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1908 February Council ProceedingsCITY COUNCIL Regular Sessiw... r'ebruary 6th. 1908. (Official.) Council met at 9:20 D. m. Mayor Schuttk in the chair. Present —Alds. Cancy, Closs, Stumpf, and Thomas. Absent —Alds. Hines, Hopkins and McEvoy. 41d. Clancy moved that the council proceedings for the month of Janu- ary, 1908, be approved as printed. Car- ried. BILLS. The following bills having been properly approved by the various com- mittee, were n•dered paid: Guy G. White, service month of January computing annual re- port street commissioner ......$ 45 00 Louis Zemanek, assisting Mar- ket Master during month of January 43 20 J. B. Taylor, salary 2 days sup- erintending repairs of sprink- ling wagons 5 40 Bart McDonnell. labor stoker steam roller and putting up street signs 19 25 Wm. Grew, putting up street signs 32 60 Wm. Coleman, putting up street signs 50 00 H. Schoenbeck services as cus- todian Jackson Park from Dec 1st to 5th 6 00 Lorenz Eberhardt, repairs for Fire department 4 40 T. J. Mulgrew Co. coal for Fire department 7 65 Linehan and - Nolo. coal for Fire department 11 00 F. G. Becker, ccal for Fire department 15 60 Peter Even, coal for Fire de- partment 40 72 F. A. Burns & Co., coal for Fire, Police and Road departments 39 70 John J. Powers, horseshoeing for Fire and Road departments 36 75 Lagen, Sloan & I'eed, horseshoe - ing for Fire department 715 .Vunclerlich & \V1ederholt, horse - shoeing for fire department 13 50 Geo. Ragatz & Son, repairs Fire and Road rleuartmentS 2S 45 John Newman & Son, repairs Fire department 2 55 J. and P. Sullivan, repairs Fire department 6 00 Michael MUll:n, repairs plumbing Central Engine house 13 35 John Kriebs, repairs harness Fire department 8 20 E. J. Vogenthaler, repairs for Fire depart ;pert 1 80 Hussman & Lies, sum -dies for Regular Session, February 6, 1908 23 Fire department Key City Iron Works, repairs Fire department Thomas F. Kane, hay for Fire department Dubuque Mattress Co., cots for Fire department Whelan & Crahan, bran for Fire department H. Vvunderlich & Son, repairs chairs for Fire department Clark Roller Awning Co., sup- plies for Fire department 60 Farley & Loetsc•her Co , sawdust for Fire department 75- Matt Stafford, supplies for Fire department 14 75 Jos. Simones & Co., pillow cases and sheets for Fire department 31 20 Telegraph- Herald, printing 200 copies Rules and Regulations for Fire department 138 00 Telegraph - Herald, p r i 11 tin g bonds and printing for various departments 106 50 Smith - Morgan Printing Co ,. printing 200 copies Rules and Regulations for Police depart- ment 176 00 Smith - Morgan Printing Co , printing for assessor 26 25 Key City Gas Co., light for various depts 110 30' Key City Gas Co., coke for fire dept 37 55 Iowa Telephone Co., telephone service for various depts. for Jan., Feb. and March 62 38 Z. B. Hoffmann, mounting and hanging new city maps 28 55 Fengler & Beutin, coal for var- ious depts 25 00 Ellwanger Bros., harness sup- plies and repairs for various depts 20 15 F. M. Jaeger Co., hardware sup- plies for various depts 25 12 Geo. -WT. Healey & Son, hard- ware supplies for fire and road depts. 15 65 Eichhorn & Bechtel, oil and feed for fire and sewer depts 2 25 Union Electric Co., arc lights for Jan 2202 25 Union Electric Co., power for city fire alarm system 2 00 E. P. Peryon, supplies for police dept 4 00 Jas. Levi & Co., shades and pul- leys for police dept 1 20 Frank Hamel, plastering and repairing in Burtillon room 12 00 M. Hannan, hauling manure from patrol house 3 00 C. - W. Katz, meals furnished prisoners during Jan 4 60 Ferd. A. Nesler, repairing clock in police matron's quarters Henry Henge, sawing and car- rying in 1 cord of wood, city hall 1 50 25 21 45 and oats 111 05 2 20' 3 95 80 1 00 24 Regular Session, February 6, 1908 Phil Doerr & Co., coal for var- ious depts. 60 40 Palmer, Berg & Co., stationery, various offices 14 50 Pier Bros., coal for police dept.. 15 75 'C. L. McGovern, wood for var- ious offices 13 00 E. J. Mulgrew, bread for police matron', quarters 1 87 4cCollins Transfer Co., coal and wood for various depts 26 90 Collings & Pliffner. horseshoeing for fire and police depts 8 80 'Sam Swift, county recorder, re- cording fees 1 00 M. S. Hardie, stationery for various offices 73 75 Jos. Geisler, repairing roof of Central Engine house 24 20 Chas. Fischer, sawing and car- rying in two cords of wood 2 00 Foley's Hand Laundry, towel service for January 4 00 Union Printing Co., stationery for assessor's office 26 75 Phil. Breithaupt, plumbing re- pairs at City Hall 10 30 A. E. Bradley, glazing and re- pairing paper at City Hall 2 00 G. B. Grosvenor Co., stationery for various offices 11 13 Chas. Oswald, cleaning, repair- ing and setting up stoves in various offices 39 60 Chas. Oswald, gas mantles, re- pairing pollee stars 6 00 Dub. Rubber & Belting Co.; rub- ber stamps and ink for various offices 2 55 Butt Bros., repairs for road dept. 3 75 F. Schloz & Son, repairs for road dept. 2 75 H. Magdal, old iron for road dept 1 95 Chas. Matz, repairs for road dept 2 30 Geo. Bock, repairs for road dept. 7 00 Peter Hanson, feed and oil for road dept. 3 10 Lag Sloan and Peid, horse - shoeing for road and sewer horses 4 25 .John Butt, repairs for road, fire and sewer depts. 19 80 Pitts, Thompson Fdry. Co., one catch basin grate and sewer cover 10 75 "Key City Roofing Co., cement and sewer pipe 1 79 Following bills not having been ap- proved were, on motion, referred to Committee of the Whole: W. J. Schneider, supplies for patrol house $ 20 00 Geo. L. Korman and Co., retain- ing wall on Althauser avenue. 54110 •Geo. L. Korman and Co., grad- ing Althauser avenue 80 00 O'Farrell Contracting Co., bal- ance due on grading West Third street „ 76 80 O'Farrell Contracting Co., bal- ance due on grading Twenty - fifth street 17 50 Pitts, Thompson Foundry Co , catch basin grate for 17th St storm water sewer 10 80 Bill of City of Dubuque against Co. A, 49th Reg., I. N. G., for rent of Arm- ory Hall from January 1st, 1906, to January 1st, 1907, $200.00, was presented and, inn motion, was referred to the Committee Clerk for collection. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICA- TIONS. Petition of Mrs. Eliza Crunnion, ask- ing that the taxes for the year 1907 on her homestead, N. E. 80x200 ft. of Lot 9 in Summer Hill Add., be canceled, she being poor and unable to pay same, was, cn motion, granted and the Treasurer to be instructed accordingly. Petition of L. Hartman, guardian of the minor children of H. Hillebrand, deceased, asking that the taxes for the year 107 on N. 1 -2 of Lot 53 in East Dubuque be canceled, children being unable to pay same, was, on motion, granted and the Treasurer to be in- structed accordingly. Petition of Mary Fay, asking that the taxes on the N., M. 1 -5 of City Lot 432, assessed to Peter Fay'Est. for the year 1907, be canceled, she being a widow in poor circumstances and un- able to pay same, was, on motion, re- •ferred to the Delinquent Tax Com- mittee. Petition of Morris- Johnson -Brown asking that taxes for the year 1907 . be canceled in accordance with Ordin- ance passed March Sth, 1904, was, on motion, referred to the Committee of the Whole. Petition of E. M. Ernsdorff ask- ing for additional time for the set- tlement of special assessment for the improvement of Jones street was on motion referred to the Committee of the Whole. Petition of Jas. Lee & Son asking that the city make some arrangements to pay the bills for laying various cement sidewalks by them during the year 1907 was on motion ordered re- ceived. Ald. Clancy moved that the treas- urer be instructed to foreclose the lien on the property where various sidewalks already, laid and have not been paid for. Carried. Petition of F. W. Thering, owner of Lots 7 and 8 in Rodgers' Sub.. abut- ting on West Seventh street, stating that West 7th street slopes toward his property, permitting water to flow onto his property and asking that the trou- ble be abated by the construction of a wall or equally effective means, was on motion referred to the Committee of the Whole. Petition of Mary - Wolf asking that the council reconsider the special as- sessment for improving Althauser' ave- nue abutting her property, was on motion received and filed. Communication from the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners asking that the council make provision for an increase in the salaries of the po- lice when making appropriations was on motion referred to the Committee of the Whole. Bids for printing the index and bind- ing 25 copies of the council proceed- ings for the year 1907 were presented and on motion ordered opened as fol- lows: M. S. Hardie, per book $2.35 Berg & Briggs Co., per book 2.35 Telegranh - Herald, per book 2.35 Mathis -Mets Co., per book 2.55 On motion bids were referred to the Committee of the Whole. Ald Clancy moved that the Mar- ket master be instructed to have the ceiling of the Council Chamber scrap- ed and paper put on the ceiling in the proper shape. Carried. REPORTS OF OFFICERS. City Treasurer Brinkman reported as follows: To the Honorable Mayor and City Council. Gentlemen: —I herewith hand you statements of amounts advanced by me during the month of January. 1908, for which please order warrants drawn in my favor: Interest paid on warrants out- standing $868 29 Excavation permits redeemed 80 00 New York exchange 2 85 Rent of clock for office 1 00 Postage 10 00 Telegrams to New York 1 90 Total $964 04 Library orders paid $303 44 Respectfully, H. BRINKMAN. Treasurer. On motion the report was received and warrants ordered drawn to pay the various amounts, and the report referred to the committee on finance. City Auditor Lyons reported as fol- lows: Regular Session, February 6, 1908 25 To the Honorable Mayor and City Coun Gentlem en: -- Herewith find my re- port for the .north of January, 1908, showing the receipts and disburse- ments for the month: Cash on hand January 1st, 1908 $ 17,172 84 Receipts from all sources 119,883 11 Total $137,055 96 DISBURSEMENTS Warrants redeemed $ 49,221 36 Improvement bonds redeemed 10,388 00 Regular bond coupons re- deemed 3,080 00 Water Works coupons paid 135 00 Total $62,824 36 Balance February 1st, 1908.$ 74,231 59 Water Works balance Jan- uary 31st, 1908 $ 8,011 35 The above cash balances include the improvement bond fund, improve- ment bond interest fund and library fund balances. Also the following is a record of all interest coupons, sidewalk certificates and bonds redeemed by the City Treasurer during the past month and credited to him: Regular bond coupons re- deemed $ 3,080 00 Improvement bonds redeem- ed 10,388 00 Water Works coupons re- deemed 135 00 Total $ 13,603 00 Also report there is due the city officers for the month of January, 1908, $2,469.90. The following list shows the appro- priations and the amount of warrants drawn on each fund since the begin- ning of the fiscal year beginning March 1st, 1907, to February 1st, 1908: Appropriated Expended Expense $40,000 $34,903.82 Road — First District 7.050 6,522.76 Second District 12,000 11,332.13 Third District 8.000 7,527.98 Fourth District 10,000 9,474.61 Fifth District 8,000 7,998.44 Fire 51,000 44,041.03, Police 32,500 27,986.S7 Sewerage 6,000 4,809.53 Printing 3,000 2,996.77 Street Lighting 30.000 21,557.49 Interest 40,000 11,119.70 Board of Health 5,000 5,000.00 Grading 3,000 2,999.00 Intakes from Jackson Street to Bee Branch Sewer 1,500 1,449.60 Special Bonded Paving 2,500 Judgment 4,500 4,255.98 Special Bonded Debt and Interest 2,000 2,000.00 Mount Carmel Avenue Grading 2,000 1,970.25 Sidewalk Repairing 1,000 996.47 26 Regular Session, February 6, 1908 Bluff Street Extension Wall 1,000 995.58 Improvement of Davis Avenue 500 49S.60 Re- Arching Sewer on Eighth Street 1,500 1,500.00 Improvement of • Wind- sor Avenue 3,000 Seventeenth St. Storm Water Sewer 1,800 1,797.62 West Locust St. Storm Water Sewer 4,000 3,805.50 Respectfully, M. E. LYONS, Auditor. On motion the report was received and warrants ordered clrawn to pay the city officers and the report referred to the Committee on Finance. Fire Chief Reinfried reported as fol- io To the Honorable Mayor and City Council: The following is the pay roll of the fire department for the month of Jan- uary, 1908: Amount due firemen $2,632 50 Respectfully submitted, J. R. REINFRIEiD, Chief. Approved by the Committee on Fire. On motion the report was received and warrants ordered drawn to pay the firemen, and the report referred back to the Committee on Fire. City Elect, tcian Hipman reported as follows: To the HonoraLle Mayor and City Council: • Gentlemen: —I herewith Submit my report of defective lights for the month of January, 1908: I find from the reports of the police department that the total hours that 90 lamps failed to burn would equal 1 1 -3 lamps burning for one month, or $7.20. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM HIPMAN, City Electrician. On motion the report was received and the City Auditor instructed to de- duct from the Union Electric Com- pany's bill for the month of January, 1908, the sum of $7.20. Chief of Police Pickley reported as follows: To the Honorable Mayor and City Council: Dubuque, Feb. 1, 1908. Gentlemen: —I herewith submit the Police report for the month of Janu- ary, 1908: Intoxication 20 Disorderly conduct 12 Disturbing the peace 2 Highway robbery 3 Committing nuisance 1 Petit larceny 4 'Vagrancy 11 53 Residents arrested 22 Total Doors found open .. 15 Lodgers harbored 159 Defective lights 90 Meals furnished ..... 23- Cost of food $4.60 Police court costs collected_ .