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1853 December Council ProceedingsNovember 28, 1853 Professor Gibbs occupy the Hall first lecture Marshall to sell all the lots that have been filled up Bills P C Morhiser Lot No. 536 James L Langworthy lumber Henry Sidell watchman Silas Sebring James Condron Madden Hollow December 5, 1853 Farley, Samuels, McNamara, Stout, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde Petition of Simplot and others Petition of Gregoire extend ferry privilege Island south side of Waples Cut Pacific Rail Road Company December 5, 1853 Farley, Samuels, McNamara, Stout, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde Committee on Ward Ordinances Resolution praying Congress to donate certain lands to the City of Dubuque Forward a copy to each Senator and member of Congress from this State aid in passage of the law fill up graves where bodies have been removed in the cemetery citizens be requested to remove the dead to the new cemetery Resolution Resolved that Recorder report the amount of monies appropriated by order of the Council during the present fiscal year different funds Resolved city watchman to be on duty by eight o'clock 8:00 PM December 5, 1853 Farley, Samuels, McNamara, Stout, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde Resolved that Abel Hawley dredging the harbor contract Petition R Nolte 11th St. and Orange St. Petition M Hooper grade Division St. Bills John Blake 11th St. sewer A Hawley O'Hern 5th St. contract December 12, 1853 Purchased land from M Mobley for 5th Ward school house December 12, 1853 Farley, Samuels, McNamara, Stout, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde petition of John Simplot Petition of Fanning ferry privilege First Class Ferry Boat Bridge on Locust St. Bills Johnson Lorimer Hollow contract F S Jessup Booth and Shine lumber Strut A L Brown engineer J P Langworthy P C Morhiser assessment of account A McCann road to cemetery A Jordan December 23, 1853 Dubuque and Pacific Rail Road Island below Waples Cut December 26, 1853 Farley, Samuels, McNamara, Stout, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde Committees Discharged Simplot petition grade and profile 14th St. sewer 10th St. 11th St. Main St. continue sewer down 10th St. and across Clay St. School house on public square for the 3rd Ward Judiciary Committee depot grounds on the islands Pacific Rail Road Company Resolution Resolved that the sale of island lying south of the Waples Cut between the outer and inner slough to Pacific Rail Road Company for the use as depot grounds remove the earth within two years to low water mark so as to widen the Waples Cut December 26, 1853 Farley, Samuels, McNamara, Stout, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde Contract with Pacific Rail Road Company for Waples Cut nothing in said grant shall be construed as to give any ferry privilege or privilege of wharfage to said company Shall be built and in operation within four years from the date of said conveyance big slough and the outter cut shall be filled by the city to fix the harbor on the main river Vote of the legal voters within the city Mayor issue a proclamation Plat of the cemetery recorded Petition of 238 citizens of Dubuque praying the council to suppress the retail of liquor in the city Marshall summon a jury to assess damages to Mineral St. Survey a street from Eagle Point to the Northern Foundry Council to go into an election for watchman December 26, 1853 Farley, Samuels, McNamara, Stout, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde Treasurer statement of money received by him Marshall report of money received by him Bills K Rupert chairman Loafinch S Sebring John Fell Sewer on Locust St. P C Morhiser Bluff St. A McCann and L Treanor work on Dodge St. and Locust St. T Clark and Co. Madden Hollow Contract James Condron Madden Hollow Contract C Dogery road on Bush Island Knapp and Strout lumber January 7, 1854 Petition of 40 citizens election depot grounds Dubuque Pacific Rail Road Company terms on contract Election postponed indefinitely