Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-07-25
DAVENPORT. IOWA FRIDAY MORNING. JULY Is. 1852

neye siLssid lsoepsMsMesps the sssessy
6v. h.s:iabsloss Syssssd slea che ''ssss'
Rs.ei. !. rAA Is. x.r.a.l b.' Nod hereby
10 or~er q 70 lkrvS 1su Of ,bsss Arsolut,esa
spon he PrsfIdsnt and S.sfetsfv oNthe Dav.
soport oss GIT end Coke CoupanA and q
return a.. >. -: =. :i..l 70 -. AAyor. .ilh r.
AID. DAvE EXPORT moved Wy The stus'si.
tuts ON the tabls, Io.s
Aid. N'cAtN thsd to know pkeeiee how
many '.0p;pS,s 1td been s0osr1e'.d Fos BY
authority
The Mayor stated that Mr. Lsds. labs City
Attorney. vss Of th. opinion shPt etly Is
lamps had been Authorized BY thp city; Mr..
sborsy. present City Attorney. had arrived at
che same opinion after due sxsmin4iqh.
AID. JENNINGS vas Of the spintog that the
city vss 10 duty bound to pay fof ths use Of
just a' many lamps as it bad pretpasly paid
for. up to LAG. ~
Aid. M'CARN did not sec hjyway clear in
the matter; he vented fslisbas Deal.optnion
as to the exact number Of ls6ps lawfully e.
tablisbsd. When that yAs done. if the num-
Der should not BE- ovSs16, he was willing to
isereass It to 90 -tof the sake Of avoidieg lit
igstion. ts-ssassd u1ssAhs city was in bet
ter condition. HSthspeht NJ only question
before US v.' the rs%b'r posts legally
contracted for.
Aid. DAVENPORT thoNgbt tArt question
had already been estabIished by tAe Supreme
Court He took the decision % 6nS.
Aid JENNINGS shoseht the sdvi\p Of the
City Attorneys had been great. sourts of loss
to the city he had no great opiPion pf their
dsoisioO'. they had cost the city pn immense
amount Of money already. II I'd vsrp going
70 pay the bill let rs oi.; II no{ let 10 ssy
60. and understand each other.
Yeas and nays called for on tbs adoption
Of Aid. Rsnwick . substitute. -
YEAs-Cu aningbam. Wunderlibb. Kelley.
Noe, Ochs. and Renwick-6
NAYs-Daveuport, McCarn, Mitchell and
Jenni1gs-4. ~
Substitute adopted. N
Aid. JENNINGS moved to y journ. Lost.
Aid. RENxlcK offered the ploviot re.o-
luton: II
Resolvtd. That a Committee d two IN con.
junction with the Mayor aut City at ornsy.
be appointed to confer with yhe.skss Company.
to obAin if possible. moci ikca don Of }be con
tract 20 as to have the puylic emps leduced
to so lampe this year. coin l36s. a3d Is in
1885,. AID II they csrnot bbtaib such modif
catipn to receive and eub6it to khis C}uncil at
Ms meeting any propostjon ssi( Gas Company
mau ha 6iannaAA a naaA
i'd. DAVENPORT tov.d 10y .. III. ...
blt. Lost.
Aid. KELLY moved that the Jesolotion be
'otmsndsd as to make the nubber Of lsmps
lighted Is. i
Ald. N'CARN thought it kas of NO use for
the Council to attempt To- Sstab blish any nuc.
her Of posts, except u compromise with the
Company.
Aid. KELLY thought the tsventy five
would be . fair eomprod se; the stockhoiders
had lost the city bad ID and It vas nothins
more than fair that the - Company should
be willing to lose comet Jog. He thought the
Gas Company had acted without authority in
certain matters.
Aid. DAVENPORT |rected the wrong i'm.
pre.sion of the Alderm last up.
Aid. WUNDERLIC thought that the
C"unoil should hear TO Ae will Of the people.
He vas in favor Of ligb Expenses; Of looking
to the interests Of the = payers.
AID. JENNINGS tho int that the people Of
the suburban districts loysd light As we'll -
those in the heart Of city. He thought
the matter should be tiled right off, Let
% pay it in full. II th Council. don't think
90 let 1t refuse-snd lei be thing 60 on and
s-e where the matter pid end. Let 10 be
honorable.
Aid. KELLY oppoi the action Of the
Council in dcing md than seventy five
laups-to pay for them d stiek toit.
Aid. KELLY withdrl his amendment to
AID Renwick's resoluti and the resolution
was adopted.
Aid. JENNINGS Offer the following:
Resolved. That althoq ws firmly believe
that We are indebted "a fhe Davenport Gas
Light and Coke Cempa nevertheless. ws
entirely disavow the idl (of paying said Com.
psny any portion Of "a debt, and thst eaid
Company seek redress ewhere.
Lost. ss
O. motion e..,:., ;,,.:.:
$20.40, less thalfforty cents week,
will secure life policy Tor $1,000 in the Con.
nscticut Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Assets. $4.s5O.O00. Dividends have never
been less than forty per cent. per ssnum. H.
B. Hoffman, agent
tat
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance