The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-03
CITY C0UNCIL-.OFFICIAL.
CITY COUNCIL Room.
Rock Island, Nov. 2, 1874. I

Ter. Inc minutes VI INC ldSt INV rs
were read and approved.
The officers reports for September were
reported correct by the Finance Commit
The officers reports for October were
read and on motion we're referred 10 the
Finance Committee to report at the heX'
The following bills we're read and or
motion the rules were suspended, the biIl'
allowed and ordered paid:
st,eo, WorkJohn Warner $50 SO, John Doyle
II a5 Michael Mnehan % ~, sFgnan 81 90
Tnhusan Cd d ~. NJ Leonard 81 so, X Bozam 80 81
John Cramer 80 IS, q Mcdonald 30 o. Peterson
90 Par Kelley 81, Tom Addison 30 VIM Nc
90 .o ~ r. Warren stockwell II Is, Martin Gormar
II a.. In mas McCarty ~ 81, Michael huntZmar
40, Ian Peterson 26 ~, Jas McHughes ID 81, Mar
2W nrr "a IS Daniel Freehan ~ 81 Tho mas Scan
lon u H. Chris Newark ~ b. Ii johnson IL 81.
Prtcrson 10 80. James Kelley 10 90 Liwrence Co
~ -. James Roung rs IL, Pat Toohey 16 81, Johr
runn 13 10, Tim Riley rs. Cunningham ~ 81, 4
y johnson 9 rs, Amos Logan 9e? W y Croppel
g75, j Warner II 20, w schnert 70 Darts Sons
a 30 w Dnnber II 35, Rock Island Glass Works
o. 60, WIN Grace IL Is, Pat Aoonan IA W, james
Eagen IL IS, Jerry finch IL II lotal street work
| 1925 81. cp y, .oro ,oL,,
Jn Iron Cramer 45 Is, John Bak. ~ Is, u Wi son
| 81 Chas Hoffman Is o. total 10 %.
| Cnrnenicra-k T. Wright as 90.
| Tsamsters-John Russell IS 20, r Lyon IS 90 II B
MYERS ~ 80, Chas Knapp 70 ", Tom Butler ~ ~,
PETE Mcmahon % Is, James IMnlqueen 10 So Tom
| shav ~ % Joseph Dittman 70. .
| Water Works Rock Island Stove Co. 10, M
Donahue % I3, BurtnetI3 90, Mathews & CO 20 49,
r Yates / 50 Farrell - %, ID Bufurd u % 4s,
| mia ohnson 1000, Pettiter 2Co. Coal Valley
Mining Co I4i 81, Warnock u halstOn 10 2t William
! TAYLOR CO. Ludlow Valve Manufacturing Co 70 ~
Holy Manufacturing Co II 10, Dennis Long $40 Sc
Invalid Is, W CrOpper so.
Otfice--C Pettiher W.
Removing MUS lnces-C W Halves IS.
saIariesST E Gray IS 60, S + Cooke 20 co, "
BoynIo on SO 80. T Thornton 40 w, w Halves 70 o.
| + A Cramcr 200 OJ-total, 403 81.
Police Departmental Kimball IS 81, VIM
| PAYNE IS 3d. John Brennan 90 60, Frank Ankrum
| 5af1 lanes Parkes 80 70, Michael Reinhardt 81 W,
| Vim Obrt 50 co. g l. German 80 oo-t0ta 423 b3.
| Misc llaneous--S Cooke TO 20, W Cropper
Q ~ Rock Island Gas Light Co 399 %.
Fire Dcpnrtmcnt-SuCif j. Lewis 10 CO.
Rock River Brdges-T Grey 30, Copp d Bro
4 90,
Hook and Ladder Committee expenses q 90,
Vim Davidson, Joliet stone, Is 49,
G Darof Is So U N Peterson 26 g. A Nelson
81 g. l. Nelson rs %, p Armstrong 30 81, ID Creayl
81 a. NJ Hanson ~ ". A erase SO 10, Speck ~ 70
II Knoost IS 62. NJ Marston 80, Tom Butler 81 80
John Spelman 30 rs, ON Splain 40 80. ID Oberg 90
ID Williams II 80. Oswald draying 40. simmons
draylng, CO, Taylor, drayins .s5, Mitsch 80
Total amount Of bills allowed 81 ~.
