Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-03-13
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS
Proceedings Of the City Council Last
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"ayoi S'@uo piesiuiDS, anu tnS T0!~
lowing aldermen present:
ALLISON, BurFier, Cruza, Dead rick,
Audtrsor, hilchaeIs 5hepp lrd Mel
son, Mackey, Mori hy, IrsIn, Fields,
Brooks, l. gan. Hudlburg, Hooker ,e.
Tie ininutes were read, out
before tie signing the mayor
entered bi. otj cion t, the rts)luii"u
passed By t1e ,ast regular seesi Is, w tn
Alderman BROOKS as mayor gro t5n.,
allowing the iab0rers On tne street
employed by The corporation $l.l5 per
day, instead of 81 90 as herotoiore.
this, he said, he Thought has y ac2ioD.
and he IS opposed TO Gt from the fact
that the city's pape: is now almost a
par. He thought the war men ought
to receive ST. per day. Taese were nir
honest CONVICTIONS and h9 was MT
afraid to expr--s them.
Alderman nj .ck.y asked a c0rrec'
tirn of toe minutes Ia regard t. bis
motion whica was that tne men re-
celge $l.l5 ~ithou specifying whether
III money or scrip, Ehlca correction
was lowed.
Alderman Brooks moved t. recon-
sid the &c ion raising the wages but
w .s ruitd out on poi t. OF order, rais>
en ny AIdermans Mack-y and Allison,
that he (Ald=Tman Brook-) hi.i not
voie on the question:, aud III ton 10
reconsider must be made at lh5 came
uett ug.
Alderman Brooks then moved 10 re.
sciud tue sc ion, out was again Tued
out Oh CONT o. Ordrr RAISED Dy Alder
man Allison, hat untli lhe minutes
are adopted 80 acti can be resci"ded.
Af,er eome further 'TrectjOus,
Nj 4yor 3 sub slated that he wOu!'i eIgu
tne niuut4 OF the sp cial III ettg
bur A lderm msu Bro DRs, Is mayor pr'.-
| tenn is the tnan 10 sig tue regular
mett;ng minutes. He would say for
nIs uar, tIaL he would ~ t sIgu fhOse
ntnuies WhIc0 cIDfa'n tIe act On
fa~ing tha ~agea Of tn stTe95 lab Tors.
CDu-id. Fable discus i'm arose aS TO
| VINE her Lne mayor has The riglt tt
q. to this &c iun which was taken
w,+n he was NOS in The chair or in the
civ
While thi5 discussion was going on
Alderman Brooks se ii, d the question
by ANNOUNCING Eha5 hr, as mayor pro
tetD., hat sigued the minutes " th the
exception OF the portion raising tae
wages TO 81 Is, which was dishp-
proved.
T1e following bills were pyese
by AldeEman Sheppard, properly ap'
proved and passed, for pay meut:
| Telephone aDge...............45i 90
| Rubt. Y az Al s. CO..................... 80
| 4. A. BGrrIet ............. 5O
| Ram age d CG. G......,......,...........sU, IL 10
CulieD & New n3an l5 O2
f. l.. LOckett.........,.r.. ZS 6G
Among the bills read for the fif-t
time was tie bill Of tie Knoxville q 4s
Light Company for February for $436.
56, which vas at Lne suggeslion of
NJ .yor St.ub aud on ms ton of Alder.
man Michae!s referred to the special
gas committee.
Auotner bill OF $25, due to F. T.
IHckett f1r painting the oil-iamp
posts sDd doing 8Ome other repairs,
was presented in the shape Of con
! tcaci.
| Alderman Barrier objected to she
bill, saylug they were painted with
GOAL tar, and there IS SOM elhlDg rot
! ten.
| Alderman Nelson repelled any iu-.
| putation OF sJmethiUg TOtt n, and eX>
| planned that he had secured the work
| done for $25, when the board author
lied him to pay $2S
| Alderman Barrier explained that be
| meant no reflections on Alderman
| Nelson, and after some further discus
sion the bill was ordered paid, Alder
men Burrier :and Anderson voting no.
Alderman Allison, chairman If the
! fire aud police committee. called a.
teulion 10 'he b. & law, and stated that
If iJ was the sense of the board he
would secure p"und-ma as1er and en-.
force. at ouca, the law requiring hogs
TO he Kept VI.
o. nu,iuu of Aldermen Huiiburg
aud DHade, lex il was declared the
senae f his hoard that the hog Is "
be rign ly enforced, there being two or
three d'sseutin votes.
Alderman Allison offered e chain
gang ordinance providing that when
All offender Of the city laws does not
pay his or her fine AMI cpet9th shall
De put aUder tue supervision Of ths
streets bu@s, and put to work on the
streets and alley, 10 ba allowed q
ceut- per day, ani the street boss e.
be paid $40 per mouth extrs for his
work III taking charge Of the prls.
oDers.
After some discussion the ordin ance
Was Passed on both readings and bs~
Gomez II law.
Alderman Brooks. chairman of the
! S'iT-! E'iLi III tee, eLAISO III Al tue com"
! mi ha / d-ctded to do the W TX
| nece~ssIy at the approach tn the NV
bridge at the sout b end Of Gay tt;eet
also agreed to making Crossings on
Pine street. instead Of curbiug. Al
present; alo the work needed on Ne
III ulien street.
He also pre-en'ed request from Mr.
g. w. Ssuipaw. owner rf tie new
river bridge, askIng leave t. put uE
posts aiorg the rock wall for putting
up rating. al d also pos {
fer the erection of a toli~hOuse. On
motion The request wss granted.
A rtqlest from d. Crowley for some
kind of outlet from his home was
granted.
Alderman Logan offered a resolu-
ton, which was adopted, providing
that all curling hereafter laid on Gay
street be inches thick. Amended by
Alderman CruZa to include MaIktt
Square.
Alderman Logan also offered reso
iutIon tnat the street car company be
required hereafter to put down new
aud improved kind OF rail, the name
Of which he did not know. The al
derman was constituted com ml tie
of one tt Investigate this matter, and
nnd out the name of the rail.
The following resOiu ion was ffered
by Alderman Msckey, seconded by
! Alderman Murphy:
! Whereas, It has been made knOwn tha'
the mayor pro tenn, Capt John NJ. Brooks,
by exercising mis- veto power, does not con-
cur With US N our views and ends; theres