1876 October Council ProceedingsOctober 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Petitions in relation to assessments
Committee on Equalization
John Bell
J W Brunskill and Brothers
William Beck
George Burden
Eliza A Burden
M E Connolly
D A Cooley
Coates and Watters
Thomas P Coates
Mrs. C J Cummings
D H Conyngham
A Cragin
Rev Allen Curr
George L Dickinson
A W Daugherty
Dean and Co
Melissa Eggleston
Bradley and Ellwanger and Co
John P Farley
Johanna Frenzel
Joseph Gehrig
Henry Grimm
Hetherington and Rath
M Harrington
Francis Jaeger
James Kelly
Knapp Stout and Co
Catherine Luck
A Kaiser
Mrs. Levins
Julia Love
John W Love
John Maclay
Jacob Michel
Mullford and Whiting
J Plapp
Jacob M Pfiffner
C Poor
W H Peabody
A J Pease
Henry Philips
M S Robison
George Rath
Viola G Rider
J S Randall
A Rogers
A H Stuart
Joseph Sprague
H L Stout
J F Steiner
Mrs. R Scott
Mrs. E J Scott
S C A Stanfenbil
George L Torbert
Thompson and Jones
Joseph Frasit
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
L P Trusdale
C G Willweber
C W Wullweber
S S Winall
Margaret Weinecke
W W Woodworth
Westphal and Hinds co
James Watters
Charles and Alex Simplot
A Gehrig
S S Wemott
Wemott, Howard and Co
Eliza M Smith
Martha Ann Patch
James Nichol
Joseph Dettinger
George W Mitchell
George B Rand
Peter Heitzelmann
Philip Doerr
J R Goodrich
John T Hancok
W J Knight
Vellette Green
Andrew and Treadway
Wesley McKee
George B Burch
A S Bunting
Petitions in relation to taxes
Delinquent taxes
A F Jaeger
Agnes Turner
Arthur Turner
Mary Boland
James Brunskill
George Zumhoff
Mary Beatley
S S Wemott
Catherine Binter
H B Baker
Sarah Mihigan
Julia Wittenberg
Anna Krakow
Mrs. M Doyle
M A Devany
Rosetta Cook
Lucy Gruber
E a Frenzel
Cath Newhouse
Wade J King
C S D Jones, permission to mine under streets
R H Collier, sidewalk on 3rd St
Charles Messerknick
ditch on 23rd St
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Petitions
J M Griffith, grade of 17th St
James McGovern, macadamizing Pine St
John McEvoy, building 1st St sewer
J M Buchholts, lamp post
F Kleinschmidt
John Hodgdon, alley west of 14th St
Globe Gas Light
Ellen Blake, change of waterway on Mineral St
Francis Jaeger
Hasty Stuart, license on pool table
John D Bush, consent to M M Walker to erect an oil house
1st St behind the slough
Board of Education for a sidewalk on Kniest St
John O'Neil
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
John Bell, obstructions on 11th St
Petitions
Carl Messerknick, nuisance
John J Giger, damage to property
Thomas Armstrong fire plugs
J Thompson and Co, establishing plow manufacturing
Board of Trade
Auditor Brandt, salaries due city officers
Market Master Pier, weighed drafts on market scales
huckster stands
Board of Prisoners, incidental expenses in the market house
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
City Recorder, licenses issued
Woodmeasurer Waring, inspected cords of wood
N C Ryan, weighed drafts in 1st Ward Scales
grass receipts
Henry Schuler, West Dubuque Scales
John O'Halloran, lamp lighter
T E Frith, Health Officer
Marshal Finn, persons named for services as Policemen during the late fair
Justice Mills
T S Wilson, City Attorney
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Cases pending in Courts
Treasurer Riordan, delinquent taxes
Street Commissioner Ryder, work done on streets
laborers
teams
masons
carpenters
macadam
Ordinances considering drains and sewerage
An Ordinance for opening streets and highways, improving streets and alleys
Ordinance to authorize the sale of meats and poulty
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Ordinance to authorize the sale of meats and poulty outside of established markets
Thomas Murray
Petitions
George W Jones
John McCoy
P J Flynn
W H Peabody
Street Commissioner repairs on Henion St
