Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-07

Ledger Balance ..... ..-. SLIP s.
Bils lJ55 D
MehP5is and o6i5 RsiIToad--..-- So &
Expense AccOua - "
F Enssi5si i s 8 8
sl525 3
Excess OF 6isburEements-.---..--.-... 1,0u 81
]. l.. CnaDdler, tax Collector on Priv
ileges, reports $S60l collected.
JnO. Il. Bowen, City Tax Collector,
reports $50, lS9 IL collected.
Rpbsrt GOCde, WbarfmGster, reports
1886 A collected.
J. + Helaa, Street Commissioner, re-
ports $3.50 80 expended.
IL. B9lAnd, Lumber Inspector, reports
2SS. SS1 feet OF lumber inspected and
$50 66 collected therefor.
Or. Ask. E-skine, Dean Of Faculty OF
Medical College, reports SIS 50 expended
for medicines FOR Cry dlspsusaFy.
Dr.. g, B Hunter, PnySi1iGn IN charge
OF the Gay Hospital, reports IS follows :
Number Of patients remaining last re-
port, So number OF patients admitted
iuriog month, Y; total number treated,
las; DISCHARGED, II died, Is remsiniIg
March 3l5t, IL. TIE marine account for
the month OF March amounted TO
1872 50, p copy Of which has been fur
nished the Surveyor Of Customs for .
settlement vith the city.
]. H Humphreys, City Engineer,
sends in prOdiss OF several streets, and
recommends their adoption as the Tegu-
lar grades. He suggests that measures
De taken to prevent the decay Of the
Nicholson pavement, and recommends
costing that part iaidin'67 with tar, which
he tLlaks Val operate sdvsntageOusiy
az 8 coat Of paint in protecting it from
the weather. Hs sls0 recommends that
,as stone on Market Square, between
Poplar and Washington, % placed in the
enclosure OF the old city stable, and g
isnes be pGCsd around same.
j. H. Cash, Inspector, reports his total
collections az Sl72 25 for the month Of
Febfussy, and $50 80 ioE March.
Chsries Banner, South Market master,
reports s29l collected.
Peter Comfy, North Market master,
reports S20S collected.
All OF which were received and fled.
Il qUisitiOUs fcom the Hospital, City
Engineer and S rect Commissioner were
granted.
JOHNSON.
The Chsi< announced to the Board the
f~OlloWipg committees
Committee Of Irritation Aldermen Duff. Oz-
dea, %CartwlEht, MIcJt and Marshall.
Eeceptoa-J W. LsHwlch, A. Il. Kerr, W. T.
aver, 4. <. smith x y 6sugh. Geo. CAN'T,
Me galloway, j. N. Heating. j. J.. Dubo.e.
-<ERzus l. Duprs, JOh1 LoazE e, Z. I. Scruggs,
~. Lrthe-maa, b 4. Estss, c Kortresnt,
A. Wright, a 4 Ia ey. Il L. Perkins, II. G.
Ccnds. J. Massey, VIM Wallace, Z. d. YerEer,
". Y. &. tunes ard Il. S Saunders.
Comm q lrcaGensen--N. stewart
=. Lowsnstsfn, A.J Wright, A. II tzfsIi, ]. Il.
Cash, T.. Coosreli, r.. A. Thompson, fairy
HaFmstal, F,Caiver, E A. Levy, Martin Kelly,
:, y. W2kSr y, Ford, j. ID DanOury, a. d
McLeaesI ]. H. Ma,h-S I. Donovan, PM. Mall
ion, =. 3 Cnurco, W. d 6reenlAW, ). B. RsD-
bins, G.. = q EOWay, o Asnslie, NJ, Wait
and L Magevsny.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES,
The Committee OF Accounts reported
in isyor Of the accounts OF ely employees
and certain Bills aud accounts. Adopted.
