Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-06

Cry CoUEoIL-PRoCEEDMa LAST NIaHT.
The Board met ut the usual hour
President Terrence in the Chair.
Mr.. Perry offered q resolution to the
effect that Council meet hereafter at half
past seven o'clock p. NJ, which was adopted.
A petition from the Teachers Town-ball
Club was presented by Mr. Snodgrass, ask
inp the use of the Orphan Asylum lot on
Saturday mornings The petition was read,
and the request granted.
The following communication, signed by
H. M. Bishop, 7. s. Royse and p. Wassenich,
the City Prison COMMITTEES, was presented
by Mr.. Whitcomb, read and filed.
To hs Honorable CITY Co,mcil
make conTact e c y Prison by ynr hSUoTa6
body ON the 18th day Of june 1850 They have not
time believing j. best to take , sui6eient tine 70
10 learn by experience whether il is best to contract
BY the year. or TO contract ss necessity REQUIRES:
ests Of tie city; and that yonr Honorable body may
he more fully advised q their success ~ dong So
paying four cents per pound, the bills payable
Weekly This is the same price that has been paid
by the Directors Of the House Of Refuge to Msssrs
Hennan Lyons, under q contract RECENTLY entered
the wood has c1st SIS per cord, uIier the con;
tract Of last ysH5 It cast % 25 Eor corn SI
contract system il cost from 81 % to 81 80 per 100
Sp% ~ i've cents Der bushel f5rmefiy they cost g.
These are the principal items used, and thus you
been considerly redsced, therefore no loss has
accrued 20 the city by tlreir course.
They pre sent the facts ~ they exist and give
u as their opinion that no advantage whatever eau
result from adopting the contract system at prosent
will be promptly carried into effect.
The weekly reports of the Mayor, City
Apditor and City Solicitor were received
and fled.
A letter from the Duke Of Newcastle to
Mayor Bishop and the President of the City
Council in reference to the visit of the
PriEce of Wales to the city, was read and
ordered to be fled.
A number Of assessments, ordinances and
resolstions for the improvement of streets,
we're presented by Mr.. Noble and passed
MIR. Whitcomb introduced resolution
authoeizng the Mayor to appoint ten spe-
/ cial policemen to attend the National Fiir.
/ The resolution was laid upon the table by
/ an almost unanimous vote.
| The same member then introduced the
| following report and resolution
To he Honorable city CoHnsils
] Your Committee on Police and City Prison, iH,ec.
I cordaneewith a resolution passefb by your honora-
J ble body, have had under se,ous consderat ionf6I
several weeks past the absolute necessity and great
propriety Of building a Work house and City Prison
Humanity and the better FEELINGS of our nature cry
aloud for a m.Fe respectable structure than the
present miserable excuse for City Prisons; a
former committees and onn Mayor have universally
condemned the building known as q City Prison
ana we put TeesG I te M our leUw
ing; and prompt and energetic measures should b'
at o20e ad 1pted to rear N supeTstructure common.
sursto with oar crying wants. For this pnrpos
your oommitl.e urgently suggests the purchase Q
They can be bought and are large enough for
Work house and City Prison, Ample buildings cor
oar kind who may tFsnsgress our laws, where nov
they are crowded like so many sheep in the sham
Your Committee ere oftho opinion that tho band
recently purchased for Work house on the side u
Hear is tOtn tOr M
which il was pprehasea and thst Il can never b,
grade the @ srSSnd % that proper building SSn b
erected that it is too far from the Police Court, AM
road and keep the same IN repair to that point
The prisoners are now engaged in working a
several points in YOur city, viz: WsShingt0n
new Engine house, corner OF Ninth and Freeman
and in the nSSr 0ss rick dot GsTrSSns G S snS an
this site preparing 1t for some other object when no
The Committee recommend the adoption of tn
g Resoirsd, That the Committee on Police and Cit
Prison be requested 70 ascertain whether or not tn
socalled County Jail could be purchased and, If Sc
0 AT what price and on what terms; and that tn
Committee be requested TO report 10 this Board"
This report and resolution caused Ion
o discussion. Several members denounce
the City Prison nuisance and n disgrae
and one member stated that it was "unf
10 for cattle, aud that good hog would die
confined in it," The humantarianism
10 the entire Council seemed to be arouse.
vi
% saying that it was the duty Of Council
take care of the city prisoners. The plat
70 in which they were now confined on
NJ tended to make them worse, whereas Il
tendency should be to improve them. Sho
them that you do not care for them, and y,
90 teach them to be careless of themselv'
M treat them as brutes, and they will transfer
W themselves into something akin to hrut
The whole tendency of the present tres
le meat of the city prisoners is to make the
F. worse instead of better aHd he hoped som
ID thing might be Immediately done in rega
ir to improving their condition.
Mr.. Walker moved TO amend the resO
ton by authorizing the committee to inqui
90 in regard to the cost of building a Poll
% Court house ON the same property.
M The amendment was accepted by
90 Whitcomb and when the question was pj
90 the resolution passed by unanimous vo
W Mr.. HOllister presented the securities
George w. Guysi and NJ. r. Taylor,
% newly-appointed Oil and Molasses
spectors, which were accepted.
90 The same gentleman presented the bon
90 of Hugh Symonds, one of the newly-a
SS9 pointed Inspectors of Whisky.
Here the question of the legality of
20 Ferguson Bill was raised by Mr.. Walk
az who moved that the matter be referred
80 the Law Committee, in connection with
On City Solicitor.
90 A discussion followed this motion, VIII
90 lasted nearly an hour. Mr.. Hollister thoul
W the quarrel between the inspectors and
whisky-sellers ought not to enter the Q
Council-its duty now was to receive th
90 bonds.
90 Mr.. Walker wanted to know whether
90 appointees were legally ofiicers-noth
90 more-and when this was settled he wo
90 be willing to receive the bonds.
90 Mr.. Noble wished to have the matter
90 ferred until the Committee from the Cham
are of Commerce reported in regard to the
gality of the appointment of the COmmiss
that appointed the Inspectors. That b
! % had taken the matter in hand, and they VIC
! 90 doubtless arrive at the truth.
/ 90 The motion to refer was then put, and
iry by vote of 8 to 49,
The question was then put on the re-
ton of the bonds of Mr.. Symonds, and
by vote of l3 to 8.
- Mr.. Hollister asked and obtained leav
the withdraw the bond.
ex- Mr.. Whitcomb wished to know hoy
ing happened to take eighteen votes to acce
unit bond, but the meeting adjourned Will
nat had the floor.
ips. MONTHLY RECEIPTS AT THE MAYoR's Or
. Is The monthly report of the Mayors q