Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-09
mEnr1Na OF THE CITY BOARD.
Committee Reports, Side Walks, Electric
Tar Line, Etc.

1870 p. M, ldayor Ligon presiding.
The finance committee reported the
sale of sewerage bonds at $25, 900 at a
very small premium, all of which
were taken by three or four citizens.
The action of the committee was rat
flied and tho money ordered placed
to tho credit Of the city and paid out
in the regular way on city warrants
and charged to sewerage account.
Pitman and Ely petitioned Tor re-
duetion of the assessment on building
and lot corner of Franklin and First
street. The board declined to grant
the application.
Rev. w. r.. PEBBLES petitioned for
plank walk ON Second street South
of the railroad, which was granted
and the street committee instructed
to lay the walk three feet wide.
Resolutions were passed ordering
brick pavemerts on various streets
one in front Of the property of Ken
nedy and Shearer, Commerce street,
occupied by John Majors family;
one in front of w. F. Coulter's and
|. p. Gerharts on Madison street,
and several on College and Franklin
streets.
On motion Of DR.. Beach the COM
mittee was instructed to have Wash
/ ington and Adams streets surveyed
and properly located, establishing
points and lines, also the street on
the east side Of Louis Woods, and
and further, that foot bridges be built
across Gallows Hollow on all perma-
nently located streets running north
and south. Tht foot bridge over the
railroad on depot street was condemed
as unsafe, and being on private prop
erty, the city could not afford to
repair it and it will be torn down.
Alderman Wake asked that further
time be granted the Exchange Com
pany for putting down a pavement
on Telegraph street, as the company
wanted first to fence the property,
which was granted.
The police and fire committees
made reports OF minor Importance.
The board ratified the action Of the
building committee in having gas
fixtures put in the new engine house.
The next and most important re-
port was that o. the committee on
right of way for the electric street
car line, petitioned for last month,
which was received and ordered filed
and is printed in full as follows:
Your committee appointed to look
into the application Of IL. G. Merritt
and his associates for putting street
cars on certain streets of the city
would respectfully report:
First-Aner "A thorough and care
full examination of Commerce
street, it is our opinion it would be
unWise and unsafe TO allow car line
on this street. In many places 1t Is
too narrow to admit of the passage o.
cars and vehicles 1t the same time
Between Sixth and Seventh streets
the hanks are very high and the city
engineer estimates it will cost 1856 81
to make this place alone safe.
Aside from the cost and the mar
rowness of the street, we think hi
street should be reserved for driving
purposes and for general traffic, il
being the one leading directly from
the passenger depot to the cour
house and business part of the city
Second-As to College street, we
see no reason why the applicants
should not be granted right of way
for street ear line on this street, after
the property owners have agreed t
the widening Of the street ten feet
which most of then have very gen
erOusly done, ard the city has pu
the street in condition for the cars, a.
is now contemplated.
Third-We can STE no public bene
fit i'm car line en- Third street jus
now, as it is away from the principa
business part, though it might be o
benefit to some ind vidual property
owners, and for this reason we would
moi urge any objection.
+ We think in granting these fran
chises the public and general business
interest should he looked after first.
, If the applicants should desire
: right of way for their proposed linz
from First and Commerce or Frank
lin street, or from the public SQUARE
| up Main street to First, Second o
4 Third, and thence to College street
we would recommend this right o
way on conditions tina may be agreed
= upon between them ard the city. Blu
in no ease would we recommend any
rail but the most Apr wed rail in us'
for street cars Not the Trail as is nov
in use on our streets, which are sucl
, IA constant menace to all traffic.
We would not recommend per
petual franchise, but for time tina
t may he agreed upon between the ap
, plicantS and the city.
Respectfully submitted,
JNO. HURST, chairman.
} A nuuSt - 1900