The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-14

on Harrison street aud also on Marquette street b.,
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Prsssai His Honor. Mayor aEo b SARGENT
and the following Aldermen
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| Aid SEARS ofetcd the following re.olutIo.,
Rssofrsf That the Street Comni ssonsr le aud he
70 hereby Instructed 10 discontinue all work on Har.
rison street, between rifh and r~slfsh streets i'm
Rssair.d That committee Of three. 10 sa..., Of
l he Mayor ard two other. to.be appointed by the
Mayer. who are hereby authorized 10 advertise 10
receive proposals and let the contracts for grading
| uarrison street between Flnh aud Twelfth .,re~,s,
- AZ To prepare the same for gathering aud Mead
he taken from the cut on Harrison stree, 6rs, and
me balance 10 sosnplste the filling, be taken lrom
sixth street, the work TO be made payable in ciy
Aid BOWLING moved iLa, the nc solution. be laid
on the table.
Aid. SEARS stated that his attention had been
particularly called 10 this subject by seeing this
morning gang Of men Idle Second aud Ilafrisou
streefs would no. how many hut iall, thrsc
iourths oi the naen employed the Harrison street
work were sttne down idle when he visited the 10
eaiy between 10 aud II oelcck this morning as Ala
washburn cen vouch for II wns shame TO see tho
CITY. moucy sauandred IN tn. way and at tLi. par
tieular time change .houd be- affected aud the
street put out by contract twas now constant drain
IN tbs irsasur, and one felt At ,hi. time whea We
wsrr sxpendins 90 inueh Tho lahor.rs wer. not
~orkins - they should do on Harrison street ala
the ~ork wa costing the cit, ,oo much lie had
been informed By pcrson. wL" could ob.esy. ths,
ihsse lAborers we're idle great deal ~ their time =
He Thought Il economy and wisdom take ,his work
ous oftbe hsnds ~ tho street Commissioner ~ha hal
already too much To DO and give u 10 contractor.
Aid BOWLING aad tl. lAborcrs on this street
had faithfully done their duty That ,hls mcruinx
ihey might have been standing idy BY for few
minutes, - he understood a funeral had pass>d
which they stepped TO look al Bu, they did their
duty, and were doing iLs work cheap
Aid sKARs thought there mus, be a continual
funeral proccason passing along thu. street ~ more
= les. lahorer- were ncarl, always sitting by idle
ALI CANNON sustained Ala scar. renaarks
sbout the idlsnes. of the laiorer. ths tnorBus He
could souch for other tim. d, personal ob.erva
ion
ALI BOWLING spoke with .o,a. an.mafioa The
Who'll" object Of bringing this subject up To stop
the work on Harrison stree, Aid ws.hbarn wss
tfhs head and front II II .he Alderman who lad ac
used him lss, meeting ~ baayraxsins Council He
tidnt t~antt 10 hniyrsg COUNSEL but he wanted justice
lone AID " was moving In this matter all on &C
;oaat ofs,h sreet-io tsaa.fsf the work over there
Hs understood sll about ~ Thi. suhee, was brought
apsysry meeting. and he ~a- tired ofn
Aid JENNINGS said he had often passed Harfi.
.aa street, ~s. judge Of work sad whea men did
work. and he ihonsh, oil engaged Harrison street
were doing their duty and IL a shame TO take
he work from them
Aid UBhlES thought the men worked we'll and
tsAs not TAR 20 stop them They worked well
aadsr = Street Commissioner as uaisf a contract
Aid scans explained that II "a. mol the object
70 stop the work Harrison street, hut IL Vas TO
place Il Ia position where u could be ione mars
economically 10 tL~ city
AID wAsiiBuRS defended hi. metives from the
charges of Aid Bowling
AID BOWLING said II would no, coo, 80 u,ush to
iaisa the work a. Aldermen thought The stree,
Commissioner there aud could tell wha, II would
os,
The STREET COMMISSIONERS .aid 10 ani.A
he vost on Harrisoa stree, under hls direction
vould cosi sboat u 80
Aid SEARS ssld he would be very happy 10 hear
4 contract being made with the stree, Commiss
lcnss ai u 40
The CITY ES0INEER estimated II :, q 600 10
i.Ao
The question Was thsr pu: upon laying tho re.olu.
ions upon The table, with the following result
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~en, u uns.lnl,, ma h.a s..,,a- .maa. Ala.
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'aade and deserved
Ths Reporter 70 sorry to remark however, that
Immediately after the rsbakc administered b. the
Mayer In HE oxn dlgnihed and gracious manner
here wss ti,sref war of words than had yot oc
urrsd The Reporter actually began "a feel ashamed
aa, In spprshsns.sn Of IL. being crushed a. g,u.r,
mas. me internally vowed never to attend
'esasss sse en.lrsly ,oo pecuar Ifl- doe. ean.en,
to smother zach an eIp0.are Of HI. person and morals
'ns Third ward se'as muraed seriously, tbs
90 ..n ...S,. a. %sasa =. - ans.'.sa ',r anas
.l.u hsr.ssssr r,y. our rs.a.,. ~. ...a, -
nary dsceney, that the people may SEQ jas, prs.
ese, As~ portion Of 'hsms~v~. are represented In
.s,.. ~ s ~ A'ae'nan oa.nds The ordin'
ss.a. ~ s..aa,, ,'.as y 'nf', se1s.Al good be-
c.ps.s., .hsll he made Iaoyn 4, ,.s ,.a.,s ~. "a
,,..s,h a. hi, own sI,, ''"s'" ~"
..h,.e, - n.,aa.,,s .,,... ason.s, " s SsAs .as
fol.ow,ng '
Ress,rss, That the CITY Eas,a..r b, Instructed TO
.a,.sans rsss = ~ ~. .s s r2nss'y .,,ssi sc
east amount Of .aid contract not 70 sass-d $500
Aid RAAAiS0 moved that II he laid on tbs ,Asls
znsr some ase a'''aa, the mo'ioa sas voted down
nr.a. ~1.'. 80, - men 'a'"''''ea %" carried
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