The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-08
PI,oCEEDINas OF CITY c0uNCIL
FoRTY.sECoND REGULAR MEETING.

FoRTY.sECoND REGULAR MEETING.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, Juno /, 1867.
Prosentw His Honor the Mayer .A and Aidermon
Ravenel, Wragg,, Gcrdts, Small, O'Neill; sioim-
% %haon onS Bitter and rrns
confirmed, and tho following nlnttors disposed OF:
for }unk-shop license. Referred to Committee on
Petition of Liquor Dcalors, praying o reduction
in tho price OF Hceso niso, to make IT Rn annual
license. Rcforred to the same committee.
Petition Of a. j. Anderson, Trustee or Margaret
er el Of %~na sons by
letter fom tho Rev. Gustavus poZIanski, in rel,-
tion to his mortgage Of part Of tho lands Of tho
Citadel Square. Noferred to Committee Of Ways
Communication from Robert T. Cl,isom g. Sons,
owners OF tho property known as "Ghsolms
calling attention to tho condition of the ca,iscway
leading 10 said pr 'pprty. Referred to Committee
Letter OF J. l.. Johnston, reporting lilo erection
OF wooden building on Iradd street, opposite
Iimehouso street, as boiig contrary to law Re
fcrred to tho Committee On Brick and Wooden
The following invitation was accepted: % ,a,.
10 Mc Honora1ic Mc Mayor aud Aldermen ofthc
City Of ChdrscShoa:
GENfLEst1N: Yo;, arc respectfully invited to Mt
ton Orphan House. to DO had on Wednesday, 9th
juno prox. II ia emincntly proper that you bo ro
quested to SEQ what progress is boin6 mado in m
institution which is 80 peculiarly your own, and
tho humane and fostering caro- OF which has 30 ro-
bounded to tho credit Of our city.
I am gentlemen, with great respect,
Yonr obediont servant,
on @1aMGE boHsR of 2 se5osl RGsAesaoHEs eommitIsso
Tho following communication was rcforrcd to
IiorEn nosrrrAL Juno 4, 1857.
TO HIS Honor The Mayor, and Gcnacnen 9t Tie
GEsrLEMEN: Acting under tho ndvico OF tho
Board OF Trustees, would again call your atten::
'tion TO tho Roper Hospital and It's general
City Hospital. whent tho Board last madc nppli-
cation to tho Council tho majority report Of Com
mittee appointed by Council to consider the appli-
cltion, declined tho desired add as, by their Htato
mont, tho Mnzyck Street Hospital was ample for
all the requirements Of the city. After an interval
too small; and a new Hospital Building, 'ttho
Tucker House in Hnmpstead.h y has been leased aud
arranged to accommodate forty -fvc whito patients;
YazycI street building Will bo transforrod leaving
the old building devoted to tho treatment OF cooi-
ed patients. When it was deemed necessary to OK
tnnd tho Hospital accommodations OF the city, tho
Roper Hospital which can readily accommodate
121 patients, Ind 100 beds yncant,, and these beds
sick for q Hospital for foriy-fvo beds could havo
been illed by 10 than onehalfo Of tho vncant beds
III the Roper Hospital.
4 would beg louve to call the attention Of Coun-
Gil 10 tho comparative expense OF having their sick
cared for in new Hospital and in tho Ropor Hos
pital, Tucker Hospital for fortY-iivo beds:
Repairs to prepare building. ng...........-
Salary Of Medical Officers ..............
SaIary OF Steward. Observation-Disclosures.
When the forty live beds have been filled which
will soon occur, thon II becomes necessary to open
second Hospital, with at least o duplicate
In case Of an epidemic this summer third Hos
pilal would probably be required, with IN addi-
tional outlny Of money.
Roper Hospital expense to City Treasury $50
have every reason to know that, had tho privi-
~. 1NF Nnl ka
allowed to transfer the supplies with tho white pn-
tients from the blazyck Street Hospital to tho
Toud %OuG hsSO hsvo Decn Tho
much moro convenient building, and tho city
might have been saved considerable outlay Of
would respectfully suggest to tho gentlemon OF
tho Council tio ptopriety Of using tho Hospital ac-
commodetious ready TO hand, by doing which they
can also cconomlze City funds.
