1859 October Council ProceedingsOctober 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Petitions and Communications
McDonough and Williams bill in scrip
L K Bowdish wood teams
Henry Heeb reduction of rent of saloon in basement of city hall
public buildings
Jackson Guards use of City Hall for military exercises
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Young Ladies of Dubuque
City Hall
John Ruhl lease of saloon
Charles Kunkle
judgement against John Crome
Teacher's Fund
P Sage resignation as Chief Engineer
Fire Department
T C Pyke election of J B Howard
Gas Company light street lamps
M Allison cancellation of policy of insurance
Philadelphia
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
City Finances
Auditor new desk
Janitor back pay
Reports of Officers
Ordinance duties of the Auditor
liabilities and asset
Wharfage Account
E R Shankland
W K DeLorimier
House of Refuge
Cemetery Lot
License Account
Showmen teams, billiard saloons
Hey weigher central market
Street Department
Street Commissioner cleaning streets
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
City Finances
Receipts
Gelpcke, Winslow and Co
Kentgen Fund
3rd Ward Market
F M Freund and H Heeb for Saloon rent
Central Market account
Market stalls
City Court
Benjamin Rupert
City, Road, Poll, and Dog tax
school tax
teachers
interest
delinquent
special tax for curbing
Expenditures
Salary City Officers
Policemen
Street Department
A Jordan curbing
Welsh and Jordan paving and macadamizing Couler Avenue
18th St to Eagle Point Avenue
Boland and Welsh
White St
Rouse and Williams iron work
Tools, teaming and cleaning
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
City Finances
Expenditures
Printing Account
Election Expenses
judges and clerks
Fire Department
Chief Engineer
Police Department
police for services
Fuel Account
School Account
Wittmer
W J Christy for school lot
Dubuque Mutual Insurance Company
Dubuque Harbor Company
contract levee, Addition
Gas Account
St Lamps
Gelpcke, Winslow and Co
Kentgen Contract
Expense Account
general incidental expenses
David Dillon
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
City Finances
Expenditures
P O'Conner
August Junk
M Robilliard
James Rowan Central Market
C J Leist
W K DeLorimier
wharfage
City Court Account
Bills Payable
debt
Council
interest
Gelpcke, Winslow and Co
City Government
Orders on scrip
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Recapitulation
Receipts, Expenditures, excess of receipts
Assets
C J Leist
Taxes due
special taxes
bonds Dubuque Central Improvement Company
Estate of P Byrne
F M Freund
property appraisment of H W Sanford and J H Thedinga
House of Refuge
Dubuque Harbor Company Addition
3rd Ward Market House
public squares, cemetery grounds
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Assets
Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company stock
Dubuque Western Railroad Company stock
interest paid on bonds
R M Walmsley
Liabilities
E W Clark, Dodge and Co
Bonds issued to M Ahern and others
F S Jesup
W W Corcoran
Semi-annual
funding city scrip
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Bonds issued for various purposes
interest on bonds
city scrip
General Fund
S House
City Court
Kentgen
Currency Scrip
Gelpcke, Kentgen and Reichelt contract
James Rowan Central Market
Dubuque Harbor Company
Recapitulation
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Auditor
due City Officers as salary
C J Leist
George Webb
Sam Duncan
Thomas Felming
A DeMowbray
E Spottswood
E Young
Engineer
expenditures on streets
oak wood for city hall
J L McMahan
Martin Hanagan
Michael Donough
Patrick Mealy
John Stearn
August Meuriel
John Hayes
M McGrath
B Mohan
M Brown hauling
F Agnair
J Flynn
George Webb
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
City Engineer
Air Hill Street
George Webb
12th St, 13th St, Locust St
Claim of Michael G Karrick
receive and cancel City Obligation
Title bonds
Clerk of City Court
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Cash City Treasury
Benjamin Rupert Clerk
Clerk of City Court
City Attorney
City Sexton number of burials
Wharfmaster
W K DeLorimier
Jury fees
Boundary Street
N C Amsden
Silas Brown
F Weigle
James Rowan
P Morgan
M J King
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
City Recorder
List of persons entitled to jury fees in the City Court
jury orders
City Attorney blank form of a bond for city officers
Dubuque Western Railroad Company
blank, sureties
F M Freund taxes collected
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Delinquent tax list
Ordinance
Collector remain in office until the tax sale is concluded and returns made
property sold for taxes
labors
P Byrne former Collector
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Bonds of the City
unable to pay any portion of indebtedness
Resolution
Resolved coupon bonds payable in 25 years
Special interest or general tax
blank bonds at the expense of the city
Wharfage on lumber shingles, lath picketts
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Harbors
Petition of C J McDonough compensation for 10 ring stones
Central Island
Engineer report, contract expired
inner levee be removed
Public Grounds
enclosing and laying out the remainder of the City Cemetery
1541 lots
Sexton's map
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
No money in the Cemetery fund
suspend the rules to hear a petition
Fire Department
Bill of A Rheiner, two ladders furnished by him
oiling hose
