Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-04
CITY COUNCIL.
The Full Report of the Proceed
ings Last Night.
Several Important Matters are
satisfactorily Settled.
The Report of the Finance oommittee-A
Letter From Chattanooga in Regard
To sewerage-Pith and Point Of
the Meeting.


There was very interesting meet
ing of the city council last night. All
the aldermen were present except f.
G. Wake, from the Second ward.
The questions that secured the most
attention were those pertaining to
the city finances, sewerage and free
delivery of postage.
The reports of the several city Of
ficers were received and approved,
and the board got down to work.
Capt. Smith, chairman of the
finance committee, had prepared a
report which he wanted to call at
tention to, and ordered that the clerk
read it. Following is the report in
full:
To the Honorable Board Of Mayor and A.
dern1el &.
Your finance committee beg leave
to present this report for your infor-
nation and guidance.
Taking the past as our guide, we
find the income of the city from all
sources to be about $4,000. OF this
amount about 1913, 800 is necessary to
meet the fixed expenses of the city,
based upon the same rate that was
paid for water, light, etc. last year,
leaving about $l6, 800 to be spent
upon streets, fire and expense ac-
count. OF this amount you have al
ready placed for fire account $4,000,
which will be increased to $4,000
The work already ordered on streets,
added to extra repairs on same made
necessary by the excessive rains OF
the last several months, will make
the street account double that of last
year, or say $4,000. There is now
due for plans and specifications for
sewerage work the sum of $6,0OS.
Your water and light account will be
increased over last year say 5000,
making total of $4,000, leaving
small amount for expense account,
which last year was 1875 and will
be increased this year. Again, a
very small amount of 1890 taxes will
be collected before the first of De-
cember next, and all we have in sight
is, balance on hand per last report,
SO 5000; G. HI. Bailey's collections say
sc, 600 City Marshal from 1889 taxes
say $4,000. Total $2l 200. The APP
prOximate payments in the same
time will be: For fixed expenses say
1000; fire $4,000; streets $4,000 |;
sewerage 5000; expense account say
81, 900, making a total of $27 500,
leaving balance to be borrowed or
otherwise provided for. In this we
have not named the sewerage ques-
ton. We have, at considerable ex-
pense, made preparations for this,
and we all are fully impressed with
it's importance, and we must during
the year do something in this line.
With these facts before you your
committee would impress upon your
honorable body the necessity of strict
economy in your appropriations and
the impossibility of undertaking
any new enterprises. We have now
on hand all that we can possibly car
ry to completion with the means at
our disposal. Respectfully submit
ted, 7. H. SMITH, Ch'm'n.
JOHN HURST.
On motion of DR.. Beach the report
was ordered filed.
Capt. Smith said that he wished to
make a few remarks on the condi-
ton of the finances of the city. He
thought that the council had con-
tracted for about as much as could
be met with the cash now in sight
He said the heavy rains of the past
few months had greatly damaged
Franklin street and that considera-
BILE money would have to be spent in
repairs. He thought that the great
est economy should be observed.
NUMBERING HOUSES.
II. +. Gilbert, chairman of the
street committee, reported that he
had examined into the cost of num-
boring the houses and had found that
it would be between 800 and 81 900.
He recommended in his report that
the matter be postponed indefinitely.
1t was moved by Alderman Hurst
that the report be concurred in,
whereupon DIR. Beach offered an
amendment that the word mot
should be placed before the word
"concurred." The amendment was
sustained.
A letter was then read by the
recorder from Postofiice Inspector
Wilde to Mrs. johnson request
ing her, as postmistress, to
notify Superintendent Bates as
soon as the houses were numbered.
Alderman Hurst thought it best to
hold up on the matter. He did not
think the new territory was legally a
part of the city and that step now
would be premature.
1t was then moved by DIR. Beach
that the street committee be author
lied to receive bids for numbering
streets and houses and report to the
next meeting Of the board. Carried.
DIR. Beach then read a paper on the
subject of numbering houses, where
it should begin and how it should be
done. His recommendation was
substantially the same as was pub
lished in the LEAF-CHRoNICLE some
days ago.
a alderman RpaumOnt moved that