Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-28


knocked Mott down, and beat him so
severely about the head that death en-
sued yesterday. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
disappeared before the arrival of the
police, and had not been arrested at noon
to day.
The PRoPosED UNION DEPoT. The
proposition to build Union Depot for
the better facilitation of business has
taken shape. In the Board of Alder.
men, last night, the following action
was had with reference to the matter:
The committee to whom was referred
the matter of uniting the different rail-
roads terminating inside of the city in a
union passenger and freight depot, re-
! port that they have received commu
nication from Messrs. Tate, White and
Woodruff, the presidents of said roads,
which they herewith submit for the in.
formation of the Board,
Your committee, in addition to said
communication, had personal interviews
with these gentlemen. Aud, as a con-
cusioD, would report that they are i'm
pressed with the importance Of adding
every facility to the transportation of
passengers and freight to and from the
city. Other lines of communication
above and below the city of Memphis by
close connections have taken from US
much of the trade that legtimately be-
longs to the city of Memphis. In order
to arrest this injury already in existence,
and still greater that is threatening us,
we regard this project of a union depot
for passengers and freight of national
importance to the city. By cheap
transportation of freight to and from
the city, and ready and convenient ac-
cess TO, and egress from the city by the
travelling public, your committee be-
lieves the interest of the ely of Mem
phis will be greatly increased.
We, therefore, recommend that the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad, the
Memphis and Ohio Railroad, and the
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, be
granted the privilege of erecting union
passenger depot at the juncture of
Charleston avenue and Adams street;
and that they also be permitted to use
the nature Of Center landing or so much
as NAV be needed between Washington
and Poplar streets for union freight
depot; and to enable said roads to reach
the passenger and freight depots, per-
mission is granted the Mississippi and
Tennessee Railroad to run their tracks
from the present depot to the Memphis
and Charleston Railroad on the old Fort
Pickering track, and the Memphis and
Ohio Road from near the point where
their road crosses Bayou Gayoso, up or
over the channel of said bayou to the
point d. signated, to wit: the juncture of
Charleston avenue and Adams street;
and that said road be permitted to con-
tinue their lines from the Memphis and
Ohio depot TO Center landing; and that
said road may pass their freight cars
and passenger cars over said lines to
and from said depots. In consideration
of this privilege, we would recommend
that said roads be required to erect
suitable and substantial depot buildings,
such as will be ornamental TO the city;
and that the city will only allow the use
of its, public property for the above
enterprise, but does not agree TO aid in
constructing the same, or in purchasing
the right of way over private property.
Your com mittee further recommend
that this privilege be granted for the
space Of fifty years, and that said rail
roads shall agree, before the privilege is
exercised, to transport passengers and
freight at as low q rate from Memphis to
the same points per mile as they do from
any other city, when passengers and
freight pass through Memphis; that there
shall, by said roads, be no discrimina-
ton against the city of Memphis upon
local or through freights or passengers;
and that they shall agree, further, to give
no preference to through freights over
local freights in the time Of the receipt
and transportation of the same but II
there shall be delay in the transportation
of freights, it shall operate equally upon
both through and local freights.
And further, that the city, by this
privilege granted, does not mean or
intend to relinquish any of its rights of
wharfage to any portion of the public
landing, or to confer any such right upon
said railroads. NJ. E. COCHRAN,
/. NJ HILL,
J. @. Hoist
Adopted by the following vote;
Ayes - Powers, Clancy, Johnson,
Cochran, Wickersham, Amis, Brown,
Hill, Hoist, Shaw, Lemon, Smith and
Passmore.
Nays-0'Donnell.
Alderman Cochran submitted the fol-
lowing, which was adopted By the Board,
with the amendment that the contract be
submitted to the Board, for its approval,
before it shall have binding effect:
Resolued, That the City Attorney be
directed to prepare an agreement be-
tween the city of Memphis and the
Msmnbis and Charleston, Mississippi