Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-02-20
XVII MEMPHIS TENN: FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 70 1874
By Councilman Carpenter /:

By Councilman Carpenter:
Resolved by the Common Council, That the
property holders on the south side Of Linden
street, between Lsqderdale and Wellington
str, cts, be required to repair their sidewalks
within the next thirty days.
Adopted by Council, Feb. A, 1874.
By the same:
Resolved BY the General Council. That his
honor the Mayor and Printing COMMITTEES
be and are hereby instructed to advertise for
| bids for city printing and advertising.
Adopted by Council, Feb. 4. 1874.
| By Councilman Hughes:
| thorized to repair Wellington street, between
| old Madison street and new Madison street,
in the next ten days.
Adopted by Council, Feb. 4, 1874.
By Councilman Kelley:
Resolved, That the City Engineer be re-
quired to make a survey Of the Bayou south
of Market street bridge, for the purpose Of
STRENGTHENING the same, and that he repair
Adopted by Council. Feb. 4. 1874.
By Councilman Barinds:
Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms noti-
| fy the property owners on the south side Of
High street. 10 lay down or repair the brick
sidewalks in front Of their respective property
within the next thirty days.
Adopted by Council, Feb. 4. 1874.
Resolved. That the Street Commissioner be
| required TO put the alley running parallel with
Alabama and Mosby, and between the same,
| in passable condition Immediately.
Referred to the Improvement Committee by
Council, Feb. 4, 1874.
| By the same.
Resolved, That committee Of three from
| theBOard, rd,of1CommonC Council and from the
Board Of Aldermen, be appointed to negotiate
| with Jones, Brown & Co., for lease on the
| Offices now occupied by the Chief Of Police, to
be used for same purpose.
| Adopted by Council, February 4, 1874.
| Rv Councilman HuQhae.
Resolved, That the City Engineer be auther-
| lied to repair the NJ. & 9. II. R, bridge-as it
is impasssbleoin the next ten days.
Adopted by Council, Feb. 4, 1874.
By Councilman Happek:
| Whereas. To obtain right view of the
standing of the city government, so as to be
enabled properly to legislste thereon, and to
| save expenses to taxpayers; therefore,
Resolved, That the Board Of Common Coun-
| Gil instruct the Comptroller to furnish every
member thereof with an explicit list in detail
OF every revenue received during last year,
| and in detail of its expenditures.
Adopted by Council, Feb. 4, 1874.
| BY Councilman Carpenter:
Resolved by the Common Council, That the
lamp post on the corner Of Linden and Dri-
yer streets, within the next thirty days.
! Referred to the Committee ON Lights and
Lamps, by Council, Feb. ALBA.
By the same:
Resolved by the Common Council, That the
| Memphis Gas Company be required to place
lamp post on Main street, corner of the alley
opposite No. Sl5, within the next thirty days.
Referred to Gas Committee by Council, Feb.
| 4, 1874.
| BY Councilman Kelly:
Resolved, That the City Engineer be author
| lied to fill the holes on the south side of Win
| chester and Third streets, and have the same
| guttered with plank east to the alley, the
| Same TO be done in the next twenty days.
| By Councilman Kock:
Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Armsn notify
1 Ahn arfx A- on tha ctd nf
| Gayoso street. between Second and DeSoto,
to lay down brick sidewalks where there are
none, and repair and raise others to the
pr0S9er s grade de- within thirty tdSi days. 1877.
By Councilman Harvey:
| Resolved, That the City Engineer be and is
hereby authorized to have gas lamp placed
berry be- r, streets within the next thirty days.
| Adopted by Council February 4, 1874.
By Councilman Walters:
| Resolved, That the Chief of the Fire De-
r. Sf HSs %n TO Bone aR'T aS % other
| citizens of the Ninth ward, suitable hose
| carriage and 900 feet of hose, to be used by
| the Ninth Ward Hose Company.
Referred to Fire Committee by Council
| February 4. 1874.
BY Councilman Thomas:
| Resolved, That the City Engineer have the
| plank walk on the west side Of Wellington
| street, ,betweenBeal and Union streets. repaired
within ten days.
Adopted by Council February 4. 1874.
| By Councilman Roush:
| Resolved. That the City Engineer be in
| strueted to move the lamp post from the south
| east corner of Beal and Clinton streets to the
| northeast corner Of Beal and Clinton street.
Adopted BY Council February 4, 1874.
By the same:
| Resolved, That a lamp post be placed on
Monroe street, between Bayou Gayoso and
| Wellington street,
| Referred 20 Committee on Lights and Lamps
| by. Copncil and Board of Aldermen February
| 4, iS74
/ By Councilman Tuthcr:
Resolved, That lamp-post be erected on
the northeast corner of Madison and Main
streets within the next thirty days.
Referred to Gas Committee by Council and
Lights and Lamps Committee by Board of
| Aldermen February 4, 1874.
| By Councilman Hughes:
Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms be
authorized to instruct the property owners to
raise their sidewalks to the grade on Court
street. from Fourth street to Charleston ave-
nue., within the next thirty days.
| Referred to improvement Committee by
Council and Board of Aldermen February 4,
1874.
BY the same:
Resolved, That the City Engineer be ordered
! to repair Market street from Front to Fulton
| street.
Referred to Improvement Committee by
Council and Board of Aldermen February 4,
1874.
| Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arlns be re-
| quested to notify the property owners to
| repair their sidewalks from Market to Over
| ton and on Front street.
| Adopted by Council and Board Of Aldermen
February 4, 1874.
PETITION.
| To the General Council, City Of Memphis:
| Your petitioners, owning property on w ash
| ington street, between Main and Front, re.
| spectfully call your attention to the propriety
/ Of widening the sidewalks on the same when
/ the new payement is laid.
They believe it would be for the interest Of
| the city, as well as the property, to make the
walks on all the sixty-six foot streets fourteen
| feet in width. The proportion allotted TO- side,
/ walks in Memphis is much less than IN all
ether modern cities.
In many of the principal streets of other
/ cities the width of sidewalk is from fifteen to
/ twenty feet, where the whole width does not
/ exceed sixty 10 sixty. five feet
Hoping your favorable consideration, your
/ petitioners will ever pray, ETC.,
W. A. BICRF0RD,
VINCENT BACIGALUPO,
II. LULLMAN.
III. A. THlEbEN.
Referred to Improvement Committee by
Council and Board of Aldermen February T.
RFoUIsrTrON.