The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-24

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Supervisor Norton moved as an amend
ment that the ma GRITTY report from the com
mittee on town lots be adopted except IA to
tie town of Bruce, and that an assessor be
appointed b, this Board to re.assess the town
lots in said town.
On motion of Supervisor Phillips the
amendment Of Supervisor Norton was laid on
the tsUle.
Thercupon the maj GRITTY report was adopt
ed ~ submitted,
Supervisor Gallagher, chairman commit
tee GU township organization, submitted the
following report, which was adopted:
NJ. Chairman, &c: Your committee on
township organization would respectfully re.
port that they have examined the matter OF
voting districts voting places and judges OF
eelcion presented before them, and recon-
mend the following changes:
Town of Manlius-2d precinct-O. Is.
Grant, George Clark, Jacob Schelkopf. lst
precinc,-W IL. Wiley, NJ. A. Msierhofer,
D. l.. Carpenter.
Town of Peru-lst district-H. NJ. Gal
lagher, supervisor; Patrick Hart, Joseph
Rcinharl Voting place. City Hall.
"a distrct-A. Birkenbeuel, assessor; 4.
Staetzel, collectors Edward Weiland. Voting
place, 4th Ward School House.
Town of Earl lst district-W. IL. Norton,
II. A Chase, Daniel L. Goss. Voting place,
Clty iiaii.
"a ds,rct-lI,nry Estes Knute Moland,
Richard LaBee. Voting place, same as last
scar.
Town Of La Salle--lst districts &. Lam
bert, A. V. Hughes, Patrick . keefe. Not-
iug ,.lace, same ~ last year.
n district--Ed. j, Byrne, August Ray
moud, John MCLAUGHLIN Voting place,
Lot 10, Block %.
3D. district Edward Shannon, Jas. Towle,
Charles Deegan. Voting place, Lot II,
Block ll5.
4th district-John Bennett, Samuel Fuge'
John Oberly Voting place, same as last year.
Town of Rulland-lst district-C. ". But
terrified, n Flemmng, Alonzo Tice
"a district-P. Wheeler, VIM. Leek, Elias
TrumbO.
Town of Bruce-lst election precinct ALI
that portion of said town lying north OF the
line between section rs and 80 and west OF
Park street, in the city Of Streator, to north
line Of said city, thence west to Ottawa road
! there &c north on said road 10 town line. +.
". Fades, A. Muller, A llellenbrand. Place
of election, Hall & Holcomb's Barn Office.
% election precinct-all that portion OF
said town south Of said section line and west
of Sterling street, in said city OF Streator
to south end of Sterling street, thence east
on Coal Run R. r. track to intersection with
C. st. l.. and W. r. r. track, thence south by
= ia IN uopth line nf town
F. ". Lukins, Sol W. Egbert, W. II. Pitcher
Place Of holding election, Bacon & Bros
Feed Store
I'd election precinct-all that portion OF
said town lying north of said section line
and east of said lst precinct to Sterling street
thence north on said street to Broadway St,
thence east on said street to east town line
W. II. Lukins, James Ferguson, Hecter Nc
Allister Place of holding election, City Hall
4,h election precinct-all that portion OF
said town east of I'd and 81 precinct and
south of said Broadway street in said city
and town. W. S. Cherry, r. Elargraves
John Farmer. Place Of voting, Hicks Lime
Office.
The Judges of election and voting place;
| In the other election districts will remain as
now fixed, until otherwise ordered by the
Board
All of which ls respectfully submitted.
II. NJ. GALLAGHER, Chairman.
Mr.. Thomas McDermott, one Of the com
missioners of highways Of the town of Otta
wa, was Introduced and requested the Board
to permit the said commissioners to remove
gravel from the county farm for the purpose
of praveing the road leading from the Asy
lum to the city Of Ottawa, and on motion o.
Supervisor Griffin the matter was referred
to the County Agent, with power to act, il
such removal would not be detrimental tC
the county's interests,
Supervisor Bubeck moved that the com
mittee appointed in March term, 1885, to ex
anime and report as to the ACCESSIBILITY OF
the county purchasing The Leland abstract
books be re-appointed as the committee Of
this Board for such purpose. Motion carried
On motion of Supervisor McLAuchlan, the
claim of Wm Mcclure of 500 for arrcsting
horse thief, which had been reported on ad
versely by the committee on miscellaneous
claims, was referred to the county attorney
for his report to the next September meet
ing of the Board, as to its legality.
Supervisor Reed offered the following res
olution: "a.
Resolred, That the committee on public
buildings be and are hereby instructed tt
put the grounds around the court house IL
good repair as follows:
FErst-To place good and substantial wal
of sufficient depth width to hold suitable
curbing.
Second-To place on said wall ston,
curbing not less than l6 inches thick or q
inches wide; that, in their judgment, woule
be suitable for same.
THnd-To place tile sidewalk on Madi
son street. from La Sale to Court street, |:
feet wide; on Main street, from La Sale t.
Court street, IL feet wide; on La Sale ant
Court streets, between Madison and Main.
feet wide. with suitable curbings wher'
needed.
Fomth-To advertize for bi Is for all worl
and material, and to be let to the lowest re
sponsible bidder and not to exceed cost
when finished, of $4,000.
On motion of Supervisor Fischer, said res
olution was referred TO the committee oil
public buildings, with instructions to repor
thereon OF next September meeting.
On motion of Supervisor Reed the sum o
800 90 was allowed the Presbyterian Hospi
tai, of Chicago, for expenses incurred in tn
burial of Louis Fishburn, sent from thi