The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-05-15
Council ProcsedinRu.

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COUNCIL RooM, May II. 1867.
Council met Present, the Mayor and Alder
men, Bishop, Day, Patterson, Smith and Wy
man.
The report Of the Wharf Master for the month
Of APRIL showing the amount of receipts to be
$os7 80, was received, accepted, and the
Wharf Master allowed 500 rs, his per centage.
The special Committee on Calaboose reported
the following, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the City Engineer be in
structed to present plan for . City Calaboose
to the next meeting of the Council, the same TO
be built upon the lot owned by the city upon
Sixth street
The Judiciary Committee, to whom WAS re-
ferred the petition of the Young America Fire
Company, for exemption from the road labor
tax, reported San ordinance exempting mem
bers Of Fire, and Military companies from road
labor tax" Laid upon the table.
The Committee on Judiciary, TO whom was
referred the question rs to what jurisdiction
the city has over the streets in the new limits
Of the city, reported, that in consequence Of the
piats of the respective additions not being re-
corded there were as yet no streets over which
the city could take jurisdiction, or upon which
it had right to make improvement, but that
the purchasers Of lots in the respective addi-
tions be requested to take the necessary steps
to have the plats Of the same duly recorded -
Report adopted.
The Committee, to whom WAS referred the
petitions Of the Hook and Ladder Company,
and the Young America Fire Company, in ref
erence to buildings for their use, reported in
favor of erecting such building on the city lots
at the corner Of Fourth and johnson streets.
Report laid upon the table.
The following report was received from the
City Engineer, and referred to the Committee
on Streets and Alleys:
To the Hoac-aSs Mayor a~d Board Of Aldses Of tie Guy
II keokSk
GxSrlEnKs In conformity with your resolution OF
April 3oth, directing me " make examination and
report with reference " the praecALty " change Of
grade on Bondcau Street, submit the following:
To the nrst question In
would involve the necessity ~ hnt determining what
would bs considered good business grade.
Heretofore think the grade Of Main street. which IL
In ten has been considered to be the limit
for business purposss-hur-.
In many other places sleeper grades have been adopt
ed lille Others have gone To expense reduce
them still lower IT, however apply the or ratio
Of one in ten TO Blondesu 1t il selfcvdent /,
be made business grade except very great expense
and to the injury of other streets well private
prJperty
The pnsent established grade Of Blouaezu Street IA a.
follows irom Water To fir,t ia FROM First 70 Sec
ond, int have been asked by members Of your hon.
orable body to make examinations with reference 10
stseper grades ~ l In ., l In i, DC
To change tho grade Vt Bondsu Street. very materially
requires changes To be made Concert Street. both
different ratio u grade, these streets viii necessarily
have 9abe taken nto account The cuttings given b.
io~ VII be for Of the rattle Of grade
until strikes At or over the points - established
| and will be from the present surface Of the ground.
To make blondeAu street grade Of In would
require cut Blondeau ut First Of feet, x
Second Street ~ feet running Third At present
grade and in Concert Street at First OF 10 feet
second of ~ fse the Of grade on sec
extended would strike littls above tie poiut nj
! High, nov liked
| The excavations the streets alone In addition TO
In mt H. IN
yards and by Tar the larger portion VI Is rock
.aming the price at sixty cents yard, It would
| s9o,9g.
For grade Of nine. the cuts required would bs
follows on Bondeau, NJ First, II feet, Second n
cet and Concert At First "a acct second Is feet
This additional excavations required Tor this would te
l0o, go yards, al sixy cents, would cost $4,000
Again for grade o one IN eight the BlondeAa
would be mt First Is feet ut Second Concert
al First, 2b feet arb Second feet or a. now nxed
The additional excavation required would yards
4 at ms hve oenta, would amount to $780, O0.
make Blondeau = grade Of one In seven vouid
require additional Yirs Street Of feet and ~
second stree. q feet and while reducing the grade
excavation would amount to about ~ oUU yards, and
about Sis,0D
fixed IN the vicinity d the proposed places tob changed
The grade Of First Street, FROM Bondcau Concert Is
on. ~ nine Of ssead Street from MAino Blondcauens
An examination on the ground will show you that the
principal d,ieuy and By far the greater portion Of the
viii arise from the change the III
First and Bonisau stes all the additional excavation
at that point aud for three hundred feet way being
| rock aud that Of little value for any purposes
The second question In the resolution really answer.
ed In the foregoing. cut OF six feet Second and
BiondeAn. and ratio Of grade carried 10 ater
Street would inproye the roadway for earriA.,rs but
would do little towards making II good for heavy loas
There have been other plans proposed 10 which will
cent steea One 10 cnt Vt the Intersection Bondesn
and sscand ak eight feet On this plan, by cutting
feet at that pent leaving all the ~
~ pso-ent would make the grade " Second street from
Main TO Concrt one In twelve and the grade Of Dion-
a~n from i,rst g second one n eight and still leaving
Bnndean At Second four ft higher than Third street
The cost II this viii be probably about "a. 500.
| Another plan proposed has been TO cut second low
enough ~ drain Rom Third second To do this cut
would be reaa'ssd ~ sseond IL - fet the
grade one in Ten from thence Concert ~.nld require
Concert second ts depressed t~o feet Whether the
aAaes which would arise from the adoption ana oar
ryng out OF an, OF the above plans would compe
tes the ss,r. outlay and incidental expenses qa.s,ian
In making ths calculations aboss have no estl
mate of material which would have taken out .uch
such depths nor u the expense owners OF
Nassni 10 streets thu cut % protect themselves y
exrAsate thsAf tots, Respectfully submitted,
l.. HUTCHINSON, O. Engineer
Copy OF resolution passed by the Township
Trustees, asking the CouLcil TO take measures
to have the plats OF the respective additions 10
the city recorded, WAS laid upon the table.
The petition Of the Trustees and Faculty Of
the Iowa Medical College. asking for the loan
Of s 900 TO assist them In the building Of said
College. and presented to the Cfy Council
March Nth, Was taken from the table and re-
ierred to the Committee ON Finance.
The report Of the City Engineer in relation
70 the caisert On Eleventh street, from Main Ia
Johnson street, WAS taken from the table and
referred TO the Committee on Streets and All.
| leys .
The Committee on Judiciary. to whom va,
referred the subject Of revising tha City Ursis.
nsneen. reported in favor OF the same hsing re
sised Report laid upon the table
The Committee On Judiciary we're directed ia
rsrer' ~ The matter ef elty clock At The neat
Il The report Of the City Engineer sppor,ioninr
r TAI 10 certain i.s1 la block No ~ fur build