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1855 February Council ProceedingsJanuary 29, 1855 Referred the petition for the extension of 6th St. February 5, 1855 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell payment of the interest on City Bonds raised money by the sale of city scrip forwarded the money to New York set the grade of Lake Street Main road leading to Eagle Point Petition of J M McDanield extension of 6th St. to the main river proposition of L H Langworthy and others run streets to main channel a plan accompanied by a map of the islands and slough extension of 1st and 7th streets with a levee February 5, 1855 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Report of committee on harbor improvement adopted L H Langworthy Dr. McMahan, city Health Officer, number of cases of small pox Health Officer authorized to vacinate in the vicinity where the disease prevailed An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance providing for the licensing of merchants and others February 5, 1855 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Petions calling for the appointment of Morris Flynn, J W Morris, and James Howey as watchmen J W Clark resigned watchman Draft of an ordinance making it unlawful for any person to lock the wheels of any vehicle in decending the Lorimer Hollow Hill Money due M Mobley and John D Bush Alderman King resignation 2nd Ward removal George W Scott petition for the appointment of Frederick Weigel Esq. fill vacancy Bills J Jarrett Henry Sidle watchman Silas Sebring February 13, 1855 Farley, Quigley, King, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Frederick Weigel fill vacany of 2nd Ward Resignation of Ald King Harbor improvement no proposals presented to the Council Mode of laying out streets, as laid out on the map Streets to be run out to the Main River Bridges constructed between the Barney Cut and the Waples Cut be drawbridges permanent bridges Blocks as platted on the map of the sloughs February 13, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Funds for the payment of interest on City Bonds by sale of scrip Petition received by P Keine complaining of the hospital near the Court House as a nuisance Pamphlet from the Honorable George W Jones rules and regulations of Glenwood Cemetery Petition from A Yager and others asking for the appointment of John King as alderman of the 5th Ward Petition from George W. Scott street running west of Division St. Bills J Jarrett engineering Hackley printing N Hoffman boarding sick A McCann loss on scrip February 13, 1855 Bills A Jordan loss on scrip J Krause engineering C Jothan Conrad Schulse John Mundt F Widysock Wittgsoch February 15, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell, King Report receive proposals for running out streets to the Main River below Waples Cut Charles Gregoire and H L Stout entering contract to extend a street large tract of land February 15, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Report extending streets cut up with slough 4 proposals for extending 7th St. J H Emerson, J D Bush and Company, Alfred McDaniel, M Mobley Compel the city to part with nearly all of her available Island property levee property, alternate blocks, land occupied by the old canal Accept proposition of M Mobley, extension of 7th February 15, 1855 Report extending 7th St. adopted February 19, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Bills of Hiram Willey earth filling in the Market House, loss on scrip Hunneman and Co. of Boston bond of the City, notice of protest E O'Laughlin watchman February 21, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Mayor pro tempore Quigley Contractors for the improvement of the harbor running out of 7th St. extension L H Langworthy draft of a contract Make and pave or macadamize levee if the City will convey to them, the other alternate blocks on the south side of 7th st. improvement below Waples Cut February 21, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Draft contract improvement below Waples Cut Extension of streets to Main River Messrs Stout and Gregoire Points of difference between them Preamble to contract City Council have never by resolution of otherwise taken any such action as is indicated by said preamble bind the city to a future course of action, which may be incompatible with future prospects Object to the description of land to be conveyed land owned by the city south of the Waples Cut to include the island only Contractors claim land includes land on the Main Shore at the foot of Main St. U.S. Government patents to the City Convey the railroad island as the rights of the City February 21, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Draft contract improvement below Waples Cut Lot No. 6 in section 25, Township No. 89 n of r No. 9 east of the 5th P.M. South of Waples Cut subjects to the Rail Road Co. land on the Main shore should be reserved by the City for public purposes market space, standing place for hacks, cabs, omnibusses etc optional with the City either to pave or macadamize the levee Wharfage shall be regulated by the city, collected by the wharf master Rail Road Depot Island Petition by W Lewis and others asking the Council to enter into the contract as proposed by the Contractors February 21, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Draft contract improvement below Waples Cut Amend the contract by requiring the contractors to guarantee the bridges over the sloughs to stand five years Contractors will make 600 feet of levee instead of 418 feet as first proposed, the City will convey to them the alternate blocks reserved on the south side of the street Grant of the reversion of the rail road island granting of the ground on the main shore at the foot of Main St. February 21, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Draft contract improvement below Waples Cut Remainder of the report was then adopted February 26, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Indebtedness of the city to M Mobley, Mobley willing to take the bonds of the city with interest Committee on Ordinances draft of an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to amend an ordinance to provide for the appointment of a collector for the city of Dubuque" February 26, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Committee on Ordinances draft of an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to amend an ordinance to provide for the appointment of a collector for the city of Dubuque" An Ordinance to provide for the appointment of a City Attorney and defining his duties Harbor Improvement contract with H L Stout and C Gregoire Extension of Dodge or Jones street to the Main River Contract adopted City Engineer was instructed to perform the engineering for the contractors Communication form C Ben Darrin, Solicitor of the city of Burlington requesting a copy of the City Ordinances for the use of that city Petition from Ambrose Koch and others asking the Council in licensing to make a discrimination between those who sold only and those dealing in other kinds of liquors February 26, 1855 Taxes of Mrs. O'Conner remitted Bills J W Clark watchman H Sidle watchman F L Gelpcke engineer C Krause work F Wittgsoch N Schmidt James Potter making survey and map of sloughs and islands March 1, 1855 Farley, Quigley, Weigel, Connel, Pelan, McNamara, Langworthy, Ham, Reid, Bissell Take into consideration an application of the Dubuque and Pacific Rail Road Company extension of Jones St. and Dodge St. of their present Depot Grounds land on the lower island below Dodge St. rail road purposes the ground reserved fro a levee on the outer island Harbor improvement change to the contract for the extension of 7th St.