$19.60- Sheriff dieting prisoners Nov., Dec. and Jan. $4.56 Patrol runs for prisoners 45 Transfer of prisoners 2 Ambulance calls 1 Miles traveled 73. I also beg to submit the pay roll for policemen for the month of Janu- ary, 1908, $2,435.00. Respectfully submitted, JAMES R. PICKLEY, Chief of Police. On motion the report and pay roll were received and warrants ordered drawn to pay the policemen, and the report referred to the committee on police. PAY ROLLS OF STREETS AND SEWERS. The street and sewer committee reported as follows: Gentlemen : —We herewith submit the pay roll for labor on streets in the different road districts during the last half of January, 1908: Amount due laborers on streets.$891.79 Approved by committee on streets. Also submit the pay roll for labor on sewers during the last half of Jan- uary, 1908. Amount due laborers on sewers.$383.20 Approved by committee on sewers. On motion the pay rolls on streets. and sewers were received and war- rants ordered drawn to pay the var- ious amounts and the pay rolls re- ferred back to the proper committees. The :following weighmaster's and woodmeasurer's reports of receipts during the month of January were read and on motion received and filed: J. H. Carroll, woodmeasurer.... .80 Louisa Pitschner, West Dubuque scales 2.95 Thos. Faherty, First ward scales 5.96 Robert Hay, Eighth St. scales 3.95 City Attorney Kintzinger presented the report of Auditors Fawkes and Lantsky on the Water Works books - and also ilis recommendations to the Council on said reports, which are as follows: To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Dubuque: Gentlemen:—Herewith attached find reports of Albert Lantzky and P. S. Fawkes as to their examination of the books of the - Water Department of the City of Dubuque, and the result of their investigation of the coal fur- nished the Water Department of the City of Dubuque from June 1, 1900, to May 1, 1907. From their report of the flat rate ledgers, meter ledgers and cash book, it appears that large amounts of money have been collected by the Water Department which have not been accounted for on the cash book; it also appears from this report that a Large number of accounts ap- pear unpaid upon the ledgers of the Water Department. From the examination of these ac- counts thus far made by the officers of the Water Works Trustees and my- self, it appears that many of the ac- counts appearing unpaid, have in real- ity been paid. In a great many other instances it appears that water rentals were erroneously charged against per- sons who were either not using the water, or were not tenants of the building at the time for which the charges were made. From the exam- ination made thus far it also appears that a great many of these unpaid accounts could or should have been paid during the periods for which charges were made, but that the people against whom the charges were made have since vacated the premises, can- not be found or are unable to pay these accounts. The examination being made into these accounts has not yet been completed. Until the examination has been completed it will be unable to tell the amount of money the city has lost through failure of the old trustees to have. this money collected when due. I would also state that no examina- tion that can be made will ever be able to reveal the exact amount of shortage to the city as a result of the previous administration of the Water Department. I am unable to say at the present time just when we can determine a definite amount as being a shortage from the olcl administration on account of the defalcation and negligence of the officers of the previous administra- tion. I would recommend, however, that as soon as the examination, which is now being made upon these open and other accounts, has been complet- ed, that an action be commenced in behalf of the City of Dubuque and the Rater Department against any and all parties against whom the City may have a claim on account of its loss through the previous administration. Respectfully submitted this 6th day of February, 1908. J. W. KINTZINGER. City Attorney. To the Board of Water Works Trus- tees and City Attorney: We have the honor of submitting herewith the result of our examination of the flat rate and meter ledgers, which we undertook per your instruc- tions. We have checked. all entries in the Regular Session, February 6, i9os 27 cash book beginning with June lst, 1900, and ending' with May 31st, 1907, with the postings in said ledgers.. Where the entries in the cash book and those in the ledgers agree we have con- sidered the debits and credits as being balanced, and have eliminated then from further consideration. All items appearing upon the said books, which do not balance for any reason, we have tabulated upon the accompany- ing sheets in number 102. These sheets we have divided as follows: The first lot covers flat rate ledgers Nos. 1, 2 and 3. The second lot flat rate ledgers Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7. The third lot the meter ledgers. The fourth lot are miscellaneous. Our tabulations of flat rate ledgers include the following' headings: Num- ber of account; street address; name of owner or tenant; amounts credited in ledger and not in cash book (show- ing dates credited; allowances subdi- vided into vacancies, and allowances with no reason given; charges for sev- eral periods paid at one tin showing amounts paid, number of periods and date paid; amounts overpaid; amounts paid with no charge therefor; amounts not paid; showing periods; periods for which no charges appear on the ledger. The tabulation of meter ledgers in- clude the following headings: Num- ber of account; street address; name of 'customer; amounts credited in ledger and not entered in cash book; allowances; amounts overpaid; amounts. not paid, showing periods and dates between which no charges appear on the ledger. Miscellaneous sheets include one cov- ering entries in the cash book, cover- ing payments for water furnished for various purposes for which no ac- counts were opened in the ledger, and also the account of the Union Electric company which seems to have disap- peared from the ledger. These miscellaneous sheets further include those covering omitted charges, also errors in the meter ledger. We have also made out a complete state- ment of the account of the Chicago Great Western Railway company, taken from the original entries in the meter readings, and in it show the number of cubic feet and number of gallons consumed, the rate and the amount charged. - We have also built up two accounts of $503.07 and $276.98 vs. the Dubuque Malting company, from the original meter readings, the original accounts seemingly having disappeared from the ledger. The columns which can be added total as follows: Amounts credited in ledger and not credited in cash book — Flat rate ledgers, 1, 2, 3 $2,223.00 28 Regular Session, February 6, 1908 Flat rate ledgers 4, 5, 6, 7 1,284.90 Meter ledgers, old 1 and 2, new 1 and 2 814.23 Total $4,322.13 Discrepancy in C. G. W. ac- count 5,544.09 Total $9,866.22 ALLOWANCES. Vacancy- - Flat rate ledgers 1, 2, 3 $ 645.46 Flat rate ledgers 4. 5. 6. 7 258.11 $ 903.57 No reason given — Flat rate ledgers 1, 2, 3 $1,677.06 Flat rate ledgers 4, 5, 6, 7 626.14 Meter ledgers 1,343.13 $3,646.33 Totals $4,549.90 Overpaid — Flat rate ledgers 1, 2, 3 Flat rate ledgers 4, 5, 6, 7 Meter ledgers $ 72.70 61.75 12.85 Total $ 167.30 Amounts paid and no charge there - for— Flat rate ledgers 1, 2, 3 $ 494.18 Flat rate ledgers 4, 5, 6, 7 28.50 Miscellaneous 4,732.75 Total $5,255.43 Amounts not paid — Flat rate ledgers 1, 2, 3 $ 5,758.83 Flat rate ledgers 4, 5, 6, 7 4,497.88 Meter ledgers 1,380.70 C. G. W. R'y. account 1,172.54 Total $12,509.95 Omitted charges also errors — Old meter ledger No. 1 $ 2,220.73 Old meter ledger No. 2 252.70 New meter ledgers 1 and 2 67.69 Total $ 2,531.12 We would suggest that you examine the details of the above re- capitulation as shown on the detailed sheets, as in many instances they are very sugges- tive, especially in the cases of allow- ances, and several periods paid at once. The amount allowed, $4,549.90, is sur- prisingly large, and that appearing on the meter ledger, $1,343.13, is almost in- comprehensible, as the meters are sup- posed to measure the amount of water consumed, and it is our understanding that when the meters are out of order they run slow rather than fast. We find some allowances for vacan- cies In the • early part of the first period, June 1st, 1900, to Dec. 1st, 1900, which, it would seem to us, cover the time of vacancy during private owner- ship, and said allowances would ap- pear to have been deducted from the revenue .under municipal ownership; however, the total so allowed is small, probably not over $50.00. We notice that the. larger part of the allowances are under the heading "No Reason Given." We could find no record whatever showing why these allowances were made or who made them. A large part of the amounts paid, with no charges therefor appearing upon the ledger covers the payments of Byrne Bros. for water used in street sprinkling and also the account of the Union Electric company mentioned above. We have not been able to find any record of any payment made by the Union Electric company for the following periods: October, 1900; Jan- uary, 1902; and from May 1st, 1902, to' June 1st, 1904, a total of 27 months at 356.45 per month, amounting to $1,524.15. The amounts appearing on the ledger for the period under examination as not paid, is seemingly very large, how- ever, it would seem that a part, at Least, of the amounts under this head- ing, had been paid and no record made of them. A few instances where your office force tried to collect some of these amounts have come under our notice, and we understand that consumers have presented receipts showing pay- ment. One consumer presents three receipts covering accounts at different locations for the period from Dec. 1st, 1906, to June 1st, 1907, carrying a total pay- ment of $21.20. Another consumer presents a receipt for the period from June 1st to Dec. 1st, 1906, for $6.00: We know of other instances but do not have the receipts, and an attempt to collect the amounts apparently un- paid will probably bring out other cases of the same kind. The next heading in the above re- capitulation, "Omitted Charges and Errors," speaks for itself. The details as shown on sheets give the item in full, showing cubic feet and number of gallons, based on actual meter read- ings, as shown in the book containing said readings. The last column on our sheet shows periods for which no charges appear on the ledger. In making up this column we found early in our investi- gation, that the records, as to water turned on and shut off, were wholly unreliable, as in some cases we found payments made where it was marked "off" and others no payments where the water was supposed to be "on." Some buildings had no charges for certain periods and we know that in those instances said buildings had never been vacant in our remembrance, and in some cases such buildings were marked "vacant." We have one such case in mind where the building had been occupied by the same store since we can remember and is now. A consumer presents his receipts for the following: June lst, 1901, to June 1st, 1902.$ 40.00 June 1st, 1902, to June lst, 1903. 60.00 Dec. 1st, 1903, to June 1st, 1905.. 60.00 June 1st, 1905, to June lst, 1907. 80.00 Total 240.00 This consumer also shows his checks for these payments all of them being duly endorsed: October 8th, 1902 $ 40.00 October 10th, 1903 60.00 January 16th, 1905 60.00 March 14th, 1907 80.00 Total $240.00 This account showed the rate to be $40.00 per year, but it was marked "meter," and no charges made either on the fiat rate or meter ledgers. • Doubtless an attempt to collect will show further instances of this kind. There appear 440 accounts on the books on which there is no charge made for any period during the time under investigation. We have not taken into account the amounts charged to the City of Du- buque for hydrants, horse fountains, etc., which appear on the books as un- paid, as it would only swell the total so much as to detract from the sig- nificance of the balance of the state- ments. It is impossible for us to set out the exact amount of the shortage, as it can not be determined from the books, ow- ing to the large number of amounts in the columns covering amounts unpaid and periods not charged. As will be seen in the above there are quite a few pages which have been ap- parently taken out of the ledgers. We also find some missing from the book of meter readings. We were not able to determine the exact amount due the water works, and 'unpaid, on May 31st, 1907, for the rea- son that numerous meters were not read for various periods previous to that date. Some meters, and in some cases, those of the large consumers, were ap- parently not read for a long time pre- vious to the date mentioned. The system of bookkeeping used in the past has not been such as would be used by a strictly up -to -date mer- cantile establishment, nor such as to minimize labor or to guard against or locate errors, discrepancies or short- ages. The consumers' ledgers are kept in what is known as single entry, and for that reason no trial balance can be taken from them. Regular Session, February 6, 1908 29 We did not enter amounts as due and unpaid if we found them to be paid af- ter June lst, 1907, as we did not con- sider it necessary for the purposes of this investigation. