The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-05

Clty C0unc1l, was reau anu OfueIeu
spread upon the records.
The following communication, from
the Secretary of Street Railway Com
pany, was read and ordered spread
upon the records.
To the Common Council Of the City of
EUonsville:
The following order was this day
adopted by the Directors fthe Evans
Vile Street Railway Company, and a
copy of the same has been communi-
Gated to Mr.. John A. ReitZ. We are
awaiting reply, and will stand ready,
with your assent, to surrender our
contract upon receiving d favorable
reply, and the conditions named in the
order being complied with:
Mr.. nj. Henning informed the
Board that Mr.. John A. Reitz had
proposed, through him, to the Com
pany, to pay to the City of Evansville
the sum of $4,000 upon the following
conditions, that is to say: That this
Company, with the assent of the Com
mon Council of the City, shall surren-
der its charter, or contract with the
city; and thereupon charter shall be
granted by the Common Council to
the said Reitz and associates, similar
to that of this Company, except that
it shall grant the right of way for only
three streets, and their extensions, to
be named in the charter or contract;
this Company then to have the right
of way, with the assent of the Com
mon Council, for any other three
streets, without bonus or compensa-
ton therefor of any kind and there
upon it was ordered that this Company
will accept said proposition, and with
the assent of the Common Council,
will surrender and annul its contract
with the city, and agree to the repeal
of the ordinances constituting said
contract, upon the said Reitz and as
sociates paying into the City Treasury
said sum of $4,000, and giving bond
in penalty, and with security to the
approval of the Council for the con-
struction of railways in said city in
accordance with the present contract
of the Company.
NJ. HENNING, Sec'y.
Mr.. Reitz stated that there was
mistake With reference to the propo-
sition. He did not expect that he
would be called upon to decide upon
the proposition at that time. He
would like to have thirty days time to
decide, and to organize a company.
There was another mistake. He had
made his proposition for four streets
instead of three.
Mr.. Henning said that he did not
think he was mistaken He had I'M
derstood that the proposition was for
three streets, and had so reported to
the Street Railway Company, and
upon that proposition he had reported
to the Company.
Mr. Chandler said that it was not
expected that the proposition would
be accepted atthat time. As to time,
he did not think there would be any
difficulty. If the gentlemen were
acting in good faith, he hoped the
proposition would be accepted He
had acted in good faith, and so had
the gentlemen with whom he was
connected. His object was that the
railways should be built He did not
care who built them. The city needed
the improvement, and he would be
satisfied if that was done. N0
Mr. Smith said that he did notwant
to be misunderstood. He had under
stood that he had opposed the grant
ing of the charter because Mr.. Chan
dler was in favor of it, or out of i'll
feeling to Mr. G. 1t was not so. He
had opposed it because he thought it
was too liberal
Mr. Chandler did not understand it
SO. He believed Mr.. Smith had done
what he believed to be his duty.
Here the Mayor announced that
there was nothing before the Council,
and the discussion ended for while,
the Council proceeding to other bust
ness.
The Wharf Report for the last
month showed that 231 steamboats,
had landed and paid wharfage The
whole receipts for the month, 81 ,308 48.
The report was ordered entered.
The regular Cistern Reports were
read, and ordered entered, showing
that the lowest water in any of the els
terms was six feet.
5 Licenses to retail spirituous liquors
were granted George Wolf, corner of
Sixth Street and First Avenue, and to
Philip Hamburger, corner of Fourth
and Locust streets, and, to John Jar
Wis. on Main street,
Mr. Reitz asked if he was to under
stand that he was to be allowed time
to organize the company, or if it was
considered that the action of the
Council was final? He was sure of
/ $4,000 out of the charter, if time was
given. He would give his note with
security for the sum of $4,000, as an
evidence of his faith in what he, had
said as to the amount that could be
realized to the city.
Mr.. Viele said that some seemed to
be laboring under mistake, as to
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