Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-11-11

srrEEr MISREPRESENTATION the re-
port of the Chairman of the Street Com
mitiee made to the Council or Thursday
evening, we extract the following embodi-
ment Of the views of the Committee in re-
gard to the subject. After giving detailed
statement Of the contracts and amount Of
expenditure for street Improvements, which
have heretofore been published in full in
this paper, the report says:
Your Committee have carefully considered
their duty in regard to further improve
ments, in view Of the embarrassed condition
of the city treasury; and while they attach
due importance to the suggestions Of the
Committee on Finance, made at the last
meeting, and feel, in common with the City
Council, their duty to abstain from imposing
on the taxpayers of the city any indebted
ness not warranted by obvious interests and
absolute necessities; and while they desire to
cooperate with that committee, yet they
cannot concur in its recommendations, to
permit the great work of completing street
improvements to dwindle into a system of
penny wise and pound foolish patchwork.
They propose to retrench the amount of
work on the streets to be let out by contract,
for, as will be seen by the statement, much
the greater portion of that deemed necessa-
~, has already been done. They can safely
assure the Council that there is to be large
reduction IN the bills for street expenditures,
and they are governed in this by the exhibit
Of the Finance Committee, and do not ask
permission to burden that committee with
the duty Of providing means for system of
improvements, such as was found necessary
a year since They would call the attention
of the Council, however, to the fact that that
system IS incomplete, and the very fact that
so much has been done, makes it necessary
in order to prevent portions of it from be-
coming almost useless outlay, that it should
be finished II is this character of contracts
that we propose, to ask your approval Of.
The Council will also bear in mind that the
right of way has been granted to several
railroad companies through the streets of
the city. Before such structures are laid,
grades should be established, and the work
of improving the streets b. grades and spe-
cifcations should accompany or follow the
laying Of railroad tracks, otherwise, it will
require to be done hereafter at disadvantage
and increased expense. These rethegeneral
views of the Street Committee in regard to
this important matter, and will govern their
action unless otherwise ordered by the Coun-
Gil. They feel that they have but discharged
their duty thus far, and are under obligations
to the Committee on Finance, and the Coun-
Gil, for the support that has been given to
that department. They feel, however, that
to drop their work at this stage. and revert
to the old system, would prove in the end a
short-sighted policy and, though the entire
withdrawal of the item of street expenses
from the budget of the Finance Committee
might afford temporary relief, that eventu-
ally it would entail debt perhaps heavier,
and we feel sure would not meet the Just
expectations of the enterprising and public
spirited taxpayers of the city.
REAL ESTATE TRANsFERs.-The follow
ing are the real estate transfers entered in
the Davidson County Court, for the week
ending Nov. 9, 1866:
G. Dewitt Thomas to c. Z. and Mary A.
Griffith, land in Edgefeld, $500.
Robert McClay to Z. Cary, lot in Edge
field.
VIM. Creel to J. T. Gleaves, land in this
county, 1925.
Francis King (col) to James NJ. Aiken,
(col.) city lot, $500.
c. w. Nance to w. G. Moore, land in this
county, S527 63.
J. r. to Louis Graves, two lots in Edge
field, $4,000.
S. Young to Richard Morgan, half inter-
est in city lot, 81, 900.
S. c. Rogers to David McClusky, land in
this county, $500.
L. Alternately, ST., to Ann E. Burch, land
in this county, $40.
J. T. Bailey to D. Weaver, land in this
county, 1925.
A. w. johnson, Jr., to w. w. Miller, city
lot and house, $4,000.
Isaac Clifton, trustee, ETC., and Susan Cor
don, to Adelicia Acklers, five acres and
twenty-nine poles in this county, S4,6GS.
John Coltart to Frederick Gold, city lot,
S2,975.
James Woods. ST., and II. C. Yeatman to
John S. Wilkes, lot in Pulaski, 81 900.
w. A. Wiley TO II. H. Thornberg, land in
this county, s., $50.
John d. Winston TO James H. Bruce, lot
in Lindsey and Winston's Addition, $3.50.
James P. Dabbs TO Aloris c. Gillian, fif-
teen acres and fifteen poles in district 2,
81, 525.
Thos. C. Wright to j. r. Plummer, lot in
Boyd's Addition, 81, 900.
J. II. Farrar, Attorney for Fred. Shep-
herd, TO ]. r. Plummer, lots in Edgeheld,
1900.