ResI eotfully, your obeeient servant,
J. J. CiIISOLM, NJ. D..
President Of a tho Medical IL @ @SooPety, ety. ana Chairman
~Tho Ropcr Hospital being organized with all
officers paid by tho Roper Fund, the only expense
of keeping tho sick in This institution would be
for supplies. AB these arc obtained from tho Gov
ornnent tho city would bo at no exponso to fur
niah them.
To he Honorable The Mayor aid -atiz men Of 1ls
City Of Charleston:
The updereigpsd Committco on tho part Of
linn. have beon appointed by tho Board Of Dreo,
tora e call your Pkteni,"n to tho following Joint
State, ut nn oxtrn session i'll September 1866, and
to ask yonr carly consideration thereof:
"Lesolced, That tho President and Directors
OF tho blue ltidge Railroad Company in South
Carolina be, and aro hcrcby, authorized to deal
with tho Shares held by tho State in said Compa-
ny in tho snmo manner as with tho Shares or all
other Stockholders, in any arrangement that may
! bo mndo with my other companies OF intliyidualj
for the completion of said Road, BY tho issuing OF
preforrcd Snares, or reducing the number OF
Shares ie!d by tho State in tho Same ratio in which
tho city Of Charleston and other Stockholders
may consont that their shares shall bo reduced or
in any othor manner in which it may bo found nc
cessary tD surrender portion OF tho capital a.
ready invested to accomplish tho c: instruction OF
i ranecment that may bo nnado, tho State shall
not bo held liable for any additional nsscssmont OH
tho Shares held"
continued interest in this enterprise and exhibited
q commendable readiness to further its progress
er na er large claim on Se cnspy oM W ar IN sn ner
scriphon Of Stock slo is willing to lnyo cut down.
or deferred, or altogether surrendered. If other
companies or capitalists can thereby bo induced to
complete tho R0nd, leaving tho modo and manner
OF the arrangement 10 the discretion Of your hon.
orablo body and tho o;hor Stockholders. A glance
at tho present condition Of tho Company will forcibly
exhibit tho real, substantia advantages to othcrs
Of this proposed arrangement. "no Bluo Ridge
Railroad from andersen a 10 , hnosy,ilo is ono hun.
ty-iour miles from AndorsOI to Wnlhalla have Deen
substantially and completely built. Ono hundred
and 6lIty-iOur (l0f} mEcb Lllla lQrge
part OF the heaviest and most costly work Inns
also been dono. From Knoxville South tho work
Is In progress, and funds enough subscribed to
teouro the completion to tho North Carolina limo,
q diatanco Of near forty (iO) mes. This viii,
leave only about ono hundred and twenty (l20)
mios to completes and Of this betwoen 40 and 50
per cont. OF all tho work already done. Three
millions Of dollars havo been judiciously expended
on this Road, Of which only $3.50 600 was borrowed
rnder tho mortgage authorized by the Legislature
The original cost Of the wholo Ito.d was estrnatod
at 500 700. Deducting tho s. 900 600 already or
ponded will leave g. 100000 or this $500 900 will
pe obtained from tho State of Tennessee under
her general law to aid tho construction OF rail-
Eoads There arc nntssnod 81, ,25o, 900 Of the Com
property, which your Committee bcliove would be-
come available IN tho progress OF tho work. This
would leave not moro than g. 900 600 to DO raiseJ
by pew snbsosiption tS the capital stock.
such en- arrangement can DO mado az indicated IN
the JOINT resolution Of tho denoral Assembly chat
a stifacient induoemcnt can and will DO presentei
/. 70 capitalists o, the North Or West as win impol
eonnection by railroad between your city and tbo
great Went, is neoessity growing muro urgent
5 every day, and calls upon you for the o1eroisb OF