The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-11-24
The City Council.


a full board of Alderman being present.
Il Apetition of H. Hossack and II. Rcfor to have
the alley in their block moved some feet north and
TO have part of the block thrown out of fire lin
lis was referred to Law and Ordinance commit
Tee and the Mayor with power to act.
In response to petition from Undnc Hose
20. TO have first and n second assistant engi
neer OF the tire department appointed, the Mayor
appointed L. Perkins first assistant and Charles
Petit second assistant, which appointments
were unanimously confirmed.
A petition from the same to have the fire bell
raised was referred to the committee on fire de-
partment with power to act
A petition for liquor license was presented by
| Thomas Sheldon late Of Marsellcs. The reluc-
lance of the council to grant the license drew
forth vigorous burst of cloouence from Aid.
Blake, whose familiarity with the marriage feast
at Cana of Galilee was remarkable in one SO
young, but the more the scriptures were applied
by Blake, the more Aid. Jackson declared Shell
don was bad man. and when il came to n
vote Sheldons friends were reduced to Blake,
West and Hoban. The petition was refused and
Sheldon's S3l. 80 returned to him.
There are three street lamps at CROSSINGS on
walnut street, which since the change of mains
made by the Gas Company not long ago have
been shut off from gas supplies and remain un-
lighted. To relight them it will be necessary to
lay some 700 feet of pipe, one-half the expense of
winch the Gas Company agree to pay if the city
VIII pay the remainder, the cost to the city being
about 500. The committee would recommend
nothing on the subject. On motion of Dean il
was referred to the Gas Committee with power
to act.
Aid. Shuler reported that a tile sewer had been
laid on Mill st. from La Sale ST. to Fox river
which operated splendidly. The Hydraulic Co.,
whose duty it is to keep open sewer under
their tail-race, but which they have not done for
years, furnished TO compromisc) the pipe and
the city did the laying of it,
The Mayor stated that the Hook & Ladder
Company, through Mr.. Hull, foreman, had been
dunned for $l5 by Bach's City Band for services
on inspection day. As the parade had been or
dered by the Mayor, pursuant to an ordi-
nance, it was thought that the city should foot
the bill. Jackson moved that the bill be paid;
but Dean thought that Pataillot's Band, who had
done the same work, should be paid the same,
though they had asked nothing The matter
was compromised by the adoption of Jacksons
motion to pay each band SO
The Mayor recommended that water-hcatcr
be purchased for the engines. All admitted that
it would be lawful nice" rs our lady friends
might say, 10 have 4 heater, but owing TO the
late failure Of crops unforeseen expenses
stringent money market" and such like, it was
determined to postpone the matter--indcfnitcly
Mr.. Porter, from his special commttcc-Por.
ter Murphy and Shuer,-Nppointed at Mr. Lo.
gan's request to investigate the Jckyll. Logan
controversy regarding the rebuilding of the city
hall, reported that the committee would not act
and desired to be discharged. Mr.. Logan said
this was, in his experience, quite a singular pro-
ceeding for committee that while to some it
might be, perhaps, senscless subject it was
quite serious one to him, all people not under.
standing it as well as they. Mr., l., then took
occasion to reply to Mr.. Jeykll's second article
which he reviewed severely, dwelling particular.
~ upon the charge that he had appropriated
divers hundred pounds of paint ySr. As Mr. ].
had attcsted to the honesty of tho painters who
used the MATERIAL Mr. J., clevcrly got ccrtif
cate from Mcssrsi Enhes II Gchring to the effect
that aside from ordering the paint he had moth
Ing to do with it, all having been delivered to
Mr.. jos, Wilkinson, the boss of the painters
gang Mr.. LIS speech included other answers
to points in the article. At the conclusion of his
remarks, Mr. Phelps said that further discussion
was unnecessary. The building committee, of
which Mr.. Logan was chairman, had in all
things sustained Mr. Logan's acts as chairman of
that committee, and moved that the council as
body sustain Mr., Logan as it had sustained the
committee, which was unanimously agreed to,
The local assessment committee generally from
one years end to the other enjoys 4 sinccurc.
The chairman reycls in freedom from duties as
well as irDm the customary 'cussesn applied TO
chairman of committees, But for once the COM
mittcc has found field OF labor. The town clerk
not having returned to the city hall with his of.
hcc desk, hs corner used as the reporters
corner" is VacantS SO on motion of Trimble his
committee were Instructed to procure table for
reporters We expect to see the corner
crowded at next meeting. Perhaps the Pee We
will do what they have not done Tor the last II
yrsrs-scnd Il boy down to hook in on the dads"
while the twilight" who stumbles in generally
just before adiournmeht> will wipe his alabaster
mustache on the taNNos walnut legs and get up
as poor report Ms asual. But then the report
crs' corner s1ua.d, congressional like, and tn.
bic must hc ksCi.
When Oh business was through with, AID
Phelps generously moved To allow all Aldermen
wht hss made no speeches during the evening
five snutes each TO repeat "Spartacus,' or
|'N6rval," or "Eloqucncc by Webster" but no
rtr flannel subject having been sprung the BIO.
ton fell dead without n second, and The council
haying audited bills to the amount Of S5?05?,
adjourned.
Ottawa /, one Of the prct1icst cities in the in
terror Of Illinois, and is steadily growing and i'm
proving Notwithstanding bard times. There are
many elegant private maIrsions there, and some
decidedly stately, while most of the public cdi.
fees attest the libcrality and enterprise Of the
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