The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-11
CITY COUNCIL.


CRY HALL, Rock ISLAND, Aug. TO-
The sCouncii met in adjourned regular
session. Present. the Mayor and all the
Aldermen. The report OF the special
Committee on the Dietz petition reported
a. follows:
To the Honorable.Mayo aud Members Of the City
Your committee appointed ut the last
regular meeting of the City Council and to
whom was referred, upon the petition of
John Dietz. the matter of investigating
the merits of certain charges preferred by
the Board of Health of your city against
the premises of said Dietz, the said char.
ges being OF a character that would place
himself and his business 10 an unenviable
light in the sight of his patrons and the
public; beg leave to report to your honor
able body that we have carefully inquired
into the facts of the case and the cause of
the specific charges mentioned in the petit
ton being made, to wit, the slaughtering
upon the premises of the said John Dietz
of one COW having upon her neck a large
and running tumor, and, in consequence of
her diseased condition. unfit for food for a
human being. and the discovery of one pre-
mature calf suspended within the enclosure
of his slau yhter house on last Christmas
morning.
Your committee have been unable to
discover Mr.. Dietz's direct connection
with either of the above specific charges
made against his premises. but would
respectfully report in veriication of the
discoveries made by the Board of Health
to your honorable body that the cow
above referred to was slaughtered upon
the premises in question by one Fred.
Yaeger, his own testimony Being an
ack acknowledgement of that fact. but also
shows that it was without the knowledge
or consent of Mr.. Dietz. He also AYERS
that the animal was killed solely for the
hide. which was sold. the offal fed to the
hogs. which were fattening in the yard,
and that upon the following morning the
carcass (having been halved the night
previously was quartered and buried
because of its unftness for market Your
committee were unable to fnd any witness
TO disprove the testimony of Mr.. Wager.
We would further report that the calf in
question was seen by one Thos. Vincent.
but were unable to CLEAN any information
tending to prove which one of the many
butchers who possessed privilege to the
premises had been guilty of its slaughter
and neglect to remove the carcass. Your
committee are of the opinion that il never
was intended for the market, but the skin
being rem oved the body was designed for
food for the hogs that subsist and fatten
upon the refuse of the slaughter house.
Your committee have no hesitancy in
saying that Mr.. DietE's personal connec-
ton with the charges of occurrences at
his slaughter house has not been shown
and. therefore, exonerate him from con-
nection Herewith. Respectfully yours,
W. J. BROWNE, Chm.
VIII. LUNDY,
VIM RINCK
The report was adopted and ordered
placed on file.
The finance committee presented the
draft of an ordinance for the annual tax
unanimously adopted with amounts as
follows
Interest on bonded debt. sac 200
Current municipal expenses. ....-......... $1,000
Total. .s5s, ZOO
The Mayor presented q request OF j 3.
Wylie for permission to receive orders for
hard coal at the office Of the city scales,
promising in return to weigh all coal on
the city scales ut such rate as the Council
might fix. The petition was granted, the
regular rates for weighing 90 be charged.
On motion ofsAlderman Rinck. Thomas
Finders, injured, was continued on the pay
rolls for the months of July and August
conditioned on his giving receipt in full
for all damages.
Alderman Lundy offered resolution
for the Mayor to advertise for bids
for the construction of the Mississippi
River embankment by August %, the
material to be specified; the right to reject
all bids being reserved. The resolution,
after discussion. was adopted.
The Council adjourned to Aug %.
ROBERT KoEHLER,
City Clerk