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT C. LANTZKY, PRESLEY FAWKES. Dubuque, Iowa, September 21, 1907. The Coal Accounts. • Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 2nd, 1907. Board of grater Works Trustees and City Attorney, City: Gentlemen:—Per your instructions we have checked out the coal furnished the water works from June 1st, 1900, to May 31st, 1907, as nearly as we are able, with the records which we have been able to find, both in the office of the water works, and the C., M. & St. P. freight depot. Handing you herewith the statement of the 11lartin- Strelau company, we beg to report that we are able to check out all of the cars scheduled thereon as having been placed at the stations indi- cated, with the exception of the cars of the following 'initials and numbers, which we find were brought into Du- buque on the C., M. & St. P. road for Martin - Strelau company, but for which, owing to the fact that they were not "foreign" cars, and for the further reason that we cannot find all of the records for the year 1900 at the freight depot, we cannot find the sta- tions where they were placed for the use of the water works: June lst, 1900, C., M. & St. P., 24,805; received May 26th. June lst, 1900, C., M. & St. P., 28,359; received May 25th. June 1st, 1900, C., 21. & St. P., 27,149; received May 31st. June 1st, 1900, C., M. & St. P., 28,397; received May 31st. June 1st, 1900, C., M. & St. P., 23,965; received May 29th. June 8th. 1900, C., M. & St. P., 28.531; received June 7th. June 9th, 1900, C., M. & St. P., 26.789; received June 9th. June 15th, 1900, C., M. & St. P., 1,309; received June 12th. June 29th,.1900. C., 21. & St. P., 28,- 773; received June 28th. July 7th, 1900, C., M. & St. P., 26,135; received July 3rd. July 7th, 1900, C., M. & St. P., 28,225; received July 3rd. July 9th, 1900, C., M. & St. P., 28,371; received July 3rd. July 12th, 1900, C., 21. & St. P., 27,- 053; received July 3rd. July 16th, 1900, C., M. & St. P., 27,- 261; received July 6th. July 26th, 1900, E. J. E., 708; left yard July 27th. Aug. 2nd, 1901, I. I. I., 877. Aug. 2nd, 1901, I. I. I., 914. Transfer company. However, we were given access to the account of the water works on their ledger, and found that the car numbers shown on the ac- count were also shown on the switch- ing records as having gone to the water works, with the exception of 80,600, charged on Dec. 19th, 1904, which we did not find in the switching records, when going over them for coal cars, for which we did not have statements. Their charge of Aug. 1Sth, 1904, $200.90, does not show the car numbers, and we are, therefore, unable to say anything about them. Their account shows a credit to the water works on July 12th, 1905, of $57.02, however, the receipted vouchers of July 11, 1905, shows a pay- ment of $65.00. We -were unable to check the switch- ing of the cars furnished by the differ- ent coal dealers as thoroughly as we should have liked to have done for the reason that some of the C., M. & St. P. records for the years of 1900, 1901 and 1902, could not be found. Those for the year 1900 were very meager. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT C. LANTZKY, P. S. FAWKES. On motion the reports of the auditors were received and filed and made a matter of record. Alderman Clancy offered the follow- ing motion which was unanimously carried: That the City Attorney be and is hereby authorized and directed to commence civil action for and on be- half of the City of Dubuque and the Water Department. against any and all persons liable to the City of Dubuque for the amount of money lost by the City of Dubuque and its Water De- partment through the acts of the offi- cers or agents of the previous admin- istration of the Water Department of the City of Dubuque, and that this ac- tion be commenced as soon as the amount approximately due the City of Dubuque on account of said acts can be determined after the examination now being made has been finished. City Assessor Scherr reported as fol- lows: To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Dubuque: Gentlemen: -The undersigned City Assessor would state that there was a clerical error made in the assessment of Lucy M. Sheridan on lot 20 in Pros- pect Hill add. The assessment should be $2300, in place of $7300. The tax on $2,300 would be $27.60, which amount I would beg you to instruct the City Treasurer to accept in full. I would further ask your honorable body to cancel the tax for the *years 1906 and 1907 on the south 3.2 feet of lot Regular Session, February 6, 19o3 7 in block Al, and north part of 5 and 6 also in block M in Booth's add., which is assessed to C. H. Booth, but which they do not own. I have looked up the record and find that the title is in the name of the Illinois Central Railroad company as trackage and is therefore assessed by the State Executive Coun- cil. Hoping that you will grant same, I remain, Very respectfully, C. B. SCHERR, City Assessor. On motion the recommendation of the City Assessor was ordered carried out and the Treasurer to be instructed accordingly. Sidewalk Inspector Manoney report- ed as follows: To the Honorable Mayor and Mem- bers of the City Council: Gentlemen: -I herewith request your honorable body to cancel the special assessments for repairing sidewalks as follows: J. and G. Jansen, Lois add., lot 9, amount of assessment 55c, levied .Ian. 2nd, 190S; also cancel special as- sessment of E. Taylor, Cain's add., lot 4, amount of assessment 75c, levied Dec. 20th, 1906. Said assessments be- ing erroneous. Respectfully submitted, JOHN - MAHONEY, Sidewalk Inspector: On motion the recommendation of the Sidewalk Inspector was ordered carried out and the Treasurer to be instructed accordingly. Justice of the Peace Glab reported as follows: To the Honorable Mayor and Board of Aldermen: Please find receipts for Twenty -one Dollars for fines collected under city ordinances. Respectfully, JOHN GLAB, Justice of the Peace. On motion report was received and! filed. Alderman Clancy moved that the• matter of the appropriations for the - ensuing year be referred to the com- mittee of the whole. Carried. Ald. Stumpf stated that the reports of the Water Trustees for the last quarter have never been reported to the Council as having been audited, and moved that the matter of the auditing of the reports of the Water Trustees and the books of the Water Works be referred to the auditing com- mittee to audit the Water Works books and to report to the Council at the next meeting. Carried. 30 Regular Session, February 6, iyoS Aug. 7th, 1901, I. I. I., 876; received August Gth. Aug. 7th, 1901, I. I. I., 940. Nov. 28th, 1901, I. I. I., 725. Dec. 1Sth, 1901, I. I. I., 311. Feb. 17th. 1902, I. I. I., 419; received February 1Sth. May 15th, 1902, I. I. I., 393; received May 2nd. The following "foreign" cars were re- ceived by the C., M. & St. P. R. R. to be switched, but we are unable to lo- cate by the records on hand, the water works station where they were placed: Sept. 1st, 1900, Q. 7,267; received by St. P. Sept. 5th; returned to Q. Sept. Sth. Sept. 4th, 1900, Q. 6,434; received by St. P. Sept. 5th; returned to Q. Sept. 14th. Sept. 14th, 1900, Q. 80,132; received by St. P. Sept. 14th. Sept. 14th, 1900, Q. 80,066; received by St. P. Sept. 14th; returned to Q. Sept. 19th. Sept. 14th, 1900, Q. 7,651; received by St. P. Sept. 14th; returned to Q. Sept. 20th. Feb. 12th, 1902, I. C., 84,014; received by St. P. Feb. 12th; returned to I. C. Feb. 17th. Dec. 27th, 1902, I. C., 91,770; returned to I. C. Dec. 30th. Jan. 3rd, 1903, I. C., 92,187; received by St. P. Jan 3rd; returned I. C. Jan. 8th. We find that the balance due as per statement of the Martin - Stelau com- pany agrees with the credits of their account as found in the general ledger of the water works. In regard to weights, all of the freight bills were not submitted with the statements, and, therefore, we were unable to check out all of the weights as 'billed. In those that we were able to check we find the following differ- ences: Sept. 20th, 1900, Q. 85,089; bill, 35 ton; freight bill, 35 ton, 1,500 pounds. Sept. 20th, 1900, Q. 85,139; bill, 35 ton; freight bill 36 ton. March 19th, 1901, Q. 72,096; bill, 20 ton, 1,200 pounds; freight bill, 20 ton, 1,400 pounds. Jan 5th, 1904, Q. 87,343; bill, 44 ton; freight bill, 43 ton, 1,200 pounds. April 27th, 1905, I. C. 93,851; hill, 38 ton; freight bill, 40 ton, 1,000 pounds. May 6th, 1905, I. C. 91,927; bill, 41 ton, 1,800 pounds; freight bill, 40 ton, 1,800 pounds. July 6th, 1905, I. C. 82,474; bill, 30 ton, 400 pounds; freight bill, 30 ton, 900 pounds. Sept. 7th, 1905, I. C. 91,008; bill, 42 ton; freight hill, 41 ton. Sept. 7th. 1905, I. C. 86,352; bill, 40 ton; freight bill, 39 ton. Nov. 29th, 1905, I. C. 89,633; bill, 41 ton. 100 pounds; freight bill, 44 ton. Dec. 20th, 1905, I. C. 75,671; bill 25 ton, 200 pounds; freight bill, 28 ton, 1,000 pounds. - We also hand you herewith the state- ment 68 T. J. Mulgrew company, be- ginning with May 22nd, 1902. We find all of the cars billed by them to have been switched to one or the other of the water works stations by the C., M. & St. P. R. R. Not all of the freight bills were re- ceived with this statement, but after checking out such as there were we- find the following differences: Sept. 6th, 1904, I. C. 92,407; billed 80,000; freight bill, 72,000. Aug. Sth, 1904, I. C., 94,466; billed, 84,000; freight hill, 73,000. Oct. 1st, 1904, I. C., 91,413; billed, 79,000; freight bill, 78,700. .March 2nd, 1906, I. C. 88,170; billed, 79,700; frieght hill, 79,500. We find the amount due as per their statement to be the same as their credit balance on the general ledger of the water works. We were not furnished a statement of the coal furnished by Mulgrew & Phillips, but we find vouchers covering payment for eleven cars, all of which we found were switched by the C., M. & St. P. R. R., with the following ex- ceptions: Aug. 6th, 1900, 76,455. Aug. 17th, 1900, 92,877. Aug. 27th, 1900, 92,203. We were not furnished a statement of coal furnished by T. J. Mulgrew, but we find vouchers covering payments for eight cars, all of which we were able to check out as being switched to the water works by the C., M. & St. P. R. R., with the following exceptions: Feb. 13th, 1902, 71,308. April 4th, 1902, 85,826. April 4th,, 1902, 86,372. We notice by the vouchers the Pen- well Coal company, the Deering Coal company, the Junction Mining com- pany and the Jones & Adams company, outside coal dealers, have received pay- ment for a considerable amount of coal, but as we had no statements from them we could not thoroughly check up the switching of their cars; however, we found most of the cars covered by vouchers in their favor, as having been switched to the different stations. The statement covering two cars fur- nished by Felix G. Becker checks out correctly as to switching The same is true of the statement of Henry C. Becker, covering two cars furnished by him. The statements of Peter Even, Line- han & polo, Pier Bros. and Fischer & Co., also cover cars which we find to have been switched to the different wa- ter works stations. We have not received a statement of the coal furnished by the Clancy- 32 Regular Session, February 6, 1908 Ald. Stumpf stated that the matter of making a new lease with the Gover- nor's Greys for Armory, Hall for the year 1908 had been referred to the committee on public grounds and buildings and the committee had in- structed the City Attorney to prepare the lease and moved that the lease be read to the Council. Mayor Schunk stated a copy of the lease was in his desk and was not pre- sented to Council because it had not yet been signed. Mayor Pro Tear Clancy then took the chair during the absence of the Mayor who left the Council Chamber to procure the lease asked for. Matter of appointing judges and clerks for the primary and city election and of renting buildings to be used for registration and elections was taken up, and lists of the democratic city central committee and the republican city central committee were presented to the Council from which to select said judges and clerks. Ald. Stumpf moved that a recess of five minutes be taken to look over said lists. Carried. Recess then taken. Mayor Schunk called meeting to or- -der. . Lease of Armory Hall was then read. Ald. Stumpf moved that the action of the committee on public grounds and buildings and the lease be approved. Carried. . The following list of names of Judges and Clerks for the corning Primary and Regular election was submitted. First Ward. First Precinct — Judges: Ecl. Lee. Edward McEvoy and F. Kammueller. Clerks: Ed. Schaefle and H. L. Pier. Second Precinct — Judges: Matt Clancy, d., James Butler, d., and Thom- as Hird, r. Clerks: Robt. Halpin, d., and J. O'Connor, r. Second Ward. First Precinct— Judges: Henry Gehrig, d., Frank Ferring, d., and G. Schaffhauser, r.. Clerks: John La- Barge, d., and J. H. Strobel, r. Second Precinct — Judges: W. R. Linehan, d., Michael Friedgen, d., and George Raymond, r. Clerks: William Vogt, d., and W. M. Kretchmer, r. Third Ward. First Precinct — Judges: John Stumpf, d., Otto Neuman, d., and Jos- eph F. Kopsa, r. Clerks: Nic Suvin- ger, cl., and Herman Ackerer, r. Second Precinct —T. C. Murphy, d., Joseph Hummel, d., and Otto Geiger, r. Clerks: Joseph Scanlan, d., and Law- rence Hauer, r. Third Precinct— Judges: John Trex- ler, d., James Butler, d., and S. A. Crawford, r. Clerks: Chas. Bucknarn, d., and F. Lacy, r. Fourth Ward. First Precinct -- Judges: Ed. E. Mc- Evoy, d., Mont. Rickey, d., and E. P. Laude, r. Clerks: Ray Thompson, d., and A. Galliart, r. Second Precinct — Judges: Pat Royce, d., Thomas i\IcEvoy, d., and