1857 June Council ProceedingsJune 1, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petitions
Titus Schmidt and citizens of the 5th Ward
Keniger and Tenbrock right to sell meat
Sineral, Logan, and Cook extend time for paving sidewalks Locust St
Dubuque Turnverein Society celebration at the Natural Gardens and a ball
L Phelps license for Thalbergs Concert
H Geseman 14th St sewer to be covered by planking or arching
June 1, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petitions
Health Officer
receive patients in the hospital
August Jurgh curbing on Main St from 10th to 14th St
Ordinance providing for such cases
Reports of Officers
verdict of jury to assess damages
extending White St
Damages
C Rose
Peter Kiene
Paul Kiene
Baulman
Gruber
Geinfred
Ma's Estate
Benefits
Rath
L H Langworthy
H M Sandord
Jurors
W H Robbins
Charles Phelps
John Fortune
John Blake
John O'Brien
William Gilliam
June 1, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Recorder bids received paving the gutter on Walnut St
bid of John Hayes
Settlement with superindendent of hospital
Claims of William Rebman dirt on alley between Main and Iowa, 8th and 9th streets
Fire Department Engine Company No. 2
new engine
Resolution
Resolved Chief Engineer
June 1, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolution
Resolved Chief Engineer arrangements with makers of new engine
Communications
Dubuque Western Rail Road Company
right of way from depot grounds
Resolved Dubuque St. Peters and St. Paul Railroad companies for the right of way from the depot of the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company
Sycamore St, Johnson Avenue, across certain streets and alleys through Valeria Street and Eagle Point Avenue
bridge, fill sloughs, cuts,
May 11, 1857 sketch
gives railroad companies rights vested in the city and no more
running of cars within 12 months from the passage of this resolution
June 1, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolved Dubuque St. Peters and St. Paul Railroad companies for the right of way from the depot of the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company
Sycamore St, Johnson Avenue, across certain streets and alleys through Valeria Street and Eagle Point Avenue
bridge, fill sloughs, cuts,
May 11, 1857 sketch
gives railroad companies rights vested in the city and no more
running of cars within 12 months from the passage of this resolution
Grant of right of way from Dubuque and Pacific Railroad to Dubuque Western Rail Road Company depot
void if not constructed in 12 months
Resolved execute a deed
Resolutions
Council subscribe to 13 copies of Johnson's map of the North American Republics
Resolved Mayor act as president of the Board of Education, Recorder as secretary
Edmond Mattox taxes
June 1, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Edmond Mattox taxes on Mineral Lot No. 146 outside of City limits
Chairman of the Committee on Finance
Resolution
Resolved out of special interest fund
Payment of engine house in 3rd ward in favor of Bhuler and Co
Resolved gutters on streets from Clay to east of Elm St
Resolved grades east of Iowa St
Resolved cellar opening in front of Lot No. 243 on 6th St below Iowa St in dangerous condition
life, lives, and limbs of passers-by
Resolved lots near A Kelly's on Locust St below 1st St, Simplot's Estate
A Keesecker
June 1, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolutions
Nuisances on lots back of Simplot's
Main St
Resolved Mayor issue a proclamation with a view to the enforcement of an Ordinance entitled an Ordinance providing the levy and collection of a tax on dogs to prevent hydrophobia
Resolved Captain of Police and City Marshal put House of Refugee in a condition for immediate occupancy
Resolved cost of filling 1st St from Bluff St to Main St
Whereas Slaughterhouse situated in Langworthy Hollow belonging to Napper and Co is a nuisance
Marshal to remove nuisances
Resolved resolution passed on March 2, 1857
June 1, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolved resolution passed on March 2, 1857
Market stall authorizing C C Leiben to erect a butcher stall on 5th St Market
Preamble and Resolution
City slaughterhouses are deemed nuisances and detrimental to the health of the city
Resolved be removed beyond the limits of the city either to Peru, Catfish, or other suitable points
Resolved Verdict of last jury on Blocklinger's Alley
Farley, Rouse and Co retain a boiler on the levee
June 1, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Premamble and Resolution
whereas prices paid for gas, inadequate and insufficient
Ordinance furnishing gas
extension of leading Main pipes
"other cities adding difference of cost of material and expense of manufacturing"