Tae COMMITTEES On improvements re-
ported ia favor OF the following petitions,
ste, referred to them
Repairing st. Martin street; that the
Street Commissioner hire twenty-five
msn during the month OF April taking
the dirt from Winchester, Market AMI
other streets 10 NcTth Msmpbis, open-
ing 3 street from Par I'd Washington,
sad sdst 3 COMMITTEES be spp3iEtsa to
wait on the Couaty Commissioners and
AK them 60 dOns.s the ground repair
ing Uoion arG Wellington to Lauder
Isle, also Lau ierdsls soath of Union TO
the bridge, AID covering them with q
coat Of gravel; that tbs city open a street
(prAYsd for by z. n. Jenney and Dora
Wcrthanl, IS 500 as q deed Of land is
given to the city ; petition Of Chss. Thom-
as for reduction OF taxes on q lot washed
away by river. The reports we're adopt
ed, as were he following adverse petit
lions of John Hsrbin, Pznols Oh Co 4,
John Sanamerviile, ]. B. Leeeh, and
W. Y. C. Hames, to filing Hp pond on
Calhoun street; slso &c the resolution OF
g slisgher to fii % a c!stern on the cor
uer OF Calhoun ami Tennessee street.
La lieu OF ths latter, the COMMITTEES
recommend that the Metropolitan Police
oe instructed to cause The owner Of the
cisseFn to maka the same safs 10 life and
limb within thirty dsys. Adopted.
TIE petition Of james R9unds was re-
felrsd back 90 the Committee.
Alderman Waic0tt, Chairman reported
in favor of the resolution to advertise for
NO weeks for bids 20 pave, with Toe
Nicholson pavement union street, from
Wellington street TO the Pigeon R0ost
road.
OBJECTION was made hy Alderman
Cicaila, Il OF the members of the e.
nance COMMITTEES, on the ground that b:
| had not been at the meeting Of Commit
tee. IL wee. therefore, st the request O.
! Alderman Wslcott, recommitted to tbs
Finance Committee.
The Committse report in favor Of 81
lowing G. NJ. Venable the i've paving
bonds, eiaimed by him, which mattel
was referred to the Committee sewers
weeks ego. This was W order which
| Mr. Brown gave MIR. Vsna6le for hy'
bonds, accepted oy the Mayor, snd 81
| order drawn by him on Nj. Baugh FOL
the sonds. Some discussion was ELECTED
By the report, bat it was finally adopted
In reply to the resolution Of Sir. joyce
AZ to what had been done with certain
| bonds disposed o., the Chssrman OF thl
| Committee reports that the COMMITTEES
has used twelve bonds in obtaining
twenty thousand dollars from J. T
Latham, st one per cent, Per month
ten thousand st eight, and ten thousand
st twelve months; ssven OF them hst
been used 10 obtain ten Thousand dollar
from the Mississippi Valley Insurance
Company at thirty days cal, at one pc
| cent. per McH4us ~ - uOt AhcA9 INA
This money will be called for By tn
Company unless they meet with hsav,
losses.
In the matter Of Levi 3 Borg, tn
committee report that on the 22t Of Jan
uary bonds were bought at 5S38. On tn
/ 23d. the day on which Levi q Borg gu
the matter into the hands d
there were no bends bought or sold
They therefore report in favor Of ssstiin
with them Levi 4 BHg), giving then
ledger balances at their marketable valu
and allowing six per cent. interest. Tn
amount of their claim and protest ]
sI8 5SS This was 3 matter where tn
Msyor sold Levi q Borg forty bond
more than they had in hand. Ate
considerable argument, It was referred {
= speciai committee, consisting Of Alder
man Marshall, Waloott and Moffatt.
ORDINANCES COMMITTEE.
Alderman Durd, chairman OF tn
Ordinance Committee, reported favor
ably on the ordinance assessing q tax {
500 on every street railroad car run 70
prrft.
Report adopted and the ordinanc
passed on its second reading.
WHARF AND LAND.
Alderman Cartwright, chairman, II