1874 October Council ProceedingsOctober 1, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
October 2, 1874
Petitions in relation to taxes, Delinquent taxes
F Burdt
E Rachel Huggards
Caroline Webb
Anton Heeb
Daniel McClean
W Blumenauer
Ann Tierney
P Morgan
W B De Lorimier
M Pfiffner
Catherine Klein
J W Bishop
John Falty
German Presbyterian Church
E Sullivan
Catherine McCann
Mrs. L E Cooley
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Petitions
A W Wood, relation to the improvement in front of McDaniel's Subdivision
G Becker, macadamizing alley between 11th St and 12th st
Clay St and White St
J L Dickinson, grade of Washington St and Elm St
James Green, gutters on the west side of Bluff St
J Conzett, sidewalk on 17th St
H M Andres, work done on sewer on Julien Avenue
Zumhoff, Joseph and Co
building bridge on Couler Creek
Peter Kiene, improving alley in King's Addition
H G Scott, widening street
5th Ward
L Adler, prevent piling of lumber
8th St and White St
Special Assessment
Finance Committee, City Attorney
F Brede, lamp post on corner of 11th St and Jackson St
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Petitions
G Becker, lamp post on corner of 11th St, White St
Ingram, Kennedy, and Day
corner of 7th St and Jackson St
Mrs. M Howard
Cemetery lot
P O'Halloran, increase of salary
Collison
N Eichmann, vacant space between the market and adjoining property
12th St and market, Clay St and Iowa St
Street Commissioner Lenehan
laborers
breaking macadam
Teams
Auditor Jennings, salaries due city officers and police
Marketmaster Frith, weighed drafts at market scales
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Receipts for huckster stands
Board of Prisoners
Alexander Buchet, weighed drafts at West Dubuque Scales
T O'Donald
Woodmeasurer Waring, cords of wood
Lamplighter O'Halloran
Auditor Jennings, police report
City Sexton Gmehle, interments in Linwood Cemetery
A T Cook and Gates
Giles Samuel
Henry A Meyer
George O Cowles
Hugh Corrance
P P Sadler
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Digging graves
P Ryder, Captain of the Day Police
Engineer Knowlton, due William Rebman
Charles Klingenberg
Petitions
R H Collier, assessment of lots in Fortune's Addition
Honorable Soloman Turck
J M Preston, sidewalk on Seminary St
Alleys between 1st St and 4th St, Locust St and Bluff St
Jones St
George Rath, H S Hetherington
Couler Creek on 17th St
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Petitions
C E Hetherington, sidewalk be laid on the south side of 1st St
John Bell, relation to street between Julien Avenue and 8th St
Ross McMahon, 14th St
Henry Beckett, obstructions on the alley between Delhi St and Cherry St in Finley's addition
William Waring, increase of salary as wharfmaster
Auditor Jennings cases before Justice Leckie
Petition of Patch and Waite, hose cart on 10th St and Jackson St
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Company under the control of the Fire Department
Petitions
O P Shiras, permission to erect a frame wood shed on Iowa St and 11th St
Delinquent taxes , petition of Julia Bauck, taxes remitted
L H Langworthy's Addition
Mrs. John b Smith, Union addition
Magdalena Miller
Francis Rafferty, assessments on lots
Johanna Hoerner, exempted from taxation, homestead
J C Lay, reducing assessment on monies and credits
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Petition of William Johnson, released from partnership of Schiller and Johnson, pay personal tax
John Heim, assessment reduced on personal property
J T Jarrett
Margaret Jordan
Johnson and Kahlke, assessment on manufacturers
James Carroll, erroneous description of property
Petition of the Grover and Baker Sewing Machine Company
Jacob Sugar, taxes on lot
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
William Hintrager, claim
Petitions
C J Rogers, monies and credits assessed
John Becker, assessment in L H Langworthy's addition
First Presbyterian Church
Adam Geisler and Son, assessment on merchandise
Sarah J Mihigan, subdivision out lot
Peter Schiltz, assessment on merchandise
Patch and Waite, reduction on personal property
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
J F Mack, canceling tax for the year
city lot
Mary Morrissey, building on Southern Avenue
Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge Company, Chicago, Clinton and Dubuque Railroad Company
filling Alley between Main St and Iowa St from Jones St to Railroad Avenue
high water mark
Petition of Christian Muerz, help to support himself and family
Board of Supervisors
John Fahey, damages for injuries received in helping a policeman arrest a prisoner
Ordinance in relation to fee bills before Justice of the Peace
Ordinance granting the right to John P Quigley and his associates
pile pontoon bridge over the Mississippi River
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Resolution
Resolved City Engineer draw plans and specifications for a sewer through lot in Farley's Subdivision
curb on White St between 13th St and 14th St