gas for public and private use
secure extension of gas pipes
lighting of streets and houses
Resolved an Ordinance be drafted and passed
An Ordinance to provide for lighting the City with Gas, passed September 13, 1853
Richard Plumbe retain part of house on street
June 1, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Bills
Wadick and Lynch filling Locust St
Arthur McCann paving and macadamizing
Main St from center of 12th to center of 18th St
Jno Hurley contract on Madden Hollow Road
Michael Duwe curbing Locust St on 10th and 11th streets
M McDonough public square
Joseph Roy
Pat Fanning
Clay St between 4th and 5th streets
Street Commissioners bills for pay of laborers
Timothy Molony
5th St Market for late Market Master
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petitions
Resolution
Resolved H J Goff property holders on Spruce St
sidewalks planked from Julien Avenue to 11th St
Norton Loomis vacate Old County Road between Alta Vista St and Smith's Stables
5th Ward Market House
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petitions
Peter Schwartz, butcher
5th Ward Market
Market Master
John King revising and publishing city ordinances
Ordinance in relation to hogs
Samuel Ross, president of the Gas Light and Coke Company
George A Kimpel, license for peddling
F A Bissell
payment to William T Christy for school house lot in 1st Ward
order drawn on school fund
Dubuque Harbor Company, protesting right of way
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petitions
Dubuque Harbor Company, protesting right of way granted to Dubuque Western and Dubuque St. Peters and St. Paul Railroad Companies
Depot grounds to the depot of the Dubuque and Pacific Railroad
Nutter and McMaster, keepers of tenpin alleys, reduce the license
J S Blatchley refund property taxes
Charles Corkery curbing on Bluff St, corner of 7th St
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Reports of Officers
Auditor's report for May
Receipts and expenditures
Engineer's estimate of grading 1st St between Bluff and Main
Recorder advertise for proposals
Profiles of Diagonal St, Couler Ave to Broadway
Alley south of King's addition
19th St to 23rd St
Blocklinger Alley
temporary ditch
Jackson St
Sanford St
Couler Brook
James Potter
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Plat of Street from Delhi Road to Dodge Street
plank be used for sidewalks
Superintendent of Central Market House on iron columns
stone pilars
Resolution
Resolved replace brick piers with iron columns in basement and hall of market house
damages assessed by widening Blocklinger Alley
Judge King
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Judge King, litigation
J P Evans, Marshal
City Attorney
Verdict of Jury on Dodge St
old corporation line
P Malady's Land
Benefitted
Bonson and Wooten
Murphy, Fennimore, Norman, P Jennings, Malady
Jurors
J M Harrison
Geo Bennett
M Morgan
John O'Brien
Thomas Harron
A D Monbray
Reports of Committees
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Reports of Committees
Finance
Ordinances
Reorganization and management of the Police Department
Market
removal of slaughterhouses within the City limits
not to oppress those persons who are engaged in the business of butchering
cattle
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Reports of Committees
Fire Department
Engine House in 3rd Ward
Bechtel and Bueler contractors
L Button, Waterford New York
New engine built for fire protection No. 2
city bonds
Resolution
Resolved Mayor and Recorder execute bonds
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Engine No. 2 Button
plat by Jerome Allen and Thomas Walsh, College Subdivisions of part of Mineral Lot No. 159
Repairs to House of Refuge, use of offenders confined there
lease of Calaboose
Room for Council
Resolutions
Resolved Sexton erect a stile over the fence around the cemetery
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolved Street Commissioner cleaning alleys in the city cemetery
free passage to carriages and other vehicles
Resolved Marshal collect from Hugh Treanor sum received from School Fund
School District No. 1, Julien Township year 1855
Resolved verdict of jury on Dodge st
damages awarded to T Collins
public highway
James Potter
Resolved Fire Companies advertise notices of meetings
Resolved verdict of the jury on White St
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolutions
Resolved verdict of the jury on White St
Marshal collect damages assessed
remove fences on White St
Resolved P McDonough fill Locust St
Resolved property holders on Bluff St plank sidewalks
Misunderstanding between City Engineer and committee, grade of Julien Avenue from Alta Vista westward
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolutions
