Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-07-22

An OrOluonce providing Tor the license
Of retail non resident lumber dealers, elicted
considerable discussion. After being amend
ed so as to provide for the payment of a
license Of q per thousand feet sold-it was
adopted.
An Ordinance forbidding lumber dealers,
from piling lumber within 20 feet Of any
building, was referred to Fire Committee.
FIRE COMPANIES.
Alderman Hubbell then offered an Or.
dinance, exempting 6remen from poll tax,
which, by a suspension of the rules was
passed.
THE LICENSE ORDINANCE
Alderman HLbbell then offered an Ordi-
nance, amending the License Law, placing
the license for the sale of liquors at $50 in
stead Of 5000. By suspension of the
rules-adopted. The City Attorney was
then directed to report at the next meeting
in regard to the Constitutionality Of the
Ordinance.
THE CITY MARSHAL INSTRUCTED.
The City Marshal having declared that
he did not know what his duties were, the
Mayor on motion Of Alderman Hubbell, was
directed to instruct him.
PEDLARs
On motion Of Alderman Sears, the Ordi-
nance Committee was directed to prepare
an amendment of the Ordinance relating 10
Pedlars.
AID. MACKINTosH's LOCUST STREET PROPERTY.
After the transaction o { some further un-
important business, Aid. Hubbell stated that
he understood that Aid. Macintosh had
had some fifteen men at work for several
weeks, at the expense of the city, in grading
Losust street, an untr elled road, and in
filling up lets on the side He wished to
know how the matter stood.
Aid. Macintosh. who it appears had been
appointed in conjunction with Messrs. Scare,
Washburn and Morley, on committee to
expend an appropriation of IS 900 in impro
wing the streets, then stated that he consid-
cred Locust street, ~est of Harrison, thor
oughfare, and that he had known one or
two accidents to occur in consequence Of
the bad condition of the street, and he tn ere
fore considered it advisable to remedy it.
Aid. Hubbell then moved that the COM
mittee be instructed to remove all men now
at work on Locust street west Of Harrison,
to some other portion of the city.
ALDERMAN MACINTOSH WANTS TO BACK OUT.
Aid. Macintosh then moved to amend by
dissolving the committee, entirely.
ALDERMAN wAsHBURN's OPINION.
Aid. Washburn then said that the motion
came with very bad grace from the Al
derman; that he had been up on Locust st.
and had seen the manner in which tn money
had been spent that he did not wish to be
personal unless the alderman supposed
whenever Harrison street was mentioned he
meant James Macintosh; that on ar
irving on Locust street he had been surpri
sed to see the whole force of men engaged
in filling up vacant lot; that it was under
stood that no more than was absolutely ne
cessary Of the appropriation Of s., 900 was
to be expended that he did not wish to see
it all sunk in Harrison street when other
streets needed work that Aid Macintosh
after his own ends had been gained was viii.
ling to dissolve the committee; that all the
work necessary to be done on Locust street
Was the filling mp Of two or three little gull
leys and that ten days work would have
been amply sufficient to perform it instead
Of which seventy five or an hundred had
been expended. He wanted to see how some
men who had had all the work done to suit
their own notions would vote.
Alderman Hubbell considered the manner
in which this work had been done an out
rage. on the people, the tax payers and the
City Treasury. There was very little work
necessary to be done for the benefit Of the
public, however necessary 1t might be for
the sale of Aid. Mackintosh's lots.
THs PooR LABosERs.
Alderman Macintosh had made display
Of his charity. in the employment Of poor
laborers.
Ifthe City employed destitute laborers,
they should not be allowed to use
the mantle Of charity to cover up his sell
fish designs. The money which had been
thrown away for the benefit Of AID. Mack
intosh's lots, should have been spent on the
East Davenport road. Brady street, and
other thorougfares, but the Alderman's eyes
were 20 blind that he could zee nothing but
Harrison street.
ALDERMAN cANNoNs TESTIMONY.
Alderman Cannon thought the work done
on Harrison street IN outrage. More work
had thus far bean done On Locust street
than had ever been done on Second street
West Of his residence
ALDERMAN SEAMS 70 1R RMCUx
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been coupled with Aid. Aackintosh in some
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