The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-05-14
Preceding Of the. Common Council.
Council CHAMBER, }
April 18th, 1859.

April 10th, 1859.
The Council met at . O'Clock, M.
Present, Mayor, Aldermen CAsADY, CocH.
RAN, CARPENTER, LEWIS, OBERHoLrzER
PoRrEKrIELp ROGERS and TREYNoR.
Minutes of the last meeting read and ap.
proved.
Mr.. Cochran Presented petition from
John Keller, C. Baldwin and number OF
other citizens, requesting that the street be
opened to the CT en- east of Bancroft street
And on motion Of Mr.. Cassidy the petition
was referred to the Committee on Streets
and Alleys.
Mr.. Cochran, Chairman Of the committee
on Internal Improvement, presented the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolred, Bv the Common Council of the
City of Council Bluffs, that the City Engi-
necr be and is here by instructed to ascertain
the various elevations and depressions of the
surface of all the streets in the city at all
their points from the chain of bluffs on the
East to Indian Creek on the West. and from
Broadway on the South, and report the facts
to the Council at their next meeting, with a
view to establishing permanent grades to
do Justice to the city and all concerned now
and hencefOrward.
Resolutions offered by Mr.. Cochran
Resolred, By the Common Council of the
CITY of Council Bluffs that crossings for
footmen be constructed across al! the streets
ntersecting Broadway Cat their points OF IN
tersecton, from Madison street to Center,
and across Broadway from Stutsman's cor,
ner to Henshall's corner, from lot No. 2o2
to lot No. $50 from the corner OF James
Block to lot No. lS3, and from Eyeretts
corner to tn Pacific House.
Resolved, That such crossing be made Of
double tier of hard wood logs, not less
than in diameter at the small end, land
three Of four feet apart, filled in and paved
with Brck-b bats or broken Rock, and the
surface of the street slope outward each way
! from the top Of the logs, SO as to make the
ascent easy in crossing with teams.
! Resolrcd, That the Committee on Streets
and Alleys be instructed to ascertain the
lowest price the timber can be delivered on
the ground for and report the facts to the
! tOunctl III ttlSlE UcAt llcctlllS.
( Mr.. Cochran, Chairman Of the Committee
on Internal improvements, submitted a re-
port on the drainage of Madison street,
which on Mr.. Rogers motion was adopted.
Mr.. Cochran, Chairman Of the Select
Committee to whom was referred an ordl-
name" providing for paving and repairing
side walks by lot owners, submitted report
to the Council on the same. On Mr.. Ro ers'
motion. the report was adopted. Mr.. Lewis
/ h~n moved that the Goth Rule be suspended
and the Ordinance be read third time
Read third time, passed and title agreed
-.
Mr.. CaSaly, Chairman of the FINANCE
Committee presented a report on wv. Bry-
ants (late City MayshaIl.) Account Current
from March DIST, up to April 18th, 1850
! On Mr.. Coch2au's motion, the report was
! adopted.
! On Mr.. Trcynor's motion, the Committee
! on Printing was instructed to ascertain what
it would cost to get 100 copies Of the City
Ordinance printed in Pamphlet form and re-
port the same to the next meeting Of the
Council.
Mr. Cassidy made a motion that the City
Recorder be allowed the use of the Council
Cnamber in connection with the City Engi-
nccrs as an OtHce-ln0tiOn carried.
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