Resolved Walter C Mase, Deputy Marshal
Resolved John Chamberlain appointed inspector of weights and measures
March 31, 1856
Abry and Guthrie, builders of 3rd Ward Market House
John Hurley contract on Dodge Street
June 8, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Final Estimate on Dodge Street
Resolved Harbor Master allowed for services
J Fitzgerald
Ordinance prohibiting goats running at large
Bills
Abry and Guthrie market house
H Jordan
A Jordan paving and macadamizing Iowa St
V Herancourt
E Linehan
sidewalks on public square
M McNear Lot No. 94
Maclay and Green sprouting on Sexton's House
P McDonough filling 1st St
subscription for the erection of Central Market
June 15, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petitions
M J King, Dodge St filled from Locust to Main
Curtis and Glover, reduce wharfage, crossing coal from the other side of the river
I N Higbee, school house erected on Lot owned by George Wilde
Board of Education
Dubuque and Pacific Railroad Company
right of way through alley on Main St and Iowa St
June 15, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolution
Dubuque and Pacific Rail Road Company
right of way granted for laying a double track from present depot through the alley between Main and Iowa Streets
to Jones St
gives to the company the rights vested in the City and no more
not interfere with the grade of the street
completed for running of cars within 12 months
Resolved Mayor and Recorder execute and deliver a deed of grant
June 15, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petitions
J F Rague contractor for 5th Ward School House
Engineer
Reports of Officers
Board of Education, protesting drawing from School Fund
Auditor and Treasurer, not to audit or pay any orders on school monies except by the special order
property holders refuse to pay assessments for curbing
Marshal, Lot 533 belonging to Patrick Reddan, stagnant water
Collection of school monies from Hugh Treanor
June 15, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Teachers Fund
Filling on Lot No. 610 owned by C Mason
4th St west of Bluff St
Filling of Lot No. 206
grade of Julien Avenue from Alta Vista to Smith's Stable
Engineer, plat of extension of 3rd St
J D Grafford remit a fine obstructing streets
John Quinane bid of filling 1st St
June 15, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Reports of Committees
Finance
recommended salaries of city officers
Marshal
Recorder, office, rent
City Attorney
Auditor
Deputy Marshal
Mayors Clerk
Market Master
Harbor
Captain of Police
Lieutenant
Sergeants
policemen
Bill of P McDonough
1st St and Jones St
June 15, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Calaboose committee
Resolution
Resolved enter into contract with Gelpcke, Kentgen, and Reichelt of New York City
bonds for rail road purposes
$250,000 Dubuque Western Railroad Company
$750,000 St. Peters and St. Paul Railroad company
$200,000 Turkey Valley Railroad Company
$100,000 Dubuque and Bellevue Railroad Company
whole debt of Dubuque
city bonds
consolidate with any new company
June 15, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Extension of 14th St sewer
June 16, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
John Hurley on Dodge St contract
Petition of Nutter and McMaster, reduce license of tenpin alleys
City Attorney
An Ordinance in relation to streets and sidewalks in the City, passed June 2, 1856
Rock Island Coal and Coke Company
payment of wharfage, coal and wood barges
June 16, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petition of Curtis and Glover, reduce wharfage in crossing coal opposite side of the river
City Attorney draft ordinance
Committee on Finance
Central Improvement Co, bonds of the company
City will execute a conveyance of land
Resolution
Resolved mortgage on the property of company
original purchasers of Central Islands
June 16, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Central Improvement Co, bonds of the company
execute a conveyance of land
Resolution
Resolved mortgage on the property of company
original purchasers of Central Islands
Contract from January 20, 1857
College Hill Addition
Resolved Street Commissioner, braces in Eagle Point Avenue Sewer, protect from caving in
Messrs Jordan curb and macadamize the block on Iowa St between 14th and 15th streets
June 16, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolutions
Resolved Street Commissioner, 14th St at its intersection with Main St to be repaired
Engineer, brick sewer in the center of 10th St from Bluff to the river
St. Cloud Hotel
grade of Bluff St from 1st St to Dodge St
grade of Locust St in front of Mrs. Gouders Store and dwelling
ditch Couler Avenue near Schmidt's Brewery down Sanford
