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1855 June Council ProceedingsJune 4, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Petition from Anthony Harp require Wood measurer to be at the Wood Market at least every half hour remission of fine Petition from C Collins establish the grade of 15th St. Engineer to survey and present a profile of grade Petition from H McLean nuisance on property of Jacob Brotherly on Locust St. between 5th and 6th Streets Petition signed by S Hempstead, C H Booth, W Lewis, and others appoint J W Clark as Market Master June 4, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Petition from James Potter engineer fix salary for services Communication from City Attorney, licenses for the sale of liquor Opinion upon the set of resolutions City License has to do only with City Ordinances and City Action Most trades and employments are forbidden to be prosecuted in the city except by special leave for the time specified, the licensee may prosecute the business indicated without being liable to a fine under the general ordinance An Ordinance forbidding an act, party committing such act is liable both under the statute and under the ordinance June 4, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Opinion of the City Attorney, ordinances and licenses I can therefore see no legal objection to the resolutions offered, although it appears to me that Resolution provides for nothing that would not exist without it except where it provides for the return of a portion of the license money on the contingency that the Supreme Court sustains the liquor law J S Blatchley Report of auditor - city finances from April 10 to May 31 Communication Reports of the Treasurer, Recorder and Marshal to be correct receipts and expenditures of the City of Dubuque April 10, 1855 to May 31, 1855 City Orders received for City revenue Interest of Bonds maturing in New York on August 1, 1855 thus preserve your credit David Scott June 4, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Cancel sum in Treasury Orders placed on file in the office of the City Recorder Improving the proposal extension of Eagle Point Avenue travel accompanied by a plat of the grade of the most difficult part of the same Open the proposed street from Fengler's addition to Ham's addition Lowering the grade of Main St. between 1st and 2nd Streets inexpedient to make any change in the grade Plat of the business houses on Main St. Declared to be an official plat for the purpose intended Communication from the Treasurer bonds issued to the Southern Wisconsin Rail Road Company June 4, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Julien Avenue, another jury to be summoned widening of Julien Avenue, jury refused to return any verdict unless their fees were paid in advance Candle Bills from last year Anderson ad Mitton, Bissell and Co, and A Gillespie for oil and candles Anthony Jordan's bill paving on contract on Main St. Grading of 7th St. Petition of Geo Mehl and others asking to grade 7th St. between Clay and White Street advertise for proposals June 4, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Petition of J J E Norman and others legalize Madden Hollow Road according to the survey of A L Brown Petition of Platt Smith and others for the declaring of Park Hill Avenue and McCabe Streets public highways Report Harbor Improvement Committee Jones Street Harbor Company Resolution whether the city will do that portion of paving and macadamizing as agreed with said company or will the city require the company to do the work on the terms specified in said contract June 4, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Report Harbor Improvement Committee Jones Street Harbor Company Propose to donate to the City an addition of levee Propose if the Council agree to substitute bluff filling for the paving and macadamizing which they are required Company to do the work Recommend the following Resolutions Resolved that the City relinquish the right to pave or macadamize or fill with bluff filling accept the additional 50 ft June 4, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Company to do the work Recommend the following Resolutions Resolved that all portions of the levee or public landing as is embraced in the contract with the Jones Street Harbor Company declared to be 150 ft wide to be measured from low water mark to the western side of said levee city accepts 50 ft as proposed by said company Jones Street taken from the bluff Resolved substitute such material taken from the bluff as they are now depositing on Jones St for paving or macadamizing June 4, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Adoption of resolutions Jones Street Harbor Company Amendment to resolutions No extension of the time required by contract to complete that improvement June 11, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Petition signed by F V Goodrich, E Stimson, and Warner Lewis meeting of the citizens asking the Council to appropriate money towards defraying the expenses of a celebration of the opening of the Illinois Central Rail Road to Dubuque Resolution that the sum of $500 be appropriated out of the City Treasury for the purpose of defraying a portion of the expenses of the contemplated celebration in honor of the opening of the rail road Petition of F Doyle and other citizens pass an ordinance requiring the Ferry Company between this city and Dunlieth Dunleith G B Scidmore Central Rail