C. Hillory, r. Clerks: Louis Herbst, d., and Rob- ert Hird, r. Third Precinct — Judges: Ed. Ryan, d., John 11. Kenety, d., and Adam Wombacher, r. Clerks: James Lee, Jr., d., and August Schilling, r. Fifth Ward. First Precinct — Judges: Chas. T. Thomas, cl., Frank F. Spahn, d., and Alex. Peed, r. Clerks: C. P. Mettel, d., and C. K. Mathes, r. Second Precinct — Judges: Nic J. Closs, cl., John Sauer, d., and Emil Schilling, r. Clerks: Otto Meissner, d., and F. M. Blake, r. Third Precinct — Judges: John Grimm, cl., George Vollrath, d., and C. Nead, r. Clerks: Jos. Welu, d., and Frank Taylor, r. Fourth Precinct— Judges: Edward Stoltz, d., George Pfiffner, d., and Julius Dement, r. Clerks: Dan J. Haas, d., and Win. Roehl, r. Ald. Clancy moved that the foregoing be appointed judges and clerks for the primary election to be held February 24th, 1908, and the election to be held April 6th, 1908. Carried. On motion the following buildings to be rented for registration and election: First Ward. First Precinct —Tom. Rafferty, and Mrs. Mary Murphy. Second Precinct —Mrs. Lucas and P. Regans. Third Ward. Third Precinct — A. Vogel. Fourth Ward. First Precinct —Wales Hotel. Second Precinct —Nic. Heblers. Third Precinct — Smith's Barber Shop and F. C. Stines. Fifth Ward. Reports of Committees. First Precinct —F. F. Spahr and W. Meyer. Second Precinct —Henry Mueller and F. A. Jaeger's store. Third Precinct —Miss Rose Fengler's and Rudolph Zemanek's Barber Shop. Fourth Precinct —Fred Roesner's and J. R. Flick. Ald. Thomas, chairman of the com- mittee on finance, offered the follow- ing: Whereas, by virtue of a resolution passed on the 20th day of December, 1900, by its City Council, the City of Dubuque issued its bonds in the amount of Twenty -five Thousand Dol- lars ($25,000.00) in denominations of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) each, numbered from 1 to 50 both inclusive, and dated January 1, 1901, for the pur- pose of refunding the unpaid balance of certain prior issues of improvement bonds described in said resolution, and Whereas, said bonds were to be re- deemed from the proceeds of the spec- ial assessments levied upon the prop- erty on and along the several streets and alleys for which the original bonds were issued, and Whereas, of the assessments levied - to meet these bonds, amounting to Twenty -five Thousand Dollars ($25,- 000.00). there has been paid into the city treasury the amount of Six Thou- sand Dollars ($6,000.00), leaving a bal- ance of Nineteen Thousand Dollars ($79,000.00) of said assessments still unpaid, therefore in order to provide for the said unpaid balance of assess- ments levied upon the property on and along certain streets and alleys in the City of Dubuque, namely: Fourth street from Main to White street, Semi- nary street from west line of. Cox's ad- dition to West Locust street, Prince street from Eagle Point avenue to San- ford street, alley between Pine and Maple streets from Fifteenth to Six- - teenth street, alley from Summit to Burch street between Fenelon and West Third streets, alley between Washing- ton and Elm streets from Twenty -sec- ond to Twenty -third street, alley east of Wilson avenue from Wilson avenue to West Eighth street, Main street from Charter to Jones street, Cleveland ave- nue, Alta Vista street, Grandview ave- nue from Delhi to South Dodge street, Hhomberg avenue, Windsor avenue, Dodge street, Windsor avenue from Lincoln to Garfield avenue, Algona ave- nue from West Fourteenth street to Dexter avenue, Ninth street from Main to Locust street, Burden avenue, Ap- ple street, alley east of Race street, Broadway Extension from Diagonal to Charles street, West Fourteenth street from Delhi to Atlantic avenue, Broad- way, Auburn avenue, Decorah avenue, Delaware avenue, Oak street, Dubuque avenue. Alta avenue, be It Resolved, That the Meyer be and he is hereby required to make and execute refunding bonds of the City of Dubu- que to the amount of Nineteen Thou- sand Dollars ($19,000.00) in denomi- nations of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) each, numbered from 614 to 651 inclusive, dated Jan. 1, 1908, pay- able seven years after date, bearing in- terest at the rate of six per cent. per annum payable semi - annually at the office of the City Treasurer in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, in the manner and form provided by law. Regular Session, February 6, 19o8 33 These bonds are issued for the pur- pose of exchanging same with and re- deemin and refunding the unpaid por- tion of the aforesaid issue of bonds of January 1, 1901, numbered from 1 to 50. Said refunding bonds to be issued in accordance with Sections 848 and 849 of the Code of Iowa of 1897, and the names of all streets and alleys on which the original assessment has been paid'shall be eliminated from the pres- ent proceedings. The bonds to be substantially in the following form: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, State of Iowa. County of Dubuque. The City of Dubuque. Number $500.00. Refunding Bond. The City of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, for value received promises to pay to the bearer hereof, on the 1st clay of January, 1915, the sum of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS With interest thereon at the rate of six per cent. per annum, payable semi- annually on the 1st day of January and the first clay of July, on the pre- sentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached, as they re- spectively become due. Both principal and interest of this bond are payable at the office of the City Treasurer, at Dubuque, Iowa. This bond is issued by the City of Dubuque, under and by virtue of Sections 848 and 849 of Chap- ter 8, Title V, of the Code of 1897 of the State of Iowa, and in accordance with the resolutions of the City Council of the said City passed on the 6th day of February, 1908. This bond is one of a series of thirty -eight bonds of like tenor, date and amount, numbered from 614 to 651 both inclusive, and is issued for the purpose of providing for the refunding of certain bonds issued to defray the cost of certain improve- ments in, upon and along certain streets and alleys in said City of Du- buque, namely: Fourth street from Main to White street, Seminary street from west line of Cox's addition to West Locust street, Prince street from Eagle Point avenue to Sanford avenue, alley between Pine and Maple streets from Fifteenth to Sixteenth street, al- ley from Summit street to Burch street between Fenelon and West Third streets, alley from Twenty- second to Twenty -third street between Washing- ton and Elm streets, alley east of Wil- son avenue from Wilson avenue to West Eighth street, Main street from Charter to Jones street, Cleveland ave- nue, Alta Vista street, Grandview ave- nue from Delhi to South Dodge street, Rhomberg avenue, Windsor avenue, Dodge street, Windsor avenue from Lincoln to Garfield avenue, Algona ave- nue from West Fourteenth to Dexter 3 Regular Session, February 6, i oS avenue, Ninth street from Main to Lo- cust street, Burden avenue, Apple street, alley east of Race street, Broad - way Extension from Diagonal to Charles street, West Fourteenth from Delhi to Atlantic avenue, Broadway, Auburn avenue, Decorah avenue, Dela- ware avenue, Oak street, Dubuque avenue, Alta avenue, which cost is pay- able by the abutting property benefit - ted thereby, and is made by law a lien on said abutting property and payable in seven annual installments, with in- terest on said deferred payments at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and it is hereby certified and recited that all of the acts, conditions and things re- quired to be done precedent to and in the issuing of this bond, have been properly done, happened and performed in regular and due form, as required by law, and for the payment thereof, both principal and interest, the full faith and credit of said City of Dubu- que, is hereby irrevocably pledged, in accordance with said Sections 848 and 849 of Chapter 8 of Title V of the Code of Iowa of 1897, and the resolutions of the City Council referred to. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Dubuque, by its City Council, has caused this bond to be signed by its Mayor, attested by its Recorder with the seal of said City affixed and (Seal) countersigned by its Auditor, this 6th day of February, A. D. 1908. The interest coupons hereto attached to be executed by the fac simile signatures of the Mayor and Recorder of said City. Mayor of the City of Dubuque: Countersigned and Registered: City Recorder. City Auditor. FORM OF COUPON. No. On the — clay of 19 , the City of Dubuque, Iowa, promises to pay to hearer, as provided in said bonds, the sum of Fifteen Dollars at the office of the City Treasurer in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, being six months interest clue that day on its refunding' improvement bond No. , dated January 1, 1905. Ald. Thomas moved the adoption of the resolution. Carried by the following vote: Ayes —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays —None. Absent —Alds. Hines, Hopkins and McEvoy. Ald. Closs of the committee on ordi- nance, presented and read an ordinance establishing the grade on North street from the west side of Grandview ave- nue to the west side of Louisa street,. and moved that the reading just had be considered its second reading, the ordinance having been read for the first time at Council meeting January 16th, 1908. Carried by the following vote: Yeas —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Stumpf - and Thomas. - Nays - -None. Absent —Alds. Hines, Hopkins and McEvoy. Ald. Closs moved that the ordinance - be now adopted as read. Carried by the following vote: Yeas —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays —None. Absent —Alds. Hines, Hopkins and. McEvoy. 'ine ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE. AN ORDINANCE establishing the grade on North street from the west side of Grandview avenue to the west side of Louisa street. Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Dubuque: Section 1. That a grade on North street from the west side of Grandview avenue to the west side of Louisa street in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, be and the same is hereby adopted and es- tablished as shown by the profile of said street and grade prepared by the City Engineer and accepted by the - City Council on the 21st day of Novem- ber, 1907, being No. 636 and marked "Grade and Profile of North street from west side of Grandview avenue to west side of Louisa street, b. m's.: south curb of Grace street east end, eleva- tion 298.00; south end of door sill frame house No. 205 Grandview avenue, elevation 290.45; south end of door sill No. 50 North street, elevation 270.74." - Said grade beginning at the west side of Grandview avenue which is station 0, elevation 285.50; thence to station +50, elevation 282.17; thence to sta- tion 1, elevation 278.84; thence to sta- tion 1+50, elevation 275.50; thence to station 2, elevation 272.17; thence to station 2 +50, elevation 267.84; thence to station 3, elevation 264.92; thence to station 7 +33.8, elevation 241.00; thence to station 7+50, elevation 241.00; thence to station 8+50, elevation 243.40; thence to station 10, elevation 262.00; thence to station 10+50, elevation. 267.00; thence to station 12, elevation • 275.00; thence to station 13+50, eleva- tion 278.00; thence to station 14, west side of Louisa street, elevation 278.00. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after - - its adoption by the City Council ancI its publication one time in the Dubu- que Telegraph - Herald newspaper. Adopted, , 1908. Approved, , 1908. Attest: City Recorder. Mayor. Ald. Closs of the committee on ordi- nances also presented and read an ordinance establishing a grade on Alta Vista street from the south curb line of Julien avenue to the north curb line of West Fifth st -reet and moved that the reading just had be considered its first reading. Carried. Aid. Clancy of the committee on streets reported as follows: Your committee on streets would re- spectfully recommend that the retain- ing wall and extra work of filling the street and resetting curb on Althauser avenue by George Korman, contractor, be accepted and the usual amount be retained from the amount due on said work as guarantee. Ald. Clancy moved the adoption of the report of the committee on streets. Carried. Ald. Clancy, chairman of the com- mittee on fire, reported as follows: Your committee on fire would re- spectfully report that after duly ad- vertising the same, we sold at public auction one grey horse to John Ulm for one hundred and thirty -one dollars. MATT CLANCY, Chairman. Ald. Clancy moved the adoption of the report of the committee on fire. Carried. Ald. Clancy, chairman of the com- mittee of the whole, reported as fol- lows: Your committee of the whole, to whom was referred the profile show- ing a proposed grade on Alta Vista street from Julien avenue south to West Fifth street, would respectfully recommend that said plat be accepted and that the ordinance committee be instructed to prepare an ordinance properly establishing said grade. Also your committee of the whole, to whom was referred the petition of D. W. Linehan asking that the city treasurer be instructed to accept $275.63 in full settlement of the spe- cial assessment levied against the south 2 -3 of City Lot 192 for the im- provQment of Iowa street, would re- spectfully recommend that the prayer of the petitioner be granted, provided payment be made before March 1, 1908 and that the city