Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-06-08
Council Proceeding.


June 9th, 1864.
Present, the Mayor, and Councilmen
Dean, Archer, Schmitss, Carpenter, He'd
derich, Reits, Sullivan and Mills-s.
The minutes OF last meeting we're read
and approved.
The following claims against the city
we're presented and disposed Of
The Street Commissioner weekly
bill for work on the street, amounting TO
1901
Councilman Carpenter objected to the
item in the bill allowing A. kirkpatrick
$i5 for days carting on the ground
that the service was rendered BY boy,
and demanded the yeas and nays, which
we're as follows: Ia k e..-,s.-
Yeas-schmitls, Carpenter, Heddrieh,
and Reilz-4
Nays-Deau, Archer and MilIs--3.
So the motion prevailed, and the
Street Comnissi oner's bill reduced TO
$l03.62I, which was ordered 10 be paid
The following we're allowed: j. Col
lius, gas-htter's bill, Sll. J. GFies's bill
for blacksmithiEg, $40. ]. MeInnerny,
for earth placed on Main Street, $3.50.
The claim Of VIM Gum e52 50-l00
damages to his horse BY falling into 4
public cistsrn, and the claim o. cariin
h Co, for window glass broken by riot
ous boys, were reported TO the Commit
tee on Claims.
The Mayor reported that under the
contract with the city, John McInnerny
had laid down and completed two side
walks, one on the south aide of Fourth
street, between Fifth Avenue aud Pearl
street, 1874 feet in length, and at n cost
Of $44 20 And the other on the South
side OF Fourth street between Pearl
street and Sixth Avenue, ls0 feet long,
costing GA 40 which sumo were ordered
10 BIO paid 10 said McTnnerny, and as
sessed against the property fronting
The Mayor presented bis report Of
Wharfage collected at the city wharf
from May 9th to May Slst inclusive,
showing, forty-six steamboats, landed aud
paid sl2l 90, old wharfboat paid dslin-
qasnt wharfage S25 90, Cox i Hun
phrey paid for May $26 e5-l00, Bodi-
am Coal Mines s. 3s.i00, Aatboat
wharfage IS, steamer BodiAm Star g.
Total 1892 IS.
The Mayor also presented his report Of
wharfage collected at the city wharf
during ths month Of May, showing I'll
steamboats, landed and paid $66T Oh,
lhirty-six passed on without stopping,
two touched without cabling, three land
ed below, thirty-three in Government
service. Wearfboais paid: ]. b. Hall
$25 80, Cox b Humphreys old boat for
February $50 90, for March, April aud
May SIS 90, new beat for May $27 65-
100, Bodiam Coal Mines for May IS 80.
Flatboats $50 CO. 5,490 barrels salt
s5i 90. Star IS 90 Total 1908 q.
mis- official paper presents an exceed
iagly ilourishing commerce for our rising
city. Over 300 steamboats, have landed
at our wharf during the past month,
bringing to our doors the products Of
all the world and large portion OF Dixie
besides -RsroRTsR
The report Of Central Market showed
receipts for the week from outside col.
lections 81 so, for stall ~ 40
The report Of Upper Market showed
ieceipts from outside collections gil 20
Market Master Sherwood reported 9
nuisance near the Market in the shap,
Of large heap Of eindeFs, which wal
ordered to be abated.
Complaint was made by q butcher wht
had rented no stall, that the Market has
required him to pay % cents per day FOL
the use Of q stall, and in response to sale
complaint Councilman Hedderich moves
that those who rent no stalls shall here
after pay so cents per day for the use 0
stalls, which was agreed to.
The report of the Sexton OF Oak Hill
Cemetery, showing nineteen iuterment
for May, was presented and ordered 4
DO entered.
p Councilman Carpenter offered resc
luton declaring that in April last ID
Council had motion OF Councilma
Hedderich unanimously. voted TO rails
the wages of men with horse and cart /
! S., aud Of boys 10 So so, which vote ha
, net been entered by the City Clerk, an
. resolving that said order be entered no
for then.
Councilman Hedderich replied tbs
his motion did not embrace boys wit
: carts and that no vote vas taken upo
his motion 70 increase the spay Of mel
but the same was agreed TO by generI
consent
The Mayor stated that the motion |
!: fix the pay Of boys with carts was mad
| at the time but not seconded, and Their
+ fore was properly omitted by the clerk.
On motion Of Councilman Dean, Il
. resolution was laid ON the table, but su
!. seuuently amended 80 as TO eonfor
more nearly to the facts, and so as
!. discla:m any censure upon the CT
Clerk, and adopted.
\. Councilman Schmitts moved that Il
age Of eightsen be fixed as the peril
at which cartman with horse and ca
shall receive s.. w SEES nur
IL Archer moved 10 amend by insertiI
:, seventeen instead Of eighteen. %
amendment was rejected aud the oris
~ nal motion prevailed. q = III
an Conneilmou Reitx, from the commits
on the nuisance at Ruse's tan ward, I
ported said nuisance in process of ahal
" nent by Mr.. Ruse.
re Councilman Archer, from the comm
.st tee on the claim of the Gas Comnapv
damage for leakage of gas, reported
-, length, to the effect that probahly ias.i
M required the payment OF half The lea
nd age for the months Of January and F,
rnary last, and repairing, amounting
all TO $3.50.
Of Councilman Sullivan, frsm the sa
~ committee, dissented, and at the sugg
ton Of the Mayor it was proposed 9
~ the matter be referred to two perso
nth one to be named by the Council and
ia | other hv the claimants with mower