Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-10
CITY SOLONS
Meet In Regular Monthly Session to
Hear Reports Of the Various De.
partments for July.
Railroads Protest Against Patent Gates
The River Front Not to be Rented
Interesting Items.

Interesting Items.
The legislative C1uaci. met Yesterday
| evening in regulsr monthly Hessiou, with
| Pnsideut Holden in toe chair, and M-s-Tr.
Lee. Liv1rnore, Gavin, Wallace and BuIEs
presen..
Ile following business wa transacted:
POLICE REPORT.
Chief W. c. DAVE, of the Police Depart
men, reported rs follow TOTAL numner Of
arrests, 420; white, 2j5; colorsd, loo; mate,
300; female, III; whue 10 lie, 204; white ff-
male, 81; colored male, 100; colo,ed female,
55; msrriec, 1877; single, 2S3; under ten
years, l; between leo aod twenty, 90; betwssn
twenty and thirty, 122; between tnir y and
forty, LOG; between forty and fifty, SS; over
6fty years, 40. Nativity-Germsoy, 20; Ie-
land, rs; Isly, z; Poland, 3; Sweden, 1;
United states, l4S; Uaited States, coIored,
l6l Occupation-Agsni, /; auctio1eer, !;
barber, /; bootblscks, 8; bIa3ksmiths, 3;
butchers, 5; carpenters, z; clerks, 13; cen
tractor, / +; cook, |; engineers, 4; farmers, 8;
gambler, !; gardener, 9; housekeepers, Az;
hackmsn, 7; iaborers, lag; ~loafers, 3; ms
chanics, 2; merchants, Is; p~eddlers, A; plumt-
er, L; painters, 2; printer, l; prostitutes, 40;
railroadnen, 8; rag-picker, !; saloon-keep-
era, .; servants, %; steamboatmsn Z;
scboolboys, o; tailor, Il rasherwomau,
/; waiter, l; miscellaneous, 81. OF
ftnses-Asssuit, 8; assault ard battery, 90;
ca. rying concealed wespons, 5; committing
nui'ance, l; disorderly conduct, So; disturb
dingmeetings, q; drunk and disorderly, Sc;
drunkenness, 81; doing business without IL
cense, 8; fighting, Is; gambling, |; house
breaking, ] ; disorde,ly house, L; larceny, 13;
malicious mischief, 81; obtaining goods by
false pretebses, A; OF. aiming mooey by false
pretense7, l; proving, 4; peddIing withoulli-
csnse, 5; resisting officers, 8; shooting in CITY
limits, 2; shootingts Kill, ] I; street walking, 5;
threaten ng person al violrnc-,l using abusive
and insulting langusg-, is; obscene Language,
: vagTancy, 29; viola lug hath ordnance,
%; violating sIdewslk law, 9; insane, 4; Jugs
nvss from %ju.tice, 2; no, cists,ii-d, 90. Mum
her fined, 292; discharged, SO; Stale cases, IA;
fugIiVes turned over 10 other aut ~horitie1, 2.
Amount Of fms assessed, S2976; paid, Sl396;
pzid on mtuimus. S532 35; total receIpIs,
Sl92S 50. Payroll, sz799 50; Office Incl,
denIals, 1919; other expenses, Sl7S 90; total
expense. 1927. Net COS. TO run depart
nents, 1898 65. Stolen property recovered,
1890; taken from aud returned TO prisoners,
$49o So; lodgers, 80. Adopted.
FIRE REPORT.
Chief J E.. Ciary, of the Fire Department.
ACpOii'u hdNtbS OcCu Chllcu out 70 twenty
two hres during the month; eighteen we're of
msteriai loss and four still-alarms. Tue loss
OF owners was S62,035; INSURANCE of owners,
So2,65O; loss OF occGp.Dis, s1l9.606 so; in
sarsEce OF occupants, $3.50, 200. Total loss,
c1Sl, 641 So. Total ipsursuca, S273, $50. In
sarance over lossep, a9l.4 8 As. Adopted.
OF HEALTH.
DR.. John II. Putnell. secretary Of the
Board OF Health, reported as follows: L7ads
Of garbage removed, 23I4; earth. boxes, 226l; |
dead dogs, 1913; loads OF rubbish and dirt,
900; men employed ed, 20; carts, IL; houses and
yards inspected. 5l7; closets, 206; stables, SO; |
alleys, So; cellars, IA; cistsros cleaned, 8;
condemned hou-es wrecked, 5; fumigated, 3;
sewer connections, III; nuisances abated, 81;
warrants issued, 2S; steamboats, inspected, IS; |
patients sent to hospital an treated al sis- |
psnsary, 234; deaths, ITO; births, 60. Ex-
penses were 20 follows: Payroll of SANTA |
ry, 1888 IS; Board of Health, 1920; sanitary |
police, 500 quarantine force, $40S 95; w later |
COMPANY, 500; ofics ard sanitary incident
nls, $500 q; quarantine incidentals, 1908 Is; |
tota', $500 n.