Road June 11, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Petition signed by E A Lull and others establish grade of 11th St. west of Bluff St. as being too low Petition signed by J M Harrison and A B Harrison foot of 3rd St. grade Petition signed by Platt Smith, S Hempstead, and other citizen property holders on Locust St. to have 33 street lamps put up from 3rd to 14th Petition from Balsey Born of Jefferson Township remit a fine violation of wood ordinance Petition signed by C J Liest and others improve White St. near 10th St. and sewer constructed from Clay to Orange St. on 10th Petition by R Nolte and others bridges erected over the gulley on Jackson St at the crossing of 13th st and over the sewer 14th J W Clark, market master elect, official bond in the penal sum June 11, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel J W Clark, market master elect, official bond in the penal sum with W H Robbins and W S Gilliam as securities Bonds Southern Wisconsin Rail Road Company cancelled Market Master open the doors at the west end of the Market House during the day and closing them at night Street Commisioner in reference to the height of awnings, less heighth than 11 feet Communication from the Jury summoned to assess the damages occasioned to property by opening of South Dodge St. venire another jury number of bids for grading 7th St. and White St. An Ordinance to provide for the summoning of juries in the City of Dubuque An Ordinance regulating the paving of sidewalks June 11, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel F L Gelpcke purchase the level used by him while city engineer Liquor license granting for the sale of liquors as merchandise strikeout last section as provided for a return of a portion of the license money in case the liquor law passed at the last legislature should be sustained Proposals of Harbor Company Amendment to 2nd resolution June 11, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Proposals of Harbor Company Amendment to 2nd resolution not be required to do more than pave or macadamize the 50 ft additional of the levee Amendment to 3rd resolution and also the 50 feet additional levee June 18, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Petition to dig a public well in 5th Ward on the side walk on Couler Avenue, opposite the house of Martin Dolton Conrad, Frebertsheizer Petition signed by Michael O'Brien condition of the O'Ferrall Hollow Road west of the furnace Dirty Hollow Road Petition from George W Jones lighting the streets of the City with Gas Petition from Lawrence McAvoy extension of the time for the payment of his Dray license E W Nagle and others grade Iowa St. between 2nd and 4th streets June 18, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Petition received from Joseph Bobleter damages caused by widening Julien Avenue Petition from Michael Reilly run a line of omnibuses from the Waples House to Finley and Co addition on the Delhi Road Dubuque Harbor Co levee 150 ft wide instead of 100 ft Cover the levee 800 feet in length the whole width of the same Bluff filling at the expense of the city Resolution Resolved that it is improper for any member of the Council to vote in any matter in which he is directly or indirectly interested in the profit of any contract, job, work, or services to be performed Petition of the Harbor Co June 18, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Harbor improvements Stones placed as monuments in the lower part of town by the U.S. Commissioners displaced by Gas Co Resolution Resolved that whenever the Gas Light Company shall remove a monument or water table in any of the streets, an engineer be employed to replace them at the expense of the company, notify the engineer Committee on streets report Petition of Simon Cohen location of Julien Avenue, strip between him and the northern line of said avenue owned by the city left without an outlet to the street June 18, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Petition of E A Lull and others establish grade of 11th St. west of Bluff St. remonstrating against the grade of Bluff too low for the sewers on 11th St, water passes down Bluff from 12th to 10th rendering the sewers on 11th of no use Change the grade on Bluff St. establish the grade of 11th west Petition of R Nolte and others construct a bridge on Jackson St. where 18th and 14th streets cross Jackson Street is rendered impassable in consequence of a deep ditch gully on 13th st be filled instead of bridged June 18, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Report on Petition of C J Leist and others to improve White St. near 10th where there is a pond of water caused by the ater running down 10th Sufficient clay on White Stereet where this work is necessary to be done Contract between the committee and Patrick O'Hern for doing grading on 7th and White St. An Ordinance to repeal an Ordinance prohibiting the locking of wheels of wagons and other vehicles in descending Julien Avenue Board and post at the top of the hill be converted into a guide board to be set up at the forks of the road in West Dubuque Guide Board at the head of the Plank Road near John E Miller's Auctioneers Bond June 18, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Resolution Resolved that the Street Commissioner be instructed to continue the sewer on 10th St. up to Bluff St. An Ordinance to repeal an Ordinance prohibiting the receiving or discharging of freight on Sunday Watchmen