The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-10-02
CITY COUNCIL.
Regular Monthly Meeting. official
Report.

Cry COUNCIL ROOM. Rock ISLAND,
Oct. l, 1877, 1880 P. M.-Council met in
regular session. Present, Mayor Butler
and Aldermen Carse. O'Neil, Lundy,
Schlemmer, Simmon, Brooks, Wood,
DAVIS and Warnock. Absent, Alderman
Huber.
Minutes of meetings held Sept. 3. II, IL
and 26 were read and approved.
Petitions of james Johnston u Son, and
Banner Coal Co., asking for Communication
bridge tickets, were laid over for future
action.
A petition of Joseph Bracket and
others, asking that water main be laid
on Fourth avenue, from Twentieth to
Twenty-third street, was referred to Water |
Committee, on motion of Alderman Carse. |
A petition of NJ. Koch, asking that his
scales be restored to him from NJ. A. |
Barnes, the present public weigher, was
referred to Market Committee, on motion |
of Alderman Schlemmer.
A petition Of Henry Curtis, Jr., guar
dian for Alice A. Burial, asking that he
| be allowed to build a sidewalk on east !
lot and west 10 feet of lot Old Town, of
| broken stone or cinders instead of wood,
was granted ,on motion of Alderman Carse.
/ A petition of Osborn & Curtis and Henry
Curtis, Jr.. stating the unsafe condition of
the embankmeht on Prospect street or
Ninth avenue, was referred to the Street
and Alley Committee on motion of Alder
man Lundy.
| A petition of Sarah L. Osborn, stating
the unsafe condition of Elm street since
the late working on said street, done by
the city, and asking Immediate attention to
the same, was referred to the Street and
Alley Committee on motion of Alderman
Lundy.
An ordinance for making FIVE sidewalks
in different localities was passed by unani-
nous vote of yeas.
Officers reports for September were
read and referred to the finance committee.
Alderman Woods offered the following
preambles and resolution, which was re-
ferred to the water committee, on motion
of Alderman Carse:
WHEREAS, 1t being necessary to afford
the mill and other property near Twenty
seventh street better fire protection, aud
| WHEREAS, The cheapest way to do this
would be t. utilize the ditch for that pur-
E pose, and
WHEREAS, ln order to derive perma-
nent benefit from this ditch it is necessary
to cover it, both for utility and safety,
therefore, be it
,, ReSoEUet1, That an eight-inch pipe be
laid in the bottom OF the Twenty, seventh
street ditch, with hYdrants on the corners
of Third and Fourth avenues; and further,
the stone being on the ground, sewer
three and half feet wide and five feet
high be built at once, in order to protect
. the pipe and to preserve the benefits al
ready derived from the excavation of the
ditch
Major Beardsley and Mr. Field addressed
the council, asking that an appropriation
s be made for the grading of Twentieth
f street up the bluff and laying sidewalk
, on the same. Referred to the street and
alley committee, with power to act, or
motion Of Alderman Lundy.
