The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-14
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The folI,r,ng ,ope,, OF Tho Gas Civil Lnemcc,
OFFICE CITY ClvIi. ENGINEER,l
CIrv HALL, CuAniEsiu*, Selt, ~, 1867, {
To Gte Iio, Ornbte, he Mayor d'1 lt3e'7ien Of ne
(ikSILrMES: At the request of the medical OIL |
Ger OF the Board of Heath, have matte the exam
,naiun by levels ni several lnN lots with the view ur
the nloar aui direction uf ,lra,nn, |
them.
Tho lirsi is situated at tIr col,.rr NJ Morris and
Coming streets. GOVERNS: an area ot nearly two
acres the second nn the s'ni side oi Linz street
i'll OF Mrssrs. Wharton rrici,'- Factory tlr,
tllrl ~ Mrlnt"ths Court. k,n: street near Rad
chile the idur.h ono .ic"r s..mti, ii Wemtworh
street on the CaEt side al GutlsIlcn street
The mode Of draining the llrVr tirSl named viii
be by means oi surface Rnh subtrirahcln Iiunki,
aila siigh, am"uEi Oh i'lll;. and mT,,,ns orns
direction 10 the surface water; tue last Ia,ne,l,
will require ditch oi III, tcri III irnth, properly
gradr'l besides the clranin" anl repairing at the
present trunk across til,isdcn street
Tho wn,k required for ;ic three iilat na,ncI
places will ID" ;:,vrn nut i,y contract ~ Wpvnlni
FOR hy Ordinance, and the last eau l'c d"n" iy iho
street hands.
In In,,ul of lcait DIR. rrlzrH deems II absolute
~ urcrlsar, anil Iayo the honor Ia submit il far
tho action nr your Honorable Board.
Srry respectfully,
LOUIS J. BAliEoT,
City Engineer.
Nhcreupon Alderman Oincy offered the follow
ing resolution, which WAS lad over under the 18th
iesolre,i. That the Engireer $ report l,c accepted
and he he directed to carry on, the Morl ~ provided
for BY ordinance.
Alderman Stcinmever made the following rc.
ports, which were conrilrreti in
The Committee OH Licenses report fivcrab!y on
The application nf Holmes \ Macbeth for tnc-
tionccrs' Liccnsc, anu rrromlnrnd the granting Of
the same. JOHN IL. SriINMEIER,
JAMES COSliROYE.
Tile Committee on Licenses, To which were re-
frrrcd the following applications respectfully re-
md r,Tn nnll1 lNnt In mi n
payment Of the license fee To the City Treasurer.
JuSR SHOP LICENSE.
c. Irwin, No. l5 Suilih BAY.
JOHN II. SrEISMEYEn.
JAMES COSGRONE.
Alderman Olncy made the following reports,
which were laid over, tlIcro Iint bring Il money
quorum present
Tho Committee Oil Accounts report that they
hive CXumiucd the following bills. find them cor
rect and recommend they br passed FOR payment,
viz.
| sundry bills against Aims House,
| snni,y bills against Orphan Eousc,
amounting To-. Observation-Disclosures. 2t'tii u
II. Is uI.NEY,
J.: {; -. .!G.Allilitb,hig to wlinm was re-
ferred the petition uf the Charleston Steam Fire
urcr's books, it appears raid Company obtained n
loan from the City Council in December. 1861 upon
| the usual terms, ol S35C0, oi which $50 WAS paid
previous tn thn Isl February, 1865. A. thus loan
was made in Cnfederate currency, which Mt Tint
limo was very much deprecated, tho Committee
| recommend that il hn arranged by reducing tho
amount TO the gOl,l basis un Isl February, 1885,
and adding thereto the valnc of gold in The present
National currency.
Upon this calculation, the Committee lind that
si592 III currency IL Iair equivalent Tor the bal
nnco due, and recommend that upon payment OF
TINT amount, suid Company be discharged from
further claim ON account OF said loan.
H. i. OLNEY,
+. f.c. C. dAii,i.ARp, committe.
Tho Mayor submitted to Council tho following
| statement furnished him by tho City Treasurer
relating to the issues of certificates of indebted
ness nnd city bills, which was received infnrma
September ], 1867.
Amount certificates Indebtedness is-
Amount redeemed To dato. .......... 2s,7sI 90
Amount in circulation ...... s5,7os 81
September Q, 1867.
Issue city bills ....... $49, 800 60
Redeemed bills ,.......... 3o,713 10
Amount in circulation. :. st9,7sG 81
Amount Of iiulnbt ctlness 5,728 81
saj,515 III
The following bill ra,ne up for it's SECOND read
ing:
BILL TO REGULATE THE DREDGING or DOCKS.
Whereas, Tho best interests Of the city, as we'll
port, demand that the channel Of Cooper River be
kept open with sufficient depth or water for II
commercial purposes, and free from obstruction !:
lie il ordained, Thnt in future all mul removed
from any OF the city docks by drcdge machines
or otherwise, shall he deposited on tho east side
OF Hog Island. hrtweeI Castle pincknoy nn,l
Mount Pleasant. and in no other part uf thu
harbor.
The lInrhor Master shall be furnished with Il
copy Of this Ordinance which lie required
strictly to enforce: AMI to report Iur prosccn-
ton oil violations Of tho same wlieh shall
subject the party offending to limo not ex-
cceding one hundred dollars for each and every
offence.
On motion, tho second reading was postponed
to o future meeting.
Tho letter Of the Trustees of tho College OF
Charleston, asking for appropriation of StS2B
to meet the payment Of the internal revenue tn1
on the Baynard endowment came mp for action
and Was laid over, there being no money quorum
present.
Alderman Earle 1loyeil that the City Engineer
DO authorized TO advertise for estimates To do The
work referred 10 in his report 10 Council this evc-
ming. Carried.
Adjourned W. IT,. SMITH,
Clerk OF Council.