John Quail, place alley running south from Mineral St
W P Large
B W Poor
J M Gandolfo, sidewalk on 15th St rescinded
H Mauer and wife
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Sidewalk tax
Petitions
August Becker
E W Duncan, Engineer estimate of the cost and grading and macadamizing alley
J S Ganagan, improving Pine St
Louis Fockler
Hablenetzel, Ruegamer and Ade
Pat McMahon
Dubuque water co
James Forrester
A J Davis
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
T Jones claim
Police Report of Justice Leckie
Delinquent taxes petitions
B B Richards, Ann Tierney, C Boesvelt, Margaret Lear, Mrs. Glennon, Mary Markey, Mary Baade
taxes remitted, assessments
Peter Gregory
F E Augustine, tax on merchandise
C U Wyss
remit taxes of Ann Morris
O'Connor's subdivision
Eliza O'Brien, house on intersection of Bluff St and Dodge St
C H Welsh, L H Langworthy's Addition
Assessment of Lucian Smith, personalty
Mrs. Hugo Miller
John J Beck, saloon fixtures
Joseph McGregor
Mrs. G A Rand
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
L H Langworthy's Addition
Remit taxes, assessments
Margaret Flynn
Mrs. Samuel Young, homestead
John McNulty
Rev L A Ostrander
Henry Tode
Maria Lee, homestead in Roger's Subdivision
Sarah A Young
Mary Kelly, Union Addition
Mrs. Mary Mix
Miss M Eggleston
Rachel Davis, Board of Equalization
Margaret Sweeny
Petitions
John Rochl, M W Watter, George W Jones, James Molloy
fence removed to line of the street
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Completion of Joseph Pazandak, petition in relation to sidewalk on Maple St
15th St and 16th St
M M Walker, privilege of erecting a frame building north of 1st St sewer, east of Railroad Track
under supervision of Street Engineer
8th St improvement Company
Main st, Bluff St
Marshal Finn, examined all persons who had any knowledge of the case
charge of immoral conduct, under the influence of strong drink
Attorney T S Wilson
Case of Eichman against Crawford
11th St
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
East side of Bluff St between 2nd St and 3rd St
Ordinance upon the subject
City Engineer make necessary plans and specifications for improvement
expense of abutting property owners
West side of Maple St between 14th St and 17th St
temporary grade
Kneist St between Eagle Point Avenue and Lake St, temporary grade
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Ordinances
Eagle Point Avenue between Kneist St and Johnston Avenue temporary grade
plank sidewalks
Delhi Road between Julien Avenue
Engineer curb grade on 13th St between White St and Jackson St
13th St and 14th St, 10th st and 11th St
south side of Eagle Point Sewer
Wall on Dodge St extended
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
J M Griffith proposition
Resolution
Resolved plank sidewalk on Johnson Avenue by James Crawford, contractor
Special tax levied on lots and parcels of real estate
Johannah Specht, subdivision of mineral lot
H W Sanford
5th Ward School lot
Frank Brede
Jackson St, James Crawford
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Special tax levied on lots and parcels of real estate
Jackson st, James Crawford Contractor
H P Kent, L H Langworthy Addition
John Reis
M Heine
Resolution
Resolved special tax 9th St from Jackson St to Washington St
Margaret La Boyteaux
plank sidewalk
Ordinance regulating the depth of privy vaults shall be sunken in the earth
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Advertise for 30 cords good, sound white oak wood
delivered to City Hall
Street Commissioner put Bradstreet extension in passable condition
Recorder furnish the City Auditor with a copy of the proceedings of the Council, reduction of taxes, abatements
municipal tax
sewer on Hill St
protect persons and property from injury and damage
tax on lots in Hooper's Addition