The following petitions were disposed OIL
as follows:
Petition of H C Cleveland and "a Others
for the macadmizing Of Madison street. be
tween Highland and Gable streets, Re
ferrsd to Street and Alley Committee.
Petition of Everhard Il Harris, and bill
for $50 damages sustained to horse. anC
buggy harness, at the corner OF Orleans
and Jefferson streets on the evening o
October 20, by driving into ditch Re
terred to Finance Committee.
Petition of John B. Stauback and J!
others for lamp post at the corner OF ~
and Rock River streets. Referred to Fl
nance Committee.
Petition of Joseph Evans asking the cit.
to bury his dead horse, as he is an orphan
and minor and unable to bury the ANNA
himself. Marshal ordered to have the ami
mal buried at the expense of the city.
Petition of George Schneider asking thu
, city to pay him $40 IS as expenses incur
red in opening aud repairing sewer whicl
filled his cellar with water Bill allowed
Petition of James Bellows and &c other
asking council to have the alley cleaned be
tween Illinois and Orleans and Washing
ton and Eagle streets. Referred to stree
and alley committee.
; Petition of W. Reusch for permission t
{ make a sewer along Huron street from tn
southwest corner of Orleans street to tn
Mississippi river Permission granted.
A bid from Jas. r. McMullen, Moline
for $780, for damages sustained by the up
setting of his buggy on the evening OF DC
tober 9Th 1874 by a pile of stone on JET
ferson street, between Orleans and lllinoi
streets, was referred to Finance commi,
tee
The Clerk read the report Of &. }. Long
Harbor Master. as to the Noncompliance
OF the Ferry Company to move their terr
dock from Washington street to Eagl
, street landing, as per order served on then
Oct. %, 1874 agreeably to resolution u
council Oct. -, 1874, No action.
The Clerk also read statement from
c. II. Stoddard, City Engineer, offered j,
REPUTATION Of the statement made by Nj. +
Conway as read at special meeting o
Oct. -, 1874, rejecting on him G. ii. ).
, officially in the Eagle street landing re
port No action.
The Street and Alley committee report
ed tavorably upon the following petitions
: On petition of Kellerstrass 4 Vogele an
; others tor u new stone gutter on the nortl
: side of Illinois street between Washingto
and Jefferson street. Accepted and worl
ordered done.
Ga petition of Arthur Il. Wells and 6f
teen Others asking that sidewalk be con
f structed on the north side of Rock Rive
street, between Arsenal and Davenport
, streets. Accepted and ordinance passeC
1 to order work done.
) Tho pitfen On tha pnrnhaSn IF III,
1 hook and ladder apparatus made the TO!
I lowing report:
Nour committee appointed for the purpose Of 20
, ing to Chi ago and purchasing a hook aud ladde
truck would respectfully report that they purchas
; ed OF the BIbcocK Fire Extinguisher Co one o
their size trucks complete. The came will cost
with expenses and Is imattd freight not to exceed
$3.50 and will be delivered on or b. fore the 25t
inst. Terms Of palmeu to be one-half ca h an'
balance in one year AT 10 per cent. interest
HENRY CARsE,
JoHN X. WARNER,
Committee
The Finance Committee reported thai
they were not fully satisfied in regard t,
the ordinance bills, and wished that tn,
books should be examined by the Ord
nance Committee aud City Attorney, be
, fore the passage of the bills. A note from
j. ). Drake was read and presented in sup
port OF amount due The ARGUS Cow
PANY.
On motion Of AID. Engel the new Orli
nance book was referred TO the Ordinance
Committee and the City Attorney Tor tx.
animation in regard t its correctness
On motion adjourned.
). I. Cooke, City Clerk
The trial of \. s Curtis, for the muir.
der of Mrs Alger, in Sept. 1872, CON
mences before Judge Brannan, in Clinton
county. Iowa, to-day-the Sd.
The annual election of officers for the