Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-10

The netltlon Of wm. wesche, President Of
the Mennhis Turner'S Association, praying
! ior = renlsfiOn OF the oity tax on iot an Pop
| iar street No. IA, the property OF the AssoolA'
/ Referred 10 finlnee Committee and City
liz petition Obj. n. L, LASH praying 10
/ or propo,ing % settle his claim, nov M full
aslinst the city of one hundred dollars iof
Reisrrei BY Council to the Mayor and City
/ Attorney March q, 1873.
The petition Of Henry Brown. policeman,
stating that from sickness he Loaf eight days,
for which he Was doeked, praying the General
Council 20 ALLOW the same.
Referred BY Council 10 the Police Board
March 3. lsld.
praying lor the opening aud improving q Lin.
den street. between Orleans and Walnut
streets.
Reiofred BY Council % their Improvement
COMMITTEES March 3, 1913.
The petition Of n Darnum. aEent, praying
for remission OF the city tax for lssa aud
aud iS5i, on lots Nos u aud II, block son Or
leans street. lsOxloo feet, the same being
used BY LoMoyne school, and held aud owned
~ the American Missionary Association, New
York, Tor school purposes only.
Referred By Council 70 their Finance and
Ways and Means Committee. March ., 1913.
Tho petition Of many citizens, resident on
Lindea aud Pontotoc streets. cast Of Orleans
street, praying for the erection OF lamp posts
In their neighborhood.
Referred by Council 10 their Lights and
Lamps Committee, March o, 1913.
Tho petition Of Mrs II Jones, asking tho
city 10 rcmunorate her, say so, for damages
done 70 her house on Marshall avenue. BY the
fire that occurred Jan. Z, 1873. That 70 pre-
vent the Gre nom spreading. q porion OF pell'
toners house had TO be torn down
Referred by Council 10 their Fire Commit
The petition Of p II Townsend, guardian
for the children and executor OF the estate OF
D u Neaiey. deceased, praying for an abate-
ment OF the city assessment Of the property
belonging 20 said estate, situated on Main, boz
tween Adams and Washington streets. more
especially the assessment Of value liked ON
the improvements, etc.
~" Referred by Council TO their Finance Com
mittec. March 3, 1873.
Tho petition OF Levi 4 Bros. and many oth-
ers, praying for the abatement Of nuisance
in their vicinity. on llamli street. o., Acres
crossing leading from Poplar 20 Alabama
and Exchange streets; that said street or
passway Is In an impossible condition. Iha;
4 FoltK, q dealer In mich cows. No 800 Poplar
street. makes use Of this street and the ad-
Joining cross alley as n stock yard, 20 the
great annoyance Of the neighborhood. There
fore. petitioners pray for an abatement OF the
deferred by Council to Chief of Police.
The petition Of Mrs. sallie SaIarans.. guar |
dian OF the minor heirs Of Heorge w. SAT |
farans. deceased, that said heir are tho own
ers Of a double tenement frame house Nos. ~
aud Q6. on the north side Of Union street. on |
the west side of the first alley east Of Third /
street within the city FIRE limits; that said
house or building is greatly out OF repairs,
therefore petitioner prays for permission to re-
pair the same.
Referred BY Council to Fire Committee
March 5. 1878.
The petition Of Charles kortrecht. Presi-
dent Board Of Education, praying that
crossing be placed on Thornton avenue TO the
southern entrance of the Alabama street city |
schools; also, that plank sidewalk be made
on Webster street, from Main street TO the
Peabody school house.
Prayer granted by Council March 5. 1873
The petition of Il. Seibert and divers Others
stating that they reside in Chelsea contiguous
to the alley between LOoney and Sailarans
street and Fourth and Fifth street, that said
alley in consequence Of its unimproved con.
dition, has become a nuisance; therefore pc
titiOners pray the city authorities 10 have the
same abated.
Referred by Council to Improvement Com
mittee March 5, 1873
PROPOSAL.
The proposition of A. HitEfeld TO light.
clean and repair the public oil lamps for 1873,
Indefinitely postponed by Council March o.