McCraney's Addition
Cox's Addition, Mrs. Mary Wolf
A Frommelt
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Sanford St from Couler avenue to eastern terminus
expense of abutting property
Resolution
Resolved Commercial National Bank
First National Bank
11th St in front of lots in Farley's subdivision
McDaniel's subdivision curbed with curb stones
Marshal have sidewalk on Lake St, Couler Bridge to Kneist St, passable condition
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Salaries of different city officers reduced
City Printing reduced
opening of a street from 3rd St to 5th St
appraise damages sustained by George B Burch, John E Hurley,William G Watters, V J Williams, Daniel Riordan, Ed W Duncan, George Martin, J M Emerson
several lots and parcels of real estate
W H Knowlton, City Engineer
F Hinds, Foreman
V J Williams
F E Deggendorf
John Bill
J W Fillrance
William Ruff
N A Cooper
Charles C Coakley
H L Stout
John Flynn
A W Kimball
B B Provost
change of grade on 17th St
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Damages caused by altering established grade of 17th St
Jury assess damages
Official newspapers of the City
Commissioners met at the City Hall
statements of several claimants
H A Root
C C Woodman
J M Griffith
Theological Seminary
F M Robinson
T P Rood
1st German Church
A H Peaslee
B B Provost
A A Cooper
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
open a street from 3rd St to 5th St along old corporation line
plat made by W H Knowlton, Engineer
appraisement of damages returned by the jury
deed of relinquishment of the right of way
street laid out, declared a public highway
A H Peaslee, B B Provost, A A Cooper
pay out of the City Treasury
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
17th St change of grade
Resolution
Resolved grade book of the City Engineer
Petitions
W J Knight
F T Walker
N C Ryan, office of weigher of dressed hogs
macadamizing 11th st
William Rebman lowest and best bidder
N H Thedinga
George B Woodworth
G N Knowlton
C H McMaster
John McEvoy
McElrath and Linehan
Martin Frank
George Wilde
J F Steiner
Philip Pier
October 2, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Payment of claims
G A Knowlton
Andrew Merz
Henry Stecher
T E Frith
M Downey
Mrs. Keller
J N Foye
William Rebman
T O'Sullivan
D W Linehan
Asa Roberts
John O'Halloran
Howard and McArthur
W H Knowlton
James Crawford
Pat McMahon
J Nichol
John Green
James H Morgan
Michael Mahoney
F A Gniffke
Thomas Roach
Lafflin and Rand Powder Co
Dubuque Water Co
Peter Mihm
Joseph Hook
Harney and O'Connor
N H Thedinga
Fengler and Krite
Brunskill Brothers
M McMahon
L B Tuttle
John Nagle
Dubuque Times
Ham and Carver
Claims
George Wilde
H Jungk
T J Connell, witness
October 11, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
McCann, business of the Equalization Committee
Resolution
Resolved sidewalk on 11th St from Bluff St to High St
Mathias Bickle order, horse bought for fire department
John O'Neil, have the privy removed
Petitions
Assessment
J K Hallum
M Morgan
2nd Baptist Church
C W Horr
A W Sears
John Krayer
J Lorenz
Frank Adams
William J S Haines
George W Scott
M Schuckert
Joseph Simmons
Joseph Herod
Mathias Hoffman
October 11, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Petitions
W J Knight, assessment
Mrs. W H Robbins, remission of taxes
Delinquent tax committee
J D Jennings
Resolution
Resolved sidewalk of good plank, 11th St between Bluff St and High St
temporary grade
expense of abutting property owners
Petitions in relation to taxes
October 16, 1876
Burch, Quigley, McCann, Linehan, Pier, Wunderlich, Cantillon, Walker, Walker, Blumenauer, Lillig
Special Session
bids for Eagle Point Avenue sewer
Committee on Streets
Andrew Merz
Claims
Great Western Band, Freeport Firemen
W J Knight hearing his statement as to taxes