The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02
CITY COUNCIL.
Regular 1Gseting--omcial Report.
CTR COUNCIL RooM, ]
Rock ISLAND, March !, 1875.

- CTR COUNCIL RooM,
III O'CLOCK, r. II.
Council met in regular session. Present
the Mayor and Aldermen Bell, Butler,
Bailey, Churchill, Dor, Engel, Davis, Wood
ruff and Warner. Absent, Alderman
Carse. 80
The officers reports for January were
reported correct by the Finance Commits
tee. "a =
The officers reports for February were
read and onmotion the same were referred
to the Finance Committee to report at the
next regular meeting.
The clerk read the inventory reports of
the following officers:
City Clerk, City Weighmaster, City
Marshall, Bridge Collector. City Street
Commissioner, Superintendent of Water
Works and Chief Engineer of Fire De-
/ The following bills were read and on
motion the rules were suspended, the bills
allowed and ordered paid:
Salaries-C w Halves $75 90, W FL
Gest 1856 As, Thomas Calf 300 90, David
Don 81 90, Henry Carse 50 0O, Cyrus
IChurchill 50 ~, L D Woodruff 81 90,
George E Bailey SO 90, VIM Bell 50 90.
lJR Warner SO 0U, VIM P Butler 50 on,
John Davis 50 90, Charles Engel SO 90,
Daniel Corker Is 90. Thos Yates loo 90,
II e Grey As 90, Cook SO 90, j NJ
Buford 100 90, Thos Thorton 40 90.
I Black Diamond Coal Co Is IS, w I
WEIGH (bridgel 80. Geo Mohl 9 w. u q a
Schaab Is 90, Alexander Steel Is 81,
iChurchill & Sweeney S3 20, Balch, Frazer
IL Co l3 go, N Olmer 6 90, Copp u Bro
bridget 2 W. Buford q Taylor 20
, Alexander Steel (fre) so, B TrennamadI
,, (fire) 50, David Don (fre) 10. Copp q
. Bro water works. %, John Bengstor
,l(fire) As, j Wheelan 81 90, p Ward lhre
SO, Howell Thomas (fre) 2 90, Frey Bros
IL IS, JH Langley IL 50, Darling 9 w
lie I'll Stoddard 225 90. r Champion 10
John Kleyla %, S F Cook 80, Johl
Peice-B Ii Kimball s5s 80, F Ank
! rum 50 90, g l. German SD w, w Ohr
SO NO, NJ Ripehart so 90, James Parke
: SO 90, John Brennan 5000. G w Have
: Is 70. G Pettifer 90. f..
4 Streets-John Warner $s3 33, r Lyo
liz 90, NJ O'Brien 8 70, Dan Shean 81
: Dan Creayey 6 90, r E Wright o.
!. l$II9 So. Z <ftI5-LHl
r. For labor on Water Works.-M Name
y han $35 rs NJ Pinder Sc IS, T O Brie
is 80 90, K McCleland 81 so. NJ Howar
q 10 81, T Devine, "a IS, P Cunuingha,
70 80 90, p Cahill Is 81, j Rooney 20 Z!
;r John Blake l8 IS, Nj Leonard 10 50.
9 MalstIom 81 Is, John Driscoll Is %,
: Bradshaw 90, E BurrilI is %. Nj r.
senfeld 90, Stockwell | 90, p Ward s.
it Coyne 2 90, J Oswald l 50. G Sarvey 81
"A X Lyons 81 90: total 1914 Is. Grand t
= al S2,753 92.
'e P. L. Mitchell, Esq, president of Boar
as of Water Commissioners, received pro-
Ri osition FROM Weir & Cowell, of Clinton
st Iowa, as to the repairing and relaying Il
to water pipes. MIR. Mitchell asked furth,
De time to make the Water Commissioner
er report, as he had not sufficient time to e.
anime the proposition received from tho
gentlemen. Granted.
ofl The council confirmed the election
70 Patrick Kennedy as Chief Engineer, al
to John Meehan as Assistant Engineer
w the Fire Department for the ensuing yea
be On P. l.. Mitchelrs proposition as
I'D selling the seminary building to the cit
ne the mayor stated that while he beliey,
D. the proposition to be an advantageous Of
cir for the city he would not recommend t
IS council to accept it now.
,r The following ordinance was unanimou
he iy passed.
Be ii ordained by the City Council of the city
70 Rock Island.
I'D SECTION l, That the salary of the CT
to attorney be six hundred dollars per g
he mum, add an additional reasonable CO
AN pensation for services rendered 10 cou
Ike sitting outside of Rock Island county.
ily Sec. 2. That section of the ordinau
I'M entitled IAN ordinance relating to sa
ries," passed April 6. 1874, is hereby
pealed. .,----- -.--
On motion the council adjourned to NJ
ire Thursday evening at u o'clock.
in S. +. Cooke. CITY Clerk