The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-02-13
Council Proceedings.

AT regular meeting of the city coun-
Gil, quorum being present, the follow
ing business was transacted;
Mr.. w. A. Rawls, chairman of the
street committee, made the following
report
4Nr. President and Gentlemen Of the
Council:
We beg leave to report as follows:
work has not progressed as fav0rahly
AS we had hoped, rain during the early
part of the month preventing the con-
tractor from working several days and
much cold weather interfering with the
brick and stone work, because of the
freezing of the mortar. All the brick
work on the McCarty street sewer has
been completed, as we'll as the box drain
207 feet long which completes this inn
portant work. An 18 inch sewer has
been put in across Bronaugh street and
along Clinton street another across Du-
val street and along Lafayette street :;
walls are being constructed across Ma
como street and along Clinton street, it
being too fiat to put In sewers. and the
drainage area also being short.
In anticipation of changing the drain
age along Lafayette street west of BOu-
levard, we suggest that the chairman Of
this committee be authorized to have
corners established at the intersection of
Boulevard and Lafayette streets. on both
sides Of Bonleyard street and at the in
tersectlOn of st. Augustine and BOule-
leyard streets, and have a set of levels
run on these streets.
We fOnnd 1t nece iSarv to open the
ditch along Virginia street. from Cope
land street west, it having filled up with
sand. This ditch is nearly 900 feet
long, five wide, and the digging averaged
over two feet deep. This work was
done under the supervision of Mr.. Papy
at a cost of about Z cent per cubic yard.
In presenting this our final report to
this council. we desire to express our
sense of obligation to Mr. NJ. F. Papy
and Mr. Overton Bernard for valuable
services rendered your committee dur
ing the year.
Respectfully submitted,
w. A. RAwLS, Chairman.
Mr.. N. F. Papy reported collected from
stall rents, resta urs nts and fish 500 45.
Mr. r. A. Whitfield, chairman of the
Cemetery committee. made the following
repOIt, which was adopted:
TALL AHASsEK, Feb. 1, 1892,
To the Chairman Of the City Council OF
Tallahassee
Your committee on Cemetery beg
leave to make the following report:
During the past twenty-four months a
record has been kept OF all int rments in
10 ,l,,r
as they could be obtained. During these
two years there have been 147 inter
ments. as follows: "a whites and 10.
colore people. or these number wore
brought from a distance and others from
the surrounding country to be buried in
The saine lots with their relatives AMI
friends in life. No lots have in this Pc
riOd been assigned to persons living in
the country. OF the above number there
| were "a over the age Of 80 years and ii
under 5 years, thus indicating the
healthfulness OF this locality, or the ab-
sence of lRcal causes for sickness.
Two paupers have been buried, one
white and one cOlOred.
There has been but small amount
Of nuney spent for the cemetery
during these two Yeas (about $40
| outside of the regular monthly sal
ary of the sexton, and with thai
water closets have been built, fence
and gates repaired, whitewashed ant
| painted, implements for trimming trees
and shrubbery bought, and the printing
OF supply Of burial certificate blanks
paid for. A large number of old neg
| lec.ed lots have been cleaned eff ard
| Strengthened up. gullies filled in and
walks straightened as far as practicable,