The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-20
COUNCIL PROOEEDINGs.
sou.BBLE OVER SIDEWALKS.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, I
Evansville, July 10, 1863. !

Il
men Steinbach. Hopkins, Semonin,
Orr, Steineker, Wiltshire and Dough
ty.
Minutes Of previous meeting read
and approved.
Buchanan and Gooding for prose
cutting Mollie Williams and MOllle
BrookIocker, were allowed $50.
Charles UNDERESTIMATE presented a
bill for $500 for damages caused to his
house, on the corner Leet and Center
streets, by overlooking OF the sewer.
No action taken.
A communication from e. i. Con-
ant was received, calling attention to
a pond of stagnant water, between
Sixth AID Seventh Avenue ard Third
and Water streets. Referred to Com
nittee on Nuisances.
e. q. q Ii. G. Murray asked leave
to build one or more steamboat hulls
on the Lamasco wharf. Granted.
An order was passed directing the
Mayor to make deed to the United
States of America. of the ground in
Oak Hill Cemetery occupied by the
graves Of deceased soldiers.
An order was passed authorizing
the city attorneys to make an agreed
case with Martin, Gardner & Co., to
be submitted to the court, for the pur-
pose of deciding as to the validity of
the late ordinance passed by the city,
forbidding any one from putting up
any building on the wharf.
Various parties petitiOned to be
allowed the privilege of taking up the
water pipe from Second to Filth
Street on Cherry. and from Fifth to
Eighth Street on Walnut. Laid over
one week.
On motion an alley was ordered to
be opened in Block 10, Lamasco.
Charles Raber asked to be allowed
damages to the amount of $152, on
account of opening the said alley IN
Block 81
MIR. Wiltshire moved that commits
sioners be appointed to appraise the
amount of damages, and that the
property holders benefited by the
opening of said alley, pay the dam
ages so assessed. Carried.
Joseph J Reitz and Eugene Kapp
Ter were appointed on behalf Of the
city. and the Marshal was directed to
notify Raber to appoint commission
ers on his behalf
On motion Of Mr.. Hopkins it was
ordered that the advertising and 9TH
er expenses for opening said alley, be
paid by the persons wanting the alley
opened.
On motion an order for $50 was d.
rected to be drawn in favor of Ste
| phen Ryan for fractional parts of
three lots at the junction of Tenth
and Sycamore Streets.
| N1v,,,,,kkoo woe oyDOofpFod N 00p
| fer with j j. Reitz In regard to lot
on the corner of Ann Street and First
| Avenue. Wiltshire and Stieneker
were made the Committee.
The bids for constructing the extern
| sion Of Third Street and Seventh Aven-
ne were sewer then opened. Liant &
! Bros. agreed to do the work at the
! following prices BrickWork $1l 90
per thousand, excavation 20 cents per
cubic yard, stonewOrk 81 Oe per cubic
foot
VIM. Allen bid as follows: Brick
work SO p per thousand. eXcava-
ton and reflling 20 cents per cubic
yard, stone per cubic foot 81.
! George Bingham bid as follows !:
Brickwork $f2 ga per thousand, ex-
cavation and filling q cents per cubic
I u,
| foot, paving mouth of inlets S. each.
On motion, the contract was award
ed to William Allen, he being the
lowest bidder.
a communication was received
from Francis M. Groves and NJ. a.
Smith, proposing to hire the city
1 lamp posts for advertising purposes
at $3.50 per year, the parties propos-
ing to put up a specimen for eXamlna-
ton by the Council.
On motion, the parties we're author
| lied to put up one as a specimen.
Mr.. Wiltshire said. if there was no
business, he would like to have an
order passed for a sidewalk.
! Mr.. Wiltshire moved that side
walk of class No. l be put down on
the east side of Second Avenue, be-
tween Sixth and franklin. Lost by
one vote, Mr. Hopkins voting no. "
! Mr.. Hopkins explained himself on
the sidewalk question, and consldeTa-
BILE discussion ensued.
! The Upper Market report showed
800 o. for outside collections.
The wharf reports showed $19S 90
collected from steamboats,.
Mr. Wiltshire moved that the city
advertise for sidewalk petitions, to be
handed to Mr.. Hopkins.
Mr.. Steinbach said he was not
ready to vote.
Mr. Doughty said there was no use
advertising for petitions, as he had a
pocket full of them.
On the vote being taken, the mo-
ton was lost
| The Council then adjourned. amid
considerable confusion.