The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-28
Council Proceedings.
BIB COUNCIL CHAMBER, /
EVANSVILLE, August H.

Council met in regular session, His Hon
or Mayor Baker in the Chair. tf-.f
Present-Councilmen Hrnnell, Mills,
Miller, Smith, Terrence, Dean, Heilman,
Wiltshire. Reitz. +''is ris
Minutes Of the last two preceding meet
ingS were read and approved. 7o
% q The following bills were presented and
allowed, or referred:
Geo iSongerg forearth, referred; s61 OF;
VIM; Dongherty, day police, 81 90;
man Salem. police, $40; Robert An
derson, police, sI4; Chr Hermann police,
STAT. Louis Fgederiel, police, sl4j Philip
IL lein,7 police, SD; Spence GalzIer, po1fce,
S14; Fred. Wensel hanling lime. tsI575; Jno.
Ahles, hauling IiIne,f - 62; John Ingle,
'limes S8S 75i RoelkeE Bl9qpt {, y sc Sc, earth,
, etc, So u; Bernard Arnold, labor, referred,
S348 80; Peter Zapp and others, work on
Street, sI9I 50; Sebastalns Kueh4a allowed SO
per cent. on estimate Of work On wharf.
4 A petition was received from certainctU1-
zens of upper Second Street, asking a reduc-
ton OF a portion of Second street, to the
uniform width Granted3 as,t.t.a.f fa.st.,-
Report 9f ,otTEaarfage for the week iending
Z Central market. report, aoutside collec-
tions, and upper market report, outside
collections were read and entered
Report of the public cisterns read and
ordered to beieutered. erf t80 49,
III License to sell liquor, granted to George
4ouDg, Frank Yergenhagen Co., and
= CertainLI petitions referred to special
committee without reading. r..-s
The following petition was read and re-
.ferfedto The gomfnittee on nuisances:
saa4ls bra 8BEYANsyILLE,. Aug. n, 1866.
To the NGgorl and Honorable Board Of ColtTl-
& cilpfsest Of The city Of EUdItsUitle: ~ /, q
Your Honor's attention has been direc-
ted to a very offensive nuisance that does
yet exist, which, is. known las Mel nerney s
Soap Factory. And we, the undersigned
sad tdff piifrifaction do earhestIy play Your
Honorable body to have said nuisance ex=
peliedifrom our neigphorhood:o You have
not relieve US Of thiso more big one?
so trdsting to- YOUR honor. I'VE win subs
scribe ourselves, your wopld-be ,ihdepend-
cry and give ear to our com plant; for we
are sore Vexed.h bna btSigned,l
leSl3 svffnaf5M b.. aALEX-r KIRKPATRICK,i % q
And TWENTY-FIVE othefs.a 15h r.fl r.
"A petition from. Hiram Nelson, asking
Council to grant permits extending time
tha5 wood may lie upon the street, grant
ed. II. n eison to grant permits. Itls
Petition asking the re-openlng of an al
ley through block No, 4, in stoelSweli,s
as wood-house, was read Referred to
Committee on Streets and, Alleys.
Report of Oak Hill Cemetery, showing
q interments during the month, up to the
25tll' of August. 4sFsraEA va
Report OF ,interments in Locust Hill
Cemetery from September list, 1865, to Au-
gust LIST, 1866, Y in all, was read and en-
tered. ta Par -s,y agrr-
Petition from Building Committee of the
German Catholic Church. asking permits
sion to place a board gutter under the
streetto the canal, to obtain a supply Of
water for building IlqFposes. Granted. =
The attention of the Council was then
directed to the pla as for, the new engine
house, as submittetl fby Hunnel & Mills
the committee. The drawings show a
very handsome buildings which wiliabe a
credit to the city. The specifications We're
read and agreed to, and the plans accepted
: Bids to be received until next Monday
night. res 4tt r,a Eu5at.ftff 70 9sgI
Mr.. Altman proposed to sell adiportiou
ofwhaFf, inffrontof the MILL to the city
Referred to Holman and Wiltshire. IN
I Committee ON Wharf allowed another
week tOrepoFt. a. \, t,fsl.f - ,atl
Mayor authorized ito renew notes in
/ Bank. lyssef .l.rlt. si.lf-5.,f 'stsl - =
I'll Liant Brothers. were allowed s., coo on sSe-
/ amores street sewer. and, the Mayor was
/ authorized TO borrow more mpney.
The Payn Brothers asked an appropria-
7 ton of 500 on their contract for the taild-
I ing of the pest house. Request granted.
Dean moved that the alley running from
Green to College streets, between, First and
I Second, be graded, !us-f.- sfr
/ On motion, adjourned.