Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-09-05

lTOIu dIleuulHS OH dCCOuht vi plCooIiS
business affairs.
After reading the minutes of the
last meeting and auditing accounts
the first report was that of the
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The only special report made was
to the effect that the finance com
mittee had received the sewer
bonds and had turned them over
to the several parties who purchased
them.
STREET COMMITTEE.
The street committee made a
report recommending that Spring
street be metaled from Jefferson to
College, and that College street be
graded and metaled from the corpor-
alton line on the east to Second
street on the west. Alderman
Young made a speech to the Board
about the improvement of College
street, saying that it was necessary
that this street be metaled before
winter. He also recommended TN t
the line from Second up College for
some distance be Strengthened. His
recommendation was accepted and
the order given for the work. Al
dernan Wake moved that Jefferson
sire t be metaled from Spring to
First-carried.
A proposition from Stewart d
Quinn was accepted by which the
city takes the surplus rock and dirt
from the sewer excavation and uses
it for street purposes. All it costs
the city is that of moving it. The
proposition, however, does not re-
lease the sewer contractors from put
ting the streets, they tear up in lay
ing the sewers, in good repair.
THE FIRE LIMITS.
A petition was received from prop
erty owners, asking that all that
territory between the alley, running
east and west from Third to Fourth
street, and College Street be excluded
from the fire district DIR. NOrthing-
ton appeared before the board and
spoke in favor of the measure. Jno.
j, West drew up AN ordinance in
compliance with the petition and it
pass Il first reading without IA dis
senting voice.
FIRE COMMITTEE.
The fire committee reported the
new engine house and iiremen's hall
completed and that the house had
not been insured. 1t was order Il
that the committee take out Il policy
on the building FOR $500. This is ii
pointer for insurance agents.
BRIDGE COMMITTEE.
Chairman Beaumont, of the bridge
committee, reported that he had or
dcrcd some necessary repairs to the
bridge since last meeting. He also
called attention to the fact that at
the north end of the structure, dur
ing hard rains, water ran down the
pike and into the bridge, causing the
timbers to rot. He recommended
that arrangements be made with the
turnpike company by which the roof
OF the bridge could be extended fiji
teen feet over the pike and the water
turned away from the bridge. The
directors of the ClarkSvIlle Park As
ISOLATION asked that persons going to
and returning from the fair, October
Sill, be released from paying toll.
The petition was granted.
Geo. Dick appeared before the
Board and made proposition to buy
a part of the pest-house property.
Referred to the finance committee |
with power to act.
A petition from property owners on
Union street between Second and |
Third in regard to better draining
was referred to street committees.
Alderman Wake got a resolution
passed ordering Runyon q Runyon
to lay good brick pavement along
their property, los feet front, on Tele-
graph street. A similar resolution
was passed ordering Kinrannon,
Son a Co. to lay II good brick pave
ment along their property on same
street.
Judge Tyler asked permission of
the board to drain the pond on See
ond street in front OF Mrs. Forbes
residence. Referred TO street com
mittcc and city attorney.
The fine recently assessed by the
Recorder against Chas. Morrison for
fighting was released.
The school commissioners reported
that they had elected w. NJ. Daniel,
Jr., of Howell school To receive the
scholarship privilege from the :. W
p. L.
The attention of the Board was
called TO the fact that during heavy
rains the wafer fro II the street in
front of NJ. V. Ingram's house and
other places in that locality ran on
private property and was a consider
able annoyance t0 the property