The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-02

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Council met in regular session.
Present-The Mayor and Aldermen
Butler, Bailey, Wollenhaupt, DAILY, Mosen
fielder, Yates, Carse, Woodruff and Atkin
son. ACKNOWLEDGMENT Davis. The
minutes of meetings Oct and Oct. / |.
1875, were read and approved.
The Clerk read the veto of the Mayor
on the approx ration Of $S3 33, for salary
of L W Boynton, as allowed by Council
Oct 4, 1875. and dated Oct. s, 1875 Also
the veto of the Mayor on the appropriation
as passed by ordinance Oct. II, 1875, for
salary Off. W. Boynton from June 1875,
to Oct /, 1875. for $269 26.
On motion o. Alderman Butler the con-
sideration of the Mayors veto was laid
over until next meeting.
The following bills were read and re-
ferred to the Finance Committee and by
them reported correct.a and ordered paid on
suspension of the rules:j
Street Work.-NIichael Cunningham
$33 90, james Mahoney 80 81, Jacob
Deis "a 81, Patrick McGill 81 81, Martin
Handschuh 27 IS, James Kelly % 81
j ohm Spellman 80 37,Thomas Splane3O 81
Patrick Kivelin % 81, Martin Fischer
30 81. Valentine Ohlweiler 3 90, Andrew
Kramer Is rs, John Spacht 26 25, Henry
B Beidemeier % 25, Gotlieb Dierolf
36 81. Michael Leonhardt 81 81, Joseph
Mueller 81 80. Henry Knost SO 81, Joachim
Range 81 IS, Patrick Guaran II 25. Patrick
1oohey So
Water Norks-J Mulqueen So 90, Vim
Burris 80, David Caughlin l3 80, f W
| Boy ynton 80.
Gas-R. I. Gas Co., $29 81; do 7 81;
do 2 90.
streets-A Sinnet, 81 10, BID Buford
q Co. co.
Water Works-B D Buford & Co.,
$50 % r Thompson 700. f Bauman
80 90. f A Cramer co. L Yates 2 so,
Walker & Dodge 8 33 B D Buford & Co.
l SO S f Cooke l6 80. II Darts Sons
9 26, Hampton Goa! Co., S75, W II
IThonpson 90.
Streets-Frank III, $2l As, B D Buford
& Co 90.
Fire Department-W II Thompson,
| SCI sc. Heitahrands & Renfro IL Is, o
Grotjan 1000. J NJ Beardsley So 40. G
Doellinger l6 so, Hugh Ralston and Others
: S26 %.
Police-A Loeb, $1O8 90.
Miscellaneous-Dibb & Co., Sc 60
| L + Gray 3 "a, D Gordon 50, O A Barn
hart So IS, Z Yates "A 26, A X Phillec
&c 80.
Salaries-F A Cramer, $4,000, W i
. fest $50 90, Thos Thornton 40 10. + v
Boynton 80 33. I 4 Gray As 90, Johr
Ziegler 4 &c, S + Cooke so 90, c. v
Hawes IS 90, John Brennan so 90, B I
Kimball SO 80, NJ Reinhardt so 90. patricl
| Feely 50 %, VIM Ohrt so 20, Christia
( Metsch SO %, Michael Murrin 80 90, job,
: Lettig so %.
: Alderman Yates, of the Street and Al
ley Committee, reported favorably on Tia
i petition of John Volk for permission t
} erect a stairway, Report accepted an
/ permission given.
n Rodwan sub division of out lots Nos.
} 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, I, IS, l9, 20, q, %, 25, &c
u, % and 60, Hale's addition to the cit
= of Rock Island. were considered and o
motion referred to the Street and ALE
& Committee.
u The report of the Committee on Mar
= kets was read and, ,on motion of Alderma
Z Bailey. was accepted and the committe
authorized to put the scales in good re
! pair.
= Alderman Mosenfelder moved that th
= proposition of Mr., Columbia, agent fu
" Fairbanks scales, be accepted, viz: to pu
the scales in perfect repair and fit u3 tn
timbers for the same without cost, the cit
furnishing the timber Carried,
4 Alderman Yates, of the Street and A
= ley Committee, recommended the accept
F ance of the plat OF j. W. Spencer's sub d
~ vision of cut lot to Spencer third add
h ton TO the city of Rock Island. Repol
y and plat accepted.
~ Alderman Yates, Of the Fire and Watt
Committee, recommend that the petitio
Of W T Schroeder and others ior Il
erection OF a lamp post at the corner {
,t Highland and Madison streets be grantee
in Carried
The Fire and Water Committee mac
a report on Engineer F y Cramer's fiji
alarm, recommending that the same
O. adopted and purchased, which was carrie
es unanimously.
The City Engineers report of survey
4 Adams street sewer was read and referrC
al to the Street and Alley Committee
it. The Clerk read the petition of Gu,
er and others for permission to make
drain through the alley Of block nine e
in Spencer & Cases addition, from Illino
H. street to Orleans street On motion Il
C. same was referred to the Street and 4
al ley Committee.
an Alderman Yates, of the Street and
ok ley Committee, reported favorably on S.
Guyer's petition. Report accepted al
permission given under the following CO
ng ditions: That Messrs. Matthews & G,
the contractors, shall bind themselves
gs have the alley over said drain kept i'll
r. good repair as it now is. until after frost
Dr mt IF the ground in the SIrInp
ng The Clerk read the following paper frs
he Nelson Chester, Secretary of Augusta
he College, which was ordered filed:
"a MOLINE, ILL.,, Oct. %. 1875.
vi In regard to the opening of Second ave
ue, the following resolution was passed
the Board of Directors of Augustana G
fe- lege and Theological Seminary at its Ii
nm meeting, Oct l6, viz: The Board ate
thorough inspection Of the premises in
gard to the proposed change in the ope
ing of Second avenue, whereby the Aug
"a tana College would be deprived of par
ect Of the northwest corner of their land to
used for road purposes:
ResoIrcd, That the Board do not {
ltv disposed to grant the request to don
HE the gcound without fair compensation
n. CHESTER, Sec y
Alderman Bailey moved that the or
his nal plat as referred to by Sec. Chester {
, is that the objections to same with drawn
his now accepted, which was carried by
,dy following vote:
not Ayes-Butler, Bailey, Atkinson, Cal
M Mosenfelder, Woodruff and Yates-7.
er Nays-Daly and Wollenhaupt-2.
end The Finacce Committee reported fay
sts ably on the petition of S. T. Cooke, {
ClnrL that he he allowed q salary of Z