Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-10-17
DAVENPORT, IOWA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER II. 1867
to connec, with the s,~er on said street.

Petition Of \. l,oorsch. offering 10 build .
large ci,.ern for his osn use, ana also Tor
the use of the Fire Department, on K'pley
str. e,. between "a aud I'd stseets, provided
The city would pay enc half Of the sspense.
Referred to the COMMITTEES on Fire and
Water, to report next meeting.
A nmunication vas received fren the
Committee on Public Grounds and Builds
ings, in relation TO vacation OF Marquette
street from Front street to 2d street. On
mo ion the communication was 's'stfeu 10
the City Attorney, to report 'he next meet
ing. 49,,
Petition Of W A. .Bemis, requ.sung o. the
City Council 10 cause the sidewa'k IN mont
Of lots 6 and 7 in block 8. Fulsona Addi-
tion, to he brou,h to grade. Referred to
the Committee on streets, 70 report ~ the
| oext meeting.
Petition Of the Trustees Of the Reformed
Dutch Church Of Davenport. requesting that
the gas post on the corner Of Eleventh and
Brady streets. in front Of said church. may
be rspaired and the gas lighted. On mo.
ton the petition vas ordered laid on the to-
bic. Adopted.
The Finance Committee made their semi
annual report, which is As follows;
To His Honor the Mayor and Aldermen Of
the CITY Of Davenport, in Council as>
ssmbied..
The undersigned committee submits to
your honorable body the following half
yearly financial report:
On the Let day Of October. snere wae 10
the hands Of the Treasurer the sum OF W.
3lG.04; viz: on General Fund 70, LUG. OF,
and on Road Fund s3,oO5.l9, ana on Spe>
cial Fund $2O5.33.
The this months expenditures on streets
will very likely fully exhaust the Road Fund.
90 that, il We do not intend to burden the city
again with heavy floating debt, We must.
for the balance Of the year, limit our road
sxpenditures to the amount received Tor
that fund from other sources.
During the first six months Of this finan.
cial year, that 10 f,om April to October !.
1867, the City Treasurer has paid out the
sum OF $34.779.s6; Of which the sum Of
1lS,10l. 81 va on General Fund and $l6..
5S6.49 was on Road Fund. During the
same period orders were issued by The City
Clerk for 932, 2,493 "a; Of which $i6.el1.l5
we're on General Fund and el5. .0S2 SO on
Road Fund-so that the floating debt dur>
ing said period has been diminished to the
amount Of o., ,2e6.02, namely, on 0ensra
Fund 81 $3.50. %, and on Road Fund s9oS.so
Your committee would also call the at.
tsntion Of the council to the fact that the
FIRE department hes cost the city during this
period g., ,252O1. Printing and advertising
tl.2l1.66 Gas 81, ,294o5. Police 81 .704
10. The income for the police department
has been less than $500, 90 that said de.
partmcnt has a deficit Of over ( 200 during
six months.
Your committee would also draw the ats
tention Of your honorable body to the fact
that the receipts for pubic weighers certiti
Gates during the first six months have been
only $420-whle they amounted during the
Same sx months Of 1866. to $567.6o, or
over one>third more. We would most res
spectfuly recommend that the Msrshal and
police officers be particularly instructed to
see that the respective ordinances faithfully
bo carried out.
H. II. ANDERSEN. finance
| THos DERxoDr. Committee.
Report received and ordered published
with the Council Proceedings.
| CONCLUDED 10 morron.
RrEB.-The Pembna and Cricket both
went up yesterday.
Tho David Watts left for St. Louis last
evening, with about 1000 packages Of
freight
Tho Fanny Barker, Capt. Lem. Clark in
command, by long waiting, got two bargcs
we'll loaded and left for 81. Louis this cve>
ming.
The Tacony is expected down from Ga
lena this evening, and will leave for St. Pau
to morrow morning.
The regular packet kei,hsburg left for
Ft. Madison this morning. The New Bose
ton 10 the regular packet for Tomorrow
morning.
The David Watts and Tacony, both own.
ed BY Howe L Co.. Of 81, Louis, have been
put into the trade between this city and 81.
Louis, with the view Of establishing regu.
lar line between the two places on the joint
stock plan. provided a company can he
formed and our shippers will take stock
and otherwise interest themselves in the
matter.
A new boat 10 to Be added to the trad .
between Davenport and Clinton. 90 Sat>
urday next the Iowa City, light dsaught
sids-whe steamer will make its iirse trip
between these points, leaving here q .
o'clock A. n Thereafter she will continue to
make regular tri>wsekly trips until the close
Of navigation. Capt. Pierce, formerly 10
command Of tho Ben. Campbell, will take
command.
The st. Paul Pioneer says: An immenss
raft passed BY the city yesterday aftsrsoon,
en Its way to st. Louis, in tow Of smsll
steamer. II 10 impossible for 10 to ssv how
many feet Of lumber there were In tho raft
Il looked ~ though il contained eight Of