The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-10-06
CITY C0UNCIL-oFFICIAL.
Regular October Term. A. D. 1874.
CITY COUNCIL Room, J
Rock ISLAND, Oct. 5, 1874. 7
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The officers reports for the month q
August were reported correct by the f
nance Committee.
The officers reports for September wer
read and upon motion referred to the Fl
nance Committee to report at the mex
meeting.
| The following bills were read and upol
motion the rules were suspended, the bill
allowed and ordered paid;
Water Works-R Champion IS Is, Ma,
Bros 2 90, Union Printing Co., II 90, Goa
Valley Mining Co l20 90, Julia johnson
10 90, f W Boynton SO 33, Buford a. Tay
lor Is, c R | & p r r Go 3 36, f Bur
rail- 10 SO, Stewart & Montgomery 35
Thomas Yates 80 90, f Cramer 200 90
Rock Island Glass Co "a, G Pettifer > On
-4S0 SO,
Rock River Bridges-T f Gray 2j.
Fire Department-A Alexander Steel 40
Levee-Val Dauber 3 90.
| Salaries-T f. Gray 45 90. Thoma
Thornton 40 90, S f Cooke 80 90, c "
Hawes IS O0-2l0 90.
Police-B Fl kimball 5S 33, John Bren
nan so 90, + Ankrum SO 90, VIM Ohr
so 90, Geo l. German SO 90, NJ Rinehard
| " w, - duCS L III hCS oU w, w LII dJ
sheriff, 1O3 Is, Y w Hawes, marshal AS
Estate of G Buford 25 00-4S6 SO.
Miscellaneous-Spencer & Noftsker, gas
lamp repairs, Al 0,Rock Island Gas Light
and Coke Co 293 95, Thomas Yates, Eagle
street sewer 2l9 25, C Pettifer office, 600
s f Cooke office, 10, Union Printing Co.
printing acct, 36 90, same, newspaper
so, B II kimball, nuisance removals, 81
--607 50.
Streets--H Darts Sons, powder, ETC.,
so, same 4 50, same $50, same5 so, same
| 80, same 80, same 80 same so, Stew
art 4 Montgomery, total acct % 05, same,
repairs 81, Alexander Steel 9 50, Wal
ter Dauber 2l 25, David Donaldson rs.
John Warner 50 33, Fred Wheelan
II 25, G Duraff 33 90, A n Peterson 81
| 81, A Nelson, 80 81, L Nelson 33 IS, z
Armstrong 80 81 d Creavey SO 81, Mike
Hanson 33 81, Albert Grace 35 25, John
Speck II 25, Henry Knost 35 62, NJ Mat
son 81 II, Tom Butler SO 60, John Spell
man Is 81, John Dunn 7 IL, Thos Srlane
80 81, John Doyle IS 90, Mike Minehar
35 %, Dan Sheehan SO 81, A n johnson
25 81, NJ Leonard "a II, Pat Toohey q 90,
Mike Burns II Is, John Cramer 81 II, r
Boozan IS IS, Barney Mcdonald SO 81
L Peterson 80 62,O w Darwin 90, James
Maley 9 IS, Mike ORourke 2S 81, Wm.
McAnawl 3 Is, Chris Soutter II %, n
Northcult 26 62, james Lewis 10 80, James
Mahoney 30 81, Fl B Meyers 25, Tom
Deggen 12 IS, Pat Kelley 23 62, Tom Ad
Olson "a IS, Ed Burial 25, VIM McCabe
22 -, Warren Stockwell 20 62, Martin
German % 81, Thos McCarty IS IS, B
Retticker Is 81, Isaac Peterson 2l 81,
James NJ Hugh 13 81, Martin Fishcrl7 81,
John Roatch 90. John Murphy s %,
Daniel Feehan Is 81, Thos Scandling Is
co. Chris Newark 10 81, Mike Kuntzman
10 II, James Rooney 10 so, l. Willinger
6 81, Dan o Berry 3 90, Pat Noonan so,
Lawrence Cronin II, Pat Mcguire 8 90,
Terence O'Brien 90, James Kelley 81,
E NJ Mohl so, VIM. Bell 80 90, r Il
Wright II 90, John Russell So %, h Lyon
54 90, Fl b Myers 80 90, Peter Mcmahon
30 Is, james Mulqueen IL Is, Chas. Knapp
IS IS, James McQuade 90, Thos Shay
8 90, Thos Butler so, Henry Peterson
4 so, G r King 63 90, Chas Weaver %,
John Cramer 65 25, John Blake 53 3D.
$1,7514S.
Rock Island Gas Light and Coke Co. for
september So9S'i0.
Total bills allowed, $3,55l.l0.
Alderman Butler moved that the Su-
perintendent of the Water works and the
Road Tax Collectors be required to make
out monthly reports Of their respective col
lections, Adopted.
The Finance Committee asked further
time to report on the bills of +. 1. Neil
herne and Argus Company. Granted.
The following petitions were read and
disposed of as follows:
Petition of James Broderick and Ernst
Krell for the entinguishment of the sum
of $l3 due the city by the late Thomas
Riley for license for saloon got April 80,
1874 Granted.
Petition of the police force of the city
for the Council to reconsider their action
of Sept 7, 1874, when they deducted from
the wages of Policeman Ohrt the sum Of
SI3 80, and that the Council would not al
low the said sum to the said Ohrt, as ser
vices we're rendered for same by others OF
the police force. Carried.
Petition of kellerstrass Il Nogelc and
fourteen others for the construction OF a
stone gutter on the north side of Illinois
street, between Washington and Jefferson
streets Referred to Street and Alley
Committee.
Petition of NJ. d. Merrill and sixteen
others for the construction OF sidewalk
of the fifth class along the west side OF
lot one, block twelve, in j. W. Spencer ;
addition. Granted and ordinance passed
requiring the work to be done.
Petition of Arthur L. Wells and fifteen
others for a sidewalk to be built on the
north side of Rock River street between
Arsenal and Davenport streets. Referred
to Street and Alley Committee.
The following reports were read and dis
posed of as follows, viz L. L.. Mitchell
President of Water Commissioners, rec
commended that the petition of John lluss
and others for the extension OF water pipes
along Orleans from Eagle to Madison
streets be granted. Carried and work or
dered done.
Water Commissioners reported fayOra-
bly on the petitions of +, Cramer for sat
amander coating for the two horizontal
boilers aud steam pipes. Accepted ana
Commissioners Mitchell and Moore IN
structed to make the best contract possible
for the same at St. Louis next week.
Report of Engineer StOddard upon the
Eagle street levee work as done by NJ. (.
Conway, laid over to next meeting.
The Fire and Water Committee report
ed fayorabIy upon the petition of q. III,
Parsons and others for the erections OF gas
lamp posts at the corners of Swan, Ohio
and Exchange streets on Rock River
street, Also favorably upon petition Of j.
z. Taylor for gas lamp post on the cor
ner of Buffalo and Rock River streets.
And they also recommend the erection OF
lamp post at the corner OF Eagle and
Rock River streets. Accepted.
Aldermen Don aud Churchill, the Com