The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-24
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
HENBERSOp d NASH
WILLIE RAILE0AD.
Report OF the Committee.
COUNCIL MBER,
EVANSVILLE, Marc1 p, 1865

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1 Baker. and Councilmen Blemker.
1 Dean, Muhlhausen. Heilman, Reitz
/ Kolle, Kraft. and Wiltshire,
Minutes of previous meeting read
1 and approved. after which the FOL-
7 loving bills ReraaAowed and ordered
police BIZ lfsr H. week. sii4 30.
j 3. Fickas, shade trees. 1896 90
4 Z, Newman, salary a. lamp-lighter,
1850 o.; Michael NieTnnery Shade
trees, $50 so, g. Nj aATobeR1 Dior
pump, 50 90; JnO, L9riug j.. 10.
sundries s19 80: Hughy DUFFY. BOWL
dering streets. So 90; J. d. Walker.
for boxing arodnd shade trees S24 90 :
J. J Lowry, street improvements.
Sl66 81 A Hayden, sundries, $l5 90;
w. &. furnOek IL Co, for repairing
about engine So %; Thomas Laferty,
sUBdries $75 90; Lowry & Pafiin.
earth, so ID; VIM Troupe & Co.
work on alley, SIS 90; Thomas Bull
len, salary for hauling steam fire en-
IgIne and hose reel, SIP 90; Williams,
Directory, s. 90; Peter Zapp and
others, work on the streets. 1883 3d.
b. Il. Gillette, varaish, 3 90; ". l.
II. Mills, two months salary as Market
Master and expenses, Sl06 3d. q
Mr.. Hedderich asked for gravel 10
be hauled on Franklin Street, which
request was granted.
Order passed in favor of opening
an alley from Franklin Street to
Seventh, and ordered entered on
books IN proper form.
Various sidewalk reports were read.
approved and amounts ordered as
ssssed up against property owners.
Oak Hill Cemetary report. for the
week ending the l4th inst, showed
that eight interments had been made,
aud for the week ending the 2lst, that
six had been made.
o. b. Clark rendered his resigna-
ton as policeman, and b. K. Gillette
was appointed 10 his place.
The Upper Market report showed |
the receipt OF $2l so from outside /
collections for. the week ending the .
l4th inst. ~ 4- t>tAH '-f-E
The contract for removing dead ami
mails was awarded to - johnson, at
SIS per month.
A petition was received and read, /
calling the attention Of the Council
10 the condition Of an alley between
Second and Third, and Locust aud
Main Streets, which was laid over for
Que week.
A petition asking that John Street
be opened out to Main Street, was
to the Committee on Streets
and Alleys
His Honor, the Mayor, then sub
nitted the following report Of the
Committee appointed to visit Hop
Kentucky, in the interests
81 the city relative to the Evansville,
Henderson Il Nashville Railroad,
which was received and ordered
placed on file, aud the committee dis
charged:
TO tAs Common Council otthe City Of Evans-
UtAe:
By appointment of meeting of citizens
leid on the 18th inst, md cOncurred in by
ne Council on the I4th lost, we attended
he annual meeting OF the sLOckhOlders
u the Evansville, Henderson, and Nash
vile Railroad Company. held at Hopkins
vile. Kentucky, on the lStn inst. Leaytug
Evansville on the morning Of the 10TH
attending to proceed by the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad on the morning
y the IN, but in consequsnnee Of
cave Louisville until clock in the eve
log, and arrived at ) O'Clock on the morn
ng OF the 18th al the State lfue, being the
place where the Evansville, Henderson q q
Nashville RAILROAD crosses the Memphis a
Branch OF the louisville q National Ratl-
rom HoPktnsville. At o'clock a. NJ, we
iarted by the p. H. & n. Railroad, and ar
sst four miles TT 'tTaTei in IN IN car
Iages, the road being completed from
nashville TO point about three or
our miles seuth OF HoHAinsville, dis
auce Of about sixty-1Si4le miles. The I
meeting was held IN The ~ eylsoOn or the
oth. add was large and spirited, consist
DE of EfOEK n0Elnr2 ard 1nffFatea I
ashville and Evansville, and all inter
Mediate points, aud all seemed enthusi-
.2tlet ana detesrmined that the Work
The reports Or the President, aud Of The
,ecretarE and, Treasurer aud Eng. neer,
yefe subnli ted and read, aud Qr4iered to
- prlnted-the Report OF the Treasurer
'allg rs fer.ed 10 8 Commiltz of > ock-
A2tqers for eXaIlt7atIon and 6. nlparlson
With the books and Touch ers-
The several .RepOrt> seems IL - be entire
. sat.sfacio 5 70 the m7e.lng. and the
man imous, that General Boyle mad so
ar aeeonp iishs d All that was possible VITA
ne means al d -isp2s5l, ana that, x
properly AIDED and Sustained, le would
q cry lie EorS O0 70 fina. ompietiou,
The Road - complr, e. from Nashville
iortnward about sixty-nlne go. miles, to
foDk1EsyilIe, ami u IN Henderson south
yard = sc miles. AID rails ca hand sum- {
ie1t 20 complete about one ultte ana
All additional; the parts eoLnpIeEe0 De-
IL about 0ne-halt OF the entire distance z
'Et " cen ~ eh5AL A1AE eAA4N~
Al one end Of the line some fear hes =
ecu expressed JaaF upon ne completion
& the line fr0Dl Nashville to the coal ne4ds S
orths o. Hop6lusYl lie. the IIlends OF the Z
cad at Nashville ana intermediate points
.aviug secured access 20 the con- fields,
you'd feel but lItn1a iaEerest III tle com pie
ion Of the road - thes Ohio River ;.5,s- 81 .ir
a tiers lew villa the stock b Olders and dele
ates. especially those from Nashville, We
iere Sa l-ffed tLaTt They cOutemP La-e uDl n~ Z
Gg snort Of the comp ettotl the entire I
ne. aI-
"a hist * IS true 3Iat she 81 I1@os or : ash C
HE are deepLf5 t4tersrta 3slI "a securing a s
Ipply of coal tOE R3el ana manufacturing