1874 January Council ProceedingsJanuary 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Petitions on Delinquent Taxes
J H Tode
John Allen
M A Ashcroft
Felix Agnew
Elizabeth Bauer
Mrs. B Buechler
Mrs. John Broderick
John Beil
Charles Consar
John Collins
D H Conyngham
Mrs. Mary Donohoe
Michael Dunn
G J Edwards
Mrs. Teresa Eitel
J H Emerson
Mrs. J B Foltzer
O E Guernsey
W H Harmsley
Mrs. C Herancourt
Miss Huntley
Anton Heintzman
H W Houghton
John Harper
H S Hetherington
James Johnston
John Jannie
Catherine Knight
B Kistler
Johannah Koehn
William Zinn
Mrs. B Keogh
J D Langworthy
M J Luke
Dr. J C Lay
John B Myers
Thomas Melchior
D A McKinlay
R M McKinlay
Mrs. Norman
Carson McElrath
R Nolte
Mary M O'Brien
A J Pease
H L Stout
Ann Sullivan
T Spahn
R Spaulding
Magdalena Schumacher
Arch H Stuart
D J Smith
Charles Street
John Talty
Mrs. E P West
John Wagner
H Wunderlich
Anna Webster
Mrs. Mary Wiltse
J N Waggonner
George Zumhoff
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Petitions
Bernhard Baumgartner, Butcher's license of John Paulsen
William G Stewart, licensing the Athenaeum Theater
Dubuque Harbor Company
H W Griswold, Delinquent tax book
Joseph Watry, sidewalk
Chicago, Dubuque and Minnesota Railroad
Chicago, Clinton, and Dubuque Railroad
W H Peabody grade of 14th St
William Rebman, building sewer on 17th St
Congress for the grant of the Peru Town site
Honorable William B Allison
John Fitzpatrick
Road Scraper
Woodmeasurer Warring, inspected cords of wood
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Market master Frith, weighed drafts on market house scales
Board of Prisoners
John Moloney, sums due for work on streets
A McGowan
John McMahon
James Moloney
Patt Bannon
Jerry Griffin
Nat Kairns
M Ambrosia
D H Linehan
Thomas Lane
Nicholas Willet
Pat McMahon
Wharfmaster Bruening, wharfage
steamboats
lumber
wood
Thomas O'Donald, 1st Ward Scale
Draughts in December
Michael Parker, public weigher
dressed hogs
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Alex Buchet, weighed draughts on the West Dubuque Scale
Auditor Jennings, salaries due City Officers and police for December
West Dubuque Scales
Lamplighter O'Halloran
Chief of Fire Department, insurance
number of fires
City Sexton Gmehle, interments in Linwood Cemetery
Hemietta Heck, Philip Schuster, digging graves
A T Cook, Henry Schunk in relation to fire matters
Police Reports of Justice Leckie and McLenan
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
City Attorney costs
State of Iowa vs John Fall
Police Justice entitled to fees
State of Iowa vs. John O'Brien
Taxation of Barbara Meyer
First National Bank
double assessment
Taxation of Raymond Brothers and Hill
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
City Attorney, costs
Raymond Brothers and Hill
Firm of Sadler, Goff, and Co
Oath, average stock
Taxation of John Hennessey
assessment irregularly placed
D J Hennessey
Bishop of the Diocese of Dubuque for religious and benevolent purposes only
secular business for private profit
Alicia Cantillon, tax assessed on personal property of George W Brown
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
City Attorney costs
Petition for cancellation of sale of Mineral lot for Municipal taxes
Mrs. Welsh and Miss Mary Cunningham
no clear case of illegal taxation
Petitions
W H Torbert
W H Evans
Tudor Jones, macadamizing on Iowa St
Ross McMahon
Police Headquarters, Central Market House
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Petitions of Hamlin, Wagner, I Wunderlich
G Becker
lighting certain streets with the Peerless Street lamps
Filling sloughs
Releasing the Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge Company from contract
opening of 3rd St at the Big Slough, canal from 6th st to the levee on 1st St
City Attorney Contract between Dubuque and Dunleith Bridge Company
plans and specifications, City Engineer
H L Stout, President
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
General George W Jones and R Cox, donating a street to the City
W J Woods, extension of Bluff St
Ross McMahon
Work on Bluff St extension
Claim against Ingram, Kennedy and Day
Clark and Cowles
Ordinance to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes in the City of Dubuque
14th St
Waggon Bridge across Mississippi River
Memorial to Congress
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Resolution
Resolved guttering and macadamizing of Chesnut St by Joseph Ernst and Co, contractors
Parcels of Real Estate
H A Dean, McDaniel's Subdivision
William Dyer
J O Goddard, Kingman's Subdivision
A E Aldrich
