Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-10-01

sxsrsme care aud TIE rost attentive regard to the
actual r~s ton Of the houses Al tbs Of each
street Many dif ,ultie. heset the Engineer In
this pornon Of his labors, the Inaccuracies OF for
mer Surveys. both rs 10 angles and 10 distances.
rend red tie operations more Glow than would Oh :
ersise have been the case That part OF the sur
". NV closed has been tested Ia a manner the
most rie kBosb 70 science, and II has been found
accurate in all respects Ii is proper 10 slate that
The true meridisn observations and computations
VII 4 are under way. have not been so fully esab-
iished rs 20 justly atlteweut for the bearing
Of any street This establishment Of the merid-
ian would require nicer work han any Of our IL
struments Would give, add alec il will require a
series Of observations extended over many months
10 afford close results Il may he that BY to
the late Prof ltanitons papers this important in
formation cRa be obtained.
Ia the establishment Of grades OF the streets of
the City, The EagIneer has uniformly adhered 10
the surface WheresosveF such adhesion did not give
results unfaForabie to perfection of drainage aud
ultimate demands of the street. 10 those Of the
more important strsets Of the City he has taken Che
precsu i'm to examine the rotation aud position
Of all the houses on each eide and examine the
proposed grade IN connection with these results.
The grade adopted has always been that which in
yolvrd the least damage, the least costs with the
most perfect street
THIS street graduation proper under an organized
plan was began only in June and consequently not
much has been accomplished / would, however
call attention +, the very thorough work perform
ed IN part Of Spring street, aud also in parts Of
Cherry cad especially that portion OF Cherry street
south Of Castleman, in which the plan has been
more neTly and regularly followed than in
shy other. This wants only the guttcring and
eurbs to make the most perfect street competent to
the msteriass Of which the roadway is composed
Carroll street has been graded ard is being mscad-
smiIe through its entire length and Wharf street
IS also being advanced to completion. culyert
across Cherry street in accordance with the plan
cepteI by the Board has been constructed.
College street. from Cast'eman to Mulberry, has
been graded iavolving much rock work and which
nevertheless, has been advanced with rapidity and
skill This street only awaits the excavation of
d''ch for water pine to receive lis FINAL bed of
adamiziDg material
Repairs have been spread over several of the
streets and alleys viz Line street, Capitol alley
part OF Gay, College, and Market streets and few
other points These repairs have betn made With
view t5 meet the more pressing demands of the
fall and winter months upon her most crowded
streets. The work is not thorough, and We cannot
expect the same results from these as from those
upon which we have devoted more time and fixed
more perfect and lasting plan. Icannot forbear to
to call attention TO the importance and pressing
demand the earliest possible construction Of the
drainage system proposed, AID the most immediate
ly useful part Of which is the street guiters The
deterioration resulting from a single severe show
err is equiyslent to several months wear and tear
Of the regular traffic
The plan of operations for the prosecution of the
future work of this department will be in all re-
apects similar 10 the past-appOrtioning the work
between the pressing demands of the active gravel
ing now being pressed forward. aAd the regular
and steady prosecution Of the survey to it's compile
ton.
The City Wharf is now being graduated and i'm
proved according to the plans adopted by the City
Council The appropriation does not allow the
most complete and approved plan. hut we will have
secured in this improvement results far beyond the
outlay, and step towards the final accomplishment
of the main design.