: The following bills were read and order,
t ed paid
ToIks- Zeitung. $25 90; j L Reed IL IS
, W Bell 40 90, W Z Chopper 43, ARGUS
Printing Go 3 so, j Reuner 3 90. d earn
4 ahan As 90, l. Reed 100 90, g Cockrel
}. Is, + Wilson 25 90, Keator & Co 6S
. c Nelson II 46, d Daley 25, J L ReeC
50, H Darts Sons So So, l. b Requa 10
e 90, + Wilson 10 %, K Mill
IT 10 90, } Reddig III So, A Slime
j. ia 81, Weyerhaeuser $ & Denkmar
= ) 81, Mathews & TO. 90 50, J
;, Dixon Is 50, Illinois Street Gas Co 332 70
ID q W HAYES IS 90, W G Blackburn 80 Us
n J Brennan 90 90 + FecIey 50 o., q |
e German 50 90, } Roseufeld 50 %, {
N Mltsch 50 20, T Boman 50 90, o
Titcomb IA 90, G Fiehig s IS, Estao
Chas Buford 25 90, j L Perkins so 81
D. q II Boynton SO 33, f Hass 49 O6, \
d Grinnell 40 90, n Peterson 40 so, T hoga
D. 29 %, L O'Shea 80 g. D Coughlin So GO
- NJ Kunzman 33 IS, ? Mcguire 33 IS, {
W Reaugh 80 A, j l. Reed rs, NJ Freder
lg ickson 90, Stewart & Montgomery IL 9S
B d Buford & Co. 46. Union Printin
d Co. Is, Warnock & Ralston 200, Goa
10 Valley Mining Co 100 90. B Wilson & So
> Is, + A Cramer 275 %, G Burke AZ sc
D. A Brady SO 90, T Frey $50 90, J Reddi
IN so, " Reddig 600, L Reed Is "a,
10 Yates % 81, Rock Island Gas Co. 800 4S
20 Churchill & Sweeney 9 60, j L Reed 4 q
:. Mrs Il Brown 90, A Loeb 26 so,
rs WeEdt 10 so, rockingham 81 so,
I'd Shehan IS 25, D Egan 33 90, I Slater
I'd 81 II, j NJ Ginley 33 rs. w Hurton 80 rs
i Z Conwell 33 rs, NJ Manahan 33 rs, I
knust 80 IS, L Devine 80 81. Malone
Vi 80 90, Swan Colson sc IS, FL Kroger 35 q
De Lahip 80 rs, G Nelson SO rs, PSwanso
ly 35 60. 6 Helender 81 IL, j Kinefch q 81
j Egan IA 20, J Russell 81 so, L Schaa
% SO, Norris "a 90, I Shea 3 90,
johnson 90, A NJ Nelson 10 so, E Peter
~ son %, } Peterson IA 33, ] Hanson Ct
" A Swanson 2 90, Alex. Steel 80, job
D. Volk 81 Al, S Burton 40 TO- B H Kin
! ball 81, Julius StIahle II so. G Jurgen
y - q 90, NJ Frederickson l0l IS, G Schreine
." 10, kaGlke Bros 6 40, j Lloyd 81 SO.
pS Wesley IS 90. C Kinskey "a so,
~ u, Cox II %, W Wilton 80 25, A HendI
% Is 90, NJ Kinney 63 90, G Dun
81 rs, II Bennett 81 20. w Clap
81 80, S Smith 80 60, 6 b Hayden 26 Of
5 Roberts II 90, j Brinkle 7 so, W Tai
Sc pan so, j King so, j Glow l2 IS,
ly Tilman II 70, A Smith II SIS. T Lemo
Ir. Is 05, j b Stroper 90, o Prescott "a 81
no L Latin 81 05, w Smith q 80. G Lemo
" 10 90, W Larman 90 90. g Decker 30 g.
II. H Burton q 81, Ned Yer Warm % IS,
y, Petit II so, N Cruthers Is 12, L WYNN
be 10 co. z Lynch 81 SO, r Lloyd 81 81, V,
hs Mold GO so, j Rooney 81 so, D Wilkir
81 IL, w johnson SO, j Hall 81 SO,
u Robinson II 25. J Zimmerman 10 SO, I
re Pinder 81 IS. L O'Brien 10 SO, NJ Disbi
Id 6 90, I Larkin IL IS, L Schaab Is 90,
I'd Norris "a 80, + Glaspell 90, NJ Mathe
6 90, L Shea Is SO, A Sinnet 30 Sc, J
ne Burton IS IS, M Kehoe IS 90, A Yoh
er as IS, j Moore IL so, j Griffin is rs, Y
1T Milstead 60 Oh, f Kerr 81 81, j Meha
he q SO, Conway 40 90, s Daxson II so,
:. Smith 80 rs, K McMichael 26 SO, w Bla
st so, G McMichael 10 90,
re The committee to whom the bills {
of sundrv nersons were rafarred NJ tba Iot