REGISTERS REPORT.
City register 3. K, Pulien reported 90 fol-
lows: General tax registered, S2549 70; |
compromiss interest tax, S1622; smount oil
license issuad, Sl057 IA; rent Of John Zsnl,
lCo 4 - HAlOhLN VI 1sNo Sh ltNNpFC II IEdnk-
fers, S2S %; paid trustee, 1913 So; number of
licepsss issued, Il; new numbers, 2; transfers,
5. Adopted.
CITY HOSPITAL REPORT.
DR.. J. E. Black, physician in charge re-
ported: Patients Remaining June 30th, IS;
received in July, 2I0; discharged, 179; died,
20; remaining July 31st, rs; total pumber
treated duriug monlh, 275; percentage OF
mortality, 1S{ per cent; of tie p~s,ieais 4
resided in the Taxing District, A IN IenEes-
Sc, AZ in Mississippi, 81 in Arkansas and 53
In other States. The total expenses were
SlOl7 81, and the net cost 10 The Isxing-Dis-
Irict 1852 90; cost same month last year.
SlO9S O9. Marine patients remsining July
3ls', 8; marine expenses, 1881. Adopted.
INSPECTORS REPORT.
Inspector G. B. De- GroAt reported az fol-
lows: Number of sacks of corn weighed,
1889; oa's, 1868; bran, 79I; pess, 6; pounds
hay 256, 800; bulk corn, 81, 400; ecrsp iron, |
54,21O; hogsnt ads of sugar, 5; loads of mig
~c.iiansous, Is; sc'les inspected, 721; amount
of fees, 1854 IS. Adopted.
|; MARKErMAsTERs.
g.. S. Hayden, master of South Memphis
Market, reported collections amounting 10
SPA so. E. Barinds, North Market, report.
ed $50 90 receipts. Adopted.
DEFECTIVE FLUEs.
SECTION l. BE it ordained By the Legislative |
Council, That all fire hues on any buiIdjne
hereafter to be erected, aud all fir. Huss on
the Inside or outside of any building, shall
De liaed with terra Gotta fue Innings.
SEC. 2. Be Il ordained By The LeoisZatire
Council, That 1t shall be q misdemeanor for
any owner or occup act of any building TO
connsct or use any chimney or fue OF any
Kind whatsoe yer which endangers the build. |
ip2 in which such lue or chimney is coz
eirncted or used or any other building, per-
son or property. Auyons convicted OF the
above offense before The preeidsn, OF the Fire |
anu Poi c. G omrs-iJners shall BE- faed not
excsediug $50 for each and every off.nss.
And each day thst such chimney or f1e re-
mains 10 a dangerous condition shall be a
separate offense. Either owner or occupant
OF the bulldog Containing such chimney or |
Hue or bo h, as we'll ,s any other DE- rsop
causing such chimney or fac to be built or |
used, shall be liable 10 ine under this ordi- |
nance. Passed first reading.
SAFETY eATEs TOO EXPENSIVE.
10 the matter OF putting up patent gates
at crossings OF railroads, the Louisville aud
Nashville K silroad Com pany wrote thu en-.
gIneer that ihe7 had investigated and found
II would cost $500. They thought a f agmau
could d. all thai ia necessary in the wsy of
warning, and asked that the order to put in
the gate be Withdrawn.
TIE Chesapeake and Ohio wrote tn st they
had just spent $4,000 in tha alignment of
Market street, and thought it a hardship to
De Obliged TO pu' in patent gates when thsy
employed hagmsD. r iceived and fled.
THE NoIsELEss AGAIN,
Messrs. Lee, Livermore and Burke, 10
whom Were r fired the matter # The Cotton
Exchang' s"nolseless pavement" reported ss
follows; "1our committee, To whom was re-
terren the wi! hin petition, beg leave 10 cav
that we have he'd a conferences with the con-
tractor, Mr.. Pip,r, for the paving Of Second
street, who has on hand the rock Tor this DOR
ton OF Second street, that he has paid for
The rock and is unwilling 10 make further IL
ves'msnts IN cedar block, especially as be
has TO look alone 10 the collection of back
taxes Tor the large sum now due him for
work done on Second street, and as the Tax
lns-District fund applicable to street paving
ls exhsusted. Your committee would recon-
mend n ~ fhIa marian 81 G.o1.1 ,-z L L