Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-28
MUNICIPAL ArrAIRs.
Meeting Of the Board of Aldermen
Action of the Common Council.

| Action OF the Common Council.
The Board of Aldermen met last night,
President Wilkinson in the chair.
The subject Of most interest was the fol-
lowing -ft
PETITION RELATIVE TO THE RIGHT OF
i i-streFt--Hngr WAY,
which is of itself sufficiently explained:
The petition of the Nashville and Chat
tanOOga Railroad Company respectfully rep
resents to your honorable bodies that they
have lately completed negotiations with the
| Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
| by which there is to be erected upon the
grounds at present owned by your
petitioner, at the Nashville and Chattanoo-
ga depot a Union Passenger Depot build
ing, through which and to which are to pass
all the freight and passengers from one
road destined for another. In order the
more efectualy to accomplish the object of
the roads, which viii so much rebound to
the interests of Nashville, it is important
that your petitioner erect a new trestle-
work, leaving the present trestle that runs
from the L. q n. depot at the point where
this trestle crosses Spruce street, and run
thence to Cedar street, and connecting
there with the tresGle that runs out on the
N. & n. W. road from College street. AS
the roads now are, in order to get from the
| Nashville and Chattanooga depot TO the
| Louisville and Nashville depot, it is neces-
| saaY to run out to the tannery, and then
| back the train down to the Louisville and
| Nashville railroad depot; and in order to
get from the Louisville and Nashville de-
| pot to the Nashville and Chattanooga depot
| it is necessary to run on the Northwestern
road to said tannery and then back to the
Nashville and Chattanooga depot. This
process CT backing the train, whereby the
engineer is in the rear Of the train, is very
dangerous to passengers, which danger will
| be obviated by making the new trestls.
The premises considered, petitioners pray
your honorable bodies to grant them the
right of way to erect said trestle over
Spruce, McI4emore, Crawford, Line, Gay,
Pearl, Shankland and Cedar streets, and
all other public streets and alleys ofsthe city,
so as to make said new connection; but.not
to interfere with the free passage Of said
streets; and the trsstle to be OF sufficient
width over said streets and alleys to accom-
plisb the object had in view. The petition
ers VIII undertake to make satisfactory ar
rangements with the owners Of private
grounds, so that the city of Nashville will
be put to no trouble, nor expense, nor lit
cation. Petitioners only ask permission to
cross the streets and alleys of the city, and
believing the request reasonable petitioners
pray your honorable bodies to grant the
same. E. w. COLE,
Pres't n. & c. r. R.
The petition was hotly opposed and re-
ferred to the following committee: Wiki
ms, Carer, Kerchiyal, Wilkinson, billiard
and Ambrose.
A petition, as given below, was presented
relative tothe
WIDENING OF CHURCH STREET.
To the Mayor and City Council of Nashyille:
We the undersigned owners Of real es-
tate on Church street and Spruce respect
fully petition your honorable body to pro-
vide by ordinance for the widening OF said
street from Vine street. westward to the
corporation line, under provisions of the
act to amend the charter of the city Of
Nashville passed Feb. p, 1856.
E. ". Cole, Paul, F. Eve, g. W. Cur
rey, John Lellyett, James Kendrick, Z. X.
Greenfield, J. BarnaIl, VIM. Simons, j. D.
Hooper, J. w. Paramore, j. F. Robertson,
John Luck, Samuel Watkins, John Grady,
Pat. Breen, w. j. Berry, and the trustees
of the Nashville Female Academy. The
petition was referred to special commit
tee, consisting of Messrs. Smith, Kircher,
billiard, Douglas and Carter.
EDGEFIELp STREET RAILWAY,
The report of the committee was referred
to them for a second consideration, Gen.
Stubblefeld explaining clearly how the
Board had the power to grant the right Of
way to the company.
THE CUMBERLAND AND OHIO, AND OWENS
BORO AND RUssELLvILLE RAILROADS,
were represented by Messrs. Turner and
Bevier in a few remarks, t le substance of
which asking assistance from the city' is
given in our report of the Board of Com
mon Council. The following committee,
MesSrs. Wilkins and Carter, was appointed
to act with the committee from the other
Board,
PETITIONS.
A number of petitions were before the |
Board, which granted, among others for
various purposes, that Of James n. Murrell |
to erect eight frame houses in the seventh !
ward.
After disposing of other business and
hearing the remarks of Messrs. Bevier and !
Turner, the Board adjourned.
The Common Council.
ACTION OF LAST NIGHTS SESSION.
The Board of Common Council, with |
Martin Cotton presiding, met at S O'Clock |
last night.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
were read, received and filed, the same hav- |
ing been already published in this paper in
its report of the Board of Aldermen.
PETITIONS.
Apetition Of many property holders on |
the south side of the Public Square, asking |
provision for proper sewerage, was present.
ed and referred to Street Committee.
Petition of citizens praying abatement of |
a nuisance in an alley between High and
Vine streets, and Broad and McGavock
streets. Referred.
Petition of Geo. Dale to erect frame |
house on Bass street, with a number from
other citizens for similar purposes, was
granted.
Mr.. Duling moved that Mr.. Turner, of
Gallatin, being present and DESTROYS to ad-
dress the Common Council about railroad
matters. One of the members wanted to
know how long the gentleman would speak
and moved to amend Mr.. DUling's motion
so as to limit the speaker to twenty min
utes. The amendment was defeated, and
the motion Of Mr.. Duling prevailing, Mr..
Turner was then introduced to the Board,
prefacing his remarks by saying, that,
he had no disposition to trespass upon the
time of the Board, it was unnecessary to
limit him. The President of the Gunner
land and Ohio railroad, who was in the city
during the day, but had been called East,
had requested him, as the only one of the
stockholders present, to speak
to the body in relation to their road.
Col. r. S. Bevier, the Vice Presi- (
dent of the Greensboro and Russellyille .
was also present for the same pur-
pose as himself, of laying the subject of the
cty's aiding their respective roads before
the body. The subject, though some time
ago brought before the Nashville Board OF
Trade, had never been presented to the at /
tentiOn of the city authorities. The road
had been located one hundred and seven :
miles in Kentucky aud every county along {
,he line from Davidson county has sub ]