminus
have inserted fees at intervals Of fifty fefrou Lebanon
Pike to Summer street. to avoid the necessity Of shutting of the
water from the eighteen inch pipe for the purpose Of attaching
service pipe.
1, connects with inch pipe on Cedar street and
connecng all pipes which in There are on
tbis line twelve valves, O. Ash street. one an ne lower
ie Of Elm street, Lincoln Alley near Drnutrse
u
sd High one Union and Cedar. There are ao on
this additional fire plugs, the corner Of Ash and
summer the Of South Union The length Of
he twelve inch pipe Ash Cedar Streets six ous5 one
bupr and niney-one feet making length ten bn
sDd and ssventywo feet OF the rotes
f the pipe and crossings would you sketch sco
panying this report.
The cost Of pipe and laying same, is dyeight thousand
one hundred and thirty three dollars and cents
includes pine lead making Joints, packing yarn stop valves
FIRE plugs sO Of hands, powder and fuse carpenters work for
boxes, valves, etc.
Nc have pu the old pipe, twelve hundred
inch pius on Market street. Sob Nashville; hundred
b from Crawford street, Of three inch pipe and
bHd and eighty feet on Cedar Spruce McLore street
on three inch pipe designed by the former Board lay
M remainder the pipe McLemOrea Vine
In Inc An Ward and remaining inch pipe Market street,
south Nashville four inch pipe which taken High
n t Is % be nut down Spring and Cedar
There eighteen hydrsn The line Of pipe
and nine inch pipe, Market street, South
nashville; three on Cedar street and the High. These, with
the additions Vine Mcemore and the remaining
inch pipe street, South Nashville, will probably add 10
The vatsr upwards hundred dollars per
The the year twenty-five thou.
sand three forty Goars Deduct the amount OF
ordinary expenses the period say sixteen thousand and
ninety dollars showing balance in favor OF
ne Water OF nine thousand hundred and fonine
dsusrs and eighty cents.
Your Superintendent would report the engines good running
order and the Reservoirs In good condition.
Your Supern would further report all the high points OF
thscity ablndanty supplied with WATER there will be
no COMPLAINT that point T The future. There several fire