treasurer be in- structed in accordance herewith. Also your committee of the whole, Regular Session, February 6, 1908 35 to whom was referred the petition of Wm. L. Bradley asking that the city treasurer be instructed to accept the amount of the original assessment in full payment of the special tax levied against City Lots 222 and 223 for the improvement of Iowa street, would re- spectfully recommend that the prayer of the petitioner be granted provided payment be made before March 1st, 1908, and that the city treasurer be instructed in accordance herewith. Also, your committee of the whole to whom was referred the petition of W. L. Mullin, administrator of the estate of James Mullin, deceased, ask- ing that the valuation for assessment purposes on City Lots 181, 182 and 1S2a for the years 1905 and 1906 be fixed at $14,000, at which figure said valuation was placed for 1907 and that the treasurer be instructed to accept the taxes for said years on said amount, would respectfully recommend that the prayer of the petitioner be granted and that the treasurer be in- structed to accept the .taxes for the years 1905 and 1906 on a basis of $14,000. Also, your committee of the whole, to whom was referred the bids for painting the sprinkling wagons, would respectfully recommend that the con- tract for doing said work be awarded the A. A. Cooper Wagon and Buggy Co., they being the lowest bidders, at $17.95 per wagon. Also, your committee of the whole to whom was referred the matter of re- insuring the city property herewith present policies on the city hall, the central engine house, the town clock and the patrol house and would re- spectfully recommend that said pol- icies be accepted and that the city recorder be authorized to draw war- rants on the city treasurer in favor of the several agents for the amount set out in the different policies as pre- mium on said policies. Also, your committee of the whole. to whom was referred the petition of the Board of Police and Fire Com- missioners asking that the salaries for all positions in the fire department be advanced, would respectfully recom- mend that an increase of ten per cent of the wages now paid he al- lowed to each man employed in the fire department and that provision be made in the fire fund, when making the appropriations for the next fiscal year, to cover the additional expense occasioned by such increase in wages. Also, your committee of the whole, to whom was referred through the city engineer, the plat of Oxford Heights, herewith submit said plat 1 36 Regular Session, February 6, 1908 together with the report of the city engineer thereon, which is hereby made a part of this report, and would recommend that said plat and report be adopted. REPORT OF ENGINEER. According to your instructions I have examined the plat of Oxford Heights, also viewed the ground of the same and found the Location of .the streets as shown on said plat appropriate. Respectfully Submitted, PAUL ILG, City Engineer. Also, your committee of the whole, to whom was referred the petition of the Monarch Road Roller Co. in re- lation to the purchase or lease of a steam roller, would respectfully rec- ommend that said petition be receiv- ed and filed. Also, your committee of the whole, reporting on the claim of H. J. Miller for loss of an anchor and eighty feet of chain and also for damage done to the timber heads and fore deck of his house boat by the "Eleanor" while being towed out of the harbor under orders from the harbormaster, would respectfully recommend that said claim be not allowed. MATT CLANCY, Chairman. Ald. Clancy moved the adoption of the various reports of the committee of the whole. Carried. Ald. Clancy offered the following: Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Dubuque, That the plat of Oxford Heights, being a subdivision of Lot 2 of Mineral Lot 81, Lot 1 of Lot 1 of Mineral Lot 81, Lot 1 of Lot 2 of Mineral Lot 82, of Mineral Lot 83, Lot 1 of Lot 1 and Lot 3 of Lot 1 of Arnold's Subdivision in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, Lot 1 of Lot 2 of Lot 17 of Mineral Lot 79, Lot 1 of Lot 3 of Mineral Lot 79, Lot 5 of Mineral Lot 79, Lot 1 of Lot 8 and Lot 3 of Lot 8 of Mineral Lot 79, Lot 1 and Lot 2 of Mineral Lot 84, Lot 1 of Mobley's Dubuque and Lot 1 of Lot 2 of Mineral Lot 79, all situated in Du- buque County, Iowa, be and the same is hereby accepted and approved, and that the Mayor and City Recorder be and they are hereby authorized to cer- tify to the County Recorder this reso• lution of approval. Ald. Clancy moved the adoption of the resolution. Carried by the following vote: Yeas —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays —None. Absent —Alds. Hines, Hopkins and McEvoy. Ald. Clancy moved to adjourn to Thursday evening, Feb. 20th, 1908. Carried. EDMUND A. LINEHAN, City Recorder. Approved 190.. Attest: Mayor Recorder. CITY COUNCIL Regular Session, February 20th, 1908, (Official.) Council met at 8:40 p. in. Mayor Schunk in the chair. Present —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Hines, McEvoy, Stumpf and Thomas. Absent —Ald. Hopkins. Ald. McEvoy moved that the rules be suspended for the purposes of tak- ing up an important matter requir- ing the presence of all the aldermen. — Carried. ' Ald. McEvoy then presented and read an ordinance providing for the Regulation of Gas Rates and Meters and providing a penalty for the viola- tion thereof and moved that the read- ing just had be considered its first reading. Carried. Ald. McEvoy then moved that the rules be suspended for the purpose of reading the ordinance by its title for the second time. Carried by the following vote: Yeas —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Hines, McEvoy, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays —None. Absent —Ald. Hopkins. Ald. McEvoy moved that the ordi- nance be now adopted as read. Ald. Hines moved as an amendment that the Ordinance be referred to the Committee of the Whole as such an important matter should have a lit- tle closer attention before being adopted. Amendment lost by following vote: Yeas —Alds. Clancy, Hines and Thomas. Nays — Closs, McEvoy and Stumpf. Vote being tie Mayor voted nay. Vote to adopt ordinance was car- ried by the following vote: Yeas —Aids. Clancy, Closs, Hines, McEvoy, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays —None. Absent —Ald. Hopkins. The ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINANCE. AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF GAS RATES AND METERS, AND PRO- VIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa: Section 1. No person, firm or cor- poration selling and supplying gas to the inhabitants of the City of Du- buque, shall charge more than ninety cents (90c) per thousand feet there- for, and no person, firm or corpora- Regular Session, February zo, 1908 37 tion shall charge, exact or receive in excess of ninety cents (90c) per thou- sand cubic feet for gas supplied and sold by them to any inhabitant of said city. Section 2. No person, firm or cor- poration selling and supplying gas to the inhabitants of the City of Du- buque shall in any way either by themselves, agents or employees, ad- mix, adulterate, infuse or inject air into or with any gas sold or supplied to inhabitants of the City of Dubuque. Section 3. No person, firm or cor- poration selling and supplying gas to the inhabitants of the City of Du- buque, shall use, or permit to be used, meters for the purpose of measuring gas unless they correctly and accur- ately measure the actual number of cubic feet of gas passing through -their. Section 4. The city council may, . whenever deemed advisable, appoint some suitable person as meter • and gas inspector, for the purpose of in- specting and testing all meters and gas used, sold and supplied to the in- habitants of the city of Dubuque. Section 5. Any person, firm or cor- poration violating any of the provis- -ions of Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this ordinance shall, upon conviction there- of, be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense. Section 6. This ordinance shall be in three and take effect on and after the 1st day of April, 1908, after its passage and publication in the Tele- graph- Herald, official newspaper of the City of Dubuque, lowa. Section 7. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Adopted Approved , Mayor. Attest: City Recorder. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICA- TIONS. Petition of Fred N. Kretschmer ask- ing that the city accept $10.00 in full settlement of special assessment lev- ied in 1893 against lot 1 of lot 59 of Sanford's sub was, on motion, received and filed. Petition of P. Regan asking that the city pay bill of Mullen Bros. attached as bill was for work done on city's main sewer between Main and Locust instead of on their sewer leading to main sewer was, on motion, referred to the committee on sewers. Petition of John Pier and Co., ask- ing that the city place a policy for in- 38 Regular. Session, February 20, 1908 surance on some of the city buildings with them. was on motion granted. Ald. Clancy moved that John Pier he given a policy for $1,000.00 on the city hall building and furniture and J. H. Herancourt a policy for $1,000.00 on the Ninth Street Engine House. Carried. Petition of Mary A. McHenry asking that the taxes on north one -half of lot 164a for the year 1907 be remitted, was presented and on motion ordered the taxes remain a lien on the property and the Treasurer to be - instructed not to sell. Petition of Louis Trapp asking that taxes for 1907 on lot 293 of Ham's Add be remitted and canceled, he being unable to pay same, was read and on motion ordered the taxes to remain a lien on the property and the Treas- urer to be instructed not to sell. Petition of Dubuque Altar Mfg. Co. asking that they be granted a continu- ance for another five years of the ex- emption from taxes originally granted them August 2nd, 1900, for five years was on motion referred to the commit- tee of the whole. Petition of Otto Frenzel asking that the assessed valuation on the north 1 -2 of city lot 311 be reduced, was on mo- tion referred to the committee of the whole. Petition of Nic Wagener asking that the council take some action toward the filling up of lot 22 O. Taylor's Sub. as water from said lot has flooded surrounding property, was on motion referred to the Alderman of the Fifth Ward. Petition of the Key City Gas Co. asking that the council adopt an ordi- nance for the inspection of gas and meters and asking that all tests of meters or gas should be filed with the City Recorder as a public record open to 'public inspection so that patrons may determine whether the accuracy of meters or quality of the gas is such as they are entitled to demand, and offering to install all apparatus neces- sary to make such tests without any cost to the city was on motion refer- red to the committee of the whole. REPORTS OF OFFICERS. Mayor Schunk stated that Mr. Thos. Faherty, weighmaster at First Ward scales has been taken with a serious illness and by request of the Alderman of the First Ward had appointed Mr. Joseph Straney custodian of Phoenix Park and weighmaster of First Ward scales. Ald. Clancy moved that Mr. Joseph Straney be appointed to fill the vacan- cy caused by illness of Mr. Faherty for balance of the unexpired term as custodian of Phoenix Park and weigh - master of First Ward scales. Car- ried. The street and sewer committees reported as follows: Gentlemen: —We herewith submit the pay roll for labor on streets in the different road districts during the first half of February, 1908: Am't due laborers on streets..$493.78 Approved by committee on streets. Also submit the pay roll for labor on sewers during the first half of February, 1908. Am't due laborers on sewers..$358.15 Approved by committee on sewers. On motion the pay rolls on streets and sewers were received and war- rants ordered drawn to pay the var- ious amounts and the pay rolls re- ferred back to the proper committees. City Engineer Ilg reported as fol- lows: To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa. Gentlemen : — Please find attached grade of Rosedale avenue from the west lot line of West Locust street to the east end of Willow street, as shown by red line, which I would recommend for your adoption. Respectfully submitted, PAUL ILG, City Engineer. On motion the report of the City Engineer and plat were accepted and the plat and profile referred to the Ordinance Committee to prepare an ordinance establishing said grade. City Attorney Kintzinger presented bond for $5,000 of Goosehorn Mining company protecting city against all damages by reason of their mining in Ryder avenue. On motion bond was approved and ordered received and filed and made a matter of record. Market Master Katz presented his report of scale receipts for month of January, 1908, amounting to $32.95. On motion report was received and filed. Mayor Schunk presented the con- tract and bond of J. B. Workman for the collection of back taxes due the City of Dubuque. On motion contract and bond were approved and ordered received and filed and made a mat- ter of record. The following were on motion ap- pointed- to act as judges and clerks to fill vacancies on the election board appointed by council Feb. 6th, 1908: John J. Shea, judge, second pre- cinct, First ward. T. B. Hines, judge, second precinct, Second ward. Michael Hogan, clerk, second cinct, Second ward. Frank Brede, clerk, Third ward. Henry Naglemaker, precinct, Third ward. Alphonse Schreier, precinct, Third ward. first pre- precinct, judge, second clerk, second REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Ald. Closs of the committee on or- dinances, presented and read an or- dinance establishing the grade on Alta Vista street from the south curb line of Julien avenue to the north curb line of West Fifth street in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, and moved that the reading just had be considered its sec- ond reading, the ordinance having been read for the first time at council meet- ing Feb. 6th, 1908. Carried by the following vote: Yeas —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Hines, McEvoy, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays---None. Absent —Ald. Hopkins. Ald. Closs moved that the ordinance be now adopted as read: Carried by the following vote: Yeas —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Hines, McEvoy, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays- -None. Absent —Ald. Hopkins. The ordinance is as follows: AN ORDINAI'10E. