Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-07
THE FREE BRIDGE.
The City Council Votes the Free
Bridge Appropriation.
The Vote Stands Six to Three on the
Measure-Full Proceedings of the
Meeting.

acted considerable business.
The first business before the board
was petition from citizens wanting
a sewer constructed along First street
from Strawberry street to College.
The petition was received and was
referred to the sewer committee for
investigation.
The ordinance covering the new
contract with the Electric Light Co.
was called up on second reading for
its final passage. DR.. Marable moved
to amend the same so that all lights
shall be hung at least twenty feet
high. The amendment carried and
in this shape the ordinance passed
final reading.
A contract with j. w. Robards re-
garding some sewer work on his
premises was received and ratified
by the board.
DR.. Marable reported an ordinance
separating, the funds of the Ninth and
Tenth wards. In short each ward is
to have control of its money and the
subsidy rom the city is to be equally
divided, The ordinance passed
without dissenting vote.
A petition from w. I'll. Drane ask
ing that the city replace the fence
along his property on College street
that was torn down in building the
sewer was referred to the sewer com.
mittee.
The next business,was the report
of the committee n.the free bridge
matter. The committee reported
favorably for appropriate & the sum
of money wanted-$3 1888 33B. S. J.
Hodgson took the lead against the
report and spoke briefly 10 opposi-
ton to the same. w. B. Young Of
fered an amendment giving the city
a voice as to where the bridge should
be located. The amendment was &C.
copied. The matter was then
brought to vote and carried. A di-
vision was called for and the ayes
and nays were ordered. The vote
stood: Ayes-Childers, Smith, Mar
ahle, Harrison, Young, Page.
Nays-Neblett, Petlus, Hodgson.
This proposition has been publish.
ed so frequently the public is entirely
familiar with the same. The in
tentiOn is to build a bridge over Red
river, near the mouth of West Fork.
The estimated cost of the sa ne is
$4,000. The county appropriated
one.third of this amount, one third
was appropriated by private indi-
vidual5 and the city was called upon
to appropriate the balance. The
resolution submitted by the com.
mittee provides that the project shall
not cost the city more than the sum
specified above, and that the same
shall not be payable out of the tax
cole tons of 1892. The appropria
ton comes out of the taxes OF 1898 i.
The sewer committee made lie
port on the Madison street sewer
aud recommended that $50 be appro
priated to do the work necessary
there. The report was adopted.
Alderman Pettus wanted the alley
from Main to Straw berry
street in the rear of the Eclipse
stables metAled. W. b, Young
wanted the matter deferred until the
amount OF street work to be done in
the entire city could be ascertained,
citing the recommendation in the re-
port of the finance committee the
night previous. Mr.. YOung's motion
was lost and the work was ordered.
The city attorney said he had un-
derstOod that sewer was built here
last summer and that the contractors
failed to carry out the contract with |
the city. He had also understood
that they gave bond to complete
his work and that the bondsmen
were liable to the city for damages.
He wanted instruction from the }
BOARD on the matter. He was in
,tructed to investigate the bond and
f the same was good to bring suit.
Alderman Page submitted batch
If pavement resolutions for his ward,
which were received by the board.
On motion of Alderman Hodgson
t was resolved that the city engineer
u making his reports with regard to
pavement building shall state the
lame of the party paying in money
0 the city for the same, and that the
aid name shall appear in the report
# the treasurer.
The election of a city engineer was |
deferred until a future meeting of the
'oard.
DR.. Marable called attention to the
act that the first meeting in April
vas the time member of the Board
t Health should have been elected,
nd that the matter had been over
Doked. No action was taken.
Alderman Hodgson reported an
rdiDance defining how all opera
ouses and all public buildings