Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-06

viii be completed by the 1st Of January,
1870. The proceeds will amount to about
fIO0. 900, of which the City Treasurer
RiII be provided with q sufficiency to
meet the claims of sl the city em ployees
aow due, and the remainder approprl-
sted TO the payment OF the Indebtedness
% the First National Bank, on the terms
u the original contract, to-wit: on the
basis OF city bonds at sixty-ive cents on
the dolisr. Yours, respectfully, ETC.,
JOHN W. LEFTWICH, Mayor,
~ MORGAN, City Atom y,
+. MCDANIIT, Chairman &c.
The Board then proceeded to the re-
ports of city officers for December.
DR.. q. B. Thornton, physician in charge
Of City Hospital, reports Tor December
1868:
Number Of patients remaining in Hospital
No. OF patients admitted 10 Hospital since
IasL epoTt1 % %
ClSs1aISoH--.t.---------.--. -
remaining pesem6er q. sss-.~-.....-~---- 81
Amount received from pay TsTds-------...- 81
il. Chandler, Tax Collector on Privi-
| leges, reported Sl2,244 50 cOllectedduring
The month. The tOt&l collections o! tbs
Office since it's assumption by him is
SI3I, T49 SO.
Robert Good, Wharimaster, collected
s4lI5 43.
Peter Connolly, Market Master North
market, collected 1915.
G. Rorner reports 1856 so collected.
W. B1land, City Inspector Of Lumber,
reports Ia, 6Sl feet inspected and 49, 40
collected.
D.. Alex. Erskine, Dean of the Medical
College, reports number OF patients regis
tered as 203 number prescriptions Issued
24O. Character Of diseases, remittent
and intermittent fGv6rs.
Jos. H. Cash, City Inspector, collected
$G4I 40.
R }. Morgan, City Attorney, reports
the decision against property n in
the suit against pavement contractors,
and advises property owners to settle
without delay.
John H. Bowen, City Tax Collector,
reports S7S,55l IS collected during the
month.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
being then in order, various chsirmen OF
committees made their reports, which
we're duly disposed Of.
REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES.
Alderman P~assnsOFe presented q report
recommending that the City Council Pc
tition the Legislature for q change IN the
ELlHL -Et u int GlLTs "a wac OL q AIsO
luton OF Alderman johnson in regard to
3 petition Of The merchants il regard 70
tho metropolitan Police, and the tax for
the support Of the same
The report was adopted, and q COM
mittee OF three, viz Messrs. Passmore, |
Hoist and Brown YVES appointed to pre-
pare the petition.
The Soup House question again came |
before the Board, on the majority report
which was read by Alderman PsssmOre,
who did got concur in the repOri) which
was adverse.
Alderman Rubin supported the soup
question and wanted the $1,000, which
we're voted, paid down. The soup to be
furnished, he ssii, was q bu!iy.n
Alderman O'D0nnell gave the soup, |
s1uP-house, soup bill, and soup charity
fits, opposing ~theScheme in toto, as did
Alderman Rsnnef.
Ga q vote the report was concurred in
by a vote Of 40 &,
PETITIONS
Wlra next in order, and several unim-
portrait ones were presented and granted
or re.srred to the proper committee.
4 petition signed by y. NJ. Cash Snd
others TO secure the passage OF an Ordi-
nance relieving deliquent taxpayers
from the 5 per cent. additional penalty
tax, Oh the ground that the law author
izing il is er post JactO, unjust and oner-
Gus. Referred tStbe Finance Commit
tee and The City Attorney.
A petition from II. - Baugh for S3gl,
TO pay Or extra labor, WA allowed.
a petition fr0m Capt. Geo. Cheek, of
the ierryboat, praying that his boat be
exempt from wharfage on condition of
keeping the wharf st which he boat
lands IN good order, was referred to q
special commit tee OF tnree, cOnaisting of
Aldermen Cartwright, Mottat and Hoist.
Alderman Passmore presented O petit
ton signed by Jno. T. StrattoR, Newton
Pord Z Co, and others of the very
heaviest and Asoat irhaeptisl merchants
and citizens OF the city, protesting
against ths proposed sale of the city's
stock n the Little Rock Railroad, and
praying thai Il Lalght nut be done, He
moved that the prayer OF the petitioners
be grSntsi.
Moved by Alderman johnson that 1t
be referred to the Mayor and Finance
Committee.
Alderman Rufin opposed the reference
Of tue matter. He wished to meet it fair
aud square then. he had pEOpheeied
this movement OF gam Tate's and
Vests when they first attempted to
pS-ehsse the city's stock in the Louis.
vile ROAD. nc fo:esew that they would
try to 20 through the city liEe = dCs5 of
salts; a dose OF salts was nothiDg-they
are going It .ikp croton oil. He opposed
the clty's giving up a gent ob tie CON-
traYy, he would advocate her taking
1850, G09 more stock al il, He showed its
yast importance as 8 connecting linz In
the greet Southern Pacific route, ridi-
cuiing the idea that the parties pur6hRs-
iDg would furnish any guarantees to
finish the road by 1870. What guaran-
tees can they give2 In 1870 they will
come up with Z whine about the troubles
in Arkansas, the wet weather, the over
flows, etc., and ask to be allowed until
1875. He reflected on the insolent and
arrogant sneers of the Mayors message
sbont the newspapers, and aid that the
papers we're right in informing the citi-
| z7ns about the doiEks OF individuals in
the Board. BY a course of argument he
showed that II there was money in
this stock to private individuals,
there was money in it to the
City of Memphis, and it was, therefore,
in 'aceordsncs With her true financial
policy to keep it. he proposed, II the
city had TO sell her stock to pay her
debts, not to let one man or one set OF
men have the only chance to buy, bit
Gut Il uD at public auction n sell Il to
the highest diG1er, Referring to the
gentlemen who signed the petition Just
read by Alderman PassmOre, he eulo-
! gised them as the very best and first
men Of our community. He asked, in
conclusion, that Is the property belonged
to the people, and they had voted on the
/ appropriation purchasing it, that they,
the people, hage sa splssgigrity Of voting
upon its final DISPOSITION, and that the
Mayor call an election on the question.
Alderman henner Opposed tbs refer
ence. and asked the gentle Men making
the motion to withdraw ii, and allow the
petition to come up, 80 that the Board
I Geld take the dilemma by The horns.
TO settle ~coniT9VeFsy for the time, Al
derman Psssmore withdrey tne petition
for the present.
REsoLETIoEs.
Somebody wanted a tax OF fifteen per
cent, to be levied on ali taxable property,
to create a sinking fund for some pur-
pose. The resolution was laid on the
tsble, unanimously, 30 quickly that the
" resolver y $40 moi have time TO rselalH
it.