The Cape Girardeau Democrat., 1895-10-19
CITY GOVERNMENT.
OF the City Council
Adj iourned Session.

I Messrs. Adams. Bierwirta. Blomey,
er. Dempsey. Ga}usha. Lind ana Vo-
-cIsaug.
Absent. lIr. Shivelbiue.
The petition oi The Eagle Packet
. Company asking the privilege OF play-
ing wharf boat at some point on the
/ ievee front between Broadway and IN
dependence streets. read At last meet
IN and laid over until this meeting
-or actiuA. was taken up.
\ remonatrance against the grant
in@ Of said petition. signed by ). Al
bert Grocer Company. =. ". Pott
=. II. Dempsey. and others. merchants
shippers and othr" citizens was pre-
sanled and read.
Mr.. Bloney.. moved that the names
OF those no. -' ants or shippers be
s.aicken fro ..,, remonstrancc. and
for the Clerk to read the names from
the petition and remonstranca OF the
merchants and shippers and note the
total of each. Carried.
Daniel Mam'er. Henry Nuss baum,
Fred Steimle. and kimmel Bros.
signers of the petition. by petition
asked the Council not to count their
names as in favor OF said petition,
but consider them a. being against
same.
The names were read by the Clerk.
tailed and the result announced as
follows:
Merchants and shippers on petition
II
Merchants and shippers on "emon-
strance-5S.
Mr.. Eogelsang moved that the peti
ton Of the Eagle Packet Company be
rejected, the vote resulting as follows:
Yeas. Bicrwirth. Dempsey. Galu-
sha. Vogelsang (.
Nays. Adams. Blomeyer. Lind-3.
The Mayor declared said molten
carried and the petition referred to
rejected.
As Instructed at last meeting the
City Engineer submitted report of
estimated cost of grading and gravel
in- Middle street from Good Hope
street to Morgan Oakstrcet as follows:
l.27@ cubic yards embanEment
at He. l.
20 feet l. inch drain pipe at 3oc e 90
Ig4 cubic yards of gravel at 75c l45 30
Total estimate SID 62
Said report also contained an
amended estimate for the grading of
Middle street between Broadway and
Themis street between thc-ncs for
curb-stoncs only. viz:
l49 cubic yards eNcavationat I4c so ST
On motion of AJr. Biefwirth said re-
port was received and approved. so
far - said report referred to Middle
street between Broadway and Themis
street. and the estimate referring to
/ Middle street between Good Hope and
Morgan Oak streets referred to the
Street and Wharf nmittcc.
/ The Committee e.. aims. to whom
was referred the J. !. II. Rider
for dressing the .., prisoner
in iaii amountin. 'efcrred To
said committee a ting. sub
mitted report commend
ing III payment
on motion Of N .er said re-
/ port WAS received. ed. ordered
filed and the Clerk ted to issue
warrant on the Gen iovcnuc Fund
( in payment Of samc.
/ \ petition signed h. L. j. Albert.
/ W. W. Warren. d. y. Glenn and ten
other resident tax payers. asking the
/ Council topIace All electric light at the
/ intersection of Loriuierand Meriweth-
eI streets. was read and on motion OF
Mr.. Vogelsang received ana ordered
filed.
/ The Clerk was instructed 10 issue
warrants on the general &cycnue Fund
in psymertof therlaims allowed at last
meeting. which have not been paid.
and hold -aid warrants until instruct
ed bv the Treasurer 20 deliver them TO
the parties entitled to them.
! On the verbal complaint ot Henry
. Mevstedr. ST.. that the telegraph pole
nearth- corner OF Main and Thamis
street, iuer.ared with rh~ putting
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