Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-07
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
Proceedings of the City Council Last
Night.

Night.
Tribute to Mr.. Observation-Disclosures
Again Postponed.
The board met as usual last night, and in
the absence of Mayor Payne, Alderman J..
| w. Caldwell was elected mayor pro tenn.
The following aldermen were present:
Brooks, Fulcher, Craig, Mccoy, Michaels,
Murphy, Hockenjos, Logan, Heiskell, Nc
MILAN, Hudiburg, Ramsey, Irwin.
The minutes of the three last meetings
were read and approved.
Alderman Mccoy read the resignation of
Alderman Hector Coffin, of the second ward,
for many reasons satisfactory to himself.
On motion of Alderman Heiskell, the
resignation was accepted, and on motion of
into for his successor
Alderman Hockenjos nominated JAS G.
Luttrell, and on motion of Alderman Muir
ply, Alderman Hockenjos was authorized and
cast the vote of of the board for Mr.. Luttrel.
On motion, Aldermen Murphy and Hook.
enjos were appointed committee to find
Mr. Luttrell and escort him to the hall
The committee soon returned with Mr..
Luttrell, and he was administered the oath
of office as alderman from the second
ward.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO HON. HORACE May
On motion of Alderman s. T. Logan,
the following resolutions, which were read,
were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That it is most fit and proper
that we, too, as Mayor and Board of Alder
men of the City of Knoxville, should pay
our tribute of respect to the memory of our
distinguished fellow-citizen, the Hon.
Horace Maynard. resident here for more
than forty years, he adorned every position
in life in which he was called to act. His
character, finished and rounded by thorough
mental and moral training, and illustrated
by long course of public usefulness, was
maintained pure and unsullied to the end.
Though comparatively poor in this worlds
| goods, he was rich in all those inestimable
qualities that make up the true man.
| He was a useful and exemplary citizen, a
| ripe scholar, profound jurist, wise and
| patriotic statesman, and Christian gentle
man. Crowned with the honors of his
country, venerated by all of his fellow-citi-
zen's III dignifed retirement, he passed
| from our midst
Resolved That in the death of Hon.
| Horace Maynard this community has lost
one of its most useful and IGNORED citizens,
a sincere friend of law and order, an earn
est advocate and promoter of education and
good man.
| Resolved, That we tender our sympathy
| to the relatives and friends of the deceased,
and that a copy of these p1oceedingsbe be fur
nished to the family by the recorder.
Resolved, That these proceedings be
| published in the several papers of this city,
and spread upon the record of this board.
Alderman Mccoy offered the following,
which was adopted:
" Resolved, That this board regrets the
resignation of Alderman Coffin, and tender
him thanks for the faithfulness and efficien-
cy with which he has discharged the i'm
portant duties of chairman of the commit
| tee upon finance and ordinances"
Alderman Brooks suggested that as
| Messrs. Loweree and Herr, of the
Knoxville Water Company, were present,
the board take up the water works ques-
ton, which was done also; stating that he
had withdrawn as q member of the Knox
vile Water Works Company
Alderman Logan, chairman of the new
water works committee, stated that they
had had consultation with the contractors
but no definite conclusion was arrived at
Mr.. FL. B. Herr was heard at some length
on the matter, and the action of the council
at the last meeting in amending the con
tract, was taken up, item by item.
In regard to the matter of the. time al
lowed in addition to the six months for tn
unavoidable delay, Alderman Heiskell NOV
ed to make it 80 days, but Alderman Brook
moved to amend by making it six months
This was the time asked by Mr.. Herr, no
that he expected it would take all that time
but to provide for contingencies of failur
in contracts for furnishing machinery
pipes, ETC. He would rather have no tim
specified.
Alderman Brooks amendment prevaile
by vote of 7 to 6.
The question of limiting the amount o
the bonded indebtedness to $l25, 900, mex
encountered objection Mr.. Herr said the
could not take the contract with the limi
less than $150,000 The works would
worth more than that in ten years Fl
would rather have no limit, though he ha
no idea they would have to create such
debt
Alderman Brooks moved to rescind th
|
at 1926, 900. Lost by a vote of 8 to 5. Thii
the acting mayor announced, settles th
matter, unless the contractors have some
thing else to propose.
| After some discussion, the other point
of difference were gone over and joint
discussed. but the amount of the bonded il
debtedness seemed to be the chief point c
: difference.
Finally it was decided to have the CON
mittee consult further with the contractors
and report to another meeting MOnda
night
The following bills were presented b
: Alderman Logan. of the finance committes
properly approved and passed for paymen
, Wilkinson & Simpson. $282 81
: M. Z, Thompson d Bros. $50 0C
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Alderman Logan read communicate
from the city board of education, asking fo
additional funds for the expenses for tt
schools.
On motion of Alderman Mccoy, q ma
ter in reference to a witness ticket from th
Criminal Court, was referred to the fnane
committe.
Alderman. Murphy read the report
Chief of Police W. A. Harper, for Marc
ana April, showing l4f arrests, 1ZS mali
and Is females; 20 committed to the worl
house; fines and costs assessed, 1875.
. Alderman Murphy reported contract fl
: keeping the hook and ladder truck
Thompson's stable at $40 per month. Rat
4 fed
Alderman Mccoy presented petitio
from Mr.. Miller in reference to place fl
the truck Referred to the fire and polit
. committee
Alderman Heiskan was called to the cha
!; and Alderman Caldwell, after some remark
, moved to make it the sense of the boa,
1 that frame buildings covered with she,
, iron, and brick walls with frame studding
are not violations of the fire limit ordinanc
:, The vote was a tie and acting Mayor Hei
q kell voted for the motion, which caused
I to prevail.
!; Alderman Logan presented an ordinan,