Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-07-05

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Alderman Heiskell, chairman of thu
| finance committee, made verbal state
nent of the condition of the city's finances
promising full and elaborate report of the
same at the next meeting of the board.
The report of Chief of Police Harper
shows arrests made for the month of May
| and June, to be males, 1885, females, IL
| fines assessed, 1919.
Under reports from street committee
| curbing was asked for, and granted as fol
lows: In front of Meek's new building OF
Gay Street 112 feet on Pine street, and
new curbing on Morgan street.
Alderman Michaels, chairman of the
market and building committee, presented q
communication from e. j. Sanford,
president of the city board of education,
desiring the board of mayor and aldermen
to take action toward securing a lot for
building of Girls High School House,
thereon stating that a desirable location
can be secured by purchasing lot from j.
r. Ogden, of sufficient size and splendid
location, which can be secured for the sum
Of 50, 500, to be paid on or before Oct. LIST,
1882. A committee consisting of Aldermen
Fulcher McAfry, Ramsey, Logan and
Mayor Payne, was appointed to perchase a
lot, but to report to the board before clos
ing the trade.
The board appointed Aldermen LuttrelI
and HOckenjos as a committee to remove
the wall between the meat and vegetable
market.
Alderman Murphy called the attention of
the board to the fact that certain party
was erecting ''hashing" or European hotel
ON Gay street, near ''Lake Ricardi," said
hotel being light frame covered with tina
Alderman Heiskeu moved to rescind the
resolution heretofore passed, constituting
frame buildings covered with tin, and fame
structures filed in with brick, not to be
within the fire ordinance. Carried
Alderman Fulcher moved that the two
tin covered shanties on Gay street, near
the Flag Pond, be declared nuisances, and
that the police be instructed to abate the
same.
Amendment by Alderman Irwin to include
''Cooper's European Hotel" Lost. Origi-
nal motion carried.
The order made at former meeting of
the board to repair roofs of school buildings
and market-house, by painting same, was
rescinded
Alderman Logan, of the gas committee,
reported that he had called ON Mr. Sweep
son, president of the ,as company, who
stated that his company would not present
the gas bills against the city, for the reason
that old bills heretofore presented were not
approved by the chairman of the gas COM
mittee. Alderman Logan also stated that
he had employed competent person to
test all meter lamps in the city; also to ex-
anime into the condition and size of all
burners on gas posts.
Alderman Brooks moved that a compe-
tent attorney be appointed by the
mayor to attend to the suit
now pending between the city
and the Knoxville Gas Company The
that Messrs- Gratz or Till
man be appointed, was carried.
Alderman Fulcher stated that Mr.. Swep-
son would lay gas pipes on Fourth avenue,
the corner rh 81 ou fGn, avena ana 4P
and Fourth avenue and Lamar streets.
A motion that said gas lamps be erected,
was lost.
Alderman Logan moved that the lamps
near Mr.. Quaife's lot on Broad street and,in
front of Judge Halls, on Asylum street, be
removed to Fourth avenue. Amended so
as to remove lamp from the corner of Gay
and Cumberland streets. Both amendment
and original motion were lost.
Alderman Hudiburg stated that he was
strongly opposed to removing lamps from
the settled portions, to the old fields of
North Knoxville.
Alderman Fulcher denied their being old
fields.
Mr.. j. j. Atkins appeared before the
board in behalf of Mrs. P. G. Haines,
whose lot on corner of Park and Morgan
streets was overlooked by water from Fifth
avenue. The matter was settled by Alder
man Brooks stating that improvements now
inprogress will effectually drain said lot.
Alderman Murphy moved that the finance
committee call upon Mr.. L. Haws for the
copy of city ordinances furnished him by
Mr.. Tillman, jr. pay him for the work
already done on same, and get some other
printer to finish the work. Carried.
Alderman Brooks asked for an oil lamp
on the corner of Third Avenue and Lamar
street. Granted.
The petition of 80 hucksters, to rent
places, SO they could back their wagons up
to the curbing, was called up, and motion
made to grant petition. The motion was
lost.
large amount of wind work was done,
and the board adjourned.