Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-04
CITY COUNCIL.
Much Business Transacted AT
The City Hall.
The Right Of Way Granted the Clarks
vile and New Providence Street
Railway Company.
OTHER MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

Board of Mayor and Aldermen that
has been held since G. III. Bailey was
first elected Recorder was the one
which convened at the city hall last
night promptly at 7 O'Clock. 1t last
ed until 1870, and at that hour it
was hard to get motion to adjourn
carried.
The aldermen were all present
with the exception of G. ID. Crouch,
and, as will be seen from the report
of the meeting, which follows, much
business was transacted.
The monthly reports of the record
er, treasurer and city marshal were
read, and bills to the amount OF
$57465 were audited and ordered
paid.
The finance committee had no re-
port.
The next business was an ordi-
nance granting the right of way on
Second street, across the lower Red
river bridge, to the GAINESVILLE &
New Providence Street Railway
Company.
The ordinance provides for the
construction of a single track along
said street from its intersection with
franklin street to the bridge. Nc
turntable shall be placed nearer
franklin street than the crossing Of
Strawberry alley and Second. The
company may use such motive pow.
as it may desire, but no cars shall be
used of greater weight than those
now in use in the city. Flat tram
rails shall be used under no consid'
Grafton shall the "1N' rail be used
The ordinance also provides that the
track shall be so constructed that il
will not interfere with travel, and
the company shall keep the same in
good repair at all times. The COM
pany shall keep their part of the
bridge in good repair. They cannot
charge over ten cents for ride from
terminus to tel minus.
In addition to the ad valorem taA'
es collected by law the company
shall pay the city five per cent. on
its gross earnings annually, up tC
$4,000, and in case earnings shall ex-
ceed $6, 900 it shall pay six per cent
on the whole; if it should exceed
81 900, then seven per cent. ; if IS, 900
eight per cent. {; if $4,000, then nine
per cent, and if $4,000 or more
then ten per cent. On this basis the
right of way is granted for fifty
years, and unless the road is com
pleted by November 1, 1893
the same shall be forfeited
Col. Goodlett appeared before the
board representing the company, and
asked that they be allowed to use the
"T' rail from the intersection Of
Second and Marion streets to the
bridge. This was refused and the
ordinance passed first reading, in the
form it had been prepared by r. Fl
Burney.
The usual batch of petitions from
alleged exec ssive taxation were re-
ceived and acted upon. 1t seems
that the policy of the new release
committee will be in the main tC
allow the assessments as they now
are to stand. Very few releases were
granted.
The street committee reported or
the subject of creating the office o.
city engineer, whose duty shall be tC
oversee all street work. The resolu
ton sets out his duties and fixed his
salary at $40 per month, the city tC
furnish the rodman, if necessary.
The sewer committee made no re.
port.
The school committee recon-.
mended certain repairs on Howell
School building. Ordered.
The fire committee submitted the
following report:
TO the Board of Mayor and alder.
men.
GENTLEMEN We submit the fol.
lowing as our report for February:
The department is well organized,
which is composed of n partially
paid company of nineteen men ard
a volunteer hook and ladder com.
pany of thirty two men. There has
been only one fire during the month,
to which both companies responded
promptly and rendered excellent ser
vice.
The men need practice in handling
the apparatus, and the committee,
after consulting with the chief, de-
cided to recommend that drill be
ordered by the board to take place
Friday, March IL, al 3 o'clock. Also
recommend that an appropriation OF
$100 be made tor each appointed
member of the department who at.
tends said drill.
We think it advisable for the chief
to find out as near as possible the
origin of fires and include same in
his monthly reports. We recon-
mend that he be so instructed by the
board.
Upon investigation we find that
the men on watch at the en-
line house are very closely