The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-27
! ConneiI Pr0ceeding |,
59aa 3t03 COUNCIL CHAArBER,
& .ts., EVANSVILLE. Nov. rs, 1886.

l9lsn8 Council Proceedings. .sfrsk
sxsa3 ioaae3f10 COUNCIL. CEHAArBER
blssll ,ta = EvANsyILLEaN low. ", 1866. ! -
s8Counc ~ met sbinE y regular sessions
Present Hon. Mayor Baker, and Council
men HunneiI Heilmah, Miller, lReitz,
Smith, Wiltshire, Terrence and Dean.T =
Absent--Oouneilman Mills.
The minutes OF the LAST meetingl were
$ The City Han was crowded with inter.
ested spectators most Of them having bills
pending or an ak to grind. UAH
The following bills were read and APP
proved, or referred :s3Yfjs 10 GfTf
John Miller, forinails,E Sls;s Feldhaelker a.
WhittieSey, Services, sI56i 50; Mark 4 War;
rem, lanterns, 81 So; Reitz & .Haneyn steam.
gagpe, SIG Grant d. Bro, extra, work, 50;
Ct p a. on s Streets s256 S.; Bsilany & Aiie,
work, .$4S, lAlbakers q iGaden, IstOnework,
.S479d5; Asa Iglehart, professional services,
So; Sebastian Kahn, on wharf, ~ Back
81 DssIinger, printing. $50 65.azi5d YaI
8 Mr. JQhn Chandler appeared before the
made on Pearl Street fof6jts own protec-
tom and for the preyen10ns QfIthe gas in
the main pipe from freezing up. Where
appointed to examine the matter and re-
port. sIf1 tHi6 .llIe.l ........ 2iU8I
Gen. shaclxelford appeared before the.
meyer meyer = signffying his assent to the
openingssA Of streets : and - alleys q in
his addition to the city of Evans
satfoh- the safbitrators having fixed1 his
Z damage at 81 900, which he ayers .willinot
pay his necessarily incurred expense by
the opening of the street. He also asked
for certain clay, on condition of grading
the street from which the clay is taken..
Referred to Reitz and wiltshire. 90
Mr.. Chandler on behalf of j. III. Carlins
asked an abatement on taxes for cause,
Referred to Committee on Erroneous Tax
&c a. Complaint against Mr.. Seriber for
building on Seventh Avenue, was brought
before the Council. MaYor Baker read
notice which he had served. on Mr.. Scriberg
ordering him to suspend operati MI
l-Scriber being present, explained that e
had built on thes.old foun dations, sup
pSsng il t9 Be Ms Raq b not sd Sd
been served on HIM. The subject was ex-
amined prolixly and mathematically, and
the Mayor decided that the Council had no
| power to grant him privilege to go on with
the building The subject was laid over q
The Comfnittees on scanceling Orders re-
owed he treasurer HSs SIS g. paid by
/ him. assgg I'd hgtxfnfaN 1ssd
x The Mayor read, a report from the lCoplE.
ing nineteen blocks Of bowldering, done by
MIR. Jacob LowrEso ApProyed-}1 s.s
The Mayor repQrted ne proimRk pay y en-
Jacob lowry q n d for pronipf payment theg
usual drawback was ,allowed3
Thos. n. Elliott asked attention to his
SCn6OuI6, WHICH DSflCRCu AlC ltAfttlC
laout, but which was notreturned.i Referred
to the Comm ittee on Erroneous Taxation.
! u Mr.. 'Schriber asked for an abatement i0f,
taxesonsaecount, of havings been burned
out. lsiislif&9a n Isvsf say aa19g
" John A. Reitz. asked flor relief from an
hinYasionsof his premises, and 1t was decid.
ed to- make necessary sarrangementS.sa AT
soncesto afford the .desiredg relief and BIDS
for the work was asked tort ana lsubmitteG
inStan ter.Gibnf -naG Nnisid 80
knn Mrs Kfatz asked zthatl a, box sewer be
| placed in a certain horizon of the canatfor
supplying W a fOrouse at ilress ana Tor the
benefit of maRafact0rieS,Q5 nJs
IoiA mi tom to refer 1t 10th e committee on
the Fire Departures t. Wasfost.b
loon motto ni twas ordffreag thapa SeWer Pc
! put in down Street rom sycamore 20
Wine, bids to be'recetNed up To- next Mon
sdaYniqht.i gnss5EI sdi non /
Hasbrook & Richey askedan abatement
l1ondaxe Referred tose mmittee on Erro-
lgneoJis FaxeS.oGd hCa stdQmsE -
bSsC onpa:1i ut of "A. I2imfofh, ON the sntjeeB'
] OF Ia xes. IRefeTredtQ bae Committee on th-s
Erroneous Taxation. - a8ir ssel ..flI,q 19ot
| !. ON motion, ii. MAS ordered. that bids be.
/ advertised for hadiing steam fire sengines
ptil3 to ne " NJ day nightan)
EsThei May ssubnhftted areport of theEar- q
L bitratofs on TIE ASSESSMENT ORDINANCES by
the opening of certain streets iasBRinlz---
4 meyers Addftfon, theawhoie amounting to
81 SO; = coifeufred ih.tsi - 9od
on motion, the statement and sreqHeSf
submitted byNsenl Shacl1elford on behalf
OF Bf4nkmeyer, was laid on the table.
\ The wharf report for the.week endingr
w NJ %-ett .siiCfNAt DOeStS LOpttA
receipts $2l6 25.( VS. Ipl u1tg9
y Twenty dollars were appropriated to ems
abe Mrs. Bacon, an INDECENT female, to
reach her ricndsfn Ohio. aiuq 1877 10
The Mayor reported that McKeivef had
obtained Judgment against4the city for
SO So Ordered to be paid.sT -s9Hlpltj5
A Judgment obtained by Jacob Miller for
$40 against the city, was also ordered to be
paid. NH5t8f sH9 f3VsI 9al .9s3 q {
'IHunnell was appointed a committee to
determine whether to plaster or cell the3
Engine HOuSe.ln lituf- gin1Hf
The subject of the purchase of a new
steam IRE engine for Lamasco was taken
up, and communication s were read, ph otc-
graphs consulted, and much miscellaneous
Conversation was engaged an when it was
;screed that fu RI her norm alton should be
sought by correspondence. fssi -SfN yE5El
Mayor Baker submitted a profile of the
survey OF the proposed new road to OAK
Hill Cemetery. The proposed road leads
diagonally from Chestnut street BEYOND 1
Twelfth Street to a point near the canap
beyo Mr. Orr's HEIDI thence straight
along the line of the canaEuntil il inter-
sects the present road naarDthe cemeterysss 5 7
q, Upper Market report shows, outside. &C
|feetiOns $50 15f0r the week ending Nov. g. /
Z "A g eOfnmuAic atiOn8 was received from |
louis Frederick, rendering his resignation
as rlOlic0naan. W3if 9lH aE f7.Bt3f gaf % n
Al comm unfcation was received r.from !
SaTn's.0 Y iekery, asking asreduction of ass /
sessment Referredstol Committee on En- |
roneouS AsSeSSn eEts.1 .siEsiJ -staaaf4 4
1.-Two or three new sidewalks were order |