Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-07
CITY COuN
The Regular Monthly Meeting
at the City Hall.
A Limited Paid Fire Department up for
Discussion The Views Of Those who
spoke on the Subject

Dtscnsslon-Ifs5 views Oh Ihose VINO
spoke on the Subject
The regular monthly meeting of
the city council was held at the city
hail last nighg all The aldermen pres
ent with the exception Of Beaumont
and Wake. The minutes Of the last
meeting were read and approved aud
accounts to the amount Of $593.45
were audited and ordered paid.
The first communication read was
one fron G. B. Wilson & Co., asking
that the stock of lumber carried in
their yards be released from taxation.
The firm claims that this material is
exempted from taxation by the ordi
nance pertaining to manufacturers.
Referred to the city attorney
A communication from the First
National Bank was read 1t claimed
that they were doubley taxed on
their property, on the corner Of the
square, now occupied by the tele-
graph office. 1t is taxed as bank
stock and also as real estate. Chair
man Hurst recommended that the
tax on the hank stock be reduced to
$l.25 per share. Carried. The tax on
the GAINESVILLE National Bank stock
was also reduced to l.65 per share.
FIRE DEPARTMENT..
Chairman Young, Of the fire com
mittee, got the floor and asked for a
heater for the new engine house. He
was ordered to buy it. He also asked
for an appropriation TO furnish the
new city hall. DIR. Beach and w. B.
Young were appointed Especial COM
mittee to attend TO the matter.
The subject OF a limited paid fire
department was then sprung on the
board by w. B. Young. lie spoke
in favor Of paid service, the gist Of
which was published in last evenings
IEAF-CHRoNIcLE Aldermen Hurst
and Beach spoke briefly on the sub
ject. They are both in favor Of the
measure, but seem to think that at
the present the city has about as
many calls for money as ii can meet,
without increasing the rate of taxa
ton. DR. Northington made a strong
talk in behalf of the measure. he
was in favor of increasing the rate of
taxation enough to pay fire depart
ment, such as the city might need at
the present. He did not think it was
right to ask men to get up from their
beds at the dead hours of night, in
all kinds of weather and fight fire
without paying them something for
it. He said that it was a fact that
many of the best firemen in the de
partment owned no property within
the city limits and what they did
was simply for the benefitof property
owners. He was in favor Of paying
them for their work The matter
was finally dropped without action
The resignation of f. G.. Wake, as
alderman from the Second ward, was
read and accepted. The board pro
ceeded to ballot, to elect d man to fiji
the vacancy, without nominations
Jno. Young was elected on the first
ballot.
A petition was read from Stewart
& Quinn asking that the time for
completing the sewerage system be
extended to December is. Granted |
City Attorney Jno. j. West made a
report to the board in reference to the
S, w. p. University matter. He
stated that he had xamined the sub
jet carefully, and that he had found
that the bonds donated to the Uni
versity were to be forty one in mum
Der OF 81 900 each, all their coupons
The bonds and coupons
added made $4,000, with perhaps
800 over, which amount he was in-
formed was returned to the city. He
also reported an ordinance controll-
ing scholarships that he had drawn
up complying with the original con-
tract with the University, which
passed first reading.
On motion of Alderman Hurst it
was ordered that Howell school build
ing be insured for $4,000, and that
the city marshal be instructed to as
certain the amount of insurance
needed ON the colored school build
ing and find out the best rate of In
'urance to be had.
An order for new pavements, the
whole of which covered two pages of
egal cap paper, was made. The
are to be put on the prin-
'ipal streets of the city, Frank lin,
Main and Commerce coming IL for
rood share.
After transacting some routine
business, the board adjourned, but not
until John Young was sworn in as
alderman from the SppOnd Ward