Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-04
THE CHANGING
To be ReOrganized To-Day and Set to
Work Cutting Down and Carrying
Away One Of the Bluffs.
An Interview with President MADDEN
Concerning Contemplated City I'M
prOYements-A Splendid Future
for Memphis.

To-day the changing system. is to be be
gun again in Memphis; and il view OF this
fact, and in order TO gain some special in
formation concerning the contemplated paw.
ing of streets, an APPEAL reporter called
| upon President MADDEN yesterday afternoon
81 have not interviewed you for several
days, Mr.. Hsdden," szid the scribe, sand
think you ought 10 be healthy enough now
to give me another tete d-tste."
"What is it you want" asked the president
81 want to extract from you remark:
on the theme of paving, and distlli them fol
the use Of the APPEALS readers"
THE PAVING.
"Very well, sir. We are going ahead with
the paving as hard as we can. We are on
| Union street, which is now under contract tc
be paved as far as D.soto. A subscription
has been raised for Monroe from Second &c
Desoto, but the 'contrsct has not yet beer
let out; to insure this pavement it is deemed
advisable for them 10 give little more
money. There is also subscription fol
| Gayoso, from Main TO Desolo, and, while THU
subscription is tolerabIy liberal, the Taxing
| District hiss not the funds to go ahead with
| it. A subscription of about $1,000 has beer
raised TO pave Winchester avenue from the
head OF Bull Run out to the old Winchester
cemetery. This is very important thor.
oughfsre, and when more money is raised
we will take hold of it. We are now paw
| ing the alley between Main and Second
| streets, from Gayoso up, with second class
stone, the parties having raised 5000, which
Is enough to complete The work."
"How about Second street,"
| "We propose to relieve Main street al
| much as possible
| BY PAVING SECOND STREET
"We will probably start at Court and pave
north and south by blocks, giving preference
to the place raising the most money. The
Council ought to pave Fourth street from
Madison to Market, which, being centrally
| located, is much in need of paving. The
citizens on Market street propose to raise a
handsome subscription TO pave from Main
down to Fourth. This should be paved, as
il is main street of North Memphis. The
west side of Main, from Poplar to Beale,
should be taken up and paved with solid
| block stone, and the sidewalks widened as
soon as Second is finished. Our books are
| all made out and ready to insert the budget
| which has been recommended to the Legisla-
| ture 10 pass. Ii is estim ated that the coming
| year We can lay from four and half to
five and one-half miles OF pavement. Some
will be block stone, some rubble stone, some
| Wyckof, some Telford and some gravel"
THE HYDRoLITH.
you have omitted 10 mention the fate OF
the Adams street st1eitzerOcaseous material"
said the reporter, without regard TO dentist
bill.
at depends more upon the weather than
anything else, whether the MADDEN hyrdolilh
will be persisted in. 1t gives universal sat
iaiaclion during dry weather, or when the
| temperature is such as TO
CONCEAL THE HUMIDITY
OF .he soil underneath. The most expensive
| pavement in the city is The macadam, which
requires cGntinual repairing. 1t washes
away when it is wet and blows away when il
| is dry; when il gels s new coat, 1t is too
| rough 10 ride over, and when it gets smooth
| 1t 10 ready for rev coat.
"Any other contemplated improvements"
1--WE hayo made contract for $4,000 for
ROCK BRIDGE
| "over Main street, jus. north of Webster.
| This will extend up and join the culyert I'M
derneath the Mississippi and Tennessee de-
pot grounds, thereby enabling US to open
Georgia street clear through 10 the river.
The stTeet-cars now are running down 10
Jackson, and the people are in good humor
| again and are ready TO let us work. The
street has been graded and the rails relaid."
what do you intend doing with the pris-
oners?"
"The surplus OF prisoners we are now
| boarding upon the very finest fare at the
| county Jail, with fires and good blankets at
| twenty-five cents per day. Until this pris-
oner question is settled by the County Court
or the Legislature, have made contract
with Mr.. ]. B. Jewell to work them on the
streets.
THE CHAIN.GANG
will therefore be established tomorrow"
"What work will they be put at?"
"The first business of the gang will be to
tackle the bluff between Jefferson and Court,
cut it down and hanl it to the river between
Jefferson aud Adams streets, at which point
we expect to construct rip-rap wall as soon
as stone can be obtained, which will be in
about two weeks. Our aim is to protect the
levee, if possible. Whether the levee is pro-
tected or not, the bluff will be moved. If
the Council thinks proper to establish Dis
trict workhouse, L would recommend that a
wall be thrown around the North market.
house and a switch of the Charleston road
extended into the ground, and to
DISCONTINUE THE NORTH MARKET,
which does not pay anything to the city now
more than running expenses, If that. The
m arkethouse could then be used for culinary
purposes or dormitories for prisoners. This
is the most accessible place TO railroad; tine
most central and best l know of for work.
house. To build these walls, place the
tracks in and get all the outfit for dormi-
tories would cost between $25 900 and $780,
600; but after you have got your workhouse
built and paid Tor, instead of paying profit,
il will, in my opinion, pay loss. 10 carry
out the Humanitarian idea that prisoners
should merely be confined and fed on the
hoo # ha lar,I nd III at chotr1d how
place 10 locate them rather than to work
them, probably some such hcstelry might be
established. This question of the prisoners
is serious question, both for the county and
city, and it should call forth
THE BEST THOUGHT
of the County Court and the Legislature, both
of which are now in session. From a pre-
pared statement which have here you can
see the financial condition of the District on
the 1st of December. / will state that the
police department fell short about $500, the
ire department about $500, and the hospital
about $1400 In order TO cover the def
ciencies in these three accounts we had TO
check on the street. Il will be seen that we
have made very close calculations, and that
we have very little money on hsnd.n
In reply to a question as to how long be
worked, the interchangeable president said:
"From O'Clock am. till z pm. l never
have time 10 spend more than half an hour
at my place of business. Sometimes think
the demands of the Office are entirely too
great"
Our president certainly does two or three
times as much work as the mayor of Louis
vile or Cincinnati. He works early and
late, 10 tine neglect of his business. 1t is un-
derstood that some effort will be made before
the Legislature to have him properly COM
pensaed.
THE DISTRICTS CONDITION.
The following is the statement referred TO
by President Hadden:
PoIire Denarfmank "A 40