1885 May Council ProceedingsRegular Session May 4th 1885
Mayor Glab in the chair
Present Ald Thos Byrne J M Byrne Crawford Deckert Hollnagel Kane Olinger Page and Ryder
Absent Ald Downer
On motion the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with and the following bills
allowed
John Mundt
W C Parsons
James Agnew
Dubuque Water Company
thos E Frith
Vogel & Ferguson
Mrs Koenig
SM Langworthy
Reinfried & Leckie
M Tschirgi Jr
Dr J H Green
M Morgan
Stanley Bros
JP Quigley
Phil Pier
John Fuhrman
christman & Healey
Key City Gas Co
Duggan Sullivan and Kinsella
Knapp Stout & Co company
Reinfried & Leckie
Linehan & Sullivan
Geo Zumhof
Standard Lumber Company
Dubuque Printing Co
N J Schrup agent
Mrs Leist
Theo Johnston
Arnold Tschergi
Key City Gas Company
Geo W Burden Gas
Wm Warring
J Ganahl
Central Union telephone Co
James Lee
Peter Klauer
Peter Vogel
F Roehl
C Oswald
Wemoth Howard & Co
Key City Hook and Ladder
Kuntz & Altoona
Standard Lumber Co
Jas S Martin
Jas Plaster Agent
Macadam
Christman & Healey
Larry Daley
On motion the saloon license was fixed at 100.00 per year payable in quarterly installments of 25.00
each the first payment to be made at once
On motion the recorder was instructed to draw a warrant for 700.00 to be paid to the committee to purchase
horses for the fire department the motion prevailed
Regular Session May 4th 1885
Mayor Glab in the chair
Present Ald Thos Byrne J M Byrne Crawford Deckert Hollnagel Kane Olinger Page and Ryder
Absent Ald Downer
ald ryder offered the following
Resolved by the city council of the City of Dubuque that the finance committee be instructed to borrow 3,000
to pay the current expenses of the past month the resolution was adopted
Ald Crawford offered the following
Resolved that the north and south boundaries of the ice harbor be established as follows to witt
the north boundary to be a line 200 feet south of an dparallel with the south side of third street extension
a strip 100 feet wide being reserved on th enorth side of said ice harbor for a levee along the entire north
front of the same
The south boundary of said ice harbor to be a line 110 feet north of and parallel with the south side of First
Street Extension the north 70 feet of the 110 feet of the south line of First Street to be reserved and used as
a levee slope
Also that the committee on ordinances be instructed to prepare an ordinance permanently establishing said
boundaries in conformity with this resolution the resolution was adopted and the city recorder instructed to
forward a copy to the goverment engineer
Ald Kane moved that Mr John Keckwot be given the proper notice to quit the premises now occupied by
him in the Ice Harbor and that his lease with the city be revoked the recorder to draw a warrant in his favor
for the rent paid the motion prevailed
Ald Kane offered the following
Whereas Death has entered the household of Ald A M Downer and robbed it of an oly son a youth who had
just stepped upon the threshold of manhood whose career though brief was replete with usefulness and
pregnant with the promise of a brilliant future who was idolized by his parents an whose many traits of
character commanded the esteem of all
Therefore be it resolved that in this his hour of profound grief the city council of Dubuque extends to Ald
Downer and his affected family its earnest sympathy and that as a mark of respect this body do now adjourn
Resolved further that a copy of this expression of condolence be sent to the family of Ald Downer and that
the resolution be spread upon the records and published in the city journals
adopted
Regular Session May 4th 1885
Mayor Glab in the chair
Present Ald Thos Byrne J M Byrne Crawford Deckert Hollnagel Kane Olinger Page and Ryder
Absent Ald Downer
Ald Hollnagel moved that the council attend the funeral of Charles Downer in a body and that the chair appoint
a committee of arrangements the motion prevailed and the mayor appointed Ald Olinger and J M Byrne
as such committee
adjourned
attest
J W Halpin City Recorder