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1850 June Council ProceedingsJune 10, 1850 Emerson, Bush, Randall, Decker, Langworthy, Rogers, Gildea Owners of Lots 702, 714, 719A, 720, 735, 735A street 40 feet wide will be laid out through commencing at 8th St. near the powder house ending near western termination of 5th St. M Hays setting posts landing W Roach cleaning Market House P O'Connell for work M Rounien P O'Shea for hauling W O'Hern hauling and lceaning streets O McCraney printing statement of financial affairs Eugene Flynn bond for grocery June 10, 1850 Marshal lease the public square to the highest bidder examine a pond southern part of the city Mayor proclamation citizens to clean and lime their premises June 24, 1850 Emerson, Bush, Randall, Decker, Langworthy, Rogers, Gildea nuisance pond on private property Survey and mark out a street from 8th St. near the powder house to western termination of 5th St. reported a survey and programme adopted Resolution Resolved people of Dubuque desirous of harbor and steamboat landing improved benefit of the whole city good and deep channel along the entire . June 24, 1850 Resolution Resolved people of Dubuque desirous of harbor and steamboat landing improved benefit of the whole city good and deep channel along the entire line of wharves sufficient quantity of water cause a survey to be made from the river near Lorimier's Furnace up the river sloughs and lake across to Eagle Point estimating number of cubic yards make a channel four feet deep and sixty feet wide June 24, 1850 Emerson, Bush, Randall, Decker, Langworthy, Rogers, Gildea Resolution Resolved Committee expense of survey to ascertain the amount of excavation necessary to form a channel Lorimier's Furnace and Eagle Point M Y Thompson rent a lot for a hog pen J Ogilby repairing hay scales Marshal employ persons repair 6th St. and 7th St.