of the City be required to call the hours of the night Mayor and Marshal inquire into the character of the watchmen in the employ of the city Ordinance for the protection of public and private property in the City of Dubuque Communication Dr. McMahan resigning the office of Health Officer Bills Allowed Bissell and Co articles for hospital James Potter engineer James Howey watchman H Sidel E O'Laughlin S Sebring M Flynn constable June 18, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Bills G Blocklinger hands on bridges L L Wood sign Julien Avenue Joseph Hug digging ditch William Pool hay scales Franz Appredisir attending hospital A Consadine filling Iowa St. James Power R Spaulding stationary Stuber and Bittman, R McMahon, W L Johnson, Herman Lensch, and Felix Mercher Special Meeting June 20, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Street Commissioner be instructed to work Mineral Street up the Blake Hollow to the road on the ridge in the Finley Addition Petition signed by P Malady and others asking Council to take such action in reference to Madden Hollow Road suitable and safe condition for traveling Habor Improvement Committee Report Petition of Jones Street Harbor Company Accept the proposition before them Special Meeting June 20, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Habor Improvement Committee Report Resolution Resolved that the proposition of the Jones Street Harbor Co. dated June 18, 1855 be accepted provided nothing herein contained shall release the aforesaid Company from any other obligation contained in said contract, nor from dispensing with the protection of the levee with the wall as specified Resolution not adopted Resolution Resolved that this Council will receive hereafter no petitions or propositions for changes of the contracts of the Harbor Companies June 25, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Petitions P A Lorimer, M Mobley, and William Johnson proposing to extend 1st St. to the Main River and make a levee along the same, on condition that the City will convey to them all the land owned by the City described as follows Beginning at the levee and extending across the inner and outer islands to the Mississippi River, running up and down the river from Barney and Jones Cut J H Thedinga and others recommending the appointment of Dr. Edward Donn as Health Officer Drs. Menegus and Bengel application for Health Officer Fill vacancies in night watch, recommending appointment of Francis Sebring, Hamilton White, and John Regan Asking Council to remove the present Wood Measurer from Office June 25, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Venire summon a jury to assess damages caused by the opening of South Dodge Street Verdict of the jury No damages will be sustained by Bonson, Rae and Co. Damages Patrick Cohens No damages will be sustained by Haskens No damages will be sustained by Richard Bonson No damages will be sustained by Bonson and Waller No damages will be sustained by James Ronan No damages will be sustained by John Fitzpatrick Damages John Gaffney persons owning property in vicinity of the road John D. Grafford John Wilde Bonson and Waller Richard Bonson William W Hamilton John Blake John Fortune Robert C Waples Geo Bennett William Andrew June 25, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Verdict adopted Payment of interest falling due on July 1, 1855 Bonds of the City Committee on Finance to provide funds necessary Engineer profile of 15th St. from Bluff to Orange St, grade proposed Committee on Claims Report Bills Paid William L Johnson Felix Mercher securing bridge Stuber and Bittmann printing Herman Lensen repairing Hay Scales Committee on streets grade on Bluff St. from 9th to 10th lowered 9 inches water to run into the sewer on 10th June 25, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Communication from Dr. McMahan compensation Health Officer Committee on Market House report fitted to the eaves of the Market House, middle of the building is 9 inches higher than the ends impossible to conduct water from one end of the house to the other Committee on Ordinances An Ordinance to protect public lamps Committee on Engine House June 25, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel Petition Daniel Smith damages opening a street through land owned by him Reconsider vote rejecting the proposition of the Jones Street Harbor Company make levee 5 ft wider Resolution Resolved City hereby accept the 50 ft addition, obligate itself to pave levee Resolved Committee on Ordinances Ordinance to regulate the rates of fare for Hackney coaches, carriages, cabs, drays, etc for coveying passengers and goods within the corporate limits of the City An Ordinance authorizing the City Marshal to appoint deputies An Ordinance to provide for the demolishing of dangerous walls June 25, 1855 Shields, McNamara, Curran, Samuels, Spottswood, Ham, King, Weigel, Pelan, Quigley, Connel An Ordinance provide for the inspection of weights and measures Resolution Resolved sidewalks paved and curb stones set where the streets have been graded Resolved established grade on 1st St. carry water on the same F J Cromer and Co. applying for a license to deal in groceries and liquors Bills Allowed Michael Flanagen street commissioner Martin Flanagen Tim Garvey William Coleman John Flynn John Carroll Samuel Henry Patrick Lany Franz Hug Henry Grim cisterns at market James Howey watchman Franz Hug discount on order No. 1543