Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-03-04

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Received and ordered published.
MEMPHIS, January 24, 1870.
To his Honor, the Mayor of the City of
Memphis:
Honorable sir-The Hebrew Relief So
ciety, of which 1 have the honor of being
President, has been assisting and pro-
viding for the family OF the bearer, Morris
Hyman.
As he wishes to make a Lying by ped
ding, and has not got the means to pay
for a licese, I would respectfully petition
your Honor to grant him a gratuitous
license for temporary use, until he gets
able to purchase a license.
Our Society has so many to provide for
that we cannot furnish him the money
wherewith to pay for the license.
Trusting that you may grant the prayer,
I have the honor to subscribe myself,
Yours, very respectfully,
ADOLPH LOEB,
Pres't Hebrew Relief Society.
PRAYER granted by Council.
To the Honorable Eoard of Mayor, Alder
men and Councilmen of the city Of
Memphis:
The undersigned hereby proposes to
| furnish a fine brick yard of the finest clay
in Shelby county (situated three hum
dred yards east of the Memphis & Louis
Vile Railroad machine shop, and adjOin-
Ing sdlu rdllIOdub dlSO buo ub6AS III bOA-
pering clay, trucks, wheelbarrows pumps
and water sufficient to run the yard on
any scale that may be deemed desirable,
to the city on the following conditions, to-
wit: He will furnish all above stated,
also his services in experimenting the
making of the brick and, If desired, will
superintend the whole business of the
yard) provided the city will furnish its
work-house labor, and all other things ne
cessary to carry on the business, of man
u~facturing brick, the profits accruing from
the business to be- equally divided be-
tween the city and (himl the undersigned.
He further begs leave to state that he has
had an experience Of twenty-three years
in the business, and can furnish any re-
ferences or guarantees that may be re-
uuired. DANIEL HARTNATT,
Laid on table.
RESOLUTIONS.
By Councilman Boone:
ReSOIUed, That the Mayor be, and he Is
hereby instructed to rent all the stalls in
North and South Memphis Markets for
the unexpired term, at the same rate they
were rented last October.
Adopted.
By Councilman Doyle:
ReSOJUed, etc, That the Sanitary Ser
geant notify the property-owners on the
north side of Greenlaw street, between
Second and Fourth, and First alley on the
east side of Second to Keele street, to lay
down plank sidewalks within the next
thirty DAYS; and that the City Engineer
be instructed to put down a plank cross
ing on each street and Aley on the line of
the same. -
Adopted. 70
By Councilman Miller:
Resolved, etc., That the City Engineer
be instructed TO put Bass avenue and the
old Raleigh road, from Manassas street to
the corporation line, in a passable condi-
ton as soon as possible.
BY Councilman HalIum:
ResOLUed, That the City Engineer be
and he is hereby instructed to repair Com
merce street from Third street to the
bridge across Bayou Gayoso; also to re-
pair the bridge across Quinby Bayou on
The old Raleigh road, and to repair the old
Raleigh road from the intersection of the
same and Auction street TO Bayou Quinby.
Adopted.
Rv Councilman Hallum:
ResoIUed, That the Committee on I'm
provements, in conjunction with the City
Engineer, be- and they are hereby instruct
ed TO investigate and report the probable
cost Of opening Hill street, from its east
ern terminus to the most accessible point
on the old Raleigh road, and that they
embrace in their report a summary OF he
advantages to be derived from the open
ing of said street, both to the citizens liv-
ing contiguous thereto and to the city at
large.
Referred to Improvement Committee.
BY Councilman Hallum:
ResoIUed, That the Police Board be and
they are hereby instructed to enforce the
laws and ordinances of the city now in
force, providing for the suppression of
gaming houses and houses Of i'll fame.
Laid on the table by a vote of ayes 10;
noes 3. Ayes-Kelly, Chase, Prescott,
Duncan, Cohen, James, Signaigo, Hewitt,
Miller, Doyle, 10. Noes-Graves, Hallum,
Boon. .
AS a member of the Common Council
of the city of Memphis, l beg leave to
enter this my solemn protest against the
official action of the Board of Police in
licensing gambling houses and houses of
ill-fame, for the following reasons:
First. The action of the Board is with
out authority or warrant of law, IL Is an
unauthorized and unwarranted usurpa-
ton of power, subversive of funda-
mental principles and destructive to the
best interests of society.
Second. No government that suffers or
invites crime to take shelter under its
prot ection, can either prosper or COM
mand she respect of citizen.
Third. The city, through the action of
its Police Board, participates in the wages
of sin and crime, and thus becomes a
puTCtcePo SfItt"'o w 'N0 NOoNS u
doer.
Fourth. Our city had better remain
penniless, forever bankrupt, than to re-
plenish her treasury at the expense OF the
morals of her citizans. The spirit of tenn
poral, and the voice of Divine law unite
in proclaiming, Lead us not into temp
tation, but deliver US from evil"
JOHN HALLUM.
Laid on the table.
BY Councilman Hewitt
ResoEved, That the action Of the Council
in relation to the requisition of the Hos
pital Physician be reconsidered, and that
the same be allowed.
Adopted by Council.
BY Councilman SignaigO:
ResoJUed, That the Mayor be authorized
to purchase two horses for the Fire De-
partment, not to exceed four hundred
dollars ($400.)
Referred to Ordinance Committee.
BY Councilman James:
ResolUed, That the bridge over the
bayou on Linden street be repaired i'm
mediately.
By Councilman Cohen:
Res0LUed, the Mayor be authorized
to take stock in the Gayoso Gas Company
} to the mou of three thousand dollars,
, in liquidation of the mount drawn by
} the President Of the above company.
} Adopted by Council.
DN OOunclluA6n NOnCns
RESOLVED, That the old fire hand en-
gines be sold by the Mayor to some coun-
try town or village who may be willing to
buy the same.
Adopted by the Council.
By Councilman Cohen:
ResOLUed. That the City Engineer be in
, structed to furnish to the Mayor the ex.
act measurement of the glass of the diff
ferent sizes of the public gas and oil
lamps.
BY Councilman Cohen:
RESOLVED, That the Mayor be authorized
to import a sufficient quantity OF glass OF
the various sizes as soon as possible.
Adopted by Council.
To the Honorable Board of Mayor and
Aldermen:
Gentlemen; 1 propose to take charge
Of the city gas lamps, and do the SANS
amount Of work as is required of the per-
sons now having them in charge, for the
7 sum of eighty-fve dollars (SS5) per
month. Respectfully, G. BIBOS1.