Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-06-22
NUNICIPAL Affairs.
Proceedings Of the City Council Last
Night.

NUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
Of the City Council Last |
Night.
The board met as usual last night, Mayor
Staub presiding, and the following aldermen
present: Allison, Logan, Sheppard Hudi
burg, Hockenjos, Cruze, Nelson, Fields,
Irwin, Murphy, Michaels, Burrier, Brooks,
Mackey, Anderson, Deaderick, full board.
The minutes were read and approved.
On the suggestion of Alderman Hocken-
los George Mauser made statement that he
had closed his saloon at - O'Clock, mid
night, one night last week, i'll accordance
with the Il o'clock law, and as there was no
time fixed for opening, he opened his saloon
again at l. 25 a. IN, but he was arrested and
brought before Recorder White. He would
like to be excused from the fine of Sl5.
After some discussion, it being stated that
there is no such law in existence, on motion
of Alderman Sheppard, the whole matter
was laid on the table.
Alderman Logan moved that the fine
against NIauser be RENTED, which motion,
after being amended by Alderman Mackey
cation under the same head, was adopted.
! 1t was given as the opinion of Major
Gratz, one of the city attorneys, that if the
II o'clock closing law was vetoed, as stated,
the 9 O'clock closing law is not III force
| Alderman Brooks, of the special water
works committee, made the following re-
port:
The undersigned committee, appointed
by the board to receive bids for the con-
struction of water works, beg leave to re-
port as follows:
'.Thev advertised in all the city papers,
soliciting bids, fixing the Goth day of June,
1881, at , o'clock P. NJ, as the limit of
time in which they will receive them; and at
the time last mentioned they met at the
office of John NJ. Brooks for the purpose
indicated.
"Onlv two bids were received, and upon
onenino them in the presence of the con
testants, they were found to be as follows
LIST from r. D. Wood q Co., Philadelphia
Cd from Chas. E. Robinson, New York
hot of which are submitted for the lnspec-
ton of the board.
1.-THE committee do not recommend the
acceptance of the bid of. r. d. Wood IL Co,
bnt they do recommend to the favorable
consideration of the board the proposition
of Chas E. Robinson, subject to such mod
itications as may be deemed advisable.
Respectfully submitted,
PETER STAUB,
'sTHos. A. r. NELSON,
, "JNo NJ. Brooks"
The proposition of Mr.. Wood was real
} by Major GratZ He makes two offers
, The first contemplates reservoir holdln!
, 5000. 900 gallons of water, with nine mile
of pipe of the size of the Lane plan, ant
} everything tallies with that plan, with
slioht increase in amount of pipe an
some small alterations. He gives a
important particulars in detail, proposin
that the city take not less than Is hydrantS
at S75 each, asks the transfer of the city
water works property at a value of -, OOt
and proposes to furnish the city building
and school buildings with water free
charge.
Mr.. Woods second plan is for the sam
It number of miles of pipe, hydrants &c
d with some reduction III size of pip
q and reservoir, and as in the first, the priv
:, lege of extending the number OF hydran
as the citv's needs demand it The cost pr
# hydrant in the second plan is $50. d
If proposes to commence work in 60 days aft
Il making the contract and complete it in Oh
wear, and he asks immunity from taxation
al the works at actual value arrived at by dl
If interestedappraisers, in twenty years on Il
! NOSE expensive plan and fifteen years on tt
less expensive, asking no bonus
L The proposition of Mr.. Robinson is rath
y vague in some respects, there being I
d plans or description of system, nor size
= pipes, reservoir, &c. He proposes to di
tribute his pipes to supply the business pc
&c ton of the city only, at first, and then &C
ID hydrants as the necessities may require. +
ii offers free water for flushing the quite
and for fire purposes, and 100 gallons p
~ day to the inhabitant with fire capaci
lie capable of furnishing eight streams throue
N fifty feet of . inch hose. He offers to pU
le chase the city's water works property at
" price to be agreed upon. to be paid
r hydrant rents He proposes to col
" mence in thirty days and complete
: one year, and agrees to sell to the city aft
five years, at cost and 10 per cent. bonu
He proposes to charge the city for rs h
drants, $45 for the first 50, $40 for the he
TO- and so on, they to be placed n
further than $50 feet apart Fro
this stipulation, if figured out it will
ne seen that he will lay 81 miles of pip
which is about half the amount the NJ
Donough contract called for, but the CT
q will have the privilege of taking addition
T ones at the rate of one for every 500 fe'
IS He asks protection by law and exempti
Is for taxation for years.
III To recapitulate, the cost in each ca
n would be to the city as follows:
h. Robinson's plan, 81 miles of pipe ... So, !
E. Woods plan, less expensive, miles
,r of pipe. ........................... 81
Woods plan, more expensive, miles
of pipe. Sc
n Robinsons plan, miles, in same pro
portion ...................... As
It On motion of Alderman Logan, be
O. propositions were received, but REFER
n back to the committee for further investis
e =; ton and action.
B. At the suggestion of Mayor Staub, it v
;e decided to call meeting of citizens at I
courthouse tonight, at 8 o'clock, to act W
the board in the consideration of the ent
rs question.
tie The following bills were presented
X. Alderman Sheppard, chairman of
nd finance committee, properly approved a
OK passed for payment:
L. A. Burner. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
NJ. E. Thompson........
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