Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-02

FEED OF
The number of prisoners fed were:
574 Chain Gang at 50c........-.--S2S7 OF
ll54 Ordinary at S5c....-.----....... 40S 81
500 q
Respectfully submitted,
T.. W. O'D0NNELL,
Chief Police.
MBER INsPECroR's REPORT.
To the Honorable Board Of Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Memphis:
This is to certify that 1 lave measured
during the month of May, Just past, the
following amount of lumber, viz: I,25O,-
900 feet. Inspectors fees for which are
$3.50. J. M. MCKNIGHT,
City Lumber Inspector.
Memphis, May 80, 1870.
RRQUIsITIoNs.
Hospital Physician, for supplies,
granted.
City Register, for record book, granted.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEEs-IM-
PRovEMENr COMMITTEE.
Specifications of the material and work
necessary for b improvement of Poplar
street, from the end Ofthe NicOlson pave
ment to b eastern line of the city. The
curbing will be of stone, equal in quality
to that heretofore used in the city for
that purpose, five inches thick, and not
less than sixteen inches deep, and in
l6ukbna uDb l6sS Jndu Llro6 l66L, well DSOr
d. and backed, and settrue to the grade.
. top, five inches on the face, and three
&ches on the back, 10 be neatly dressed.
The joints to be close for five inches down
from the top.
The carrisge-way between the cutters
will be shaped and trimmed by the CON-
tractor to such crown as the City En-
gineer may direct, bat he is not to be re-
quired to cut or fill more than twelve
inches at any place. The cutters will be
of such size and shape as the City En-
gineer may deem necessary for drainage.
They will be of stones equal in quality to
that heretofore used in the city for paving,
not less han six inches deep, and lot
more than six thick. They will be laid
on a bed of gravel and sand not less han
six inches thick, and covered with sufi-
cient of the same to fill the joints be-
tween the stones (which shall not be
larger than ona inch(, and well rammed
twice. The earriage-way between the
cutters will be improved By a gravel road
with a sub-paV9ment after the manner of
what is known as the TeIford road. The
s-ub-pavement to be- of good durable lime
stone selected without regard to form,
and set with close joints at the bottom,
with the points upward, the bottoms of
the stones to be not less than three inches
nor more Shan ten on any side. After the
stones are set, the spaces between them
are to be filed with small stone or spawls
wedged in with the hammer, and the
tops of such as project up too far are to
be broken off so that the surface will be
nearly uniform.
The depth of the s~ub-payement will be
seven inches in the middle and five inches
on the Sides.
When the -sub-pavement is completed
in the manner above described, it will be
covered with gravel to q depth of six
inches, which will be put OF in two lay
ers, and each layer settled by passing the
roller over every part of it twice. The
gravel used for the carriage-way will be
equal to the best of the kind known as
Tishimingo gravel, obtained from the pits
on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad,
near Iuka, Miss.
All pebbles larger than 2 inches in their
greatest diamster must be taken out of
the gravel, and not used on the work IN
less broken to the proper size.
The roller will be furnished by the city,
weighing not more than 1900 pounds for
the first layer, and 1000 for the seconS
layer.
The contractor will furnish the necessa-
ry team and labor for rolling, and the cost
of the same must be included in the con-
tract price for the pavement of the car
rage way.
The last layer will be rolled after a
shower, when the engineer considers it in
a proper condition, and the contractor
Will be required TO restore the shape and
crown of the street to the extent it may
have been disturbed by travel or other
wise.
Tbs contractor will be required to furn-
all of the material and work necessary
to the completion of the work, in work
manlike manner, under the direction of
the engineer, in accordance with the spirit
of the specifications.
The cutters and aarriaua Eav will he
paid for by the square yard; the curb by
lineal foot.
The cost of the entire improvement, in
curb, pavement, gravel and gut
ters, to the middle of the carriage way so
improved in front of each lot abutting
the street, will be assessed upon the lot,
and a bill for the same, certified to by the
City Engineer, delivered to the contractor
for collection. d;
The intersections of streets will be paid
for by the city, in cash, as 500 as the en-
work on the street is completed; ex-
,ept that twenty per cent. of the amount
will be retained to secur the keeping up
BY the contractor, of the entire work, for &
six months after il is completed. The bill I
the abutting lots will be deliv- z
3red to the contractors as soon as the last {
aver of gravel is placed upon the street,
md the owners of the lots shall paw One-
half of the amount assessed against each I
N cash, and the remainder in sixty and
days; but the city does not as
any responsibility as to the collec- .
of the bills.
Upon the attached resolution, that the
engineer give the General Council the S
,rade of Poplar street, east from the ter
ninatiOn of the Nicolson pavement to the
'ast boundary line of the city, prelimina- ]
to the grading and paving the same 4
With Tishomingo gravel or other sppro- Y
Dnafarful. cIao r1l. ~ 1-Is(-- .
proposing that Poplar be paved as
.foresaid, etc, your committee report, as
ollOws, tO-witi r aGs1l }
That the City Engineer be authorized :
o do the grading, ETC., and necessary
york, according to BE specifications at
ached. I
Adopted by Council.
COMMITTEE ON CLAIMS.
Upon the report of the Board of Alder
mems Committee on Claims, touching the I
espective petitions of b. Merrell and 9TH
rs and Mrs. Mary Harris, beg leave to
efer to Mayor, City Attorney and Tax [
Adopted by Conncil. aanf g
a GAS COMMITTEE. t
Upon the proposition of Charles Hay e
clean and glaze all the public p
as AMI Aoil lamps of the city-the city
nrnishA 3 the glass only-and keep the i,
anne in @mplete order, at sixty dollars j
er month twenty-five dollars less than P
city Is Cow paying, your Committee n
eport that t4ay could not agree. P
Received an-Rction postponed. Il
MAR 1T COMMITTEE. d
The Committa eon Markets would re-
Dectfully recoI4 mend that a shed be
laced on the Aprth end of the North i
Marka house, and that the
W "o SN
Adopted by Council.
PETITIONS.
BY Councilman Kelly:
The petition of Michael Sullivan asking
10 city to pay him SIS damages in conse-
hence OF his horse getting drowned in
J unguarded pond of water near the
emphis and Ohio Railroad, on Third
rect. i
Referred to Couacil's Committee on
aims.
Council Graves: !
petition of Thomas Madden, Su-
of the work-house force j
hen at labor for the city on the streets,
king for an increase of his pay from SIS {
r month to $100 per month. !
granted BY Council.
By Councilman Smith: e~rF-tr j
The petition of Moore, Eader & Co.. {
king leave to erect q platform connect =
3 their planning mill with a new build y
9 on the corner Of the alley east side Of
Sond street, between Union and Gay =
5slrsess, the platform to be five feet
Aourpeea feet ffon the ground.