Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-25
COMMON COUNCIL.

The common council, with President
| Zent in the chair, convened its regular
weekly meeting in the city hall at seven
O'Clock last night, Councilmen Caro-,
Greer, Doherty, Carpenter, Solar
Grant, Moon (cOlored), and Ryan beiI.;
absent.
AS soon as the roll was called, Coun-
| Gilman MOore3 moved to adjourn five OF
| ten minutes, to allow the ordinance
committee to meet respecting the Ordi-
nance for a poll-taX (o1 five cents). He
withdrew the motion.
The petition of Joseph LenOW, asking
| an appropriation Of one thousand dollars
| for a city clock, pc @sed its third reading.
The wharf and landing committee re-
ported immediate action imperative, in
order to prevent litigation and the for.
Their damage to steamboat interests.
There was no necessity for placing piles
in front OF the business part Of the wharf,
but, If such be necessary hereafter, ID
empower themayOr and whPrf and land
ing committee to do this. The proposed
improvement OF the levee, f.Om Jeffer-
son street 0 the elevator, was detailed
in the repOIt, which also proposes to
give the contract to II. Loudon, and
think they have "saved world OF liti-
CATION disastrous to the best interC IT. Of
every true citizen" The committee &C.
knOwle jge that I" the steamboat interest
had been materially crippled and jeopar-
dzea for the want Of a little atten-
ton on the part Of the city in
the way of few needed re-
pairs. It behOoves US, therefore,
TO make amends and to foster and en-
courage an enterprise so er3entiel to the
g. lan oft n
which the committee recommend, is as
follows: ~ have been the recipient of
a communication ftOm the steamboat
committee appointed by council, re-
QuestiDg a con eTence with you and
your committee in re- ard to repairing
the wharf landing.u He makes the fol.
lowing prOpossl: Grading, twenty-five
cents per cubic ward; taking up, sOlit-
ting, breaking old material and repair.
ing the 1me, one dollar ard fifty cents
per square yard; furnishing new mate
IiaI OF like qus'ity and paving the same,
two dollars and twenty-five cent? per
square yard; fC"rishing rough curbing
and setting the same, filty cents per run
ming foot. This work shall suffer 20
delay on my account, as / ain prepared
to finish it in accordance with your
specifications ana time you may desig-
nate. Yours, very respectfully,
Councilman Daubury moved to repair
the wharf up to Adams street, but upon
the statement Of y-kpgineer Burke
that such WIS imprscticable, withdrew
the motion.
Councilman Ryan, who failed to be on
time, asked to have the report read.
Councilman MOOTes said it was Mr.. |
Ryan's fault that ne did not hear the re-
port,ss he should have been present. He |
therefore moved that the report should |
not be read again. The motion failed |
and the report was read again for the |
benefit of the tardy member, Mr.. Ryan.
The wharf and landing committee is
of All g. luther, n Mala-
tesla, William Gay, James Elder snd |
William Vance. All OF these gentle
men, except Messrs. Elder and Vance,
have been in this committee since the |
first OF the year
The report was amended as TO the sur
face size Of the stone, and adopted.
Councilman MISREPRESENTATION relative
to discounts or collections OF taxes, as
reported, and the discounts
allowed on a former resolution be
charged to the contingent fund, was
ADOPTED
The finance committee recommended
he adoption of r. @. Brinkley's PROPOSE
ion provided he deliver said bonds to
he amount Of thirty Thousand dollars, of
aid scrip to the amount of forty thou
and dollars, and the balance, about
Orty-iour thousand dollars, IN cash, ail
o be paid and delivered within ninety
lays from date in settlement Of his
liability. adopted.
Councilman Vance's resolution re-
pectiDg Nicolson pavement scrip, was
eferTed.
NOPE FEES FOR LAWYERS
Councilman Mocres presented the fol-
owing: "City of Memphis, to Estes ami
Illett, to professional services in de- {
ending suit Of Tim Foley as, police and
re commissioners, before the SECOND