The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-11

mense commercial benefit to accrue to the olsy o.
great aim Is to increase the conEgnments OF
and merchandise from the interior TO our city oy
such inducements as railway OF THIS nature Can
alone furnish They believe that all classes o1 tne
Community will be benefited thereby. They there,
fore respectfully request that authority oe conIe
upon them to commence, construct ana Sohptese
the said railway through the streets hereinne'ose W
specified subject to such provisions, contracts or
dinances and restrictions as may be deemeo aaYlsa
BILE for the general welfare aud due protecuon OF
public and private rights.
signed: Alonzo ]. White, william a; Soul'enay 4sSy
Robert Adger e. B. lakes, Thomas j. Kerr John
Ferguson.
Alderman Honour moved that the considera-
ton of the same be postponed to the next
meeting. Carried.
Alderman Willis presented the following pc.
titiou, which took the same course as the one
just read:
The CITY OF CHARLESTON:
To the Honorable Mayor and Aldermen III common
Council assembled:
ing in the various wards of Charleston, humoiy and
respectfully showeth. that they constitute poruon
of large class Of the population OF Charleston, ana
have in the past and do now contribute mstellay 70
the support of the city government by the payment
of large amounts of taxes and other ev1es, made un
der the ordinances Of Council. They have been ap-
priced through the public press that certain lColY
honorable body the corporate assent to the consruc
ton and establishment OF freight railway 70 oe run
upon line parallel with and to the east OF East Bay
and connecting the railroad depots with the unerenS
wharves of the CITY, The act OF the Legislature cfeat
ing the company provided that the consent OF the
city government should be first had and obtained
before the act of incorporation could be carried OUT
and time ago. briefly after the enactmens Oh lle
statute, similar proposition TO the one now intend
ed was made to your honorable body, and was re-
jected The act OF incorporation was pro; IN tne
interest Of sman portion OF our citzens and az the
lo%rt oapf ~ nNnridera6lv
portion of the community. The reasons that innu-
epce and determine your memorialists in their pre-
sent course mucn of public as private cnar-
acter. There are in number five hundred and sew
enty-f7e 1870 licensed carts, wagons and drays,
which yield to the city an annual revenue OF eleven
thousand five hundred ISL, ,500) dollars. There are
live hundred and seyenty-Aye (575) persons employ
ed In the running and working OF these carts ana
drays who are, in Dinety-nine cases out Of hun
dred dependent upon this employ ment for their oa
" subsistence. The large majority of this number
have families leaning upon them for support. Anu
considerable portion OF this class our aie
property holders. Kyour consent ts yielded TO thls
enterprise 1t will not alone affect the prosperity OF
those citizens engaged in this particular line OF Dus
ness, out will necessarily undermine the growth OF
our city, diminish its populaton, retard emlgrauon
by closing the avenues TO employment in these pur
suits, and damaging the local trade OF the 1nha6i'
tants, by es ening the custom Of the butcher, the
baker, the artisan and craftsman OF every descrp-
tion-extending its pernicious consequences
throughout all the ramifcatons OF our internal trade
If nve hundred men or half that number are de-
pr1ved Of the employment by which their daily
bread is earned, they will be forced 70 emgrate or
If they remain, TO be burden upon the rest Of the
community. II you subtract this amount Of en-
poyment from the general supply 1t is tantamountto
subtrs;ting 80 much labor, and to the same extent
In like proportion subtracing from the earnings
of the thousands following the different avocatons
hereinafter enumerated The policy and advantage OF
any such public enterprise is to say the least ex-
t1emely questionable, and Independent OF the con-
siderations suggested that it may affect the we'll
being of large number of our tellow-cihzens, It
may entail If undertaken at the expense of Council,
an expenditure that would never be fruitful to the
treasury.
able body that In the present state Of the commerce
and business Of Charleston no outlay OF this KIND
would be productive, and under existing circum.
stances would be highly ineIpedient Nor are your
iemorialists aware that the desire 70 nave tnis rsn
way constructed Is shared to any extent by the ci
ze at large; on the contrary, they firmly believe
that if the voice and opinion Of the public could be
manifested upon Its adoption, 1t would be found to
have few sym pathzerB while large majority would
be found arrayed agatnstit It will surely infct He-
rious loss upon you memoriasts and othere and they
humbly pray your honorable body to take their
memorial into conidsraaon. WIN tae IeasonS ,a 1ey
fuse the desired permission to- construct and put IN
operation the contemplated rail lSay; and earnestly
reuuestpg your favorable consideration, they will,
as In dut, bound, ever pray, &c.
Sirned Bollmann Brothers, John n. Tfdeman
Co., James W. sprague Bros, Richard Hogan, J.
H. Oppenheim, II. D. q. Oppenheim, James j.
Grace, James Walsh, John Slattery, Thomas Slat-
terry, Z. q. Gadsden, W. b. King, 6. ". Stedens
Co., Jefords Co.. per George Won Kolnitz A. 0.
Andrews, c. R. Cassidy, A. Sydney smith. Robert
W. Burnham, Mantoue & Co.. Stenhouse & Co., VIII
lis Chisolu, G. n. Baynor. j. l. 7. Getty, Davies
Boinest. Hermann Bulwinkle, B. C. Webb, ". g.
Muckentuss, West l. Jones, g. W. King, henry
Cobia, a. ]. salinas. William N. Hayward, Wagner,
Heath l. Monsees A. Canale, John P. Matheson, u.
F Prentiss, Muller, Nimitz Co., ]. \. NJ. Wonlt-
manu B. O'Neiu, Steedman Leadon, j, d. Wuhr-
MANN a. Katie & Co.. r. salns, agent for fac
tor j. & F. Dawson, William K. Rowland, Theo-
dore D. Clancy, Samer S. Bowel, VIM. Z. Ryan,
A. R. Cbisolm. A. Price, Morritt Has IL, Ihomas Nd.
Price, Theo. e. Boag, SamL D. Stoney. X. l. walker,
W. S. cIbbes. Chas. F. Levy. j. O. Huger, Geo. G.
llitchett, Z. D. .Pinckney, D. G. Robertson, II. c.
Robertson, L. B. Baker. -,
Aldermun Marshall moved that Council pro-
ceed Ut their next regular meeting to the cleo
tiun q. Commissioners of the Aims House, to
fiji the vacancies occasioned by designations.
Alderman Whilden moved to amend the mo-
ton Dy striking out the words "next regular
meeting" and insert 'this evening" Lost.
:. The resolution Of Alderman Marshall was
adopted.
The following ordinances were ratified in due
form:
An ordinance to amend the ordinance OF the
city in relation to the Health Department.
An ordinance to regulate the driving OF carts,
drays and wagons on the streets. fta
An ordinance to provide for the liquidation
of interest and arrears Of interest on the city
debt to the LIST Of April, 1868.
Adjourned y W..H. SMITH,
Clerk of Council.