The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-22

purchase Of their very superior engine.
In view of the fact that the Company does not
sk for the made to taa osne1 fo
,ender valuable aid in assisting. condagratlons,
;he undersigned would respectfully urge Council
o grant the assistance prayed for so soon as tho
condition Of the City Treasury will z permit. sTTs
JAMES 2. EARLE:
s. g. COURTENAY.
On motion, the consideration Of the reports
we're laid over to the next regular meotlng.
The Committee on Licenses made report on
ducton of the price Of licenses, &C., but after
ward withdrew it upon tho following statement
made by tho Mayor: &c
The Mayor said that since tho last meeting OF
Council he had conference with General Slckles
and General CItz as to the Interpretation OF the
9Th section of Order No. SO, referring TO hcenses.
The Interpretation put upon that sect!on py
General Sickles excludes the granting OF ncenseS @
to any but regular hotels. Restaurants ana an
other bar-rooms are excluded. The General Vas Vas
80 decided in tho opinion he expressed, that 1or
Council to grant any license other than those lnal
Gated, would be disobedlence OF the order. lno
order SAYS, the number of licenses to be granted,
and the lees to be charged, shall be regulated ana
collected by the municipal or town authorities;
The General desired to be informed when Council
determined to whom licenses should DC gfalteu
AS the number would be limited to perhaps SIX OF
eight, it was question, with so great a. monopotSy
licenses should not be increased: upon nus sus-
gestion General Sickle had readily assented 10
iudulee the privilege Of selling to the parTes
licensed up to the 30th Of June. After that oaIe
be most vigorously enforced. He took occasion 70
mention this in Council as one OF the moaes u
giving notice to parties interested and also give
the information to Council. ,,,,.u
Committee on Observation-Disclosures harsnan'
Chairman. -
The Committee on Railroads, to whom was re-
ferred tho memorial Of the President and Directors
of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, peg iea'e
most respectfully to submit the following report:
The Cty OF Charleston is the holder OF one mil.
lion and forty-nine thousand dollars in the paid-up
stock of the Company, the whole OF which Will DO
lost unless some plan be devised by which tne
work on the road can bo resumed, and lts ultlnate
tSat in the yory helpless condition of the country,
the plan suggested by the Legislature, and as set
forth in the memorial OF tho Company, presents
the only reasonable probability OF thus 6eing ac
complished. New parties and addltional caPi.ai
must be brought to its aid and in the plan pro-
posed. The Inducements offered to capitalists,
with the competition that exists among tho Gltles
of the West to reach the seaboard Of the southern
States, and the increasing Importance attacheo 10
This connection as the roads Of the West approach
us on the north, it is not unreasonable TO nope
that, sooner or later, the desired CID will Dc oo
tained. Ali oil events the plan proposed furnishes
the only reasonable hope or prospect OF securing
the city and State investn ents, or o. securing 70
the CITY aud State the fruits that we're expected
from them Tho enterprise has icSU nothing OF lts
importance since its inception, commercially or
politically. On the contrary, recont events nave M
more strongly demonstrated botnN%niIs @ leoonG tng
in the short period of little moro than twenty
years) painfully onforces upon US the necessity OF
neal i. and cheaper connections with tho gram
producing valleys of the mississippi and its tribu
tarios. Your Committee therefSre' peg leave 70
WILLIAM q. WHlLDEN.
! +. G, GAILLARD, Mayor.
2, b. 0AKES.
EDWIN d. ENST0N,
JACOB SMALL,
| II. d. OLARY,
WILLIAM RAvENEL.
G. WILLIS.
The Bill received its first reading this evening.
Whereas the General Assembly Of tho State did,
| on the eighteenth day Of September, III tho year
anS5sS ane sne enGr de 70 WITT
| "Resosoed, That the President and Directors OF
the Blue Ridge Railroad Company in South Caro-.
| lima be and are hereby authorized TO deal WILD
the shares bold by the State in said Company IN
the same mapner as With tho shares o. oil osnSl :.
made with any other companies oF individuals fQI
the completion of the said road, by tho issuing O
nroterred shares, or reducing tho number o.
shares held by the State, In the same ratio II
which the city Of Charleston and other stocknola
ers msy consent that the:r shares shall DC re. e.
dGesd, or ip any other manner in which i may bt
es'ssa - nacsssafy to Re: sisn Of the CAPT
tal already ''ss1 e T. 1ssylasd that # 4PS 4PSS Is
SD er snH sa that may be- mau ' ss
be held liable for any additional assessI--
shares held"
And whereas the City Council are desrous Of
aiding in the completion Of the Blue Ridge Rail-
/ IL fHofr
Now be it ordained, Tint the City Council of
Charleston do hereby consent to defer their claim
for dividends on all stock now held by the corpo-
favor of any new stock that may be duly taken in
said Company, 80 far as and until such new stock
holders shall receive dividends at q rate not ex-
coeding soVen per cont per annum upon the
amounts OF their stock respectively, provided
however that il tho earnings OF the Company,
which are divided as profits, shall be in excess OF
the amount necessary to pay said preferred divi-
dends on The new stock, such cxcess shall be ap-
piled in equal ratio to tho old and the new stock
and provided also that the stock held by the City
Council shall not be subject to any additional as
sessment.
The Mayor made tho following report, which was
adopted:
| In submitting their report upon tho communi-
cation Of DR.. J. J. Chisolm President Medical 30
| pital, tho Board of Health deemi it due to them
selves and this body to place the whole subject
| matter before the community in such form as to
enable them to arrive at correct conclusions, and
in doing 80 will consider the several points in the
order they appear in his communication.
In January last, when the majority report OF the
committee alluded to was made, the accommodn-
tons in the City Hospital were believed to be am
pie; but, in the opinion OF tho Chief Surgeon OF
the Bureau, additional accommodations were
| H. ,ol fn void q n
pital itself becoming source OF disease from
| being too crowded When it is borne in mind
TINT about four-ffths Of the means Of maintaining
our health department are obtained from the Gov
ernment through him, it must be apparent that
his requisitlons were not to be sighted, and the
Beard Of Health, OF meeting hold on 3d May
last after due consideration Of the matter and in
the exercise Of the authority given it by the ord-
nance establishing the health department, directed
the Mayor and Registrar to provide additional hos
| In doing this, they could not approach the
Trustees Of the Roper Hospital, as those gentle
men had formally declined accepting the resolu-
tion Of Council adopted in February last (author-
izing the Registrar to send patients to tho Roper
| Hospital), through their Chairman, whose letter
was read to Council on the 26th February, and is
recorded on the journals OF Council; and ondly,
| They had previously stated that they could not,
under the will Of Mr.. Roper paIt with tine control
OF their hospital; and in order to attach that hos
pital in any way to our Health Department, it is
1equired by the chief medical officer Of the Bureau
that it should be placed under his control.
With regard to the extent Of accommodations in
tho two hospitals, were the same rule applied to
the Roper Hospital to the City Hospital, limit
ing tho number of beds to the cubic feet in the
several wards, the accommodations there would
fall short Of the number stated in the communica-
tion Of the Chairman of the Trustees.
As regards the additional expense, it was un-
avoidable, but the Board adopted that mode
which, they believe, would prove most economical.
Had tho additional accommodation not been pro-
| yided, hospitals for freedmen would have been
opened by the Medical Department of the Bureau,
tions, medicines, furniture, fuel, &C., in short,
everything almost the entire Of which is now fur
nished by the government. The Board are still Of
opinion that they acted for tho best interests Of
tho city, in mourning ON additional exponse, csti-