Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-13

BOARD OF ALDERMEN.

A regular semi-monthly meeting Of the
Board of Aldermen was held last evening,
President Cheatham in the chair, and the
followingmembers present Messrs. Creigh-
ton, Sloan, Nolan, Thompson, Kircher,
Kinney, Brodie, and Haynie.
The following reports from standing
committees were subnitted, received and
! filed:
TREAsURER's REPoRT-Receipts and ex-
/ penditurs from January 9th TO date: Re
/ ceipts sec, 529 65. Disbursements SOL
S33 81, leaving a balance Of Sl4, 69G "a.
SEXToN's REPoRT. - Citizens white
buried in the city cemetery p colored %
total 40. Moneys collected $50 80.
WATER TAX COLLECTORS REPoRT.-
Collections for three weeks ending the llth
inst S4624.
AUDIToR's REPoRT.-The Auditor re-
ported having examined and approved
accounts 10 the amount of $l9,j9S 10.
REVENUE COLLECTORS REPoRT.-Col-
lections received from the 22d of January
to February 18th, Sl2,S35 IS.
RECORDERS Observation-Disclosures made
for the month of January, Sl0,S5l 30.
CHIEF ENGINEER's REPORT.-Salaries
paid, $500; feed account, SPA 30; fuel,
Sal so; repairing, Sll3 45; contingent eX-
penses, ST 54-total, S3347. Six fires,
losses, $4,000; covered by insurance,
$4,000.
WHARF MASTERS REPORT. -Collec-
tions on account Of wharfage for the month
Of January, 1888.
WoRKHoUsE KEEPERS REPoRT.-Cap-
tain Everett, the newly elected keeper,
reports for the month of January a num-
Der Of items The number of prisoners
discharged during the month by order of
the court, tWenty-seven; by expiration Of
sentence, eighteen escapes, three released
from the calaboOse, one hundred and
twenty leaving in confinement Feb. 18th,
twenty-nine. There are six officers in the
employ Of the wCrkhouse, to-wit: one
keeper, one steward, one ook-keeper four
guards, and one cook.
The Committee on WharVes reported
having considered the resolution instruct
ing them to inquire into the expedi-
ency of making additions to the upper
and lower wharves, and submitted the fol-
lowing report: The lower wharf, belong
ing to Thoa. Allison, can be purchased for
eight thousand dollars, or for ten bonds Of
the corporation. The addition to- the up.
per wharf, belonging to Messrs. A. Hamil-
ton and D. T. Nevins, now renting for fifteen
hundred dollars per annum, can be pur-
chased for one hundred dollars per foot.
The committee unanimously recommend
that the Committee on Public Property be
directed TO negotiate for the aboyC-ner-
TONED property on the best tens possible.
In connection with the report, the COM
mittee submitted the following resolution
That that the Committee on Public Prop
erty be authorized TO purchase the above
mentioned property on the best terms pos
sible, and submit the same for the adoption
Of the City Council. Adopted
The Superintendent of Streets submitted
a report for January. He reported having
had hauled barge Of coal to the Work
house and Fire Department, and school
houses, embracing two thousand bushels.
Hauled five hundred and forty bushels of
corn from the race track to the corporation
stables; also hauled fifteen hundred bushels
Of coal TO the waterWorks from the month
Of Spring branch. He also reported hay
ing had several repairs completed in differ
ent parts Of the city.