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Report of Clerk of City Court
Funds
Sun Company
Motions and Resolutions
Engineer, Southern Avenue, Couler Avenue, Lorimier Avenue
Julien Avenue
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Repairs on White St
City Council appoint 50 policemen
preserve peace and good order
arrest and imprison any person found disturbing the peace
M Hoffman
M Forman
R Corcoran
M Oswald
H Sidles
J Brown
B Plaster
J Gleason
B Flinn
A Waggner
vacant lot
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Resolution
Resolved Ferry License
Tim Fanning and James L Langworthy
Recorder give notice that the tax list for the present year can be inspected by tax payers
Hours of city offices
delinquent school taxes
Board of School Directors of the District of Dubuque
Engineer remove large pile of rock in the centre of 5th St between Main st and Locust St
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Engineer examine the vicinity of Locust St and 1st St
accurate survey
conveying water off said streets
Kentgen Fund
Tax levy for the present year
Special interest tax
Ordinance to levy taxes for roads and highways as requires a poll road tax to be levied
collection of a tax on dogs
license to be obtained for keeping dogs
October 6, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Presentation of Bills
City Court Fund
Sun Company, printing
Benjamin Rupert
Bills
M Hoffman
Knapp, Stout, and Co
B F Davis
A Weintzbach
Palmer, Gilmore and Co
A Rheiner
W K DeLorimier
F M Freund
P Sage
C Perry
J Conant
W J Gilbert
J H Thompson
J Noel
Westphal and Hinds
N C Amsden
S Brown
F Weigle
James Rowan
P Morgan
M J King
E Young
J B Dorr and Co
J Langton tax list
claims
October 27, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Petitions and Communications
John Gleason White St
The Sewing Society of 2nd Presbyterian Church, use of City Hall
light streets with gas
Reports of Officers
Engineer
drainage at the intersection of Locust St and 1st St
carry water down Locust St to Jones St
October 27, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
drainage Locust St
1st St
Jones St
channel
George Webb
City Officers salary
Marshall hay weighed at hay scales
October 27, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Engineer
carts, teams, laborers
Southern Avenue, Air Hill St, Bridge on Couler Avenue, 8th St sewer, bridges on Dodge St
L More
Maurice Flynn
Tim Hines
Dan Devlin
Michael Donough
Martin Flannigan
Tim Flannigan
Tom Shannon
Stephen Cardiff
Joseph Brady
Michael Kelly
William Londergon
James Canfield
Tom Donogho
Jerry Pickoldy
Pat O'Neal
Pat Welch
Florence McCarty
Michael Dunn
Dennis Dunn
E P Farwell
Carts
Pat O'Hern
Team
J M Hannan
Lorimier Avenue
October 27, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
City Sexton
burials in the City Cemetery
Reports of Standing Committees
Wood Teams should stand on the street
Public Buildings
Henry Heeb rent of saloon, basement of City Hall
Police
petition of the Marshall for assistance in the police
October 27, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Tax List
Bill of James A Langton, City Assessor
Lot Book
Special Committee on Gas
Julien Gas Company light to the street lamps
October 27, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Gas Company light and extinguish the lamps
Main St, Iowa St, Clay St, Locust St, Bluff St, 1st St, 7th St, White St, Lorimier Avenue
Debt of the city is upwards of one million dollars
financial ability to meet obligations
reputation of the city at home and abroad
There is probably no other City in the Union, if we except Milwaukee and Keokuk, where the people are so oppressed with taxation as the tax payers of Dubuuqe
Times Newspapers
list of lots
same situation the boy was in who purchased an elephant
October 27, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Gas Company light and extinguish street lamps
Debt of the city is upwards of one million dollars
financial ability to meet obligations
reputation of the city at home and abroad
There is probably no other City in the Union, if we except Milwaukee and Keokuk, where the people are so oppressed with taxation as the tax payers of Dubuuqe
Times Newspapers
list of lots
same situation the boy was in who purchased an elephant of large dimensions
Greatest revulsion of money matters the U.S. has ever witnessed
Citizens opposed
Main St
pockets are but slightly effected by an increase in taxation
burning gas
lessen taxation so oppressive
repair a broken bridge
October 27, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
reports on gas postponed
License of Campbell's Minstrells be fixed
Motions and Resolutions
Coupon bonds ordered to be procured by the Auditor
Dubuque Western Railroad Company
Windsor Street changed to Davis Street
October 27, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
Bills presented for payment
Articles
City Attorney for the Supreme Court
Fix salaries of mayor and aldermen
Presentation of Bills
W G Gilbert, stationary
Barker, Chapline and Dillon legal services
McNear rent of lot
J H Thompson
H Honack fire engines
Connolly and Roberts
E Linehan cleaning round
Melhop and Meyer
E Young
R G Herron
M Hoffman
Westphall and Hinds
D S Cumings
E Linehan
J M Robinson
G Zumhof
Knapp, Stout and Co
James A Langton
October 27, 1859
Hodgdon, Treanor, Quigley, Lane, Kauffman, Melhop, Chapline, Mitton, Matthews, Ham, King
A DeMowbray
Bill of Policemen at Election
M Wheeles
November 3, 1859
Petition from Schiller Committee
use of City Hall