Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1878-11-24


ment from County Court Clerk J. F.
J. Lewis, showing the taxables in the
city, their assessed value as returned
by the assessors for the 1873, with the
tax assessed thereon for the same year,
which was ordered spread of record,
and the totals are as follows:
Polls, 1887; personal property, $532,
345; number of lots, 2,293, value,
s., GAG, 1l0; number of acres, 80; value,
SIC, 700; total value of taxabIes in the
corporation, So. .495, l55 900; corporae
ton tax assessed on the same, S36,-
538 55.
Alderman Allison, chairman Of the
Fire and Police Committee, submitted
the report of the committee in refer
enCe TO the purchase of new steam
fire engine. First he referred to propo~
sitions from some four or five manu-
facturing companies, with their terms,
etc but of all, the SiIsby Manufac-
turing Company, of Seneca Falls,
New York, had made by far the most
favorable proposition, best engine,
etc. They mad proposed to fur: ish
the city with their crane neck, nickel
plated centennial steamer, which
appeared to be just such an engine as
the city needs ; to cost So 200, TO be
paid in one, two, three and four years
with notes bearing interest, aud the
com pany will guarantee the machine
for IL years. Furthermore, they pro-
pose to take the city's old engine and
overhaul it, making it just as good as
new. No other company, he said, had
made any such proposition.
Col. J. Il. Morrow, representative of
the Silsby Company, being present,
was called upon and made some state
ments cOrrOborative Cf the PROPOSE
tion, setting forth the excellencies
of the engine; proposing to
bring the engine here himself, and
intend the test of it, etc, +, and If it
does not give satisfaction he would
take it back, free of cost to the city.
The report of the committee uuani-
mously recon- mended that the propO-
sitiOn be accepted and The contract
awarded to the Slsby Company of
furnishing the engine. On motion
of Alderman sullivan the report was
approved, and the Fire and Police
Committee, in connection with the
Mayor, were directed to close the con-
tract and order the engine at once.
Alderman Smith moved that the
new engine be named Alex Allison,
and his name inscribed thereon. Car
Tied unanimously, and Alderman
\ llisOn acknowledged the distin-
guished compliment conferred in APP
prOpriate terms.
Alderman Harris suggested that the
city should now have paid fire de-
partment fire boxes, etc.
Alderman Shea, OF special COM
mittee, recommended the erection of
five lamp posts, 3 in the 7th ward, ia
the Sd, and l in the lst. Ordered
erected.
Alderman Irwin asked for a lamp
post near Capt. Kings residence in the
5lh ward. Referred to the Gas Com
mittee.
Alderman Kern spoke of the great
necessity of a bell for the city schools,
and moved that the Finance Com nit
tee be authorized to buy one suitable.
Motion lost.
A petition from Tom Stevens, living
outside the corporation, asking S. %
in payment for hog impOunded by
L. f. Lockett, was, on motion OF
Alderman Sullivan, referred q to the
Fire and PJlice Committee.
Alderman Shea offered an OTdi
nance providing that the city b )ard
of Education stall, in its action, be
subject to and under the revision of
the Board of Mayor and Alder
men, which elected considerable
discussion, but was passed. |
on both readings, by a suspension of |
the rules and becomes a law
The ayes and noes being called for
by Aldermen Kern and Cruze on the |
passage "a the second resulted as fol-
lows:
Aye-AlIisOn. Bird, FlennIken, |
Harris, Neatly, Sullivan, Shea, |
Smith and Williams-a
NO-Cruze, Fields, Irwin, Kern aud |
Stephenson-5.
No further business The Board ad-
jOurned.
QUERY: Why will men smoke |
common tobacco, when they can buy |