Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-08

county had voted against selling the rail-
road stock owned by tho county, an addi-
tional tax Of two mills on the dollar on
real and personal property, and fifty cents
| on polls and the same tax that was levied
in January last for ordinary county pur-
poses on privileges and merchandise be le-
| We'd for 1873, for the purpose of paying of
said railroad bonds and for nothing else.
Justice Cheatham made a strong spec b
In opposition to imposing the additional
| tax at this time, as he considered it most
| iuauspicious time. He said that the towH
makes the country, and he was in the
| County Court for the purpose of showing
the members that there was no antagonism
Of interest between the city and country.
He was in favor of having the matter post
poned Until the 1st of November.
Justice Msxey urged the adoption of the
resolution and ridiculed the idea of Justice
Cheatham being the peculiar representative
of the city of Nashville.
Justice Ewing was sorry to hear this
| question of city vs.. country brought into
the court. He was sorry to see that Justice
Cheatham in the cards he circulated when
| running for the magistrscy, announce that
he wished to be in the County Court fol-
the purpose of protecting the interests Of
the city, and he was also very sorry to find
that he had been elected holding those senti
ments.
Justice Paul was decidedly in favor OF
| coming fairly to the issue in the matter OF
this railroad stock. He thought an honest
effort should be made to pay the tax due
on those bonds at once.
| Justice Meacham said that the people had
said by their votes at the last election that
they were opposed to selling their stock In
| the Louisville road, and be was in favor Of
acting upon the question Immediately. He
moved that the matter be again referred to
q vote Of the people.
| Justice Cheatham rose to little personal
explanation, utterly repudiating any inten-
ton to array the city against the county.
Justice Neylan moved to lay Meachsm'i
motion on the table. Agreed to by vote
Of SO to IA.
The question being on Maxey's resolu-
ton, it was adopted by vote of AZ to Il
TIE owENsBoRo AND RUssELLvILLF
| RAILROAD.
| Col. BeVier, of Kentucky, appeared before
| the court, and said it had been the inteD.
ton of the Owensboro and Russellville
which road he represents, to make some
proposition at this term of the court, to Sc.
! cure aid in the construction of said road by
the county subscribing for stock, but as the
finances of the county at large were in such
bad shape, his company thought It best to
wait until the next term of the court. His
road had received offers of aid from Sum-
ner, Wilson and Rutherford counties, but
the Nashville and Chattanooga railroad
/ had indnaod fhara fn thar
! line through Nashville in order to secure
southern railroad connections. Not a
| dollar would be expected from the county
until the road is completed and in running
| order, and when it Is completed,
direct communication will be
bad with the Ohio river and Chicago,
thus furnishing competing line. The
| Greensboro and Russelville Road had made
proposition to the county two years and q
half ago, which proposition was rejected,
but IL it had been accepted, the road would
have boon completed before this time, and
| the county would have saved money
| enough in freight bills to have paid the
amount of her stock. He was convinced
that the proposition he will make at the
next term of the court will be accepted.
PAUPER ALLOWANCES.
On motion of Justice Macy, the rule
with reference to making allowances for the
paupers of the various districts was passed
over this term.
ROAD BUSINESS.
A petition from Thomas G. Stewart, to
whom was awarded contract for building
| q bridge across Tower Hollow In the Thir-
teenth District, asking for the payment OF
| the amount due him on said contract. The
contract sets forth that the amount is to be
raised by the citizens of the Thirteenth
| Distric', the contractor to receive 500 for
doing the work. The petitioner claims
1896, the extra $195 being charge for
grading and the charge Of the engineer.
| The petition shows that the Commissioners
| of the Thirteenth District had been re.
moved since the contract was made.
On motion Of Justice Maxey the matter
was referred to the Road Committee, with
instructions to report at the January
| term.
| John NJ. Bush was relieved as overseer
| on the Elm Hill and Stones River road
and was appointed oversesr of road run
ming from the Lebanon pike to the Elm
Hill road,
Pat 81. Wade was appointed oVerseer oil
| Lll0 Lllu 11lti anu ObOAC lbifCl IOdus
| A petition from the citizens of the 18th
and 10Th districts asking for the appoint
inert of a jury of view to lay eff a new
road in thoss districts was granted.
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The following interesting report Of the
workings of our public school system, wa:
presented by County Superintendent Weak
ley, and ordered fled:
Oct. 9th, 1S73-To the Honorable Coun
ty Court of Davidson County, Gentlemen
l have the honor to report to this body thai
the status Of public schools in this county
has been materially advanced since have
been in condition to note their progress
And the cause of popular education
throughout the State has received mighty
impetus from the example set before it BY
this county. Upon the introduction of pub
lie schools by the action of your body II
1870, the eyes of the whole STATE were
turned hitherward, and take it that the &C
ton of the last Legislature, 10 providing
for q system of public schools, was predi
Gated upon the success that had ATTENDED
them here. Every county In the State ha'
taken action, and have in operation public
schools, under the present school law. Tha
law being so similar to the one in vogue
with US, the transition from the old to th'
new has been scarcely perceptible. By tn
tax imposed by your honorable body, their
has been received ard expended for schoo
purposes during the scholastic year com
mencing Sept. 1, 1872, and ending To,
LIST of September, 1873, the sum of S77,79(
This amount has been pro rata: Fo
the month of September, Is cents; Octo
Der, 25c; November, zoe; December, 38c
January, 90c; February, 6Oc; March, 35C
April 25c; May, 35c; June and July, zoe
August, 15c-making total of 1888 pc
capita. OF this amount the city of Nash
vile has received So, 1850, which is abou
two-ffths of the entire amount, this cit.
having about two-ffths Of the entire scho
lastic population of the county.
There have been In attendance st schco
during the year, throughout the county
about 40per cent. of the entire population
and schools have been run about sevel
months on an average during the yeaI
The amount of public money received upo
the enrolment in school has been abou
1910, and has amounted to about STA
per month.
The scholastic population of this count
for the incoming year, as reported to M
; by the various districts, is 21,l9S betwee