The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-13
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LOCAL MATTERS.
City Affairs.

Alan adjourned meeting oil the CITY
Council held on "Wednesday evening last.
an ordinance was passed for the continua.
lion and extension of Fourth street east.
y,srdly. 50 il seems that the Council cna
4, something without a petition, our cor
respondent 10 the contrary notwithstand
inc. Ii was ordained, that "Foutth street
be extended esstwardly from its present
termination. az laid out by Antoine lie.
Claire. until il intersests with River or
Front street, al or near the vest end OF the
mississippi Bridge, and to be not lsas than
eighty feet wide =" Nov we don't wish 10
be captiou., and il Ia in no spirit OF fault.
6ndinc that we make the inquiry, but I'M
proving by the remark of the Railroad Com
uany, and understanding that there is no
River or Front street there, we would ask
how il can be interseeted Aa old citizen
and one acquainted with the original p lat Of
our city, informs US that Front street has
never beer laid out 80 far up as the Bridge.
but that the travel there ID upon an old
comfy road II this be SO, aud we are in.
cEned 10 think il Is, il would nullily the or
Jipance but whether il be 81 or not, GER
tain it is we need one street running paral'
lei with the river in our city, and as this
cannot be had without going upon the b!uH
side above Tie depot building, our c ouneiI
should forthwith extend River or Front st.
10 the corporation line on the east.
Now this is Il matter OF some Importance,
as no street leading out Of our city ia more
travelled than this road, and none is in .
worse condition, from which we infer that
the Street Commissioner knows that il is
not q regularly laid out street, and there
fore considers il not worth his while TO eS-
pend the corporation money upon il, es-
pecially when SO good u street as that OF
Harrison can be further improved. being
a county road, the Street Commissioner /,
we presume, is not authorized 10 improve
il, and the county road Commissioners are
not expected TO come within the corpora.
ton line 10 work, particularly as they have
80 small an amount of funds in their hands
This year FOR road ParPosss--"hiob, by the
way, accounts for the non. Improvement Of
the county roads, most euIpable affair
that We design TO show up in separate ar
ticle, wishing to condne ourself il this TO
municipal matters. This subject OF ex-
tending Front street, We presume, requires
40 urging upon our part or petitionihS from
our citizens; like that of continuing Fourth
street. il is simply neglect Of efficiency
upon the part of the Council, aud 50 soon
as their attention is directed to the matter,
il will no doubt meet with their considers
tioH.
At the same meeting oil the Cay Coun-
eli il was ordained, that hereafter the regu.
lar meetings Of that body be sem. monthly,
that Is on the hrst aud third Monday Of each
month. The City Engineer made report
ia reference to the grade OF that hitherto
neglected street called Rock Island, which
waa adopted. A resolution was also passed
for the extension of the same street, SO feet
in width, north OF Fifth street. ASS brick
house stands precisely in the middle Of that
street, il must succumb, az many a better
one has done, 10 the car 81 progress. II
wa. resolved that the city take $4,000
stock 10 tie Davenport Gas Light and Coke
Company. An order was passed for the re-
mossl Of the dirt from those portions oi
Main and Front streets which have been
directed to be macsdsmi2ed, and that the
same he deposited on the lesee between
Brady and Harrison streets; all OF which to
be performed by the Street Commissioner,
and TO be paid for out of the LOAD authorized
TO be appropriated for improving the steam
boat landing. The Street Commissioner
sss also instructed to finish the grade and
III in Iowa below Second street.