Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-20
IN OUR BUSINESS.
Meeting OF the Legislative Council Yes
terday Acknowledged of
Various Matters.
Sanitary Business and the Repairing OF
Sidewalks the Engrossing Topic
OF Interest.

The Legislative Council met yesterday af-
fernoon, with President Hidden in the
chair, and the following members present
Messrs. Graves, Wallace, Burke, james and
| Lee.
A petition was received from residents and
property-oWners of Pontotoc street between
| Wellington and Lsuderaale streets asking
for lamp-post. Allowed.
SANITARY REPORT.
The following is the report of the Board OF
Health and sanitary department for July
Loads of earth boxes hauled, 1903: dead
dogp, LOG; water closets inspected, 2S5; closets
cleaned, IS; closets repaired, A; yards in
spected, 5l2; houses inspected, 290; cellars
inspected, 10; cellars whitewsshed, 8; stables
inspected q; wells inspected, 3; cisterns
| inspected, 8; houses destroyed, 6; alleys in
spected, "a; privy vaults inpected and
! cleaned, 8; privy vaults inspected and filled,
2; cutters inspected, 9; piles OF garbage in
| spected, 10; notices served 10 make sewer
| connections, g.; houses fumigated, z; number
| of boats inspected, %; cases OF smallpox
sent TO the pesthouse, 10; deaths-white %,
colored 81; births-white %, colored II;
patients sent to the hospital, II; patients
treated at City Dispensary, l31; expenses,
S3501 81.
FIRE cIsTERN DESTROYED.
Chief CIeary, of the Ere department. re-
ported that the Springfield and Memphis Rail.
| road Company in constructing their ROAD
| along Broadway, between Fifth street and
| the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad, have
| destroyed the only public fire cistern in that
neighborhnod. and one that Is very inn
| porta Mt 10 The safety of that neighboTh hood
| against FIRE. The cistern destroyed cost the
city about 1872. The building of new
cistern should be urged upon the railroad
company at once.
THE wAGoN-TIRE ORDINANCE
passed its second and last reading. 1t pro-
| vides that after January /, 1884, vehicles
| shall have tires as follows: Four herse
wagons, 81 inches; two-horse cart or dray, 5
inches; two-horse omnibus spring or express
wagon, 8 inches; one-borse omnibus, etc, II
| inches; one-horse omnibus, etc, without
| springs, 2 inches; one-hor5e dray or cart, %
inches; ltwo-horse wagons, inches; two
horse wagons, with springs, % inches. The
provisions of the ordinance apply TO new
vehicles after January l, 1888.
FoGARTIY's Fuss.
petition was received from several par
+. ties who were subscribers to the fund raised
\ for paving Beale street, stating that the con-
: tractor, ogarity, was subjected to delay and
expense without any fault of mis-. The delay
was oceasioned by the failure Of the Taxing
District 10 furnish stone and other material.
! The stoppage of work disarranged his work.
| ing force, and lost him one months time.
| The delay also caused large lot of sand
hauled by him to be lost. Under the con-
tract Fogariiy was 10 have supplied 1900
cubic yards of sand, but owing to the delay
| he had to haul $500 cubic ards. His in
creased expense on this account was $500.
His increased expense of operating stone on
/, the levee and unloading stone from cars was
| 1854; loss of time occasioned to the con-
tractor, 5000. The total allowance, 1854.
President MADDEN stated that the District
had receipt in full from Mr.. Fogarity for
| the work done by him. The council accord
ingIy laid the document under the table.
LITTLE ONES.
The committee appointed TO cons der the
petition of the Hanauer Oil Works reported
in favor of it. The report was adopted.
The engineer was instructed to find the
cause of and repair Vance street where the
water comes to the surface east OF st. Agnes
Academy.
Property owners were ordered TO lay side
walk TWO feet wide on Allen avenue; on
Georgia street fort Pickering), from Second
10 M ain, three feet wide; on the east side OF
Second (Fort Pickeriug), from Georgia to
the limits; on fernando street (brick), both
sides, from Gayoso to Beale, the engineer TO
furnish grade and specifications.
The engineer was instructed to advise the
Street Railroad Company that he will begin
repairing Poplar street from the east side of
Manassas to Orleans street on the second
Monday iu September.
The president was instructed to enforce the
order for The Street Railroad Company TO
repair Vance street from Orleans to Walnut
September 18th
The engineer was instructed to close street
and repair cuivert on Johnson avenue and
Alabama at once.
The council then adjourned.