Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-08

CITY Council Proceedings Last Ni.ht.
The Council met at the usual hour last night,
President Terrence in the Chair. The min
utes of the previous evening were read and
approved.
An appropriation of S. was voted to each
Ward to pny expenses Of the recent election,
and an additional one Of like amount 10
such as were required TO rent room.
Mr.. Marsh moved 10 adjourn. Lost
The bond Of W. L. Aldrich, Justice OF the
Peace elect, was presented aud accepted
and the docket of Mr.. Baldridge assigned to
him.
A bill for S75 for extra services by the
Clerks of the Police Court was presented and
referred.
MIR. Noble presented the following petition
from Charles Kilgour and DR.. j. j.. Waiter,
Presidents of the Pendleton and Cincinnati
Street Railroads
"Io the Honorable CITY Council:
"Snce the failure on engrossment Of the
ordinance lately presented to your honorable
body Sor the modification of the street rail-
way contracts, your memorialists have ex-
amined the subject in every light which they
haye been enabled to bring upon it, and after
a complete investigation, we have definitely
settled the fact, that we can not pay the pe-
capita, and discharge the Indebtedness daily
and weekly arising from the operations Of
to our employees &c.
'tYour memorialists would therefore refer
your honorable body to the papers and doc
uments presented to the committee on street
railroad contracts, and represent that the
notifications of our original contract which
we would be justified in accepting, are those
embodied in the ordinance reported by said
committee without amendment, and upon
which we now request the action of the City
CNnpni1 ruithCt,t Ia1ou rwiohipor m lnOru
where we stand in the premises.
1--WE would earnestly ask that prompt ac
ton be taken, as the position of our affair:
| demand that this matter be settled at once
~. L. WAITER,
''Pres. Gin. st. R. R. Co.
&C. H. KILG0UR,
"Pres. Pendleton and Fiftb-st market r. r
"CIECINNkTI, November I, 1860"
| Mr.. Hirst asked leave to introduce ar
ordinance, extending the Pendleton Rail
road to the corporation-line, in accordanc
with petition from the citizens of the Sew
enteenth Ward, which was granted: aye
| II, nays s.
The ordinance provides that the compan
shall bowlder inside the tracks, and com
plete the road to the Postoffice by the frs
day of January next, and the whole line b
the lst of November, 1861.
Mr.. Hirst said that large majority of th
pIOpeIly-noluerS uHu SlBneu peLlJlOn 10
the extension, and there was no reason this
their wishes should not be respected.
On motion, the ordinance was laid on th
table, and made the special order for ne1
Wednesday night.
Mr. Mack offered the following res,
luton:
"ResolUed: That the Committee on Speci
References be, and they are hereby il
structed to report an ordinance to reorgal
iZe the wards of the city, so that there ma
be an equal representation in the Gil
Council.
Mr.. Noble thought there was no occasiC
to make any more wards, but the large on
: ought to be subdiyided into election di
| tricts.
Mr.. Snodgrass said he thought the col
{ mittee ought to be taken from the larg
3 wards. In the Twelfth there were 8, 3,0O0vote
t and the people did not all turn out.
: then moved that a special committee
: seven be appointed to report on the WHIT
subject.
!, MIR. Hirst favored the original resolutic
y Let the committee make report on
. whole subject. In his ward the votes h
J, increased, while the population had I
a creased.
e. Mr.. Eggleston moved to lay the VIII
), subject on the table. Lost.
N The motion to appoint special commit
D. was then adopted.
81 Mr.. Whitson offered substitute, that
IN Select Committee consist of one mem
Is from each Ward. Rejected. -.l
l. The original resolution was then adopt
and Messrs. Mack, Noble, Marsh, Weasr
s. Hirst, Bosley and Snodgrass appointe
= committee. Adjourned.