Survey and plat of Madison Street, bluff north of 17th to Seminary Street
June 22, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
September 22, 1856
November 24, 1856
Petition
R Spaulding and other property holders on Jefferson St
Spruce St to Olive St curbed and sidewalks planked
Petitions
H J Goff change grade of 11th St
Geo W Nutter, privilege of collecting 2 lamp posts at 3rd and Main St
June 22, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petitions
City Lamp Posts
S Hempstead extension of time in paving front of Lot No. 625 on Locust St
J F Bates improve 17th St west of Mineral St
Henry Ricketts and A Jeffries, road above Eagle Point obstructions
John O'Meara, change name of Orange St to Washington St
J D Bush, open wood street in Mount Pleasant Addition
complete Dodge St sewer
D A Mahony, Board of Education 1st Ward
June 22, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Reports of Officers
Board of Education
control of school moneys
erection of 5th Ward school house
change the ordinance creating the Board
Auditor's report
interest on $20,000 bonds, Jessup and Co
Central Island Company
John Adam Koch
Interest Fund
New York
June 22, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Bridge on Locust St across Dodge St for drainage of Madden Hollow
1st St Southerly
heavy freshets
culvert to the bank
James Potter Engineer
Board of Education 5th Ward
Leonard Horr
Central Improvement Company, executed bonds
An Ordinance to prevent the obstruction of the Public Landing and Sloughs within City limits
May 27, 1853
June 22, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Committee on Claims
Report on Filling Lots No. 533, 206, 610
lots on Iowa St
James Burt's house
stagnant water
stable manure
Lot No. 610 Bluff St
South Street between Bluff St and the bluffs
Lot No. 206 on Iowa St
June 22, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Filling of Lots on Bluff St and Iowa St
Petitions
John Quigley remission of fine
dog run at large without a muzzle
G R West improve street running from Dodge St near the Gas House to the summit of the Bluff in Union Addition
Plat of Union Addition by I N Higbee
Salary of Health Officer
N Nadeau, Chief Engineer of the Fire Department
public square
Resolutions
Resolved salary of gas lamp lighter Murphy
June 22, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolutions
Resolved cleaning of streets by contract
Resolved loan to pay laborers employed by the Street Commissioner
Resolved grade of Alpine St from Julien Avenue to 5th St, Bluff St from 1st to Dodge St
Resolved order drawn on Harbor Fund for School Fund
Sale of Huckster stalls in market
sell vegetables in market
between 6th St and 4th St
June 22, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolutions Mayor appoint committee, report systematical plan of drainage and sewage
Resolved Gas Company remove lamp post in front of Methodist Church on Locust St and 7th St
Resolved Engineer raise grade of Locust St from 5th St to 3rd St
Fire Committee paying freight and alarm bell, A Meneely and Sons
Mark and yire 2nd St from Bluff St to Main St
Resolved Mayor contract for Town Clock, placed in the new City Hall now in process of completion
June 22, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Resolved Mayor contract for Town Clock, placed in the new City Hall now in process of completion on the corner of Clay St and 13th St
Bills
J F Rague 5th Ward school house
Gas company, street lamps
M Hogan, boarding patients at hospital
J P Evans
D Dillon filling sidewalks in front of public sqaure on Main St and 15th St, 6th and 7th Streets
E Miller tax book
William Churchill Treasurer's office
C M Osborne painting numbers for market stalls
F A Gniffke printing
A Baptiste hauling dead animals
Gas for engine houses
Street Commissioner curbing
5th St between Locust St and Bluff St
Patrick Gill
1st St
Henry Jordan
7th St between Main and Locust
Borland
Clay St from 9th to 10th Streets
B Scholte
special tax levied on properties
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petitions
Thomas Goodrich, lower end of Iowa St paved and macadamized
planking of sidewalks on Spruce St
William Stratton
John Kelly and residents of the 1st Ward, slaugherhouse at Wilde's Furnace to be removed
injurious to health and comfort
Dubuque, Wisconsin, and Minnesota Packet Company, wharf boat on 7th St Levee
George M Samuels and Simon Treanor proposing to grade 11th St
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petitions
Michael Martin, fill Orange St between 10th and 15th Streets
filling Washington St
John Kennedy for remission of fine dog to run at large without a muzzle
Charles Rose grade of Couler Avenue
D N Beaubien, fire engine named and styled the "old seventy six"
