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1854 April Council ProceedingsApril 4, 1854 Farley, Samuels, McNamara, Stout, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde Petition W L Johnson permission to dig a well on 2nd St. keeping a pump in the same near the warehouse of John D Bush City borrow from school fund John G Shields F S Jessup and Co. A McCann J P Farley freight bill on Fire Engine Col McHenry, H Emerson, and Joseph Ogleby power and force of the fire engine H L Stout resignation, John D Bush fill the unfinished term April 4, 1854 Farley, Samuels, McNamara, Stout, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde Election Results 1st Ward - Farley, Booth, Crawford, Robbins, Scott, Waples, Johnson, Morhiser, Anderson, Quigly, Koch 2nd Ward - King, Bush 3rd Ward - Burt, Connel 4th Ward - Pelan Pelon, Burnell 5th Ward - Heeb, Koch J P Farley - Mayor P W Crawford - Recorder P C Morhiser - Marshall R C Waples - Treasurer R O C Anderson - Assessor Aldermen P Quigly, John King, George Connel, C Pelon, A Heeb Communication from D O Gorman pay in cash for filling of lots Bills L L Wood use of hall for elections Platt Smith W H Robbins J G Shields Farley and James engine April 7, 1854 Farley, Samuels, McNamara, Bush, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde F S Simplot and Co. interest to the City Marshall salary Bills Paid P C Morhiser J Swerengin McCraney W H Robbins Knert and Linsen April 10, 1854 Farley, Samuels, McNamara, Bush, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde Settlement with the Marshall balance in the hands of the treasury and in county road orders City orders cancelled by being burnt Gregoire contract ferry privilege Bills Paid J N Dunn for nursing sick at hospital John Fessler bridge on Couler Avenue P Kince Langworthy Hollow John Blake 10th St./Main St. contract Mahony and Dorr Silas Sebring watchman P C Morhiser culverts M Flanagan fill lots 528-1363 T Kelley Blank Blank April 10, 1854 Langworthy, Bush, McCraney from last year Jesse P Farley, mayor elect Aldermen elect Patrick Quigley, John King, George Connel, Christopher Pelan, A Heeb Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, Heeb Robert Waples, P W Crawford, P C Morhiser, R O Anderson Filed Bonds with Securities Peter Waples, Andrew Greadmay, D S Wilson, G W Brinton, P A Lorimier, James A Reid, W H Robbins, P Kiene, J M McDaniels, T Kennedy Lincoln Clark, F E Bissell, D S Wilson, F Mangold Marshall to remove all bodies buried in the old graveyard outside of the fence on April 17, 1854 April 11, 1854 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, Heeb, Bush, McCraney Special Meeting Damages caused by running the road up the Blake Hollow through the land of John Blake Damages to be paid - Marshall open the road immediately work on Lorimer Hollow Road Removal of dirt on the landing between 1st St. and 2nd St. dredge boat Dogle permission to fill alleys April 17, 1854 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, Heeb, Bush Rent of Globe Hall for Council meetings Gen J G Shields paid in scrip April 17, 1854 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, Heeb, Bush Southern Wisconsin Rail Road Company Final settlement with late treasurer and official bonds be cancelled City taxes on Mrs. Quilford, a blind woman, be remitted Petition of 49 citizens to extend White St. to Eagle Point Road Petition to prevent damage by water on 14th St. Building a bridge over the 14th St. sewer on Orange St. Abel E Skinner as City Collector clean cisterns and trees around city square have died P Quigley Mayor Pro tem examine books of the Marshal Official bonds and Securities James Reece, Peter Waples, C C Merritt, W H Robbins, Jno McDaniels, L McCraney, John Blake McCraney resignation as alderman Matthias Ham chosen 5th Ward alderman Dodge St. improvement April 17, 1854 Bills Amos Matthews room for elections Abel Hawley dredge boat contract P O'Hern 3rd St. J Lewis lunch furnished fire company April 24, 1854 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, Heeb, Langworthy, Ham, Bush 14th St. Sewer extend the wall of the sewer bottom paved Dodge St. graded from Bluff st. to the Powder House and curb stone set Engineer estimate the amount of grading C Gorman settlement filling lots Deed from M Mobley to the land purchased off him for school purposes F S Jessup and Co. April 24, 1854 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, Heeb, Langworthy, Ham, Bush Graveyard road Road from Eagle Point along the river bank to the corporation line Contract with Thomas McCraney to build the road Removal of bodies from old graveyard Dr. McMahan, Health Officer, establishing quarantine regulations Considerable sickness on the river, mostly cholera Road to hospital Open Blake Hollow Road Levee near Guerin's Revise Ordinance on collecting revenue publishers of the daily papers bids for doing city printing Ordinance for the appointment of a street commissioner Lawyers of the city April 24, 1854 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, Heeb, Langworthy, Ham, Bush Samuels, McNamara, Bush, Mobley, Burt, Langworthy, Heeb, McCraney, O'Hare, Wilde City Attorneys Settlement with F S Jessup and Co. Communication from O'Hare resignation F E Bissell fill vacancy Calaboose Petition of 200 citizens for B A Wilmot as City Collector May 1, 1854 Revised Ordinance for collecting revenue Draft an ordinance for the appointment of a street commissioner Bids received from publishers, proposals for city printing William H Merritt