The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-02-20
Stated Meeting of the Town CounciI.


CITY HALL, COLUMBIA, Tenn,
February 18th, 1874.
Present, Edward Kuhn, Mayor; James L
Guest, Recorder; John Latta., jr., City Mar
| Gartner and Latta, of the LIST Ward; Mat
| thews of the I'd Ward; and Rains aud Pow
to order by the Mayor, the roll called anC
absentees noted. The minutes of the las
| meeting were read and approved. On mo
ton, Alderman Powell was excused for alb
sence at the last meeting.
The Finance Committee approved anC
submitted the following accounts, whic b
paid sheriff in Cherry and O'Neil suit, $2l 10
Edward Kuhn, one load wood for pauper
s. 30; John Latta, Jr., removing ashes, anc
one load of wood, g 50.
The Water Works Committee and fire de
partment, made no report The Street Co M
mittee made verbal report in regard t.
the building of work house, and that they
could not have access to the Knob with wag
ons to haul rock, without purchasing an ad
ditional piece of land belonging to L, D
Myers, Esq, which he offers at cost. On mo-
ton the committe were authorized and in
structed to make the purchase.
The committee on street lights continued
for report.
The committee on city scales made the
following report;
TO the Mqyor and Aldermen Of the City
Your committee on scales having eXamin-
ined the scales, and finding them in good
condition, most respectfully recommend the
prOpriety of placing the scales on the Pub
ing they will not only prove convent
ence, but a source of revenue to the city
j. T. GARrNER, I 1,,.
w, A. LATTA, commute
On motion, the report was adopted, and
the committee continued, with instructions
to have the scales removed.
The committee on the petition of w. J.
Whitthorne made the following report:
To the Mayor and Aldermen of the Cjty:-Your
thorne, Esq, most respectfully report, that
having examined the premises and consult
ed with the adjacent property holders,
would ask your honorable body to lay said
petition on the table until suitable point
can be found to erect said building, where it
will not conflict with the interests Of any
one.
WIN. \, LATTA, II,,,.,,,
j. L. GARTNER, 0""'"''''ee'
On motion, the report was adopted and
the committee discharged,
On motion it was ordered that the Mayor
appoint a committee, consisting of one AL
derman from each ward, to equalize the as
seSSment made on real estate for the present
year by the Assessor, whereupOn the Mayor
appointed Mr.. TitcOmb of the first ward, Mr.
Hodge of the second ward, and Mr.. Rains of
the third ward. On motion the Mayor was
added to the committee.
On motion the Recorder was authorized
to purchase suitable book for recording
the minutes of the board.
The following amendments to the City
Laws, offered by Alderman Rains, at the
last e bdE4 fhe 69aT We're read and
Be it enacted by the Board of Mayor and AL
dermen of the City of Columbia:
That any male person over the age of four
teen years, except an officer in discharge of
duty, or a physician in case of sickness, or
unless in case of necessity, to be judged of by
or be caught in a bawdy house within the
limits of this city after sunrise in the morn
ing and before eight O'Clock p. NJ, shall be
deemed guilty ola misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not less
than five, nor more than fifty dollars, to be
collected as other fines, and that this act
l. f.lffF VrfNVN Il far
Be it enacted by the Board of Mayor and
alderman of the City OF Columbia,
That any person constructing or repairing
or having constructed or repaired in this
pavement or side walk, shall
be compensated for the same, in the follow
ing manner: One half OF the annual Taxes
erty which the side walk or pavement is
or repaired, to be charged
tef sbs on allowances Tor
charged, to be credited upon their taxes,
one half taxes on said property each year,
and shall shall issue to the collector Of Tax
all persons constructing or repairing, or
having constructed or repaired pavements
the same according to the laws and ordi- |
nanceS of the city and by aud under the
of the Street Comm ittee, and the |
cost of said pavement, or side walk, when
shall be sWorE to by the person |
lavingthe same constructed or repaired and |
hand the same to some member of the |
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present the same to the next meeting of the |
Board of Mayor and Aldermen; provided |
urther: that all compensation allowed by !
his section for said pavement or side walk, |
shall cease whenever the property holder !
1iSpGSes OF the PROPERTY assessed for such |
Belt further enacted, that |
I'll laws and parts of laws of the Corporation |
If Columbia, in conflict with this act, be |
and the same is hereby releaied, and that |
his act take effect from andI after its pas
age.
The committee on new water works, |
made the following report:
To the Mayor and Aldermen Ct Cotum560:-l
our committee on Water Works, beg leave I
% report that, we advertised in the Cfncin- /
;innati Commercial, inviting correspondence |
rom ron! those having experience in SURVIVING !
titles and towns with water, and have re- |
,eived eleven letters from different parties |
II various cities, with many OF whoIh your
liso cdrres res with M JRo. Bfrenkbrin
builder of the works recently completed at
south Bend, Indiana, on the stand pipe sys-
md builder OF the works recently completed
It Birmingham, Alabama. The lattef gem
leman visited our city, and with your COM
ntttee carefully examined our present |
works, prospects TOR water, site for reservoir,
on the knob &c. 1t was satisfactorily
shown by ,calcqlatiqn,, that the White
ourth OF a sufhciency of water to supply |
)ur wants in mid summer. We also care
ully examined the Williamson Spring,
to place the reservoir on the hill
opposite the Gholson knob, should the lat
er spring be found su fficient to meet our
Tants,and found them inadequate as we'll as
mpracticable. Your committee ere clearly /
If the opinion that the only practicable |
place to get water sufficient to meet our |
present wants, and more especially the fu- |
jure wants of our growing city, is from the |
liver, at some point above the city, know |
ng there would be less prejudice against |
Using the river water obtained from above, |
han below the city. Engineer Daniels |
made an approximate estimate for the cree |
ion of Pump House, Pumps, Engines and |
Ill necessary pumping machinery, with an |
inch pipe to conduct the water "a the top /
Of Mt Parnassus, and an Sinoh pipe lead |
ng from tie reservoir. to the crossing of |
High and West Market streets, with two |
miles offs inch supply pipes all laid down for |
Use, which, with our present pipes is suffi- |
'ient to meet our present wants, with a |
of one and a half million gallons |
capacity with partition wall dividing it |
INTO two apartments so as either can be |
cleaned or repaired without cutting off the |
supply of water from the city, at cost Of !
about forty thousand dollars. 49,
EesBeCtfnllY,
7. b. RAINS !
E. b K I45iSSHH' Committee
On motion, the report was received and
committee continued. On motion the
board adjourned.