McDonough and Williams, loss sustained on city scrip
public square
Leonard Berg, plank sidewalk on Clay St
Michael O'Brien, alley between Main and Locust Streets below 1st St
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Petitions
Celebration of the 4th of July
Mary Shallow, assistance to go to husband in Memphis, Tennessee
Poor Relief
H M Foster, abate nuisance of goats running at large
Marshal did not enforce ordinance, unable to catch goats
E A Lull, grade of Bluff St at crossing of 11th St
Reports of Officers
Street Commissioner, sidewalks on 12th St from Main to Locust
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Reports of Officers
Street Commissioner, sidewalks on 12th St from Main to Locust
property holders
Kinsella contractor, Eagle Point Avenue impassable
Jones St from Main St to the levee curbed and sidewalks filled to grade and paved or planked
cleaning out of alleys in cemetery
City Sexton
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Plat of street running from Main St northwesterly to intersect Seminary Street on the Summit of the ridge, laying between Mineral St and Eagle Point Avenue
Madison St
James Potter Engineer
Resolution
Resolved upper end of Main St where street strickes the bluff, north of 17th
Hetherington's Clay bank
Seminary Street
public highway under the name of Madison St
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Constructing a suitable arched sewer, centre of 10th street from Bluff St to the River
Proper system of drainage
shape of the drain
egg shaped
no sediment or sewage can accumulate, flow of water through the sewer
Main St, Bluff St
main slough
1st St to 13th St
8th St
proper drainage of cellars
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Arched sewer on 10th st
service drain to each lot
wash sewage into large drains
cess pool constructed
system of flushing introduced
clear in its greatest axis
James Potter, Engineer
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
published in city papers
Grades of Apline St, Julien Avenue, and Bluff St
Collection on extension of White Street
sign the relinquishment
School fund money belonging to the Teacher's Fund
City Treasury
Kindess of Herron and Brothers
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Ordinance regulating the paving of sidewalks
Plat of Union Addition
I N Higbee
Grafford petition, remit a fine obstructing streets
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
J D Grafford remission of fine
building a very large hotel
Petition of H J Goff, change grade on 11th St on the bluff
plat of College Addition
John D Bush, Wood St in Mount
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
John D Bush, Wood St in Mount Pleasant Addition to be opened
G R West improve the street runnign from Dodge St near the Gas House to the summit of the bluff in Union Addition
Opening of Windsor Avenue through the lands of J J Geiger, refuses to give the right of way
Windsor declared a public highway
venire to assess damages
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Filling of Dodge St from Locust St to Main St
M J King
low state of funds and expense of filling
cleaning of streets by contract
streets and alleys divided into two divisions
1st St
8th St from the bluff to the river
19th St
July 20, 1857
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
Election of sergeants of police
Michael Brown 1st Division
Henry Sidles 2nd Division
Simon Trainor 3rd Division
Resolutions
Resolved Alpine St from Julien Avenue from Bluff St
Julien Avenue from Bluff St to Smith's Stable
Bluff St from centre of Dodge St to the north side of 1st St
Profiles submitted by Engineer
"Grade Book"
Resolved Samuels and Treanor on grading of 11th St
Spruce St and Olive St
Walnut St
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
5th Ward Market House
Resolution
Resolved Galena, Dubuque, and Minnesota steamboat company use part of 7th St Levee wharf
Timothy Fanning
Packet Company
Salary of Deputy Marshal
R Stewart put down crossings on Main St
Resolved Extension of White St from 19th St, boundary of city limits
public highway
Odd Fellows Hall
James Potter, John Hurley, George Connell, Samuel Logan, Allardyee, J D Abry, William Banner
June 29, 1857
Wilson, McNamara, Norman, Virden, Nighingale, Nadeau, Lewis, O'Kerrick, Mitton, Jager, Krieschbaum
J Endneau and Robert Rodgers
Resolutions
Resolved Celebration of the 4th of July, Warner Lewis
Resolved salary of Charles C Corkery Coakly
Mayor's Clerk
Resolved Ordinance to prevent the violation of the public peace, allow the discharge of fire arms, fire crackers
cut grass in the cemetery
Erect a frame tower for the suspension of the fire alarm bell at either end of 5th St market