Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-03-10
City Affairs

The regular meeting of the Board of Alder
men was held on Tuesday evening, and the
Board of Common Council will meet tonight.
I'VE CLEAN the following items from the pro
ceilings orthe Aldermen:
MAYORS MEssAGE.-A message was rectiv-
ed from the Mayor urging the City Conhcll
70 go to work on scientific aud systematic
principles, to put the streets of the city IN
good repair. He thinks that with such an
eff ;ient CITY Engineer as we now have, the
streets III uld BE- graded. aud better covered
tn IN at present. He suggests that the Engineer
Ill make a Typographical survey and map
OF the city. He recommends, so soon as the
improvements at the Work House are compile
d. the hands now in the employ OF the Cor
pjrution shall be put und the care OF the
k eper OF the Work House who shall have an
assistant, aud the force work under the dircc-
ton of the Civil Engineer; and that the office
of Street Overseer BE- abolished.
4 bill was introduced during thu evening
b Adj Cheatham to have the Civil Engineer
make survey and map of the city, which
passed on first reading.
3 WORK HOUsE.-The report Of the Work
House keeper for L, bruary, shows that SO per-
sons were-co mmitted, 40 discharged, and that
Ii remain in confinement. Many If the hauds
arc employed in III ild,n- the addition, or in
getting the foundation ready for the addition
10 the Work House. The report was submit
ted 10y Aid. MayGeld.
MoRTAIuY.-The S, xton's r. port. present
I'd by Aid Hamilton, shows the bill of NOR
lily Tor February, 10 lie unusually large.
There were 81 iniermcuts-3O whites and 81
blacks Eight were from the country.
WATER AID. Maybe d pr, scented tlrr port
of the S,pe. intend mt Of the Water Works,
shnwing that the walcr-taX for the first six
months of this year, will amount To $4,000,
TIE number OF fire plugs in the city is s..
: ven bot, h. two railroads, and twcniy-se-
It, am engines are taking water from the
cay; al,o, one female acad my one gas hous'',
enc brewery. &c. The number al families
using water from hydranis, is about l.35O.
NonTl-WESrEEN RAn.Ro,p.- The com
NJ, ttee to whom had been ret, rred the appli-
cation of the Nash, lille aud Nurili-W Western
iilroad for an election by the people, to
impose or I,j'ct tax tor the suhscrll.tiun Of
ock in said road. parted adversely To the
election, on account of tie decision of the
C..y AttorI cy, whose OF n.oh had been AXE d
i the matter lie decided that. Is the { dc
. T,nuyssr, DID not p rnsi. co.nti's OF
c -rurat, d towns or cities, Ia 10 cr.bc to
Railroads TOR mtrc than one-iiIttn'h Of tie
Mount OF the taxable prop ris In the sa i
cou1y city or town aud as his city
ARE DIV hal stock in X. iIroads 10 ihc rmou...
900, and us the proposed sub'eriP-
ton TO the y Tth-W st.rl r'md, added Ia
this sum would exceed the one-hfleeIt par {
at our eleven m i. oas of taxable pro- erty-
,ere ore, the propos, subscription would
b. la violation of the law. Use Code, Sc
tin lll2,l The subject WAS referred IL
Myssrs. +. b. Fo0G and K. J. MEIGs, tor their
decision, rs the City Attorney said that GER
tain legal gentlemen disagreed with him, aud
others agreed.
SEQ WHARF-BoAT.-The resolution TO permit
OWEN W. DAVIS to erect a Wharf-boat At the
upper wharf, was amended aud passed. So
we may expect the boat TO be built, at no
d ,tant day.