Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-06
Ciy CounoII-Proceedlnra I,n,t NIrh,.

City COunoIl-PrOceedings Lnst NIsht.
A special meeting Of the City Council was
held last night, President Terrence in the
Chair. The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved.
The bonds and securities of the city and
ward officers elect were presented, and hav.
ing been pronounced correct in form by the
City Solicitor, and the securities voucbed
for by Councilmen present. were accepted.
Mr.. Mack presented a petition from whole
sale merchants of Cincinnati, praying that
their trade may be protected against certain
wholesale peddlers, who are destroying the
same by selling goods without license. The
petition was withdrawn.
A petition was presented from Thomas H.
Welsh and Thomas johnson, candidates for
Assessor of the Sixteenth Ward, praying that
the vote may be recounted, each candidate
having received Sl2 votes, and some mistake
having evidently been made in counting.
The petition was referred to the Trustees of
the Sixteenth Ward, with the request that
the Auditor appoint one principal and the
other assistant Assessor.
Mr.. Hirst, from the Committee to whom
was referred the communication of Thomas
II. Weasner, Esq, member, on behalf of
the city of Cincinnati, of the Board of Di-
rectors of the Eaton and Hamilton Railroad
Company, submitted the following report:
The Committee find that, by the contract
entered into by the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton and the Indianapolis and Cincinnati
Railroad Companies, the former company
has obligated itself, not only to charge local
rates on all goods shipped to and from In.
dianapolis by way of the Indiana Central
and Eaton and Hamilton Railroads, but if
necessary to increase those rates to such an
extent as will make them prohibitory, and
thereby effectually close one of the avenues
of trade between Cincinnati and the great
Northwest, and can not but regard such a
contract as against public policy, detrimental
in high degree to the mercantile and man
ufactaring interests of the city, and espe-
cially to the Eaton and Hamilton Railroad.
in which this city has large peeuniary in.
terest
The Committee, therefore, recommend that
Immediate measures be taken to test the
validity of the contract, and that, if it shall
be discovered that existing laws are INSULT
cient to prevent such combination vigorous
efforts be made TO procure such Legislation
as is found necessary for that purpose. The
Committee therefore recommend the adop-
tion of the accompanying resolution
"ResolUed: That the Receivers of the Eaton
and Hamilton Railroad Company be and are
hereby requested to proceed Immediately,
to test the legality of the contract entered
into, between the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton, and the Indianapolis and Cincinnati
Railroad Companies, under date of the 23d
of February, 1861, and that the City Solicitor
afford them such assistance consistent with
his official duties, as they may DESIRE"
Mr.. Whtcom gave notice that Thomas II.
Welsh and Thomas Johnson, the candidates
for the Office of Assessor, in the Sixteenth
Ward, had made an agreement by which
the former was to receive the office.
The Council adjourned sine die.