Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-11-30
Council Proceedings.
SATURDAY EyE'G, Nov. 81.

Council Proceedings.
SATURDAY EvE'G, Nov. 81.
Present the Mayor and Councilmen
Dean, Elliott, Newman, Schmutte, Over
: i'll, Cook and Mills
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved.
On motion, bills as follows were allow
ed, viz:
The Street Commissioners weekly bill.
$29 90; bill of labor on Front street by
Street Commissioner, $29 IS; G. Nueb-
ling, for repairs on lower scales, SIS 90;
Anson Schneider, for carpenter work on
said scales, Sll ST; John Hodson, for
nails and spikes for Front street, $40 96;
NJ Dausman, placing earth on Walker
street, $ll 10; Hy. Bauer, hauling gray.
ell to Main street, 80 cents; Nick. Burk-
hart, for gunnels for Front street, S. 90;
f. Reitz, do, So so; Thomas Bullen, for
carting sand on wharf, $3.50; A. Kirkpat-
/ rick, for labor on Front street, $llO0; h.
Morgan, do IS 0n: j Newman, for
experimenting said work, $35 co; J.
Newman, for experimenting work at
Vine and Locust street crossings, S12 90;
I B. Nurre & Co, lumber furnished for
Front street, $44 06; B Nurre & Co,
do. for lower scales, $8 3S; B. Nurre &
Co, do, for streets, $S 70; Charles Red
don, two months salary as Market and
Weigh Master upper market, $50 co.
Ordered, That Bedford & Allen, con-
tractors for the construction of Locust
street sewer, be allowed $500 90 on ac-
count
Ordered, That $4,000 90 be allowed
to H. Q. Wheeler, the School Trustee.
Ordered, That 81 90 be refunded to
). Thompson's heirs-taxes on eight
inches of ground assessed to, but not
owned By, them
Ordered, That the assessment of per-
sonals Of Schroeder & Kargus be reduc-
ed 5000 90, and they be refunded 81 20. |
A donation made by the Mayor on the
part OF the city, amounted to $1,000, and
paid over to Joe. r. Ashby for the re-
lief of some refugees left at this post
was allowed, and ordered the Mayor be
refunded that amount
Appropriations for the relief of the
below named persons were then made,
viz:
Mrs. B. Schiller.......................S1 $40 90
Michael Kennedy, dy,.....,............. 1000 |
Mrs. Goodridge.. dge..................... so |
Mrs. Hornbrook. k................... $50 |
Mrs. Onook.... ........................... D 90 |
Councilmen Overell, Schmutte and /
Mills were appointed a committee to ex-
anime the premises of Ferdinand Funk,
relative to petition of his for a reduc-
tlon of the assessment.
The public cisternS were reported to
be in good condition.
The Mayor reports revedue derived |
from the City Wharf for the week ending
midnight, Nov. 10, 1868, S51 80
l. Strassner & Co. were allowed S467
% for excavating and replacing 3,738
cubic yards of earth on Franklin street
The committee appointed by the Coun-
ell to confer with the County Commits
sioners in relation to the purchase of
suitable premises for a Pest House, re-
port that they have examined the prem
lses referred to by the County Commiss,
some necessary repairs, will answer the
purpose intended. The property con-
sists of about one acre of ground, with
small farm house thereon, situate short
distance northward from the Northern
Enlargement; and they recommended to
Colncil to join the Commissioners in the
purchase of said premises, and that $500
be allowed by the Council to J. H. Brom-
melhaus in payment of the city's share of
said purchase money, which report was
approved Of
An ordinance relative to Jennie Lind
Tables, Pigeon Hole Tables, and all
other tables upon which games are play
ed with sticks or balls, either for amuse-
nent, gain or reward, was then read
second time and passed. See separate
advertisement
sJohn McInerney was allowed, for lying
plank walk on the east side of Third
Avenue from Canal to Sixth street, $56
16.
Also on the west side of Third Avenue /
from Franklin to Seventh streets, S20S4
Several sidewalks were also ordered
(See separate advertisement
An order for plank walk on the west
and east side Of Fifth Avenue, from Sixth
to Franklin streets, and an order for a
plank walk on the southeast side of
Elm street, from Market street to Canal,
were rescinded.
The yeas and nays were called for, on
a motion to suspend the work on Frank
lin street, when said street was being
properly trimmed and shaped, were as
follows, viz:
YEAS = Councilmen Dean, Elliott,
Newman, Schmutte, Cook and Mills-6l
NAYs-Councilman Overell-1.
So the motion was agreed to.
A proposition by Marcus Sherwood, to
pay one-half of the expense of building
an inlet to Locust street sewer, at the
alley situate between First and Second
streets, the cost to be $40, was referred
to committee consisting of Councilmen
Overell, Elliott and Cook, with power to
structed to consider the propriety of an ]
inlet to the alley opposite
p CoHncilmen Newman, Elliott and Dean
were appointed a committee to examine
the alley situate between Chestnut and
Cherry streets, and extending from Sec
ond to Third streets, relative to its grade,
and report by Saturday next
Props being needed under Chestnut
street bridge, it was ordered that Coun-
Gilman Mills be authorized to have the
job done
Adjourned