Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-08-18
MUNICIPAL.
Adjourned Meeting Of the General
Council.
loFTIoIAL RKPohr.l
HOARD on ALDERMEN.

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HOARD on ALDERMEN.
CRY HALL. MnFpis. August Is. 1873.
Al an adjourned meeting Of the Board
Mayor and Aldermen ofthe city q MemPhis
on Wednesday evening, AeSes, is' iss,rs
preslaent Ciealla, Walsh. Robbins, psltl
grew. Malatesta, Busby and Oollisan' Alder
quorum being announced, the Preslden
took his seat, called the members pressn. 4
order, and had the roll Of Aldermen called
when the recorded minutes 81 Inc ptoeeeu
ings Of the Board, had In July ls'S' was reA'
ThsTenpon, the unfinished business beior'
the board was taken up aud progressed Win
PETITION.
The petition OIL Read. prayins ior sas
requirine him TO lay plank sidewalk u
fronf ~ bis lot on Talbot street.
Petition rejected by Board OF Aldermen
August II. 1873.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Alderman Walsh
Civ Engineer be Instructed 10 erect a gas
lamp post on the corner OF Center aiioy and
ADOPTED By Board Of Aldermen and con
cured in by Council. August Is, 1873.
Resolved By the General Council. That the
civ Engineer be and Is hereby Instructed to
repair Alabama street from jackson street
bridge 20 Qninby street.
Referred 20 Improvement Committee oy
Board Of Aldermen and Council August TO-
1873.
By the same;
Resolyed by the General Council. That the
property owners on Winchester street, from
Front 10 Third street, be required TO repair
their sideNalks within the next thirty days,
Referred 10 Improyement Committee by
Board Of Aldermen and Council August To-
1878.
Resolved. That the Sergeant-at-Armsn 0tlly
the property owners on the east side OF Or-
leans street, between Vance and Tate streets,
to repair their plank sidewalks within thirty
days. II,
August Is, 1873.
RESOLUTION.
A nreamble and resolution to accept and rat
ify the city contract with the Water Works
Company, and the pledge Of John Subbins;
preeident etc.. that the Company will extend
their water pipes TO the City Hospital in sixty
DAYS from the acceptance and ratification OF
"" Re sS by Council to their Special Com
mittee, viz COancilmen 1olbrook, Clarke.
smith. Chase and ROush. Augusta. 1913. ke-
ferred BY Board Of Aldermen 70 their Special
COMMITTEES, viz. Aldermen Robbins. Mala-
tesla and Colligan, August IL, 1878.
coMxMUNicATIsN.
By Councilman Colligan:
In order that the Committee TO whom is re-
ferred the propriety Of the city receiving the
water works in their present condition may
INQUIRE fully into every objection that has OF
can be raised against the city contracting with
the said Water Works Company, respectinl-
ing into contract finally, at present, with this
Water COmDaQy.
Isl The water works does not extend over
one-half the city. and the officers OF this
Water Company state that they will not run
their pipes on any street where the consnmP-
lion Is not likely to pay them. In the Tenth
Ward, which represent, there IS not one men
of water pipe laid, and yet this Water Com
pany is seeking 10 get the city TO enter INTO
contract for twenty years with them, thereby
binding the citizens and tax payers OF THIS
ward 70 pay for a thing that they receive no
benefit from. More than one-half the city IS
in the same condition.
Is il lust and right? Have we the power to
impose on and bind the whole city by con-
tract which benefits less than one-halt of itY
bis Water Works Company says TO citizens
living in the suburbs, such as the Tenth Ward,
" We have an exclusive charier; II you we're
dying of thirst, If your property was burning
TO ashes, no other company dare come IN ana
furnish you dror Ofwater. But we will not
run our pipes or our water out in the suburbs
unless there be sufficient consumption to
pay us .e. O..
mittee TO investigate thoroughly is that tins
Water Works Company Is required Dy their
charter to furnish the city with water for ex-
tinguishing fires free Of charge. Can we then
enter into contract to pay them $4,000 year
for water which their charter says must be
given free? - ooo
rent, and less than one-half the city is pro-
tscted BY the FIRE hydrants. If the whole city
Ia taxed TO pay for these hydrants they should
De placed throughout the entire city. so that
every portion will receive like benent.
/ submit these reasons for the Investigation
of this Committee, so that justice can be done
10 both parties, and not through spirit Of OPP
position to this Water Company.
Referred by Board of Aldermen to their
Special Committee on the same subject. Com
Robbins, Malatesta and
Colligan, August Is, 1873. Same action by
Council August Il, 1873, by reference to their
Special Committee. COpmittee-Councilmen
Holbrook. Clarke, Smith, Chase and housh.
PETITION.
The petition of Job Bledsoe and others,
praying to be allowed 500 By the General
Council, amount of attorneys. fees alleged 70
have been paid by petitionersin defending the
oity's rights to Allen avenue.
Referred by Council TO their Finance and
Ways and Means Committee and indefinitely
postponed by Board Of Aldermen August Ii,
RESOLUTIONS.
From Council:
A resolution, That the city tax on. the north
half of lot No s97, for the year 1872, be refund
ed, as the said property has been held and
used that year for school purposes exclu-
sively; and also that the taxes assessed on 1t
for the year 1873 be RENTED for the same
reason, il being the property used aad occu-
pied by st. Bridget's Parish School.
Adopted BY Council and coneurred in By
Board of Aldermen, August u. 1873.
The yeas and nays being called for by Alder
man Walsh, stood as follows, to-wit.:
Ayes-Aldermen Walsh, Malatesta, Coli
gan and Cicalla-4.