Pay for guttering and macadamizing of White St
Special tax levied
Dubuque City, John Brown
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Special taxes levied to pay for White St improvements
John Brown
B W Jones
Mrs. C Payen
H Becker
Mrs. H Miller, Hugo Miller
Henry Wetter
John McCoy, contractor on sidewalks, Washington St
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Special tax to pay for sidewalks, Washington St
Rev John Hennessey
L H Langworthy's Addition
John McCoy order
curbing, guttering and macadamizing 15th St between Iowa St and White St
William Rebman, Contractor
Real Estate parcels
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
special tax levied
curbing, guttering and macadamizing 15th St between Iowa St and White St
William Rebman, Contractor
Real Estate parcels
L Korman
John Broadhurst
M Buchmann
Earnest Buesch
Jones St
Real estate
Edward Welsh
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Guttering and macadamizing of Walnut St by Ross McMahon, Contractor
Special tax levied on lots and parcels of real estate
Walnut St
D J Langworthy
Special Assessment, White St
Joseph Ernest and Co, Contractors
B H Campbell
Resolution
Resolved, Memorial to Congress asking for the town site of Peru as a Public Park
Seal of the City
Senator in Congress, William B Allison
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Shiras, Vanduzee, Henderson
Cash settlement, City indebtedness
City Recorder publish for five days in the papers of the City for the receiving bids, canal through 3rd St to the levee on 1st St
Dignity maintained by prohibiting smoking
City Attorney contract with Bridge Company
Wharfmaster, compensation for services
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Council congratulate Governor Carpenter on the selection of ironsman toronsman Thomas M Monroe
Communication to the General Assembly of Iowa
T M Monroe, General Assembly of Iowa
President of the Gas Company, reducing piece of gas used by the City
Resolution
Resolved
Fire Department investigate the necessity of the City owning their own horses for the use of the Fire Department
No member of the Council shall be allowed to chew tobacco, gum, chips, or any other substitute during regular or special session
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Resolution
Resolved property owners on Union's Addition, make road passable for waggons
Bluff St to Forrest St
John Flynn replace road order
Decker and Jaeger Rent
police headquarters
Ham and Carver, contract for city printing
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Claims ordered paid
George Wilde and Co
Charle W Ware
Dr. M H Waples
Weston Burch and Co
H Nortung
T O'Sullivan
J W Coy
Philip Pier
Thomas Henney
G B Woodworth
E C Aldrich
John Fitzpatrick
Peter Hansen
George H Fry
S Korman
Thomas Henney
J W Parker and Son
A Y McDonald
Charles Thoman
Peter Ellwanger
N W Kimball
M J Waller
Theo Tice
Key City Gas Light Co
George B Corkhill
Jerry Driscoll
Dubuque Water Co
Pleins and Beach
Dubuque Lumber co
John W Coy
H L Clark
Laflin and Rand Powder Co
S Van Loan
James Crawford
E Reh
G B Rand
D W Linehan
C Herancourt
John Pier
Waller and Christman
G Perry
John King's Estate
A H Peaslee
Mrs. E M Ogleby
Mathew Maher
John Stralan
William Watson
Louis G Hurd
W B Bonce
H W Griswold
January 8, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Claims
John Mullany, Town Clock
Dubuque Water Company, water furnished to the Engine Houses
Dubuque Telegraph Company
Ham and Carver, Printing
G B Rand
Asa Horr, work on Town Clock
Martin Shields, cleaning sidewalks
Captain P Ryder
Gutta Percha and Rubber Company, hose purchased for Fire departments
January 15, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
Bridge Company obligation of original contract
Resolution
Waggon Bridge
Proceed to New York City, Director of the Illinois Central Railroad Company
construction of a Waggon Bridge
Mississippi River
William Rebman, constructing a sewer on 17th St and Main St
Engineer plans and specifications
January 15, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
3rd St slough
Petitions
Zumhoff, Joseph and Co
sidewalk use at 14th St and Maple St
Verbal report on trip to New York in company with M L Robison
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Waggon Bridge
Dunleith Authorities
January 15, 1874
Peaslee, Quigley, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Howard, Hune, Beach, Parker, Kaiser, Fengler
William B Allison and M L Robison, vigilance and ability on the progress in performing the valuable services
negotiation for a waggon bridge