Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-05-16


Your Joint Board Of Aldermen and Council
Finance aud Ways and Means COMMITTEES re-
mort that In our opinion forty dollars per foot
on Butler street. and forty dollars per foot on
Calhoun street for the twenty ieet is sinnni
for the entire claim would be just and eQ9it-
AHA. and DR., Butler agrees To receive THIS
amount. 10 be placed TO his credit on tho tax
books of the CITY OF Memphis. ON taxes now
due or to become due / 1Fy'wwiHfffE. in.
Chairman Aldermen Committee.
JOHN l. NORTON.
Chairman Council Committee.
PS SIMONS,
Al WHITE.
IL BUSBl.
EDW'D SHAW.
Referrsd back t. Finance Committee by
Board Of Aldermen May and reconsidered
by Board Of Aldermen Mays, 1915
By Councilman Davis;
Resolved. That the Finance ana Way anu M
Means Committee investigate the terms on
which the city took the property claimed IN
DR.. Bntler's petition. and report the same 10
the General Council.
Referred TO Finance Committee by Board OF
Aldermen and c0ncurrei In BY Council May
Nv Alderman Robbins
WhereMs. II is desirable to encourage the
Iishting of that portion Of the city commonly
called Chelsea with gas; therefore,
H4hOlNtu.
IL hereby Instructed to have gas lamps erected
as follows. whenever gas mains are e1tenueu
so as 10 render the same useful: On1iill street,
from Main to Fifth street. both inclusive; on
geoond street, from Mill TO Saharans, both
inclusive; ON Third street, from Mill to SAT-
iarans, both inclusive on Fourth street, from
Mill 10 Saifarans, both inclusive; on flith
street, from Sycamore TO Kerr, both inclu-
sive, so that there hhall be two gns lamps
nlaeed diagOnally opposite on each street
| and lamD in The middle oil eIcu
block between the corners.
Amended BY adding Poptotoc street, from
Lauderdalo street east; also by adding Jones
avenue. -, Ma 1919
Amended BY Council by adding on Main
street from Mississippi and Tennessee railroad
depot to Jackson street.
referred by Council to Lights and Lamps
Committee, and concurred in by Board of Al
dermen Mayo. 1873.
ORDINANCE.
Be It ordained by the General Council Of the
eity Of Memphis, That Article I'd, Of Section
2. page 1886, Bridges Digest Of city ordinances,
he SO amended as to include barber shops, 80
as to allow them to keep open on Sunday.
Passed first reading, when the rules. ae-
cording TO charter requirements was susi
pended, and Ahe ordinance passed the second
and final reao.bg by Board Of Aldermen, and
passed first reading by Council. when on mo-
ton the rules were suspended. and the ordi;
nance was read a second time and passed
finally May 9. 1873.
PETITIONS.
The petition of W. II. Butts, asking permits
sion 10 store on the bluff south Of Unon street
and west Of Howard 5 row, lumber Tor the ac-
commOdatlon Of steamboats, and carpenters;
subject to the orders Of the General Council
ag to position, removal. etc.
Prayer granted By Board Of Aldermen and
Council Mays, 1873.
Rv Alderman Busby.
Resolved, That the owners OF property on
both sides of Orleans street from Linden 70
Vance, be required 10 put down good plank
sidewalk within the next thirty days,
Adopted by Board and coneurred IN by
Council May 9. 1873.
By the same: ~
Resolved By tieneral Council Of the City OF
Memphis, That the right Of way. as asked for
in their petition, through certain streets OF
The city asked by the Memphis and Raleigh
Railroad Company be granted TO said com
pany on the same terms aud eondltions that
the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad Com
pany and the Memphis City hallI0aa Coln-
pany are allowed to occupy the streets OF the
city with their tracks as per their eontr4cts
with the city; and that the Mayor and City
Attorney aDd the improvement COmmittes
be instructed 30 draw up contract with the
railroad company, and report TO the next reg
ular meeting Of the General Council.
Adopted by Board. and referred 10 Railroad
Committee by Council Nay9, 1913.
The adverse report of Council and Board
Of AldeEWssp Special Committee 81. on the Pet,-
phis 'reighting Company, proposing an adj
INST ent OF aillItigat0d and other matters in
dispute between the city OF Memphis and the
Memphis Freightins Company.
Report adopted by Council May I, and con-
euFred 10 by Board May 9. 1878.
The favorable report Of the Special Commit
tee appojated TO investigate the salaries Of the
K Report adopted By cOpn:il May !; and laid
on the table by the Board Hay 3, 1873.
The petition Of A. 5. Maddox. asking per-
mission 10 construct sewer from his proper
ty, buildings. etc, on the northwest corner OF
Main and Exchange streets, TO the city sewer
AT the end of Exchange Building. so as 10 con-
meet, by permission, with The OIerton Hotel
PRAYER granted by Council May 7. and By
Board Of Aldermen May 3, 1873,
MAYORS MESSAGE.
MAyoR's 0FYIoE.
Memphis, May 8. 1878.
To the General Council:
gxrlEaEY-Upon the subject Of straight
ening the lines OF Elliott street at Causey, au-
thOrized at your last regular meeting, have
TO report that the parties IN interest decline TO
accent the notifications proposed by you. but
propose to 20 modify their original proposi-
ton rs to allow the public 70 use the triaDgu-
lar strip of ground north Of Elliott and east Of
Causey street for three years from date. re-
commend that tho lines be straigbteped as
asked for, provided the right Of way be Oh.
taintd for the city without cost and the use Of
the old street east Of Causey Is permitted rs
4OO'' ''>'e JOHN JOHNSON. Mayor.
Report adopted b. Council and referred TO
Improvement Committe 10 kgard Of Alder
men May {, 1875.
The petition Of Joseph Lenow. President Of
klmwood Cemetery. representing that Elm
wood Cemetery has been By the city Of Mem
phis wrongiully listed and assessed with city
tax upon the old Morris Cemetery grounds on
Main street for the years 1872 and 1873, pray
ing u have the same RENTED.
Committee May !. and by the Board Of Alder
men 70 their Finance and WAYS and Means
Committee May !, 1873.
KrPoRrs.
The favorable report Of the Council and
Board Of Aldermen improvement Committees
on the petition Of I. b. EdEingion and otkerS
residing on and contiguous 10 Jones avenue
stating that their property has suffered s1d /;
still suffering material damage By the recent
grading BY the city Of jones avenue. praying
for relief. etc.
Aldermen. May and 9. 1873.
1he report OF the Council and Board Of Al
dermen Improvement COMMITTEES on the
petition Of sundry partlez praying fer the
oueniun and improving u Iurley street from
beal % Unton street The eommittee report
IN favor Of referring the matter 70 the Mayor
D. ascertain whether or not owners Of the
ground over which the proposed extension Of
aid street viii pass viii donate the right Of
wy 10 the city.
cured IN b Board Of Alderman Nay 2. 1873.
The qualifsd favorable report Of the Coun-
eli and Board Of Aldermen Improvement
Committees on q resolutions that the EnEineer
repair the bridge on WellinEio1 street souie