Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-06
THE BOARD or MAYOR AND
$40 ALDERMEN. g q.
Regular Monthly Meeting---The
Pavement Question.
The Hospital Trustees Report
As q Matter Of Favor!
That We will Have Mud is
Sure---A Pavement Doubtful!
Full Particulars, Eic.

JonnS0ni CqSn;ahj Amlsi Wlckersnam
Boiling, Lynn, Hoist, O'DOuell, Shaw
e Townsend, Smith and Passmore. The
? minutes Of the previous meetings were
read and ordered to stand as recorded.
The report OF the city inspector was
submitted, sho wing the net proceeds to
{ be SI65 90. Ordered to be received and
filed.
" A communication from the city comp
troller was read, asking instructions as
; Ito the disposition of the coupons Of the
Y Memphis and Little Rock railroad, now
e in his hands. Also stating that there
e was q want Of system in auditing his
r accounts, and stating that be desired it
$ done, being at al times ready for an in
, vestigation.
$ He also made the following requisi-
tons in the absence Of the regular re-
quests:
Hospitals, s5447; fire department,
$4,000; streets and alleys, $4,000; sala-
ries, $500; city schools, $4,000; making
a total Of S22,947.
J. NJ. Keller, the physician in charge
Of the general hospital, reports the num-
Der of patients treated during the
month IS9; deaths, s; now in hospital,
SO. y
He suggests Che immediate repairs of
the fences which surround the hospital.
An inventory of the clothing, etc, on
hand, accompanied the report which was
ordered to be filed.
A document signed by c. NJ. Carroll,
giving a detail Of the amount of food,
etc, furnished to the hospitals, which
cost about so much, etc, under their
charge, for The month Of February,
was read, sitting that they aoere not
Obliged to furnish any report, bit sub
united this. they go 0 n to say that they
have secured the services Of Mrs. Gil
NOR as mstron, and that the patients
cannot be removed to the state hospital
till the weather gets warm.
I'VE shall have more to say Of this
precious document hereafter.-LocAL
Ed
The city engineer reported the ex-
penditures Of his ofieefor the past month
as S294l IS.
The city inspector reported having re-
ceived S1O7 - as fees: during the month.
W. L. Spaulding reported having re-
ceived S131 IS for fees 1.-THE North Mem
phis market; S. W. Wilkins acknowl-
edged to have received the sum of
S4SOS IS for the month.
Jas. Ryan, master OF the South Mem
phis market, reported $50 95 as his re-
ceipts.
JnO. A. Bowen, the city tax collector,
reports S39, 427 Is as the receipts of his
office during the month.
VIM. KehOe, the fire warden, reports
four fires during the month-damage
done amounted to SIS, 800, insurance
So, 5OO-whieh leaves a loss to indi-
viduals of $500.
The tax collector on privileges re-
ports SlI, 776 as the amount received by
him during the month.
DR.. Joe f Lynch, surgeon at city hos
pital, reported $50 patients in hospital at
last reports, thirty-three admitted during
the month Of February, and 10 remain
ing at the present time:
every few csses have been admitted
during the month. The seamen have
been sent to DR.. Keller's hospital,
contrary to a late resolution of
the board, ordering none there but
was stopped without my knowledge
or consent, and I have been often OBJ
liged to supply it, and issue necessaries
from my OyFn pocket, especially in some l
cases where yer and important opera
ions were performed requiring constant I
supervision aLkgcare. One operation was :
litigation ofAde common carotid artery
on the righFside of the neck. Another $
litigation Of the arterie innominata one I
of iraclertCTy, and one of excelsior Of the {
lower jaw. I have here also to return +
my thanks to the kind assistance rem ;
dered by Doctors Irwin, Creighton and !
A. X. Taylor in these difficult opera
lions. / have to complain of the very Z
unjust treatment received at the hands r
of the trustees. Their total ignorace of :
the wants and requirements of a hos :
pital isa ftct TOO glazing TO be concealed. :
The presidents course is rude, undigni-
fled, and such as to excite the contempt n
of men anxious to do their duty impair y
tally. His refusal to furnish a few nee q
essaTy requisite for the sick show him n
incapable Of rising above petty prejudi- a
ces. | would therefore earnestly request,
for the sake of suffering humanity and -.
the good name of Memphis, that the q
president OF the board of hospital trus- q
tees be relieved, and one of the many Is
respectable physicians in the city be 4,
as chairman in his stead" :"
Alderman PassmOre submitted the
following q
Your special committee to whom a.
referred the various bids for Il
the streets have had the Il
under consideration, and respect N
fully report in favor Of Second, Adams, =
Madison end Union streets to Taylor. y
McBain q Co., ana recommend that a
twenty-five per cent. of the cost of the re
work be retained by the city as a guar
antee for the faithful prosecution and /
completion of the work. Upon the II
award Of the other streets your commit n
tee ask for further time. CT
A message was read from his Honor,
the mayor, referring to various public pi
matters, in which lie suggested that e.
citizens be appointed who should IL
control the water works Of the city. He Ii
under the impression that citizens
be found who would perform this st
duty without pay, with the exception OF d,
the president Of the board. He also re
suggested that the board should memo pl
the state legislature, asking for b
alterations in the metropolitan Ii
act, should they think it desirable. ci
The fact that this board, at its last meet
ing, had refused to make an appropria- in
lion for the support Of the police had re
some remarks not very c~reditable, al
hence these suggestions. "a
J. d. Danbury d Go. offer to keep up
he fire department for $4,000 per an tn
lum. NJ. Larkin offered Ia do the same III
work for $1,000. On motion of Alder sc
nan Smith, the matter was referred to a re
peeia- COMMITTEES, consisting of Messrs. th
smith, Hoist and Powers,
FINANCE COMMITTEE. co
Alderman Rolling stated that he Vas re-
instructed by the committee TO say that h,
III petitions referred to them, praying N.
remission of taxes, will be reported
lpon adversely. IN
By the same The petition of James 81
iyan, market master Of the South MeIa- ~
ibis market, for regular monthly al n,
Owance, reported favorably. Report N
r.
Alderman Passmore, from the COM
on accounts, reported favorably
the salaries Of city officials and q num-
er OF Othes accounts, all of which were re
st
Several acquisitions were read, ap- Nj
rovad by the city purveyor, for various B.
all of which were ordered to be
urcassed. 81,
Alderman johnson, chairman CT the ~
rdiiiance committee, reported adversely
n The swinging sign ordinance. The Ia
ep0rt was negatiyeG. co
Alderman Lynn moved that the ordi-
anGe pass to its second and final read IA
lg, which was rejected by a vote of ten J..
four. ~