The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-01
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MONDAY, November o.
Any one sitting In the Senate chamber this
morning and listening to the numerous notices
and readings Of bills, resolutions, petitions.
amendments, substitutes, &C., which followed
one after another in quick succession, and fire.
qucntiy getting In each others way, would have
Imagined that an immense amount OF business
was being done, and that each member could
claim his per diem with consciousness OF having
performed "good days work" for his money.
But reflection In regard to what had been really
accomplished by all Of these laborings would
show that the amount was inconsiderable.
The bill to incorporate the "Deutscher ArtIllerIe
Unterstutzung Vcrcinn passed Its second readlsp
and was ordered for cngrossment. II proyItcs
that II. Harm, ii. Klattc, F. c. Windheim. J. !.
w. Luden md their associates and SUCCESSORS be
created body polite and corporate under the
above name, and be empowered TO hol,, and enlov
all personal and real property that may be de-
viscd to or purchased by 1t, provided the amounts
80 held do not exceed twenty thousand dollars.
In both Houses wns read and appropriately re-
fcrred petition signed by George w. Williams &
Co., Edwin Bates Co., Crane, Boylston Co.,
Johnston, Crews & Co., E. b. Stoddard 4 Co., ].
f. Adgcr Co., A. q. GOODWIN & Co., r. II. Bris.
toll Co., F. d. Tanning q Co., Geo. ". Clark
Co., Henry Bischofr Co., Bernard 0'NeIll, VIM.
Quincy, and other merchants OF Charleston, pray.
Ing that they he relieved from the heavy taxes
that they had TO pay first on their stock and then
twenty cents for every hundred dollars worth of
goods sold. "
THE CHARLESTON WATER COMPANY
Messrs. Daniel Tyler, Frederick A. SAWYER. Ed
ward Parsons, Timothy Hurley and Alexander
Gage, are the names In bill to incorporate the
Charleston Water Company, which received its
first reading in the Senate to-day. They request
that this company be empowered to carry water
Into Charleston from any river OF creek within
slxty'hve miles OF tho city, to build dams locks,
&c. II this company be incorporated and carry
out the plans proposed, Charleston will always be
supplied with go"t watcr and II will lead to tho
establishment Of Il I'nmber OF manufactures. It
Is thought that this work will cost about million
and q half Of dollars to carry water through the
city, and IL will be brought either from the Edsto
or Santee Rivers. These gentlemen claim to have
canvassed the matter In oil Its bearings, and ex-
amined about twenty Ave places where water hns
been introduced In the manner proposed and
Iouhd that not only has tho sanitary condition
much improved, insurance risks decreased more
than two-thirds, but manufactures greatly In.
creased. The survey will be commenced as soon
as tho bill Is passed.
Tns PoLIcY.HoLDRRs' LIYg INSURANCE cCXPANY
a bill offered In the Senate by J. ]. Wright col.
ored, who, by the way, has moro to say than any
o'her TWO "senators," to incorporate tho "Pollcy.
noiacrs' LILO and Tontine Assurance Company of
the Senth, received is nrst reading in both
houses. It Is proposed to have tho prlncipa,
onlcc located IN Charleston. The bill will most
probably be passed at an early day. Tho names
OF those requesting to be lncorpor a.aa under the
above title are among tho most substantial c,M
zens of fhe State, and are q sure guarantee Of
the success OF the company. They arc as follows