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

inadequate TO tho purchase OF tho ncodod appa-
ratus. they having boon ontiroly absorbed III tho
In view Of tho fact that tho Company docs not
ask for tho, appropriation m9do to tho other
70 % a5RssHs 50
tho undorsigncd would respectfully urgo Council
to grant tho assistance prayed for, 30 soon as tho
condition OF tho City 1roasnJy Wili JSTEs pSEpis'
.ya, :, JAMES =; EARLE.
4.Hh.G - 8. G. CoURrENAY.
On motion, tho consideration Of tho reports
wore laid over 10 tho noxt regular mooting.
y Tho Committee on Licenses nado O report on
the petition 81 sundry liquor dealers, asking re-
wnrd Withdrew it upon tho following statement
mado by tho Mayor:
Tho Mayor said that since tho last meeting of
Council, ho had q confcrcnco with Gonora' SiCklcs
md doncrnl Clitz as to tho Interpretation Of tho
9Th section OF Order No; 80, referring to lconses
aonoraI siekos excludes tho | granting Of iiconses
To- any but regular hotels. Restaurants aud MI
othor bar-rooms arc excluded. Tho 0oneral waB
Council to grant any liconso othcr than those nd-
Gated, would DO tlisobcdence OF the order. Tho
ordor says, tho number OF liccnses to be grantod
and tho lcca TO DO charged, shall bo regulated and
collected by tho municipal town authorities.
Tho General desired TO bo informed whom Council
determined to whom licenBcs should bo granted.
AS tho number would bo limited TO perhaps ulI or
oight, IL was question, with 80 great monopoly
placed in tho hands Of q few, whether the price Of
gostion General Sickle, had readily assonted to
iudulgo tho privilege OF solling TO tho parties
icenaed up to tho Sotl of Juno: Aftor that dato
bc most vigorously enforced. IIo took occasion to
montion tis in Council as ono OF tho modes OF
giving notice TO parties inorostcd aud also To gyo
tho information to Council.
Committee on Railroads Alderman Marshall,
Chairman.
Tho Committee on Railroads, to whom was re-
OF tho Bluo Ridge Railroad Company, bog lonyo
most respectfully to submit tho following report:
Tho City OF Charleston is tho holder Of QUO mil.
stock Of tho Company, tho whole Of which will bo
los. unless % somp plan be Gvsea 5y s whG whatS sS
soapiolio" insured. Toy are Of tho opinion aIso,
tS IN tho very hSpegs Pie c1ndti9n OF the country
IN sh Of tGS sna as
tho only reasonable probability Of this 6oing nc
complished. Now parties ami additional capital
posed:i Tho Inducements offered to capitalists,
with Tho competition that exists nmong tho cItics
of tho West TO roach tho soabonri of tho Southern
Statos, and tho increasing Importance attached to
this connection, The roads Of tho West approach
US on Tho north, It is not unreasonable to hopo
that sooner or later, tho dosired aid will be OBJ
tho only reasonable hope or prospect of securing
tho CITY and State Investments, OF Of securing to
tho city aud State tho fruits that were expected
from tlcnl Tho enterprise has lost nothing OF itH
| importance since It's inception, commercially or
politically. On tho contrary, recent cycnts hayC
moro strongly demonstrated both-whilo Tho
tamino that Inns prevailed in the State (tho second
i'll tho silort pnriol Of little moro than twonty
ycars) painfully onforcos upon us tho necessity oi
| nearer and cheaper connections with tho grain
producing valleys OF the mississippi and its ribt1-
| tnrirs. Your Committee, therefore, bog leave IL
report by bill. Il. w. MhRSHAIII.
WILLIAM q. WIf1rIDEN
i. q. GAILLAltD, Mayor.
| u. Is. OhKES.
EDWIN u. ENSTON.
JACOB SMALL.
II. Is. 0LNEY.
WILLIAM RAYENEL.
q. WILLIS.