The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-19
THE CITY FATHERS.
BIDS CONSIDERED FOR LIGHT.
ING iHE STREETS,
Both With Gas and Elpctrioity-The
Mississippi aud Tennessee Wants
Some Broadway Pie.

@NS'' A'ANO OuuuCll met dt y Ia
o'clock pm. yesterday.
ire petition OF Henry Guion for
Ia ave to pu, down a plank sidewalk
an tue south side of st. Paul street.
fron o leans to Mckinley streets was
Grant. d, 10 expire next spring.
TTs, GLOWING apple ition from the
Miss;.-;, mi and Tennessee railroad for
Tobt ~ " along Broadway street.
wsa read a, d referred to the comIuit,
toa bsSia- /, cba'ge the matter of the
r Iy agsS ~ the Memphis and Lon
Mountain rsilL al
To tbs UororahIs l.. gislatiye Council of the
T saI Distriet 81 helby County, Tenn;
Your petitiouer. t. he Mississippi ar d
Tennessee Railroad I 'ompany, would
show to your HONORABLE uy That this
railroad hes been recent Vllcorpolat d
in interest snd traffic engagements
with the Illinois Central h allioad sys
tenn and needs available CO INJECTIONS
with the Bald Knob and a Nemphis
branch Of the Iron Mountain h 'allload |
system now about to be inaugl raled |
to practical reality. To accom- Wish
this connection your petitioner me- ads
right Of wsy for single track of is
road along portion OF Broadway
street. The deSigrat d route
includes come elton with
the Meu,phis and Charleston railroad,
or the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia system, which is essential to
the business Interest Ct the railway
system to which your petitioner be-
longs. Said right of way, route TO
cnrva from, Tho p,aiY, tYocG 80 nat;t;on |
ers railroad or any of its eide tracks,
IN the west side of the present depot +,
grounds, crossing Carolina and + ghth
street (pow called Texas avenue) and
crossing the tracks of the Louisville,
New 0 leans and Texss railroad into
Broadway street aud thence westward
along Broadway 10 connection with
said branch of the Iron Mountain
raj road, and another track from its
main line eBstwsrdly into ard ong
Broadway, crossing Main, Carolina aud c
Ninth parallel TO the granted right
of way of the faid Iron Mountain {
branch railroad to connection with
the Memphis and Charleston railroad a
at or rear MeGee's Station, with right
to Cross intervening streets and alleys. =
Said right Of way to be designated and
located by the Chief Engineer Of the
Taxing District. Your petitioner be- I
lieves that the Illinois Central system
is equally important to the CONNER
cial interests OF your city as any other
railroad system centerirg in the same, 9
and that facilities for commercial in. |
tercourse with the country tributary
10 said system is all important to its o
commercial prosperity. :,
MISS. AND TENN. r. II. co. y
By +. M. WHITE, President.
STREET LIGHTING.
Bids for lighting the street were p
read from the NJ mphis Gaslight Com
pany, the Thompson Houston Electric +
Light Company and the Brush Eec- Il
tfc Light and Power @ mpany. The
former company offered to furnish =
any number of lights, from to 80, OF !;
1000 candle power, at the rate of Sl8
per month for each light For up-
word Of 80 lights and less than 40, SIG ?
per month. The Brush Company n
made similar offer, except that for
lamps in excess Of 80, they would Il
charge $40 per month each. Ordered 8
that the matter of street lighting by
electricity be referred to the President s
of the Taxing District with power to b
act. I,
The next matter discussed was n
lighting the streets with gas. The
bids OF the Memphis Gaslight Com.
pany we're rosd, as follows:
l. For lighting the public street
lamps with gas, exclusive OF the furn-
ishiDg Of the tips aud gears and the 3
service of washing and lighting, the +
burners not to exceed feet per hour, e
81 % per amp post per month. Il
g For the same service rs the above,
including the furnishing of tips and s
geaF, and tho service of washing and b.
lighting, 81 rs per lamp post per 81
mouth.
The foregoing propositions are to be L
lnderstood as app ying only to nights b
where there is no moon according to &C
,alendar, or during the same hours
hereto ore observed by the company L
N lighting the city, and it is not con- T
by the company to furnish 81
glass for keeping lamps IN order. l
Ordered, That the mater OF lighting CO
The streets with gas be referred 10 the
President, to agree upon and report q m
contract for ratification by the Council. n