The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-05-27


Present, the Mayor and Aid. Lcavcns,
Lynch, Fash, Cogswcll, Richardson, Tanning
Bristol, Haskell, and Walker.
Absent, AID. Miller.
Minutes read and approved.
Petition of :. W. RAYMOND and SC others
in relation to school districts n the fifth ward
was presented.
Whcrcupcn, on motion Of Aid Haskell it
was.
OnlereI, That the ordinance, dividing the
city of Ottawa into school districts, passed
2jth April lsji be and the same is hereby
repealed
Might and Chas IIigg n appeared before
the council and requested abatement of as
scssmcnt on real estate owned by them scy-
orally, for construction Of rayinc bridge ON
Jefferson street
Referred to committee on local assess.
mcnts
A petition was presented from \. Hight
and 10 others praying for a bridge over the
ravinc on Jackson street. between Chestnut
street and Sycamore street.
Laid on table until two weeks notice be
given by the clerk.
ON motion of Aid Bristol, it was
O,iered, That the time for collection aud
return on warrants Nos. u and I be hereby
EXTENDED three weeks.
Application of Mark Prentice to retail spir
ituous and other liquors, was presented :
whcrcupon it was moved, that license to re
tail spirituous and other liquors be granted
to Mark Prentice Lost.
Ayes, Aid. LcavcnS, Lynch, flaming, IN |
Walker, 4.
Noes, AID Fash, Cogswell, Richardson,
Bristol, and Haskell, ;.
AID Walker, from committee on streets,
To whom were referred tn petition Of Bargcr
and others, asking that all side walks, cast
of the Fox River, be established at the width
of fifteen feet, reported, recommending the
passage of an ordinance agreeable to the re-
quest contained therein.
Report accepted.
On motion of AID. Richard"on,
O,,l,ysd, That the marshal he authorized
to procure additional seats for the council
room.
AID Walker, from cmmit'cc on streets
reported that the bridge across the raync
ON Jefferson street, is complete, except the
cmbankment, Length Of bridge 42 feet /
inches.
4 petition was present from \. Woodruff
requesting the council TO construct road
up the bluff, from the termination of the
bridge, on the south side of the Illinois river,
in accordance with the report of the city
surveyor
Whercupon, on motion Of AID Cogswcll,
it was,
Oriered. That committee Of three be
appointed to confer with the directors Of the
Illinois river bridge company, on the sub,
jcct of road or street ~ connect the bridge
with the south bluff.
AID Haskell, Lynch, and Lcaycns, com
mittcc.
On motion of AID Bristol, it was
Oricrtd, That the privy attached to, anC
in rear of the court house, be hereby de
clarcd nuisance; and that the marsha
notify the sheriff to aba,c said nuisance viii
out delay.
On motion of AID. Richardson,
Ori,red, That the waste weir leading from
The hydraulic basin, be hereby declared :
nuisance and that the mayor he authoriz
cd to confer with Vim. Gooding, Esq, OF
the subject of abating the same.
On motion Of Aid Bristol,
Orierci, That the committee on laws be
directed to prepare and report an ordinance
regulating the storage OF gunpowdcr
The follow bills were presented; from i
Hampton, S2j 80, printing and advertising
C. B. Hall, $2+a jb ra,iac bridge ION JEFF
fcrson street. Carried and ordered paid.
Tn motion Of Aid. Haskell,
Orjered, That G. Il Hall be hereby au
thorizcd to proceed with the cmbankmcnt 81
the bridge on Jefferson street.
Aid Bristol moved
That the order ofthis evening, repairing
the application Of \. Hight to the commit
tee on local assessments, be rcscndcd Mo
ton lost.
The council then adjourned for tw,
weeks.
r. r. COURTNEY City Clerk