Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-04

taxation were read and disposed OF
in short order and the board passed
on to
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
The first proposition from the
Electric Light Company was to fur
nish thirty lights at 500 per month
per light, and all over that amount
to be paid for at the rate of $1,000
per light per month. This PROPOSE
ton said nothing about raising lights.
1t was supplemented, however, by a
subsequent proposition which read
substantially as follows: "We
are willing to give lights at.
same rates as per first proposition,
moonlight schedule) for period of
one year or longer at option of both
parties. We also agree to move six
lights at our own expense to such
places as the city will designate, pro-
vided such removal does not increase
the circuit. We will also raise fif-
teen lamps so that they will swing
thirty-five feet from the ground,
provided we are permitted to hang
such lamps from one post on an arm
twelve feet long. This contract to be-
gin at the expiration of the old con-
tract" This proposition wa ssigned
by E. B. Ely, as president of the
company. 1t was understood when
the proposition was made that the
light committee should say which
lights to raise.
Alderman Hurst would make no
recommendation, but thought that
by raising the fifteen lights thirty
five feet from the ground, the city
could get along with fewer lights. 1t
was finally agreed to enter into a
contract with the company on the
above basis for one year.
SEWERAGE.
Sewerage was the next question.
DR.. Beach reported that the plans
and specifications for the sewerage
system had all been received by him,
and that the estimated cost of the
entire system was $126,5OO. He then
read the following letter:
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 81,
189O.-Dr. II. E. Beach, CIarksvlte,
Tenn.-DEAR SIR: All drawings
and papers tor the projected seweral
of your city have been forwarded to
your address ; and l can now affirm
that l am proud of the work. Ii the
system be constructed as l have de-
signed it, every detail being adhered
to (for each and every part is related
to the other part your city will haye
a sewerage system second to none. |
believe it to be the best detailed sys-
tenn in America. 1t has peculiar
features, but still close and hard
study have decided to be requisites ;
and 1 have aimed to avoid every de-
feet which an experience of twenty
years has shown me.
Whenever practicable the system
is designed for sewage alone, but the
topography of your city prohibits
this in most of the territory, render
ing necessary the use of combined
storm and sewage conduits. In de-
signing this / have rigidly adhered
to recognized sanitary principles.
LIST. That the walls of sewage con-
duits should be absolutely impervi-
Gus and I'd, That household waste
and excreta should be carried to point
of disposal in the speediest possible
manner.
| can recommend not a single
change. Yet the system is so de-
signed that omissions may properly
be made. 1t was considered that all
would not be constructed at once,
and intended that future work should
conform with the plan.
If you will kindly let me know
what streets or territory you wish tC
cover now, / will write you what
may be temporarily omitted and
what must be built. | could not con-
sent, however, to single change In
size, for the harmony of the whole
would thereby be broken.
If the work is to be done by con.
tract the lines to be now constructed
should be decided upon and esti-
mates made. Respectfully yours,
r. F. HARTFORD.
DIR. Beach then, as chairman, map
ped. out the sewers that he thought
best to construct now. The main
point in the recommendation was tC
get a sewer pipe from the river to the
double pond, which is designed tc
drain that territory. The recon-
mendatiOn was adopted and the COM
mittee was ordered to advertise for
bids for the construction of the
sewers. The engineers who made
the plans and specifications were or
dered paid. The bill amounts tC
5000.
A communication was received
from A. Howell declining to act as
school commissioner. The resigna-
ton was received and John Hurst
elected in his stead