The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-07
CITY COUNCIL.
Regular Meer,ng.--oHicial r eport.
CITY COUNCIL Room,
Rock ISLAND, September 1875,

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CITY COUNCIL Room.
Rock ISLAND, September 1875,
~ O'CLOCK P. M. ,
Council met in regular session. Present
the Mayor and Aldermen Butler, Wollen-
haupt, DAILY, Mosenfelder, Yates, Bailey
Davis, Carse, W oodruff, and Atkinson.
The minutes of the meetings Of Aug.
2, 6, 81, and q. were read and approved.
Hon, J.B. Hawley, as attorney for L.
Cowell 4 Co., presented petition from
l45 taxpayers of the city requesting the
Council to pay Cowell 4 Co. for the extra
work charged by them, and to make up to
them one-half of their alleged losses. Mr..
Hawley addressed the Council at some
length in favor of allowing the prayer of
the petition.
On motion it was ordered that the peti-
ton in favor of Cowell & Co, be referred
to the Finance Committee and the Mayor
to report at the next meeting.
Bills were read and referred, and the
Finance Committee reported the following
correct, and they were ordered paid.
Water works department, sundry items,
$SS 80; labor bills 1915 %: city pound,
W L Chopper $35; ditto D 7 Rob-
inson 40 OIL; street work, Henry
Schnitger rs; Stewart Il Montgomery
$1l 95; 4 Zeis So so; Fred Hass IS; r
|. Glass Go $40 80; sundry laborers bills
$l6O2 81.
Salaries-C W Halves $75 90 E w
Boynton SO SO, T A Cramer 200 90, Jacob
Riley ~ 90, John Ziegler Al 66, s F
Cooke so 90. T E Gray As 90, Thomas
Thornton 40 0O-6O6 90
Fire departmental j Kennedy 500 95,
W Z Chopper 344 II, Gary & Jurgens
sc 90, Hugh Murray 2 90, Thomas Yates
6 l5-$458 81.
Nuisance Removal-Peter Ward, S.
Printing-Argus Co., $50. so, Union
Printing Co., 7.50-$4O.
r. l. Gas Light Go, So. O3, do 81.
Stewart & Montgomery So, 40.
/ Spencer & Noftsker S.. 80.
Police Dep't.-Michael Kane $500
R. Champion 80, B II Kimball SO 33,
John Brennan SO 90, j. E Ankrum 80 90
Chris Metsch SO 90, M Rinehart so 90
Pat Feeley so 90, VIM Ohrt so 90. &c,
L German so 90, Gus Lemberg so, {
W Halves 395, August Huesing 173 3d.
| 5000, SO.
! Special Police-Thomas Bollman S.
Stephen S Hull 90, George Bowman
90, Charles Fiebig 90, John Letti
5 90, Chris Sarvey 90, VIM L Chopper
, OO,F Felsinger 90. George MeGe
, 90, Chris Haberloh 90, Jacob Renne
OO-$5l. 90.
Gas Bills-R Gaslight and Coke C
$4,000, July bill 1856 Sc, August 1894 10
: 1921. 26.
J Damages-Fredrick Meyer Sc 25.
Water Works-Benser& Thomas So OF
Lynch & Lloyd, freight bill for stone
$168 90.
VIM L Chopper 50 q.
Total amount of bills allowed, $5,0S2 2;
,, The Mayor stated that he had a propc
sition made by the Victor Scale Co. tina
they would give a new six-ton scale fo
3 $l25 and take the old scale from the city
On motion of Aldermen Yates it wa
ordered that the Committee On Market
take the Victor Scale Co.. s offer into cor
sideration, with power to act
The Mayor appointed G. Speidel an
j. H. Wilson as Library Directors
place E. W. Spencer, resigned, and {
o Speidel, whose term of Office had expire,
r On motion of Alderman Butler the al
!. pointments were UNANIMOUSLY confirmed
e Alderman Wollenhaupt moved that tn
e Clerk make out bills against the parti,
whose teams broke the lamps and lam
r posts and collect the same by the Marsha
e Carried.
Alderman Bailey moved that Harpt
e and Robiuson's plat be accepted.
Alderman Carse moved to amend tt
motion so that the Council accept tt
2, plat upon conditions that it be changed
}. conform to a more gradual curve to
q made hereafter by the City Enginee
:! which amendment was accepted by Aide
III man Bailey and the original motion W
D. carried by the following vote:
re Yeas-Butler, Bailey, Atkinson, Cars
1t Davis. Woodruff, Wollenhaupt, al
$. Yates-9
ir Nays-Daly, Mosenfelder-2
RS The Finance Committee reported Il
Id officers reports for June and July &C
On rect, except NJ. J., Pinkley's which did n
US agree with the amount deposited with t
or Treasurer. Report accepted.
TO The cersreports for August were re;
IT. and referred to the Finance Committee
Oy report at next meeting.
The bond of James E. Dixon, +.
Coss, NJ. s. o Neil, Peter Farrell, Jam
Wooden, VIM. Starr, Sarah Bollman, a
hlIBcd bcdu W pay tHG tApeuoco -
damages incurred by opening the alley
block two ~ Chicago or Lower additi
was read and on motion the bond was {
cepted and the Clerk authorized to ha'
N the City Attorney draw up the necess
IL papers in the case.
- A petition of L. NJ. Haverstick 10
We Downing and twenty one others in relati
vs. to geese was read and referred to t
-al Committee on Ordinances.
he the matter of the gas tax of Phi
be Parker was referred to the Fire and Wal
Ia Committee.
av Alderman Butler moved that an orc
~ to pay $l6O freight stone, be drawn
he e favor of Lloyd & Lynch. Carried.
m The Ordinance Committee recommer
nj ed the adoption of an ordinance to anne
cd an ordinance entitled San ordinance rel
A. ing to the assessment and collection
or water rates in the city of Rock Island
HE and on motion the same was adopted
ref On motion adjourned.
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