Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-14
COMMON COUNCIL.
The Watch Dogs OF the City Treasury
are Cireumvented-TheF Fair Grounds
street Railway Again, Etc.

Inc t0tCI DOfss VI tflc NlsT
are Cireumyented-TheF Fair Grounds
street Railway Again, Etc.
The Board of Common Council met in
adjourned session at o'clock last night,
President Lindsey in the chair.
ALLOWING ACCOUNTS.
The regular allowance of monthly &C
counts, as recommended by the Finance
Committee, excited two hours discussion,
after being read item by item, Conncilmen
Towles and Luck Directing to the payment
of an item of SS46, allowed Thos. Nolan for
broken stone, and the various salaries al
lowed all private watchmen.
Mr.. Nolan's account was allowed.
The watchman at the spring in the It'll
ward, Mr.. Dale, being one the payment of
whose salary was objected TO, Mayor Ker-
cheval and President Lindsey urged that
as it was absolutely necessary orthe health
of the citizens of that ward that the spring
be guarded, and his salary be allowed.
Councilman Miller moved that the case
of Mr.. Dale be acted upon separately. Not
agreed to.
The question being upon the allowance
of the accounts of the four watchmen, viz:
Dale, Lewis, Consadine, and Flynn, they
were allowed.
Councilman Towles moved that the
item 81, 800 for insurance. city property be
not allowed, for two reasons, first that there
is no law for such proceeding, and
second, that he believed the company in
which the city property was insured to be
| insolvent.
The Mayor said it had been shown that
the company referred to (the Amazon) was
solvent, and that other companies asked
81, 100 from the city for the same amount
of insurance.
The insurance account was allowed.
Councilman Luck moved to strike out
the item allowing the Mayors clerk S25
per month additional for services rendered
the various committees.
The chair ruled the motion ont of order,
which ruling was appealed from by Coun-
Gilman Luck. A vote being taken, the
ruling Of the chair was sustained.
Councilman Luck moved that the item
of $685. allowed the seventeen sanitary
officers be stricken out.
The Mayor said that the city is being put
in thorough sanitary condition through the
| efforts of these men, and urged that they be
paid the salaries due them. He said that
the carts engaged in moving filth at night
under direction of these sanitary officers,
reSembled an army train.
The account was allowed.
The report Of the Finance Committee,
recommending the following amounts for
various Departments:
Street, $5,26O.4O; springs, SIS; gas
S1,264.S5; salary, S2,O23.37; interest,
S439.1T; waterworks, S2,7S5.04; bond,
500; fire, S3,303.S7; commission, S2,973.40;
workhOuse, S65205; printing, advertising
and stationery, s2Sl.65; miscellaneous,
s1,440.7 70; law, $212.50; coupon department,
$4,000; city dispensary, S205.5S schools,
., I44.97; sanitary, SS96.S0; hospital
SIl.5O; markethOuse, S24S.70; charity de-
partment, S2,252.60. Total, S39,099.39.
RECEIPTS.
| The following amount of moneys re-
ceived during the past month were report
ed: T rom the City Recorder 49,96491
Water Tax Collector S3,349.09; City Sex
ton 5000; Wharf Master $685.. The
Revenue Collector reported $20,64O.S2 col
lected from Feb. % to March I. The City
Treasurer reported the amount due the
treasury March to be s., 1870.
| The reports were received.
| TwENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY
NINE DOLLARS.
The bill appropriating 5000 for the
grading of McGavock street from Law
renee street to the corporation line, passed
second reading.
RANGE FOR CITY wORKHoUsE.
The bill providing for the purchase 0
a range for the city workhouse was lald UP
on the table.
wATER-PIPE.
Bills to lay 500 feet of water-pipe OF
Shankland street, and same amount OF
Cav street, passed second reading.
GAS BURNERS.
The bill providing for the purchase o
patent gas burners was laid over for tn
present.
FAIR GROUNDS STREET RAILWAY.
Councilman Martin moved TO reconsider
the vote by which the bill in relation Il
the Fair Grounds Street Railway was re
ferred to the Street Railway Committee
Agreed TO.
The rules were then suspended and th'
bill taken up on second reading.
EXPLANATORY AND HISTORICAL.
BY permission. Mr.. Robert l.. Norris ad-
dressed the Board with reference 10 tn
bill.
lie said he represented a large humble
of the citizens ofthe fourth and tenth ward
and thirteenth district who were deeply III
tarested in the building Of a line Of stree
railway to Watkins Park. Efforts Ia
been made to get the Spruce Street Railwa.
COMPANY to build branch road, whicl
proposition had been agreed to on cOndl
Iion that the Chattanooga Railway Com
pany open Walnut street and the Spruc
Street Company be given the right Of wa.
on that street. This had been done an'
now all that is wanting 10 carry out tn
enterprise was the procuring of materia
by the Spruce street company, which mate
rial cannot be got in less than four or nv
weeks. The Spruce street company CLAIM
the right of way over Church street, but i
is not such right of way as would proven
the city granting it to the Fair Ground:
Railway Company. He thought the pas
SAGE of the bill before the Board would eff
fectually kill the proposition to build lin
to Watkins Park, and hoped action by IN,
Board would be suspended until those citi
zens so deeply interested in the matte
might be heard by the Board.
Mr.. Williams, President of the Fai
Grounds Street Railway Company, bein!
allowed to address the Board, said that tin
West Nashville Street Company was chart
cred in 1865, and was granted the right o
way OH two Of four streets, viz: Gay, Cedar
| Church and Broad, together with the Inter
mediate streets. In 1866, the Spruce Stree
Railway Company was chartered, beint
granted the right to run out on Church ant
Spruce streets, on condition that no preyiou:
charters be interferred with.
In 1861 the right to run out to the Fan
Grounds was granted the West Nashville
Company, who built their line in from thu
Fair Grounds and iuterSectel the Spruce
street line at the junction of Broad an'
West Carroll, applying to Mr.. Chadweil TO
the right to run over his road, which wa!
refused, and his Company now apply to the
city authorities simply for permission TO
construct their road rs originally chartered.
At this point, for want of quorum, th'
Board Cat 11:l5) adjourned until T:3O to
night.
Give Him a Rest.
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