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A GRADE ON ALTA VISTA STREET FROM THE SOUTH CURB LINE OF JULIEN AVENUE TO THE NORTH CURB LINE OF WEST FIFTI STREET IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA. Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Dubuque: Section 1. That a grade on Alta Vista street from the south curb line of Julien avenue to the north curb line of West Fifth street in the City of Du- buque, Iowa, be and the same is here- by adopted and established in accord- ance with the profile of said street and grade prepared by the City Engineer and accepted by the City Council on the 6th day of February, 1908, being No. 640 and marked "Grade and Profile of Alta Vista street from the south curb line of Julien avenue to the north curb line of West 5th street, b.m's. east end of coping Marsh's wall, eleva- tion, 306.62; top of lower step old Markey house, elevation 259.35; foun- dation of frame house No. 540 Paulina street, elevation 251.17 ". Said grade beginning at the south lot line of Julien avenue, which is station 0, ele- Regular Session, February 20, 1908 39 vation 998.74; thence to station 2+50, elevation 280.76; thence to station 5 +50, elevation 260.74; thence to sta- tion 6+86, elevation 250.96; thence to station 9, elevation 248.74; thence to station 11+56, north curb West Fifth street, elevation 246.32. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage by the City Council and its publication one time in the Dubuque Telegraph - Herald newspaper. Adopted , 1908. Approved , 1908. Attest: Mayor. City Recorder. Ald. McEvoy, chairman of the com- mittee on Sprinkling, moved that the specifications for the painting of the inside of the tanks on the sprinkling wagons be changed from two coats of oil to two coats of white lead. Carried. Ald. Thomas, chairman of the com- mittee on Public grounds and build-. ings, stated that the ceiling of the Council Chamber had been repaired. Ald. Clancy, chairman of the com- mittee on fire, presented the following communication from' the chief of the fire department which was read and on motion was referred to the commit- tee of the whole. Dubuque, Iowa, Feb. 18, 1908. To the Honorable Committee on Fire. Gentlemen: —When considering the appropriations for the fiscal year 1908, I would respectfully ask that due con- sideration be given to the following needs of the fire department: 1 new city hook and ladder truck. 1,500 feet of 2 inch cotton rubber lined hose. Hose tower at No. 2 Engine House for drying hose. 44 leather fire helmets. 44 uniform caps New York regula- tion pattern. 1 fire horse. I would say to your honorable body that the present hook and ladder truck is now over thirty years old and hav- ing received much use is worn out and dangerous. The hose I desire replaced is thirteen or fourteen years old and therefore liable to go to pieces under the strain of the high pressure service. In regard to the hose drying tower, for No. 2 house: It is now necessary for the hose to be brought to the Central Engine House for drying. This is both inconvenient and confusing as the hose becomes mixed and it is impossible to tell which hose belongs to the different companies, therefore impossible to place the blame for neglect in the proper handling of the hose. The 40 Regular Session, February 20, 1908 Rules and Regulations provide for the use of leather helmets, and I believe that their use Will prove additional pro- tection to the men as a brick or piece of board falling on them would glance off and leave the man unharmed, while with the soft cap he might be killed or knocked off the ladder and seriously injured. The New York regulation caps are also provided for by the Rules and Regulations. One new horse is ab- solutely needed as soon as possible as we have no extra horse at present and in case of the sickness or disability of any of the horses at present in service, the department would be seriously crippled. Trusting that your honorable body will give the foregoing matters your earnest consideration I beg to remain. Very respectfully, J. R. REINFRIED, Chief. Ald. Hines, chairman of the Com- mittee on Police and Light, reported as follows: Your Committee on Police and Light to whom was referred the petition of Hammel, Henker & Co., et al, asking that a light be placed at the inter- section of Pine and 18th streets, would recommend that the prayer of the peti- tioners be granted and that the City Electrician be notified to have said light installed. T. B. HINES, Chairman. Ald. Hines moved the adoption of the report of the Committee on Police and Light. Carried. Ald. Hines, chairman of the Delin- quent Tax Committee, reported as follows: Your Committee on Delinquent Taxes, to whom was referred the peti- tion of Mary Fay asking that on ac- count of her poverty the taxes on her property, the N. M. 1 -5 of City Lot 432 be canceled for the year 1907, would respectfully recommend that the pray- er of the petitioner be granted and the Treasurer be instructed accordingly. T. B. HINES, Chairman. Ald. Hines moved the adoption of the report of the committee on de- linquent tax. Carried. Ald. Clancy, chairman of the Com- mittee of the Whole, reported as fol- lows: Your Committee of the Whole, to whom were referred the bids for printing the index and binding the council proceedings for the year 1907, would respectfully recommend that the contract for doing said work be award- ed to M. S. Hardie, at $2.35 per book. Also your Committee of the Whole, to whom was referred the. petition of the Morris- Johnson -Brown Co. asking that the City Treasurer be instructed to accept its taxes for the year 1907 in accordance with the action of the City Council of March 8, 1904, would respectfully recommend that the pray- er of the petitioner be granted and that the City Treasurer be instructed to accept the taxes of said firm on a basis of four thousand dollars valu- ation and to cancel the balance. .Also your Committee of the Whole, to whom was referred the petition of E. M. Ernsdorff asking that he be granted an additional extension of time in which to pay the special assess- ment levied against the property of Michael Ernsdorff estate for the im- provement of Jones street, would re- spectfully recommend that the prayer of the petition be granted and that he be allowed until March 11th, 1908, to make such payment. Also your Committee of the Whole, to whom were referred the following bills, would respectfully recommend that warrants be ordered drawn on the City Treasurer in payment of the same: MT. J. Schneider, supplies for patrol house, $20.00. Pitts - Thompson Foundry Co., grate for sewer department, $10.80. Also, your Committee of the Whole, to whom were referred the following bills, would respectfully recommend that warrants be ordered drawn in payment of same after I4arch 1, 1908: O'Farrell Contracting Co., grading 25th street, $17.50. O'Farrell Contracting Co., grading West Third street, $76.80. G. L. Korman, retaining wall on Althauser avenue, $541.10. G. L. Korman, grading on Althauser avenue, $80.00, less 10 per cent re- tained until curb is set. Wilmer Cook, grading Adams ave- nue, $396.00. _Also your committee of the whole, to whom was referred the report of the special committee on auditing the books of the Dubuque High Bridge Co., would respectfully recommend that said report be received and filed. Also your committee of the whole, to whom was referred the petition of the Dubuque Bridge Company asking First: That the tax levied against its property for the year 1905 be canceled. Second: That the valuation of its property for the year 1907 for taxation be reduced to $65,000, the amount at which it has heretofore been assessed. Third: To cancel the taxes levied against its property for the year 1906. Fourth: To set aside the action heretofore taken by the City Council directing the City Treasurer to collect taxes levied on the property of peti- tioner for the years 1905 and 1906. And setting forth as reason for said requests, that under contract with the city, the property of petitioner is ex- empt from taxation until such time as the revenue derived from operating its bridge shall be sufficient to pay a net annual dividend of eight per cent. on the money actually invested, and that for neither 1905 nor 1906 was its rev- enue equal to eight per cent., would re- spectfully report that the special au- diting committee which examined the books of said company, confirms the statement above made relative to its net revenues, and we would therefore respectfully recommend that the prayer of the petitioner be granted and that the Treasurer be instructed according- ly. MATT. CLANCY, Chairman. Ald. Clancy moved the adoption of the various reports of the committee of the whole. Carried. Motions and Resolutions. Ald. Mcr,voy moved. that the matter of inspection of meters and testing of gas be referred to the committee on police and light with instructions to confer with Prof. Anderson of the High school, he having stated he was willing at all times to aid the Council in mak- ing these tests. Carried. Aid. McEvoy offered the following: Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Dubuque, That it is deeme 1 necessary and advisable to im- prove Asbury street from the intersec- tion of Delhi street to the northerly side of the intersection of St. Ambrose street, and it is hereby proposed to grade, gutter, curb and macadamize said street and to assess the cost of said guttering, curbing and macadam- izing against the abutting property. Ald. McEvoy moved the adoption of the resolution. Carried by the following vote: Yeas —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Hines, McEvoy, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays - -None. Absent —Ald. Hopkins. Ald. McEvoy also offered the follow- ing: Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Dubuque, That the city engineer be and he is hereby directed to prepare a plat showing generally the location, nature and extent of the proposed improvement on Asbury street from the intersection of Delhi street to the northerly side of the in- tersection of St. Ambrose street, and the kind of material to be used, and an estimate of the entire cost thereof, and Regular Session, February 20, 1908 4 the amount and cost of such improve- ment, and the amount assessable upon any railway or street railway company, the amount and cost thereof, to be paid by the city, if any, and the cost thereof and amount assessable upon each lot or parcel of land adjacent to or abutting upon such improvement per front foot, and to file such plat and estimate in the office of the city re- corder; that after the filing of said plat and estimate in his office, the city corder shall publish in three consecu- tive issues of a newspaper published in this city, a notice stating that such plat and estimates are on file, the loca- tion and nature of the improvement, kind of material to be used and an estimate of the cost, and the time before which objections thereto can be filed, and the time fixed for hearing, which time shall not be less than five days after the last publica- tion of such notice, and after such pub- lication shall have been made, the city recorder shall, at the next regular ses- sion of the City Council, notify the Council thereof in writing, with a printed copy of such notice accom- panying the same. AId. McEvoy moved the adoption of the resolution. Carried by the following vote: Yeas —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Hines, McEvoy, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays —None. Absent —Ald. Hopkins. Alderman Closs offered the following: Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Dubuque: That the City Engineer be and he is hereby instruct- ed to prepare plans and specifications for a tile pipe sewer under the tracks of the Chicago Great Western Rail- way company on Twenty -ninth street. Ald. Closs moved the adoption of the resolution. Carried by the following vote: Yeas —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Hines, McEvoy, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays —None. Absent —Ald. Hopkins. Alderman Closs also offered the fol- lowing: Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Dubuque, Iowa, That the Chicago Great Western Railway Com- pany be and it is hereby ordered to construct an 18 -inch tile pipe drain under their right of way on 29th street and to have said work completed. with- in 60 days from the date of service of notice and the adoption of this resolu- tion. Said work to be done in accord- ance with the plans and specifications for same on file in the office of the City Engineer. Ald. Closs moved the adoption of the resolution. 