Establishing a telegraph, fire and police alarm
Resolution
Resolved alley between Locust St and Bluff St and 7th St and 8th St ordered macadamized
Change of grade of Madison St
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Advertise proposed change of grade on Madison St between Main St and Seminary St
plank sidewalk laid at the west side of White St between 7th St and 8th St
George Mehl
City Engineer make plans and specifications
macadamizing alley between 1st St, 2nd St, Main St, and Iowa St
Inspectors of boilers for the City
John Nagle, Farley's Subdivision
Saint Mary Street
abutters to agree
Resolution
Resolved City Engineer make plans and specifications for the macadamizing of alleys between 4th St and 5th St, Locust St and Bluff St
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Resolution
Resolved alley between Iowa St and Clay St and 12th St and 13th St
St Mary's Street, Saint Raphael's Addition
Engineer prepare plans and specifications
curbing, guttering, macadamizing
Locust St, 15th St
William Rebman, 17th St
Dubuque Water Company
plank sidewalk, temporary grade, 8th St Hugh Treanor
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Temporary grade of Seminary St
17th St to base of the hill
William Rebman, filling on Elm St between 13th St and 14th St
Resolution
Resolved, action of Mayor Jaeger in employing Adams and Robinson in the suit of H L Stout
Claim of Dubuque Central Improvement Company
alleged liability of the City
Central Improvement Company bonds
Attend city suits in Central Island Cases
Resolution
Resolved City Engineer make survey and plat of a street
1st St, east of the bridge company track
intersection of Lake St
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Change grade on Prairie St between Chestnut and 11th St
E H Frenzel
balance due assessor
Claim of T O Sullivan
Appoint Michael Parker as weighmaster of dressed hogs
Bills paid
Key City Gas Light Co
Bell and Green
James Crawford
D V Wilson
Dubuque Water Co
Scherer and Watry
George Fengler
J Christman
G B Woodworth
J C Paine
William Jergins
John McCoy
Joseph Meyer
Mrs. M Levi
H Bruening
C Christman
M Hansen
John Maclay
Parker and Son
Patrick Nichols
W H Torbert
H Nortung
R Bennett
J E Marsh
A E Linehan
William Kelly
Mrs. Oglesby
Dubuque Harbor Co
Daniel Riordan
Claims of the 5th Ward Hose Company
Claim of the Sol Turck Engine Company
claim of A M Hemmalder
J K Graves Engine Co
October 2, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Claim of Christian Schass
F A Gniffke, claim of Rich and Woodruff, printing
W Hansen
October 12, 1874
William Rebman to be the lowest bidder for the alley between 12th St and 13th St, Clay St and Iowa St
James N Foye, lowest bidder
4th St and 5th St, Locust St and Bluff St, G Blocklinger
1st St, 2nd St, Main St, Iowa St
alley between 7th St and 8th St, Locust St, Bluff St
October 12, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Resolution
Resolved H Tuttle, appointed police justice
survey and profile of the change of grade on Mineral St
17th St
City Engineer prepare plans and specifications for macadamizing the alley between 7th St and 8th st, Main St and Locust St
Petitions
F Brede, praying for lamp post on 11th St and Jackson St
G Becker, lamp posts on corner of 10th St and 11th St, White St
Committee on Fire
Sol Turck Engine Company
J K Graves
5th Ward Hose Company
A M Hemmelder
Set of scales in the 1st Ward
Bowdish settlement
October 12, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
.
October 26, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Bids for street work, committee on streets
William Rebman, lowest bidder on alley between 7th St, 8th St, Main St, Locust St
Andrew Merz, lowest bidder on sewer build in Farley's Subdivision
Daniel McClean, damages done to property by change of grade on Walnut St
Delinquent taxes, petition of Ann Stuart
lot in West's addition
Ann Tierney, taxes on lot of subdivision out of Quigley's subdivision
B De Lorimier
Petition of Maria Pfiffner, taxes on lot in Jung's Addition
October 26, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Resolution
Resolved
Engineer prepare plans and specifications for curbing, guttering, and macadamizing Jones St from old Main St, Locust St
espense of abutting property owners
S M Pollock, amount due him for taxes on personalty
District Court of this County, case of S M Pollock vs. the Mayor and Aldermen
City Attorney, conjunction with the Treasurer
sidewalk on White St and 8th St
plank sidewalk, 9th st
sale of the property belonging to Alexander Katherine and Samuel Homy
cancel the taxes against the property
October 26, 1874
Peaslee, Lagen, Cooper, Pier, Lenehan, Cantillon, Wunderlich, Maclay, Parker, Fengler, Kaiser
Resolution
Resolved
Engineer prepare plans and specifications for guttering, macadamizing, 16th St between Main St and Locust St
south side of Jefferson St between Spruce St and Walnut St
Supervision of City Engineer
lower a crossing on 13th St and Clay St, sufficient to drain the water
alley between 11th St and 12th St, Clay St and White St