The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-10-03
CITY COUNCIL.
Regular Meeting Official Report.

City COUNCIL ROOM,
Oct. 2, 1876, 7
7h O'Clock, p. NJ.
Council met in regular session. Present
the Mayor and Aldermen Atkinson,
Carse, Wollenhaupt. DAILY, Mosenfelder.
Yates. Lundy, Woods and Huber. Alb
sent Alderman Davis.
The following petitions were read and
acted upon as follows:
Petition of John Hetter and others to
have sidewalk constructed on the east
side of Ninth street. between Sixth and
Seventh avenues Referred to the Street
and Alley Committee.
Petition of G. w. Halves for overcoats
for the police. Referred to Committee on
Police.
Petition af Henry Strive and others tc
| 6ll up Monroe street anG make it passable
Referred to Street and Alley Committee
Petition of John Olsen to be appointed
public weigher on Moline avenue, opposite
Atlantic Brewery. Granted, on motion Of
Alderman Atkinson.
Petition of james Riley to have hole
near Main and Canal streets filled Re
ferred to Street aud Alley Committee.
Alderman Wollenhaupt, of the Fire anG
| Water Committee, on the petition of j. r
Staubach for lamp post on the corner Of
Fifteenth street and Fourth avenue, re
ported iavorably and recommended that
lamp post be erected. Report accepted
and work ordered done.
The petition of S. Wright and others a.
referred to Street and Alley Committee
was laid over till next meeting.
1 tn S.uno4 81 H.
ed favorably on the petition of B. Streck
fus and L. Ill and on motion of Alderman
Yates the report was accepted aud $5(
was ordered paid to assist in the compile
ton of this work.
The Street and Alley Committee Ire
ported favorab!y on the petition of W. h
Brooks, referred July g. on the petition o
j, Myers and others, and on the petition
of WIN, McGuinn and others, all of which
reports were accepted aud the work or
dered done.
The reports of officers for August were
reported correct by the Finance Commit
tee
Officers reports for September wer
read and referred to the Finance Commit
tee, to report at next meeting,
An ordinance allowing the followin.
bills was read and passed.
Thos Pye & Co, 1923 90, Hull & Barker co. b ]
Buford Il Co s Us, A Lambert 8 o., q Doelnge
| % Stewart Il Montgomery a. ii Darts Sons u
| %, Warnock Il Ralston 90, I Yates "a, Coal Val
ley Mining Co 1872 90, G Simmon 25, r Thomp
son IL &C. W Reddig 90, + A Cramer $50 90 Alber
Warren I So Loed Sc 50Estate OF & Butord 29Vo "
J Kerr 90. Miller 5S 32,J Brenau IS 90 Pat Feely
80 co. j W Rogers 80 90. G ID German on w, Z Metc
50 90. Hull 5o.0O,C Haberloh 10 90, August Hnes
| bill 400 80. II L Gray 46 co. w II Gest 300 90, 5
Cooke So 10, Thos Thornton 40 90, w Halves 20
co. II Burgower so 90, C Winter al 90, Union Print
Ing Co rs 90, Argus Co 81 50, A Coclasure 30, i
Renfrenz 80. C Schreiner 20, j Sutcliffe 4 co. ,
Coyne %, Jonas Bear IS 81, Hass 46 20, II Muir
| ray 20 S. Adam Maucker "a 90, John Shean 80 20
John Spellman 30 IS. Jerry Green "a rs, 'esse Hal
| d IS, BAIL %, Adam Maucker 80 Is, Hass 9
I, Hass ., Philleo So 90, Jacob Dodge 3 q
| Hope Hose Co bill 20 %, A Warren 500 90 G
Battles 1s.-Total So, 1921
| An ordinance was read to amend an or
dinance concerning pounds and to preven
the running at large of certain animals
Laid over.
A petition of the Coal Valley Mimi.
Co for an ordinance authorizing them t
take up aud remove their present track OF
the levee and thereupon to construct
maintain and use a railroad track connect
ing by switch with the Peoria Il Rocl
Island Railroad Co., at point not further
west than the center of block =, in Spence
and Cases addition, and to run along the
public levee to the depot grounds Of til,
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
was read and the following were appointed
a special committee to report on the abov
ordinance at next meeting: Alderme
Huber and Lundy. and the Mayor on mo
! ton of Alderman Huber,
An ordinance was passed on motion c
Alderman LIndy, appointing j. Ross Mills
A. L. Cutter and b. II Kimball commis
sioners to assess the cost, value or dam
, ages of all the sidewalks ordered to b
built by the ordinance passed Sept 4th
1876
Mayor Butler, Chairman of the Waite
; Com, reported that the city water work
needed badly steam pump, as the pres
ent pumps cannot safely supply the cit
and large fire at the same time, as ha
been experienced lately during the fire @
Anawait, Denkmann & Co., and he woul
2 therefore ask that the Council would orde
2 that one be procured without delay
Adopted.
On motion of Alderman Lundy tn
: Mayor was instructed to appoint con
l mittee to get sample of an oil lamp fc
0 the streets so as to test how oil wi
O burn.
The Mayor appointed Aldermen Lund
and Woods the committee.
Alderman Lundy moved that the Mayo
a appoint a committee to wait upon tn
q Sheriff and see If he will reduce the chare
for boarding the city prisoners. Carried
The Mayor appointed as the committe
: Aldermen Lundy and Atkinson.
s Alderman Wollenhaupt moved that a
a city officers be required to turn over a
monies collected by them to the City Treas
urer before the first of every month, an
also to have their reports handed ln to til
g City Clerk before that time. Carried
Alderman Atkinson moved that as th
improvement upon Elm street is muc
needed and as Mr.. Boyer has offered
loan the city at 10 per cent, what none
5 may be required for that purpose, tn;
r the Mayor be hereby authorized to max
the arrangements necessary with Nj
Boyer, and also receive bids for the worl
Carried.
On motion adjourned.
s r Cooke Citv Clerk