Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-04-17
City Council Proceedings.
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April IS. 1866.
Councihmet pursuant 40 adjournment,
His Honor, Mayor Baker presiding
CouneiImen prssens--Messrs Smith,
Dean, Mills, HaAnels Holman, Tor
renee, Wiltshire and Miller.
Minutes of previous sneeting read and
approved.
The following bills were allowed and
ordered paid: &
John sDanIsstelb for eapdles, $40 05;
A. Tenvoorde, salary as City Marshal,
500 33; Police bill, 1916 90; John Nc
inerny, for work on plank walk, $32 so;
Juo. DannateIl, salary for. one month,
$50 90; VIM. Paine, salary for hauling
Ere engine $40 90; G. Newman, salary
as lamplighter, $40 90; r. T. Barter &
Co, for sundries, 500 90; Elijah Per-
kins, enc months salary as engineer,
800 90; Peter Zapp and others, for la
Dor on streets, $S8 II Liant & Bro, for
work on sewers, 5000; A johnson, for
pump, 90 CO.
The bond Of Mr. Schubert, City ColS
lector elect, was accepted and filed !;
also the bonds of Mr.. Ware u, ir., and
Philip Euler, Assessors and A. M. Nc
Griff, Clerk.
A petition of VIM Heilman asking
the discontinuance of on alley situated
between First and Second Stress, and
reaching from Cross Alley to Pine
Street, was granted.
The upper market report for tbe year
ending April /, 1866, was received and
ordered filed, showing that revenue of
W. 1886 20 had been derived from that
source. as ssHs "a sassn sss4
Gel. Jones asked that the Council tx
time when the citizens should be al.
lowed tofvose whether the Council should
have power to take stock in the Straight
Line Railroad or not He stated that
the same proposition hitherto presented
was for tie consideration of the Council.
he now asked that another election be
ordered. 7astA 1anr
Mr.. Smith asked if II was not the nm
derstanding that the election was post
poned until the last of the present month.
Mr.. Baker answered In the affirmative.
Mr.. Smith then moved that the 30th
day Of April be fixed as the day for such
election.
Mr.. Heilman offered an amendment,
that the last Monday in May be snbsti-
tuted, which amendment was lost, and
the original motion being put, prevailed.
So ii was ordered that the election take
place on the Both inst.
Ne Jno: Ingle, jr, rose to speak in
behalf of the manufacturing interests of
the city, and in behalf of part of the
Board Of Health. he started out BY
saying that he never knew city in
such q condition for pure water, and
water for manufacturing purposes, and
attacked the policy that suffered the
canal to remain in its present condition,
with warmth and spirit He considered
the matter Of supplying the city with
water, in view Of the manufacturing in
terests ct the city, and in view Of the
danger Of the cholera; as paramount to
oil interests now. He stated that the
supply of water was so poe1 that the
city waa at the mercy Of incendiaries--
that there was not a suficiency of water
to extinguish 3 general Ere. The rail-
road could do without further improves
ments in that direction, but the city
could not
Mr.. Baker stated that the city was
not in want of water for FIRE purposes;
that ell the cisterns could be easily sup
piled with water from the river in case
the water in the canal should fail He
further stated that he had kept the inter-
ests of the city under bis eye, as related
to danger from direction ~
Mr.. /. proceeded He further stated
that the bonds OF the city Of Evansville
would not bring IS cents on The dollar
in the city of New York. 10 supply
the city with water from the river was
out OF the question. The manufacture
ing interests demand that water works
be built, The health of the city demands
il, but that could not be done. He in
trodueed certificate signed BY three of
the members Of the Board of health, to
the effect that the canal was great
source Of sickness; thaf-it would prove
more so Ia 4 dry season that the water
was muddy, stagnant, etc. But, il it
were kept filed with water il would not
be 90.
Mr.. I. proceeded TO discuss the cues.
ton at length, and urged che I'M portnnce
of an early removal of All tha hlEh in
the city--insiased that immediats steps
be taken to place the city in = oleansed
condition, and wondd MP with the ang-
gesti0n that temporary srw9rks be
ct once Constructed, or tha canal 6Ilsa
9Th ID NJ -aA1@s. Szku Eaasor had
once oppressed the Opinion. la sa
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