42 Regular Session, February 20, 1908 Carried by the following vote: Yeas —Aids. Clancy, Closs, Hines, McEvoy, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays —None. Absent —Ald. Hopkins. Ald. Thomas moved to adjourn to Thursday evening, March 5th, 1908. Carried. EDMUND A. LINEHAN, City Recorder. Approved 190.. Attest: Mayor. Recorder Council it Mayor Se Present AbsentH M•a Ald. Clanl On motioj The vote irst Prec., Fir a 6 econd Prec., F� 5 first Prec., Sec 3 econd Prec., S 6 irst Prec., Thi' econd Prec., T hird Prec., Th 11 3 j 41 rst Prec., Fou 3 econd Prec., F. 2 hird Prec., Foi. 5 first Prec., Fiftl econd Prec., F hird Prec., Fif ourth Prec., Fi 1 Session, February 26, 1908 9 9 9 5 Totals 70 — fi Democratic 0 0 a m Edw. McEvoy.. 82 1 Thomas Ward 50 Frank Ferring 59 T. J. Mulgrew 1115 Jas. Pickley 74 Jos. I-Iummel 1 38' Frank J. Sauer 75 1 Chas. Snyder.... 401 Jno. Cunningham' 91 Louis Herbst....! 23 John M. Kenety 1 18 Peter Even...... 931 Robert Specht ...,135 John Kruse 1 611 J. Hayes 59 1 Precinct Committeemen. Socialist. C. J. Mathis L. J. Rieck Asa L. Wright E. J. Buchet A. E. Weimer Henry Lippert A. McAleese .. John Enser H. C. Fischer Peter Brandt George Pohl Frank Healey D. S. Cameron 43 0 7 6 3 6 1 2 2 H. A. Bates 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 Council met at 8:2 Mayor Schunk in the Present —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Hines, McEvoy and Thomas. Absent —Aids. Hopkins Mayor Schunk purpose of Ald. Clancy moved a committee of three aldermen be appointed by the On motion Ald. Clancy, Closs and Hines were appointed committee to canvass the vote. The vote was then canvassed from the Poll Books and found to be as follows: Wm. Long received 1 vote for Alderman Foul th Ward, Republican. Robert Specht, received 7 Votes for Alderman Fifth Ward, Democratic. NAME. • H. Halpin ohn Carter ohn Sheridan 1 d. McEvoy art Cain • J. Koester ..... H. Lucas IM Hanley ohn Kain Jas. Doyle • 1 P. Coyle Maurice Byrne Win. Corcoran L. J. Miller. Ferris Ormert Picray FIRST WARD. 1 Democrat Socialist l To- 1 1st 2nd. To- Pct. Pct. tal. Pct. Pct. tal. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 161 159 158 171 162 158 156 159 150 157 156 154 154 261 259 258 271 262 2581 256 259 250 257 256 254 254 9 9 9 6 6 6 15 15 15 ID F TO C DNV T. H. Duffy John Page John La Barge John Wagner P. J. Quigley H. Gehrig John Cahill Wm. R. Lenehan Chas. Murphy John Stemm M. J. Mulgrew Wm. Holmberg Edw. Calehan SECOND WARD. Democrat Socialist NAME. 1st.12nd. To- 11 1s 2nd. To- Pct. Pct. tal. Pct. Pct. tal. 1 canvassing the vote of the Primary Election held Monday, February 24th, 1908. chair to canvass the vote of the Election and report to the Council. Carried. 74 f36 210 79 132 211 72 134 206 67 132 199 68 133 201 77 132 209 57 155 192 65 137 192 65 130 195 65 132 197 701 132 202 CITY COUNCIL 11 3 6 3 6 Special Session February 26th, 1908. (Official.) THIRD WARD. Democrat 11 Socialist NAME. 1st. 2d.13d.1 To- 111st.12d. 3d. To- Pc. Pc.1 Pc.ltal. 1Pc.1 Pc. Pc. tel. Jos. A. Palen 78 1121111 1 1 Jos. Scanlan ..1 78 112 111 301 Otto Neuman 1 84 112 111 307 F. N. Schroeder 81 112 111 304 John W estercamp 81 112 111 304 John C. Voelker 80 3 111 194 Edw. Reuter 77 110 111 298 C has. Dell 76 109 111 296 John A. Stumpf 77 110 111 2981 Jas. Butler 76 110 111 297 John Andre 76 109 111 296 Frank Jellison 1 76 109 111 206 Ed. Beiler 75 110 111 L'96 Robert Quinlan .. 78 110 111 299 9 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 9 Henry Lippert 1 2 3 1 5 Ernest Holtz .... 1 2 2 4 FOURTH WARD. Democrat 11 Socialist NAME. 1st. 2d. 3d.ITo- 1st.) 2d. 3d. To- Pc.1 Fc.Ital. 1Pc. Pc. Pc. tal. N. J. Schrup 71 M. S. Hardie 71 Peter Bradley 71 Wm. Whelan 71 J. P. Frantzen 71 Louis Herbst 71 John P. Cooney 71 Jas. J. Murray 71 W. A. Folk ... 71� Frank Ludescher..... 71 Jerry D. Sullivan.... 71 E. J. Ryan 71 Geo. Willmann 71 John N. Lee John Powers D. D. Myers Frank Hamel Michael Duggan ..... C. B. McNamara Frank C. Stines T. H. Schilling...... T TT TA rcri ,,,o,. 1 35 35 40 42 38 41 34 37 37 pp 1 38 33 36 32 1 106 18 124 111 113 109 112 105 17 125 11081 109 104 21 128 103 21 21 18 18 20 20 19 19 18 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 IQII Special Session, February 26, 1908 NAME C. H . �lleyer Geo. Rettenmaier Jr John Galles James Frank FIFTH WARD. Democrat 1st.' 2d.13d. To- Pc Pc. Pc. Pc. tal. 1071103 75 4213271 1071071 801 4013341 10311291 70 41 343 347 342 342 ayes 10211311 71 43 Mi hm 110311281 701 41 Wm. H. Meuser 95 135 71 41 Jos. Weht 98 129 71 40 338 John Heim 10711311 73 4213531 John Ltx 99 133 70 41 343 Theo charle 104 137 76 42 359 John S uber 102 1301 791 43 354 Victor 1Kutsch 105 132 78 42 357 John eicht 102 135 75 40 352 N. P. icks 1103 134 741 4213521 F. F. ahn... 107 133 74 40 354 Peter . Weitz 102 136 73 41 352 Peter isbach 104 128 74 42 348 Robert j Kaufman 104 129 77 41 351 Wm. A McIntosh 98 130 73 41 342 Chas. 'Connor 1011 291 731 40134311 Ed Fir zlaff 98 131 73 40 342 Socialist 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th Pc. Pc.1 Pc. Pc. 1 1 1 1 To. tal. 43 Mayor Record- er. Treas- Attor• urer. ney. (Auditor Assessor Engineer 4 in c? m o y ro " .9 Alderman First 4 o m Ward a' 1 ti m En Alder- man 2nd Ward a! w . 1 4 Alderman 3rd Ward Alderman 4th Ward Alder- man 5th Alderman -at -Large Ward Precinct Committeem 1 .711 m `� c<-,- .� to o p ('5i 0 C- ro � � H ui �1 m' E-, b ( � l7 x Z � or t" A . `-I o bi c . m y a ti a 0 m U1 0 m U1 .e 1 N m U? p td m < td 1 • i p x p O p LI2 C� b7 F H ,ncy than sunk iero: A. I �. L Brin 2ulh ckin Ha 0 w :° `ti° p ° m '- 0 z m ,• m x p • 0 o N - p m a m p.) <., 0 t 0 0 X y o k`' u u121 Democratic Sociali a a p C y m ct, l' C c co w 0 o m first Prec., First Ward •..1 116 84 173 115 9 288 8 276 8 270 7 279 8 189 102 8 141 155 8 88 8 18 131 9 I 1 1 1 I 46 83 177 156 76 8 6 1 Edw. McEvoy.. 1 82 C. J. Mathis 1 C CM CD C7 N cq CV �n,n al CZ,c5) N• econd Prec., First Ward 138 52 5 227 5 221 5 222 5 233 5 153 84 5 137 111 5 37 27 33 63 6 11 37 63 108 162 62 5 5 1 Thomas Ward... 50 L. J. Bieck First Prec., Second Ward 'second 38 22 80 140 3 92 3 104 3 94 3 97 3 71 31 3 60 51 3 88 3 I I 25 36 41 61 32 3 3 Frank Ferring 1 59 Asa L. Wright Prec., Second Ward 43 82 6 223 6 227 6 218 6 210 6 169 70 6 116 118 6 124 6 I 1 57 72 108 117 73 6 6 T. J. Mulgrew.. 1151 E. J. Buchet first Prec., Third Ward.. , ...... econd Prec., Third Ward 13 19 31 27 80 121 159 1 2 105 140 1 3 108 146 1 3 102 137 1 3 101 132 1 3 55 74 46 62 1 3 76 88 26 53 1 I 1 1 80 1 I 28 27 35 57 55 62 45 46 34 73 1 3 11 3 Jas. Pickley 1 741 Jos. Hunmtel 1 38 A. E. Weimer Henry Lippert hird Prec., Third Ward iiirst Prec., Fourth Ward 13 21 27 46 111 5 3 162 140 4 3 1 179 137 4 3 158 129 4 31 161 136 4 3 87 118 77 26 5 3 101 79 68 66 41 31 1 1 1 88 1 1 63 1 1 3 11 25 39 60 46 98 48 43 74 95 51 4 3 , 411 Frank J. Sauer.] 75 3 Chas. Snyder.... 40 A. McAleese .. . H. A. Bates 1 11 1 1 1 1 I I 1 11 II 11 ' I Jno. Cunningham) 9 °econd Prec., Pourt1 Ward 9 39 99 82 2 5 98 135 2 110 2 88 2 92 2 62 37 2 86 43 2 1 ; I 72 6 2 �1 1 23 11 38 33 78 38 2 ' 211 Louis Herbst....' 23 John Enser hird Prec., Fourth Ward. 29 43 5 1 133 5 123 5 118 5 90 47 5 79 59 5 1 32 18 24 50 59 55 70 5 511 John M. Kenety 1 18 H. C. Fischer _ irst Prec., Fifth Ward 13 31 108 9 126 9 1 142 9 113 9 119 9 71 51 9 95 37 9 1 105 II 911 40 51 34 103 9 9 Peter Even 93 Peter Brandt ) econd Prec., Fifth Ward 13 39 173 114 9 11 209 133 9 11 2091 152 91 1841 9 176 9 105 89 9 114 83 9; 167 911 25 79 86 42 144 2 9 .. . 135 Robert Robert .1 Pohl ;(_hird Prec., Fifth Ward 1_iolu�th 9 54 42 80 5 1 99 5 104 12 5 124 11 125 12 41 92 12 86 58 1211 1 8 5 9 26 44 69 18 101 12 I 9 John Kruse 61 Frank Healey Frank Healey . Prec., Fifth Ward 9 94 5 89 5 58 43 5 69 34 5 1 69 5 1 20 39 43 27 58 5 5 G. J. Hayes 59 D. S. Cameron..... Totals 483 619 1635 75 2177 74 2248 75 2056 73 2068 75 1343 857 76 1327 962 7411 125 35 51 194 15 212 91 1 273 167 25 5 1 426 32 I 426 742 1038 95811010 75I, 701 I Council met at 8:2 Mayor Schunk in the Present —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Hines, McEvoy and Thomas. Absent —Aids. Hopkins Mayor Schunk purpose of Ald. Clancy moved a committee of three aldermen be appointed by the On motion Ald. Clancy, Closs and Hines were appointed committee to canvass the vote. The vote was then canvassed from the Poll Books and found to be as follows: Wm. Long received 1 vote for Alderman Foul th Ward, Republican. Robert Specht, received 7 Votes for Alderman Fifth Ward, Democratic. NAME. • H. Halpin ohn Carter ohn Sheridan 1 d. McEvoy art Cain • J. Koester ..... H. Lucas IM Hanley ohn Kain Jas. Doyle • 1 P. Coyle Maurice Byrne Win. Corcoran L. J. Miller. Ferris Ormert Picray FIRST WARD. 1 Democrat Socialist l To- 1 1st 2nd. To- Pct. Pct. tal. Pct. Pct. tal. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 161 159 158 171 162 158 156 159 150 157 156 154 154 261 259 258 271 262 2581 256 259 250 257 256 254 254 9 9 9 6 6 6 15 15 15 ID F TO C DNV T. H. Duffy John Page John La Barge John Wagner P. J. Quigley H. Gehrig John Cahill Wm. R. Lenehan Chas. Murphy John Stemm M. J. Mulgrew Wm. Holmberg Edw. Calehan SECOND WARD. Democrat Socialist NAME. 1st.12nd. To- 11 1s 2nd. To- Pct. Pct. tal. Pct. Pct. tal. 1 canvassing the vote of the Primary Election held Monday, February 24th, 1908. chair to canvass the vote of the Election and report to the Council. Carried. 74 f36 210 79 132 211 72 134 206 67 132 199 68 133 201 77 132 209 57 155 192 65 137 192 65 130 195 65 132 197 701 132 202 CITY COUNCIL 11 3 6 3 6 Special Session February 26th, 1908. (Official.) THIRD WARD. Democrat 11 Socialist NAME. 1st. 2d.13d.1 To- 111st.12d. 3d. To- Pc. Pc.1 Pc.ltal. 1Pc.1 Pc. Pc. tel. Jos. A. Palen 78 1121111 1 1 Jos. Scanlan ..1 78 112 111 301 Otto Neuman 1 84 112 111 307 F. N. Schroeder 81 112 111 304 John W estercamp 81 112 111 304 John C. Voelker 80 3 111 194 Edw. Reuter 77 110 111 298 C has. Dell 76 109 111 296 John A. Stumpf 77 110 111 2981 Jas. Butler 76 110 111 297 John Andre 76 109 111 296 Frank Jellison 1 76 109 111 206 Ed. Beiler 75 110 111 L'96 Robert Quinlan .. 78 110 111 299 9 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 9 Henry Lippert 1 2 3 1 5 Ernest Holtz .... 1 2 2 4 FOURTH WARD. Democrat 11 Socialist NAME. 1st. 2d. 3d.ITo- 1st.) 2d. 3d. To- Pc.1 Fc.Ital. 1Pc. Pc. Pc. tal. N. J. Schrup 71 M. S. Hardie 71 Peter Bradley 71 Wm. Whelan 71 J. P. Frantzen 71 Louis Herbst 71 John P. Cooney 71 Jas. J. Murray 71 W. A. Folk ... 71� Frank Ludescher..... 71 Jerry D. Sullivan.... 71 E. J. Ryan 71 Geo. Willmann 71 John N. Lee John Powers D. D. Myers Frank Hamel Michael Duggan ..... C. B. McNamara Frank C. Stines T. H. Schilling...... T TT TA rcri ,,,o,. 1 35 35 40 42 38 41 34 37 37 pp 1 38 33 36 32 1 106 18 124 111 113 109 112 105 17 125 11081 109 104 21 128 103 21 21 18 18 20 20 19 19 18 18 19 19 19 19 20 20 IQII Special Session, February 26, 1908 NAME C. H . �lleyer Geo. Rettenmaier Jr John Galles James Frank FIFTH WARD. Democrat 1st.' 2d.13d. To- Pc Pc. Pc. Pc. tal. 1071103 75 4213271 1071071 801 4013341 10311291 70 41 343 347 342 342 ayes 10211311 71 43 Mi hm 110311281 701 41 Wm. H. Meuser 95 135 71 41 Jos. Weht 98 129 71 40 338 John Heim 10711311 73 4213531 John Ltx 99 133 70 41 343 Theo charle 104 137 76 42 359 John S uber 102 1301 791 43 354 Victor 1Kutsch 105 132 78 42 357 John eicht 102 135 75 40 352 N. P. icks 1103 134 741 4213521 F. F. ahn... 107 133 74 40 354 Peter . Weitz 102 136 73 41 352 Peter isbach 104 128 74 42 348 Robert j Kaufman 104 129 77 41 351 Wm. A McIntosh 98 130 73 41 342 Chas. 'Connor 1011 291 731 40134311 Ed Fir zlaff 98 131 73 40 342 Socialist 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th Pc. Pc.1 Pc. Pc. 1 1 1 1 To. tal. 43 FIRST NAME. Mayor Record- er. Treas- Attor• urer. ney. Auditor Assessor _ Engineer Alderman First Ward Alder- man 2nd Ward Alderman 3rd Ward Alderman 4th Fd y y , Ward G • p a • m td rt 0 m Alder man Ward Z 0 (] o � - 5t11 • • 4 (] Alderman tri y w A bd �' x co g. b m r . y � P' rr p -at- t� a lei 4 M 4 Large Q p w y H 01=V n ti ,-1- u + 1 a p Precinct • Democratic o , m Committeemen. Socialist. 0 CD w V P F p C o w X w 5 p p 0 V) C] ,D '1 p KJ a 5 p t"' w P w "f m k m s ig td a p H ti p o o p . p H - '�' iv p 3 y o m 4 x w ID trj C 0 t� •, p 0 N b� a f, ti � ° '3 w 0 d m -, '+ o p p !--1 p m y ''d w 1-1 U 4 H Cr o m m 0) G? 0s m U4 0 td p cz b m m H g co P� w p p a N m p ' ti w m C w n C] m H 1 ow p ■ �' o 1 w n x p' `� 1'3'. 