The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-04-26
COUNCIL PRo0EEDINGs.


= COUNCIL CHAMBER, 4
Evansville, April 25, 1901 p
The Council met. at tho usual hour.
Present: Messrs. Van Ripper. Mnhl-
hansen. Richardt, Carpenter, Schaum,
Kerth, Heilman and Doughty. 5l
The Mayor not being present, Mr..
Doughty was called to preside.
Minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved. |
The following bills were presented
and allowed:
Hugh Duffy, repairing bowidered
streets. Gays az So. o.; ,a y %
Jos. Stahlhoefer, Market MASTER. ii IS
w. A. Friteh, glass for street lamps. 20
1. u. Dryer, fireman or NO z, il days - -
Police pay roll, cerIifed by the CHIEF ass OS
John A. Stang, for sundries for en-
s seSa NG repairing %
| On motion of Mr.. Van Ripper. it
was ordered that all bills for the Fire
Department be certified by the Chief
and paid semi monthly. - BIZ
| Mr. Heilman objected to the allow
ance OF the police bill, as it included
Sunday and Monday, and by consent
the bill was ordered paid up to and
| including Saturday only, making Sat
urday night the starting point for
the pay roll, thus reducing the bill
1927 80.
Mr.. Carpenter objected to the bill
being allowed at greater rate than
80 90 per day.
Mr.. Van Ripper contended that po-
licemen should have no less than the
old force received, aud ended by
moving that 81 % be the regular pay
of the force hereafter, which motion
was carried.
Evansville Gas Co, for gas 81, Jos
| referred to the COMMITTEES on gas.
Street labor 1888 90 and $50 90; re-
ferred to the Committee on Claims,
with power.
Messrs. j. 3. Hopkins and ohm A.
Reitz, appeared before the Council,
asking that the city subscribe $780,
| 600 to the capital stock Of the Carmi
/ Railroad Company, of which Compa-
ny they were Committee.
Mr.. Van Ripper moved that Com
mittee be appointed to investigate the
matter and report to the Council on
the expediency of so doing, which
carried, and the Committee, consist
ing of Messrs. Van Ripper, Kerth and
/ Heilmsn, were appointed. .s
A communication from certain res.
idents on Fourth Street, was received
demonstrating against permitting the
J erection of butcher stands outside the
Market House, on that street; was
referred to the Committee on Mar
kets.
i A communication from certain
, butchers, asking for the confning oil
the sale of meats to markets; referred
to the same committee.
A petition for the opening oil
Adams Street from Third to Water
Streets, was referred to the Commit
tee on Streets and Alleys, with Mr.
Van Ripper added thereto.
Petitions from residents of various
parts of the city presenting as NUS
ances certain ponds in various parts
of the city, were, on motion, referred
, to the Committee on Nuisances.
A petition was received from Z
Lauenstein and others, praying the
appointment of W. I'll. III. Blummel
Deputy City Clerk. Laid over. 3
For sidewalk on Seventh Street
between Ingle and Bond Streets, wa:
laid over. EH
Mr.. e. G. Van Ripper offered res.
olution, asking for the appointment
] of a standing committee of three on
water works, to whom allmatters per
tanning to water works be referred
! Resolution adopted, and Messrs. Var
! Ripper, Muhlhausen and Doughty
were appointed, the latter on motion
f of Mr.. Van Ripper. etiO DIS
! MIR. Heilman wanted to know if i
was the Democratic party that Wer,
| going to build the water works. FL
J, mad entertained an idea that it was tt
be done by the city generally. III
+ Mr.. Muhlhausen reproved Mr.
3 Heilman for Introducing politics int
such matters. Such things ought no
Q to enter into city affairs at all. Th
e Democrats had been charged wit
!. running the city, and now they pro
Q posed to do it. M -
Mr.. Van Ripper said that Mr.. He'll
! man had declined to serve on the III
nance Committee, and now that ther
: was committee appointed thrOugl
r which some credit was to be gained
{ he proposed to keep that committe
I among the Democrats; they woul
: take the responsibility, and the
; wanted the credit, too. ~ .ail
: Mr.. Heilman said he would admi
they had taken the responsibility
They had made assumptions of powe
: unknown in the history OF any othe
c legislative body. They had assumes
}, to settle the city's debt without re
1 sponsibility.
Mr.. Van Ripper denied it. a.teuI
!, Mr.. Heilman protested against til
s exclusion of Republican members froI
e the committee; they bad aequiesce
; in the vote on 100000 subscriptio
to the stock of the Carmi railroad
: and ought to be represented on tn
n Committee on Water Works. as u
e Mr.. Richardt recommended les
a talk, and more attention TO business
Report of II. Lutz, as upper Mar
ketmaster, $54 receipts for the week
d was received and filed. Id ASS b.
>. A proposition from Mr.. Wehmaiel
r to haul dead animals FOR SIS pc
= month"; accepted. g iaan p Z
!. The following commRnioations yer
s read; .g4 .TLr- r4fff4q
From citizens of Lamasco, recon
, mending Geo. Sohank. Weighmaste
4 of Central Market scales, as suita
4 bic person for wood measurer 70
n Central market; adopted.
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