Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-22
From Yesterdays Second Edition
MUNEUIPAE4 AFFAIRS
Proceedings of the Oasy Ceunefs s.as.
Night.

! the following Aldermen present:
Albers, Lyons, Neatly, Sullivan.
Allison, BurEieF, Hoekenjos. Shea.
Dickson, Lewis, Stephenson, Scales,
O'Conner, irwin, Lewis ard Harris.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read aod approved,
RIr. J. 4. Rsyl. of the City Boatd
or EIucation, vas present, and by
/ pcrnlisainH made some remarks in
refereGc % the contribution by Miss
| Austin au5 others for the erection of
@ coIored school house, ana asked 2
formal acceptsnce thereof.
Thereupon the following was offered
by Alderman Auiscn:
"WHERE4s, T6e Board Of Mayor
and Aldermen Of ti,e city If Knox
viite. Tennessee, have been informed
by letters fTou Miss EmiIy L Austin,
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and
Miss Isn Z Gray, Of Boston, Maasa~
chusetts, that the sum of $500 has
been subscribed by benevolent persons
in Philadelphia, Boston, New York,
Newark AMI other places with view
to aid in building 3 school house for
the use of the colOrad children Of
Knoxville, and that the parties now
controlling the funds are ready
to pay over the amount, as
soon IS the City Council have COM
piled with the conditions required by
the donors; and,
WHEREAS, The parties having he
money in hands, desire the city
to accept the same inter-
est to be applied to the purgose shove
indicated therefore
Re80lUed, By the Mayor and Alder
men in council assembled on the night
Of the 20-h day Of June, A. H., 1879.
that We do hereby accept the said
$6 500 in trCst, and pledge ia good
faith 10 the generOUs donors the
honor Of The city that the whole
amount shall b. used for the purpose of
mpleting the building commenced
by the city, to be used for school
building for the c5lorsd children re-
siding within the corporate limits Of
the city, between the ages Of 6 and Is
years, and that the city will hereafter,
as heretofore, furnish t. the said
children free tuition in the same.n
The resolution was adopted By q !
unanimous vote.
The following bills were reported by
Alderman Allison, Chairman OF the |
Finance Committee, properly ap- !
proved and passed for payment:
q. T. YoungblO1j, ................. 3 "a so |
New Jersey c. s. 81 Il. Co.. 81 92 |
J. N. Ellington & CO............ % 81 |
Alderman McAffry, chairman OF the |
Market and Building Com mittee re- |
ported that al investigation had been |
made and the Bell House. used for the |
Public Schools, was found TO need re-
pairs very bad. On motion, the COM
mittee was instructed to make the |
needed repairs before time for the |
schools TO open again.
On motion of Alderman Shea, curb.
ing was ordered placed on the alley by /
Pat Sullivan's new building on Gay |
street.
Alderman Shea, also presented pc
tiiion from Lewis Lillison, asking the
Of poll tax Oh account OF
his being q fireman. Referred to the
Finance Committee.
Also q request from ci!iZens asking
for Nelson street near Patton, to be
graded. Referred TO the Street Coma
mittee.
Alderman Dickson read for Alder
man Irwin q resolution asking that the
Street Committee be required to en-
plOy an equal number OF colored men
On the street, and asked for its passage.
|
man Burrier, the Chairman, explained
hat there are now three cOlored men
regularly employed, while there are
2niy three white men regularly en-
Oloyed. The matter was finally re
erred to the Street Committee.
1t was on motion, ordered that the
Jas Committee shall hereafter erect
ron lamp posts exclusively.
Alderman Harris, Chairman Of the
5pe cial Committee, reported that the
committee declined to allow damages
o John Kennedy, on Depot street.
Report received and the committee
discharged.
In regard to the question of the
trees as q nuisance, Alder
nan Harris reported, that upon !
nvestiga ion, there are found TO be
bout 100 of the trees in the city. He
vas unable to find out whether they
re a nuisance, however, and have
lothing else to report.
Alderman Allison offered a resolu-
ion on the water works question,
which provides as follows: That this
Board select, with the approval CT the
fayor, five citizens. not members of
he Board, to constitute Board of
Water Works Trustees,n who shall !
erve from the date of the election
which is Saturday, the 29th inst, till :
be completion Of the water
,orks. This Board ia 10 employ
Water Works Engineer; to advertise
Or bids with full powers to eject, etc.
.lso authority to negotiate q sale Of
le water works bonds, ascertain the
ifarence between the probable cost in
ash and IN bonds, etc. On The con1-
IetiOn of the works, before thew are !
aid for, Permanent Board of Water
Works Commissioners " is also to be 4
Dpointed by this municipal Board, 10
,nsist Of three business men. AT
r the werks aTe completed ant
aid for, this Board OF Com
issioners" is to take charge
ID operate them. or they may
II, lease or sub let them provided,
lat no such contract of selling. leas.
lg, etc., shall be valid, binding or
fective, nntil adopted by a two
lirds vote 9of the Board Of Aldermen. =
id ratified also by two.thirds 81
shortly of the citizens, 81 special
ection, the manner of the calling of
hich is fully set forth in the res0lu-
On.
On being submitted to vote, the
was unanimously adopted.
An election was then gone into for
. selection of this Water Works
oard, thus provided for. Alderman
ickson and Shea were appointed tel n
rs, and the vote was taken on each
an separately. Is
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