The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-23

! Jacob s. Lowry, b0wIdering, &c...a.. ,453 %
( 5B1FFi as95S s4 6aahns se~SIs = 9
Sundries on streets ............. ........ lS5 so
| Work on mouth OF sewer.......... I45 so
| Jackson Fire Co. aIIoWauce............s' 40 90
/ j. McInnerny, laying sidewalks. % 70
John Rankin, repairing prison.. %
/ John Ivtnson, sundrtes-...-..-......-. y %
SundFIeS Il "
| F. Edwards, experimenting .......... As 90
/ Isaac Casselberry, salary as Secre-
tary of Board OF HEALTH. --..-.-.. 100 %
I Board of Health, seryices..--.......-,. lao 20
II. NJ. Harvey, medical services. 50 II
The bill of James Parfell for build
ing cistern, was held over till the els
| tern is reported In good order.
The bill of JAS. Rodgers, Charles
Habbe and Peter Blind, for services
as pipemen, was referred to the Com
mittee on Finance for further exam
ination.
Samuel Wyttenbaeh, City Assessor.
submitted a report. stating that the
total number of polls returned by ALL
of the City Assessors for the current
year are 3, 543, of which [ assessed
more than three -fifths Of the whole
number returned for 1869, or 2, 143
polls out Of 3,543, and praying the
| Council to allow him S130, due him
as Assessor. Referred to the Com
mittee on Claims.
The bill of Uhlhorn & Brinkman.
for stone work on the streets-$124 %
was taken up, aud, on motion of
Mr. Stein bach, was laid on the table.
The request of Vim. Allen, that an
allowance Of 81 GOO be made him on
Third Street sewer, was referred to
the Mayor, with orders to allow it. if
found correct; and, on motion of Mr..
Hopkins, it was ordered that Mr..
Bateman be employed to superintend
the location of inlets into the Third
Street sewer.
The Mayor reported that be had
examined the records, and found that
there is an alley located IN the Fourth
Enlargement, in rear of Block No. l.
and that a portion of the alley is
fenced up. The report was received
and il was ordered that notice be
served upon the property holders to
open the alley.
Mr.. Steinbach made q verbal report
in reference to Lot No l, corner of
Canal and Sixth Streets. Received
and Committee discharged.
Mr.. Wiltshire moved that Locust
Street Improvement, from Sixth to
Eighth, be accepted, and that Mr..
A0WTy DC given bUC OLllEdAAOuS VI lAO
property holders. -
4. Royston, Chief of Police, sub
mitted a report that he had appointed
William Payne, Night Policeman, to
fill the vacancy occasiOned by the
resignation Of James Perry.
On motion the appointment was
confirmed.
T. Royston, Chief of Police. sub
mitted a communication setting forth
that he had suspended Casper Wet
sell from the position Of Policeman,
for the following reasons: 1st. Being
asleep on duty. I'd. Being drunk
while on duty. 3D.. Being absent
from roll call without sufficient ex
euse. Referred 10 Messrs. Hopkins,
Steineker and Wiltshire.
A communication was received
from II. ID. Allis, President of the
Board Of Trade, asking for an ordi-
nance to protect licensed commission
merchants from the innovations Of
those having no license. Laid over
one week.
The proposition of bIr. j. S. Hunt,
relative to the hooks and ladders, was
not accepted. and the Chief Engineer
of the Fire Department was instruct
ed to request Mr.. Hunt to bring on
the hooks and ladders.
Henry Wells was granted permits
sioa to tap the Third Street Sewer,
under the usual regulations.
The City Treasurer, 5. b. SAMSON,
was granted permission to occupy the
Clerks Office conformity with the
Clerk.
On motion of Mr.. Steinbach, it
was ordered that the public we'll on
the corner of Fourth and Sycamore
Streets, be repaired under the super
intendence of Councilman Steinbach.
a petition was received from ID. g.
Keller and Others, setting forth that
a nuisance was maintained by John
E. Taylor, in the form of a stable
and COW house, on Lot z, fronting on
Center Street, asking that the nui-
sance be abated.
A petition was also received from
property holders on Center Street,
asking that the street be reduced to
thirteen feet alley.
Willard Carpenter made a speech
animadyerting upon the impolicy of
keeping a dairy yard and ill-regu
lated depository of manure in the
heart of the city.
John e. Taylor replied by saying
that soap suds runs from q negro
house near by into the cellar of Car
penter's house, and that the cellar
has aot been cleaned out during the
Summer, and is a greater nuisance
than his stable, and that the tenants
of Carpenters house are worse than
the tenants of his stable and COW
house.
Carpenter replied aud Taylor re-
Joined, and after much talk all around
the Board, the petition of Keller and
others was referred to the Committee
on Nuisanees, and the petition of
Taylor and others was referred to the |
Committee on Streets and Alleys.
Sam. P Havlin reported $94 col
lected from wharfage during the week |
ending September 10th, and Phi. d. |
Vets reported S73 80 wharfage col
lected by him during the same time. |
The reports were accepted and order
ed to be fled
Joseph Stablh@ler reported sos
from outside collections and $21 from |
stall rents.
Licenses to sell whisky were grant
ed to Andy Jauchs and Joe Jurgens-
meier.
Steineker presented a request from
Clark Cody. Supervisor Of the Fourth |
Road District. that the Council would
appropriate 1925 to assist in grading |
Fulton Avenue. beyond Eleventh /
Street, Lamasco. Granted.
Steineker reported that the roof of
the Park School building was in bad