Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-05-11

add more to the beauty and pros
perity Of our city. A NATIVE.
Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
A regular meeting of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen was held
Tuesday night, May It'll.
Present-The Mayor and entire
Board of Aldermen.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting and of two subsequent
called extra meetings We're read and
adopted.
A petition from John Conroy was
read praying that during the re-
building of the city the toll at the
lower Red river bridge may be re-
mitted on stone, lime and brick.
Alderman Hyman moved to re-
duce the toll One-half, but this mo-
ton was withdrawn and Alderman
Perkins moved tolay the application
on the table.
Aid. Faxon raised several ques-
tions. First, can these remissiOns
be legally made consistently with
the corporations contract with the
heirs of Judge Hornberger, and Sec
Ondly could any assurance besecured
that the savings of the remission
should benefit the builders and not
the contractors. He finally moved
that select committee of three
should be appointed to investigate
these questions and report at the
next regular meeting. Carried.
The Mayor appointed Aldermen
Jackson, Rick and Hyman such
committee.
Aid. ?. H. Keesee moved that
Caldwell q Shelton be allowed the
remission of toll over the same
bridge on the brick, etc, used in
their new building. Referred to the
same committee.
An application was read from f.
p. Gracey & Bro. that tobacco trains
from Hopkinsville should pass free
over the same bridge. Referred as
before.
Aid. Keesee presented the report
of the committee appointed at last
meeting to consider the proposed
reconstruction of Spring street. He
reported that he had received bids
for the culvert which the city was
to undertake, which he handed in,
and that he had assurances from
property-holders in the neighbour
hood that they would pay all fur
Their expenses to the amount of 5000.
The bids were then read, which
varied from $500 to $185, and Mr..
Keessee moved that the lowest con-
tract be accepted and the work put
out. Carried, after some discussion,
two votes being given in the mega
tive.
Aid. Hyman, from the Fire Com
mittee, reported various expenses
incurred in the engine department
to the amount of 1908 80.
He also reported that the Gas
Company desire to have the use of
the engine to fill their tank, and are
willing to pay any reasonableremu-
neration. Referred to Fire Com
mittee.
Aid. FaxOn moved that the report
of the Fire Company be approved
and the Recorder ordered to pay the
money. Carried.
Charges made by Chief Of Police
Carkuff against policeman Mcneil
were discussed, and finding them to
amount to a misunderstanding
rather than a wilful act of disobedi-
ence the matter was allowed to
drop.
The Board then proceeded to the
consideration of the pond on the
Mcdaniel and McReynolds prop
erty. On motion DIR. McReynolds
was heard. He entered at large
into the history of the flooding
showed that large systems of drain
age which had previously ran in
other directions had one after an
other been diverted toward the
property in question, until finally
that property had been converted
into a sink for all the surrounding
property, amounting nearly to q
third of the city; that this had
effected improvements in a large
extent of property at the expense OF
that in question, which latter was
rendered utterly worthless; that the
wells dug for the purpose were not
competent to dispose of so vast an
amount of drainage even if cleaned
out, and that in addition to the in
justice thus inflicted upon property
holders, the health of the neighbOr-
hood must be seriously affected by
the eXhalatiOns of so vast a body of
stagnant water. He did not propose
to the Board any special mode OF
remedy, but expressed his opinion
that direct drainage of the area by
a sewer along Commerce street to
the river would be the only perma-
nent remedy attainable.
DIR. d. F. Wright was then called
upon to treat the subject in hy-
gienic point of view. He said that
some years ago the two great ponds
on each side of Franklin street were
drained at thecity'sexpense through
considerations of the public health.
He had signed the certificate of the
medical faculty of the city on the
strength of which that Improvement
was made. He now contended that
the Mcdaniel pond was much more
threatening to the public health
than those had been, from the con-
sideration that those were perma-