Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-29

renee being absent, on account OF sickness
Mr.. Noble was called to the chair.
The Philadelphia visitors and q large num-
Der Of citizens were present, at an early hour
but when the roll was called only sixteen
members answered 20 their names and il
was some time before a quorum arrived.
Mr.. Weasner offered resolution directing
the committee haviHg care of the hall, TO
locate the seats of the different members of
Council, the City Solicitor and Engineer.
Adopted.
Also, resolution authorizing the Com
mittee on Finance TO borrow $4,000 for the
Watch Fund. Adopted.
Mr.. Marsh formally presented the Phila-
delphia delegation, who were welcomed by
the acting President.
Mr.. Weasner introduced an ordinance
making appropriations for the month of
December.
Mr.. Hirst moved TO strike out that portion
making appropriations for cleaning the
streets, alleging that as the contractors had
not done their duty, they should not be paid.
Mr.. Weasner said that he had introduced
the appropriation in accordance with a re-
commendaton from the Board of City I'm
provements he did not object to strike it
| out and thought it might have good effect.
The question was then taken on striking
out the appropriation, and it was carried
unanimously, after which the ordinance was
passed.
Communications were received from the
Presidents of the Indianapolis and Ohio
and Mississippi Railroads, rendering the
| courtesies of their roads to the members of
the Philadelphia Council. Accepted.
The bond of the Inspector of Pork was
presented and accepted.
| Mr. Walker from the Special Committee
| having charge of the enlargement of the
| City Building, made a report, of which the
| following is synopsis:
Mr.. Walker congratulated the Council on
having City Hall that was worthy of Gin
cinnati. He complimented Mr.. Runyan, the
contractor, and thanked the members of the
| City Council for the assistance which had
been rendered him while experimenting the
/ work.
He then gave brief synopsis of the his
| tory of the municipality since its existence.
| The first settlement was made near the river
| bank, Just east of Main-street in 1889 and
the whole colony numbered but twenty per-
sons. The plat Of the city was bounded by
| Seventh street on the north, and Broadway
| (then called East-row) on the east the river
on the SOUTH and Central-avenue western
row. on the west. During the year 1879
additions Were made TO the population, and
by the close ofthe year, Cincinnati contained
seveDty-nine inhabitants
In 1890, other additions to,the population
were made, and the county of Hamilton, SO
named in honor of the Secretary of State,
| was formed, under the auspices of General
| Harmar; the plat of the town was likewise
extended by Mr.. Symmes, during the same
year. a."
The settlement however, did not prosper
greatly till the defeat of the Indians by Gen
eral Wayne, in 1874, gave security to the
white inhabitants of the West. In 1899, the
village contained 750 inhabitants, and in the
early part of the year 1902, it was inco1po-
rated as town. Certain men named in the
charter met at the office of Jacob Burnett in
March, and passed an ordinance providing
for an election of Trustees to be held on the
first Monday in April following-the earliest
act ever passed by the Municipal Legislature
of Cincinnati. The FIRST appropriation for
municipal expenses amounted to $46.
The Board OF Trustees, or Town Council,
continued to meet at the Office Of Mr.. Bur-
net, until the new Courthouse was COM
pleted, when o room was fitted up for their
use in that building. In 1906, the Board
changed their place of meeting to house on
the corner of Fifth and Main-streets, which
they occupied until 1903, when they moved
to the Columbia Hotel, kept by a Mrs. Wills
In 1872, they again changed their place oil
meeting to building ON the corner of Main
and Pearl-streets, which they occupied till
1915, when they had a room fitted up for
their use, in Mr.. Hays's tavern. In 1917,
they met in what was termed the "Council
House" located on the corner of Main and
Front-streets, near the Public Landing
During the year 1919 an act of the Legsla-
ture was passed, changing Cincinnati from q
town to a city, and William Cory was ap
pointed as its first Mayor. Four wards were
created, each of which was entitled to elec
three Trustees. In 1925, the Council re-
solved to meet in room of a building stu
ated on Third-street, where the HenriC
I House now stands,
In 1929, the charter was altered so as to
render thesMayr an elective officer, and
during the same year the place of meeting O
the Council was changed to Fourth-street
near Walnut, where it continued till lS47
when the city rented the basement-story o
the Cincinnati College for that purpose. II
{ 1851, the Council first assembled in the oil
f City Building, Immediately under the hal
: now occupied by them. ssl b.
. In the latter part of the last century, ther
/ was only path leading to Chillicothe, an,
T ten days were required to make the journey
The first mail route established was to Phil
adelphia; the trips were made once a month
and the time consumed was twenty-five days
A. short time afterward, arrangement wa
made for bi-weekly mail and the time wa
. | reduced to twenty days, and afterward
!, weekly, semi-weekly, and theu daily lin
: of coaches, was run between the two places
The time then required was reduced to ST,
days-the shortest ever made until the in
. PRODUCTION of steam as a motive power.
Mr.. LongWorth, who was present, was
Town Councilman as early as l807-the old
est living member. Mr.. Samuel Bro Wne
! likewise present, was another of the earl
{ trustees. .
l The report stated that it was with grea
difficulty that these facts were obtained, al
the first records being lost except the ordi
4. nances passed, it became necessary to consul
= living pioneers, of whom but few remained
The archiyes-not the pioneers-are sup
l posed to have been burned when the oil
| Courthouse was consumed by fire, los
Q which is greatly to be regretted, as the
t contained many historical matters of in
: terest
9 Mr.. Eggleston moved that the report b
! accepted, and that $50 copies of it be printe
in pamphlet form. Carried.
Mr.. Weasner presented an ordinance ar
: propriating $75 for the payment of Thoma
!. S. Royse, Clerk of the Police Court, for extr
D services during the contest for the Marshal
g ship, in 1862. Laid over one week.
: Mr.. Longworth was then called upor
! and delivered short and humorous sddres!
: and was followed by Mr.. Samuel Brown
1 and Mr.. Peyton Syrnmes, the two last
a named having attended school on the corne
, of Fourth and Walnut-streets, in 1898.
: On motion, Council then adjourned.
THE COUNCIL BANQUET.
: After the adjournment the members
: the Council and the PhiladelDhians and