Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-08-20
THAT INJUNCTION.

from Indianapolis. Indiana, enclosing a map
of that city.o
THAT INJUNCTION.
Aid. Coates Offered q resolution authoriz-
ing the Mayor TO procure map Of Daven-
port and sepdi it in return
Lest per adventure, hy making the map
appropriation the honorable body should
get into limbo, the matter was referred to
to the City Attorney for advice
THE ALLowANrE OF ELLIS THAT INJUNCTION.
On motion the following bills were then
taken up
Bridget Nolan, work at HosPita. So 90
Burr Swift. mdse for do 92 IL
La Franz. work on Harrison 1t, 1855 So
Stein, work at f. Davenport, 440 90
u. &. Arndt, rent Of engine house, 20 90
Each one Of these bills was carefully dis.
cussed, and the idea of visit to the Gra-
ham House frequently thrown in the faces
of the honorable body by Aid. IIubbell
but as they we're all for debts contracted
before the s-avics Of the injunction. they
were allowed.
Sub. Street Committee for work, 36S,93
This item ELECTED a decidedly spicy and
interesting discussion, in which Aid. Mac
intosh and his jobs at the expense of the
city, by his corn field On Locust street, were
hanled over the Goals.
TIE VIGILANCE OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
City Engineer for services, 10000
This bill having been improperly appro-
we'd by the finance committee (Ald. Sears and
Mackintosh) being for services at the rate
of $1,000, per annum when the ordinance al
lowed but :600-was sent back to the COM
mittee.
Smith 4 Remington, for spittoons, 2,lO
Work on filing cutters on End st.
and in bridge over gutter ON
Harrison street $1,000
This bill also elicted some discussion as
one half the sum had been spent in one gut
ter, Allowed
Renwick 4 Son, lumber, l6O,40
Another .picy discussion occurred over
this bill Allowed
Luse. Lane Il Co., Stationery, al
lowed, $50
Work On Front street, allowed, 10000
City Marshal, moving'nuisances al
lowed 3.25
Chas. Smith, removing nnisances
allowed 400
ii. Myers, meals for Calaboose TOO
TIE MAYOR MAKES ANOTHER JOKE
The Mayor, in reading the bill said,
@ meals for the ladies aud gentlemen who
spend their evenings and mornings at the
calaboose.' Whereat a ghastly, flickering
smile-a ghost Of a laugh, passed around
the circle in front of the mayor
The bill was allowed
I. kinsela, building culvert. 99,o7
allowed
OUTRAGEOUS EXTRAVEGAECE.
street Commits oaer for work
from July 26th to August, 18th
(tlate of lnlunction lU12,29
AID. liubbell suggested that this evil for
three weeks,in these hard times was ather
a 81 f.r y's ologer and wanted TO know whether
the ; -ance committee knew anything
about it,
Aid. Sears, from finance committee, said
they had rot endorsed it but in refusing 80
to do, intended to cast no reflection on
the officer. lie then read a statement of the
amounts expended In the various districts
within the past month are little over being
about s., 1869.
LITTLE JOB or THE STREET COMMISSIONERS.
AID Hubbell eaid he was placed in a po-
sition where his feelings would tell him to
vote against the bill but the work had been
done and he would vote for it only so that
the laborers should be paid. The street
commissioner had spent the money in fill
ing out Brady street in front of his own lot,
where it was not required by the public
1t was n shame and an outrage etc.
Aid Washburn-was surprised. He as
one Of the sub street committee in that dis
trct, had never authorised the work, etc.
AID. SEARS DESIRES TO GET SOMEBODY IN A
sCRAPE
Aid Sears there made speech saying
that as the street commissioners was acting
under the sub committee, therefore the sub
committee, of which tho Aid. was meu-
Der. was responsible. etc.
AID. SEARS BRIDGE AVENUE JOE.
Aid. Washburn-The great sets down
very complacently as if he had cornered
a nigger In the fence The great, as
member of the sub committee in his district
appointed their own men as foreman and
got the work done where they wanted it
At any rate it would be found that the st.
from the house of the great, to his store was
done up in first rate style. etc.---he then
proceeded to defend himself from the insin-
uations Of the Alderman.
After some further discussion in which
nearly the whole of the Council engaged,
and the characters, history, and various jobs
of divers members were overhauled and ex-
posed, the motion to allow. requiring two
thirds vote to carry was lost.
We regret that our space will not allow
the publication of the foregoing discussion
in full.
After resolution directing the three sub
street committees had been passed, the
ghost Of the Council vanished.
1t is expected to re-appear one week from
Wednesday next.
TIE WISCONSIN CURRENCY ExciTEMENT.-
There is considerable. feeling in our commu-
nifty, in reference to the refusal Of some OF
our banks to receive the bills Of large
batch Of Wisconsin banks. As a factionary