1 1 1 1 1 hi m �* Y td xi p 0 p q p y N. p m o N - First Prec., First Ward ... Second Prec., First Ward First Prec., Second Ward Second Prec., Second Ward First Prec., Third Ward.. , Second Prec., Third Ward Third Prec., Third Ward First Prec., Fourth Ward Second Prec., Fourt1 Ward Third Prec., Fourth Ward... First Prec., Fifth Ward Second Prec., Fifth Ward Third Prec., Fifth Ward Fourth Prec., Fifth Ward Totals 116 138 38 43 13 19 13 21 9 29 13 13 9 9 483 84 52 22 82 31 27 27 46 39 43 31 39 54 42 619 173 115 80 140 80 121 159 111 99 82 108 173 114 80 1635 9 5 3 6 1 2 5 1 3 2 5 9 9 11 5 75 288 227 92 223 105 140 162 140 98 135 126 209 133 99 2177 8 5 3 6 1 3 4 3 2 5 1 9 9 1 111 5 74 276 221 104 2271 108 146 179 137 110 133 142 2091 152 104 2248 8 5 3 6 1 3 4 3 2 5 9 911 12 5 75 270 222 94 218 102 137 158 129 88 123 1 1841 124 94 2056 7 5 3 6 1 3 4 311 I 2 5 9 9 11 5 73 279 233 97 210 , 101 132 161 136 92 118 119 176 125 89 2068 8 5 3 6 1 3 4 3 1 2 5 9 9 12 5 75 189 153 71 169 55 74 87 118 11 62 90 71 105 41 58 1343 102 84 31 70 46 62 77 26 I 37 47 51 89 92 43 857 8 5 3 6 1 3 5 3 1 2 5 9 9 12 5 76 141 137 60 116 76 88 101 79 1 86 79 95 114 86 69 1327 155 111 51 118 26 53 68 66 I 43 59 37 83 58 34 962 1 8 5 3 6 I 1 41 31 I 2 5 9 9; 12 11 5 7411 1 88 37 125 8 27 35 18 33 I 51 131 63 1 194 9 6 I 11 15 88 124 I 1 212 3 6 11 I I I 1 1 91 1 1 1 80 108 88 273 4 2 6 i I 1 1 63 I 72 32 167 1 I 6 18 25 1 1 1 3 211 5 1 105 167 86 69 426 I I 1 1 1 1J I 9 11 911 9 5 3211 1 46 37 25 67 27 27 25 39 `23 I 24 24 25 26 1 20 426 83 63 36 72 35 57 60 0 46 38 50 40 79 44 39 742 177 108 41 108 55 62 98 48 33 59 51 86 69 43 1038 156 162 61 117 45 46 43 3 74 78 55 34 42 18 27 958 76 62 32 73 34 73 95 51 38 70 103 144 101 58 1010 8 6 5 5 3 3 6 6 1 1 3 j 3 4 4 1 3 3 2 2 5' 5 91 9 91 9 12 9 5 5 75 70 1 Edw. McEvoy. Thomas Ward... Frank Ferring... T. J. Mulgrew.. Jas. Pickley Jos. au J. Sauer Frank J. r. Chas. Snyder Jno. Cunningham) Louis Herbst ' John M. Kenety 1 Peter Even Robert Specht John Kruse G. J. Hayes 82 501 591 1151 741 75 75 40 91 231 231 181 93 135 61 59 C. J. Mathis L. J. Ricci( Asa L. Wright E. J. Buchet A. E. Weimer Henry Lippert A. McAleese .. H. A. Bates ... John Enser H. C. Fischer Peter Brandt George Pohl Frank Healey D. S. Cameron 7 6 3 6 1 2 2 4 4 4 9 9 9 4 FIRST NAME. WARD. Democrat 1 1at.12nd.1 Pct. Pct. To tal. Socialist 11 1st. Pct. I2nd. Pct. To- tal. NAME. SECOND Democrat 11st.12nd.1 Pct. WARD. Pct. To tal. Socialist 1st. Pct. 2nd. Pct. To- tal. THIRD NAME. " WARD. Democrat 1st.) 2d. Pc. Pc. 11 3d.1To -1 1st.12d. Pc. Pc. Socialist Pc. 1 3d. Pc. To- tal. FOURTH NAME. 1st. Pc. WARD. Democrat 2d. Pc. 3d. Pc. 11 To- ta1.11Pc. 1st.12d.13d. S ocialist Pc. Pc. To- tal. I NAME. FIFTH WARD. 1 Democrat 1st. 2d. 3d. 4th Pc. �Pc. IPc. IPc. 1 To- tal. Socialist 1st. 2d. Pc.1Pc. 3d. Pc. .. 4th Pc. To• tal P. H. Halpin John Carter 100 100 161 159 261 269 T. H. Duffy John Page .... 74 79 1`36 132 210 211 Jos. A. Palen Jos. Scanlan ...1 78 78 112 112 111 301 N. J. Schrup M. S. Hardie ... 71 71 35 35 18 106 124 C. H. 11Ieyer Geo. Rettenrnaier Jr 1071103 751 42 1071107 80 4013341 1 1 1 John Sheridan ........1 1001 158 258 John La Barge 72 134 206 Otto Neuman 1 84 I 112 111 307 Peter Bradley 71 40 111 John Gilles 103129 70 41 343 Ed. McEvoy 100 171 271 John Wagner 67 132 199 F. N. Schroeder 81 112 111 304 Wm. Whelan 71 42 113 James ayes ....... 102 131 71 43 347 Bart Cain 100 162 262 P. J. Quigley 68 133 201 John Westercamp.... 81 112 111 304 J. P. Frantzen 71 38 109 Frank Mihm 1103 1281 701 41 342 J. J. Koester ..... 100 158 258 H. Gehrig 77 132 209 1 John C. Voelker . 80 3 111 191 Louis Herbst 71 41 112 Wm. H Meuser..... 95 135 71 41 342 J. H. Lucas 100 156 256 John Cahill 57 155 192 1 Edw. Reuter 1 77 110 111 298 John P. Cooney 71 34 105 Jos.. Welu 98 71 40 338 Tim Hanley John Kain 100 100 159 150 259 250 Wm. R. Lenehan Chas. Murphy 65 1 65 137 192 1301 195 Chas. Dell John A. Stumpf 76 77 109 110 111 111 296 298 Jas. J. Murray W. A. Folk ....1 71 711 37 371 17 110811 125 John Heim 1107 John L'ux 99133 131 731 70 42 41 353 1 1 1 343 1 Jas. Doyle 1 100 157 257 John Stemm 65 132 197 Jas. Butler ... 76 110 111 297 Frank Ludescher..... 71 38 109 Theo. Scharle 104 137 76 42 359 P. Coyle 100 156 256 M. J. Mulgrew 1 701 132 202 John Andre 76 109 111 296 Jerry D. Sullivan.... 71 33 104 John Stuber 102 130 79 43 354 Maurice Byrne 100 154 254 Frank Jellison 1 76 109 111 296 - E. J. Ryan 71 36 21 128 Victor Futsch 105 132 78 42 357 Win. Corcoran 100 154 254 Ed. Beiler 75 110 111 296 Geo. Willmann 71 32 103 John eicht 102 135 75 40 3521 L. J. Miller..... 9 6 15 Wm. Holmberg 1 1 1 11 3 6 9 Robert Quinlan ...... 1 78 1 110 1 111 1 299 11 1 1 John N. Lee John Powers 1 1 21 18 21 18 N. P. icks 11031134 • '. F. ahn.. - 107 133 741 74 42 40 352 11 354 1 1 1 Stanley Ferris 9 6 15 Edw. Calehan 3 6 9 Henry Lippert 2 3 5 D. D. Myers 20 20 Peter . .. Weitz 102 136 73 41 352 Ormert Picray 9 6 15 Ernest Holtz ..... .. " 2 2 4 Frank Hamel 1 19 19 Peter isbach 104 128 74 42 348 Michael Duggan ..... 1 18 18 Robert Kaufman 104 129 77 41 351 C. B. McNamara 19 19 Wm. A McIntosh... 98 130 73 41 342 Frank C. Stines T. H. Schilling 1 1 19 20 19 20 Chas. ',Connor .... .11011 Ed Fir zlaff ........ 291 98 131 731 73 40134311 40 342 1 J. H. Weimer 18 181 Jacob essler . 107 73 43 356 G. B. Heuckels 20 20 Michael Schnee .... 991133 78 40 350 Frank Faber 1 11 111 Jos. J. ',Ott ... 1041143 72 42 361 P. C. Murray 1 1 Mike Wild 9 9 7 4 29 Thos, Reilly 1 1 W. J. Hockings 1 1 1 9 1 9 81 41 30 L. C. Stewart 3 3 6 Warren, Lux ... 9 9 9 4 31 Edw. Lukens 1 1 3 3 6 Wm. Al?itz 1 9 9 7 4 29 Wm. Long received 1 vote for Alderman Foul th Ward, Republican. Robert Specht, received 7 Votes for Alderman Fifth Ward, Democratic. DELEGATES TO CQNXT Ald. McEvoy moved that all the candidates receiving the highest number of votes including the two aldermen -at- large, be declared elected and so certified to the City Auditor with instructions to issue nomination certificates to said candidates. Ald. Clancy moved to adjourn to Thursday, March 5th, 1908. Carried. ' Carried. EDMUND A. LINEHAN, City Recorded'. CITY COUNCIL Special Session, February 29th, 1908. (Official.) Council met at 8:40 p. m. Mayor Schunk in the chair. Present —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Hines, Stumpf and Thomas. Absent— Alcls. Hopkins and McEvoy. Mayor Schunk stated the special ses- sion was called for the purpose of auditing and approving the pay rolls and bills of the various departments, To consider the reports of officers. To make the appropriations for the fiscal year beginning March, 1, 1908. To take up and consider the peti- tions of Geo. W. Dean and also the petition of Frank Carney. Also to take action on the matter of putting the city employees who were Iaicl off December 1st, hack to work. Bills. The following bills having been prop- erly approved by the various commit- tees, were ordered paid: Linehan & Molo, rope for sew - er dept $ 22 65 Geo. F. Kleih, supplies for sewer dept 5 80 Nils U. Hanson, supplies for sewer dept 8 50 Union Electric Co., arc lights for February, 1908 2204 60 T. J. Mulgrew, coal for fire dept 28 20 F. G. Becker Co., coal for fire dept 20 75 Linehan & Molo, coal for fire department 29 72 McCollins Transfer, coal for fire dept. 13 41 Fischer & Co., coal for fire dept 58 54 F. A. Burns, coal for fire dept 18 58 Lagen, Sloan & Peed, horse- shoeing for fire dept 25 20 John J. Powers, horseshoeing for fire dept 4 05 Collings & Pfiffner, horseshoe - ing for fire dept 7 50 Mcunderlich & `viederholt, horseshoeing for fire dept 11 05 Key City Gas Co., light for var- ious engine houses 52 40 Key City Gas Co., coal and coke for fire dept 30 90 Thos. F. Kane, hay and oats for fire dept 226 25 Standard Lumber Co., lumber and shavings for fire dept 23 80 Torbert Drug Co., supplies for fire dept 7 40 T. H. Clark, supplies for fire dept 12 23 H. J. Hagerty, veterinary servi- ces for fire dept 21 12 Ellwanger Bros., supplies for fire dept. Special Session, February 29, 1908 15 45 Butt Bros., repairs for fire dept 34 65 Carr, Ryder & Adams, supplies for fire dept 1 75 Thos. Connolly Est., repairs for fire dept. 44 40 Union Electric Co., power for city fire alarm system 2 00 Klauer Mfg. Co., repairs for fire dept 2 00 Jos. J. Rowan, bedding for fire dept 6 00 Petitions and Communications. Petition of Geo. W. Dean asking that the city pay him $25.00 for filling and lumber taken by contractor laying ce- ment sidewalk in front of his property on Alpine street, without due process of law, was on motion, referred to the committee of the whole. Petition of Frank Carney, claiming damages for injuries sustained by fall- ing on an icy sidewalk on Ninth street, was on motion, referred to the com- mittee on claims and City Attorney. Reports of Officers. City Treasurer Brinkman reported as follows: To the Honorable Mayor and City Council: Gentlemen: —I herewith hand you statements of amounts advanced by me during the month of February, 1908, for which please order warrants drawn in my favor: Interest paid on warrants out- standing $1018 98 Paving West Main street, Phoenix Park, special bond- ed paving fund 1058 74 Total $2077 72 Library orders paid $ 642 31 Respectfully, H. BRINKMAN, Treasurer. On motion the report was receive4 and warrants ordered drawn to pay the various amounts, and the reports referred to the committee on finance. City Auditor Lyons reported as fol- lows: To the Honorable Mayor and City Council: Gentlemen: —I herewith submit the pay roll for the city officers for the month of February, 1908: Amount due city officers $2,008.75 Respectfully submitted, M. E. LYONS, Auditor. On motion the report was received and warrants ordered drawn to pay the city officers, and the report re- ferred to the committee on finance. 46 Special Session, February 29, 1908 Fire Chief Reinfried reported as fol- lows: To the Honorable Mayor and City Council: The following is the pay roll of the fire department for the month of Feb- ruary, 1908: Amount due firemen $2,635.00 Respectfully submitted, J. R. REINFRIED, Chief. Approved by committee on fire. On motion the report was received and warrants ordered drawn to pay the firemen, and the report referred hack to the committee on fire. Chief of Police Pickley reported as follows: To the Honorable Mayor and- City Council: The following is the pay roll of police department for the month of February, 1908: Amount due policemen $1,573.20 Respectfully submitted, JAMES R. PICKLEY, Chief. On motion the report was received and warrants ordered drawn to pay the policemen and the report referred to the committee on police and light. The street and sewer committee re- ported as follows: Gentlemen: —We herewith submit the pay roll for labor on streets in the different road districts during the last half of February, 1908: Amount due laborers on streets $149 35 Approved by committee on streets. Also submit the pay roll for labor on sewers during the Last half of Feb- ruary, 1908: Amount due laborers on sewers..$326.10 Approved by committee on sewers. On motion the pay rolls on streets and sewers were received and war- rants ordered drawn to pay the var- ious amounts and the pay rolls re- ferred back to the proper committees. The annual report of the Street com- missioner was presented and on motion was referred to the committee on fin- ance to be embodied in the annual fin- ance report. Alderman Clancy, chairman of the committee of the whole, offered the fol- lowing: 13e it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Dubuque, that the ap- propriations for the ensuing year for the different departments of the city be fixed as follows: For general expense and contingent fund $ 41,500 00 For expense of fire depart- ment 49,000 00 For expense of police depart- ment 34,000 00 For care, maintenance and repair of sewers, storm and sanitary 6,000 00 For printing 3,000 00 For expense of street light- ing 29,000 00 For interest on floating and bonded debt 40,000 00 For expense of board of health 6,000 00 For grading fund 3,000 00 For taking up improvement bonds issued for payment of special assessments against parks and other city property for paving and macadamizing streets abutting thereon, and also for taking up bonds issued to pay street and sewer improvements where the assessment levied to pay same has been cancelled by the City Council 3,000 00 For district road funds: First District 6,120 00 Second District 14,734 00 Third District 8,839 00 Fourth District 10,598 00 Fifth District 8,165 00 For interest on special bonded debt 4,500 00 For grading Mt. Carmel avenue 2,000 00 For repairing and rebuilding sidewalks 1,000 00 For special work on Bluff Street extension 500 00 For improvement of Wind- sor avenue 1,500 00 For grading Alta Vista street 800 00 For Bee Branch sewer at Eighteenth street 2,000 00 For improvement of Grand- view avenue 3,000 00 For Bee Branch sewer at VTashington street 7,000 00 Total $285,256 00 Ald. Clancy moved the adoption of the resolution. Carried by the following' vote: Yeas —Alds. Clancy, Closs, Hines, Stumpf and Thomas. Nays —None. Absent —Alds. Hopkins and McEvoy. Ald. Hines stated that December 1st, 1907, six of the city employees were laid off until March lst, 1908, and mov- ed that these men be now put to work immediately. Ald. Closs moved as an amendment that the men be put to work at the dis- cretion of the Mayor when he finds work for the men to do. Amendment carried. Ald. Clancy moved to adjourn to Thursday evening, March 5th, 1908. Carried. EDMUND A. LINEHAN, City Recorder. Approved 190.. Attest: Mayor Recorder. List of Warrants 47 List of City Warrants Dubuque, Iowa, February 1st, 1908. To the Honorable Mayor and City Council of Dubuque: Gentlemen: —The following is a complete list of all warrants issued by me during the month of January, 1908: H. A. Schunk, salary, Mayor..$116 65 H. Brinkman, salary Treasurer 133 30 J. A. McKinley, salary, deputy Treasurer y 100 00 Jno. Krayer, clerk, Treasurer's office 75 00 E. A. Linehan, salary Recorder 116 65 Jos. Friedrich, salary, Deputy Recorder 85 00 M. E. Lyons, salary, Auditor 116 65 C. B. Scherr, salary, Assessor 125 00 A. Doerr, Jr., salary, Assistant Assessor 100 00 J. J. Murphy, salary Assistant Assessor 100 00 J. W. Kintzinger, salary, Attor- ney 150 00 E. E. Bowen, salary, Assistant Attorney 75 00 Miss E. B. Rupprecht, steno- grapher Legal Department 20 00 Jas. Pickley, salary, Chief of Police 125 00 Joseph Reinfried, salary, Fire Chief 100 00 J. W. Lawlor, salary, Commit- tee Clerk 95 00 Paul Ilg, salary, City Engineer. 166 65 G. Vogel, clerk in Auditor's and Engineer's offices 80 00 Wm. Hippman, salary, Elec- trician 100 00 C. W. Katz, salary, Marketmas- ter 55 00 T. Hackney, salary, Pound - master s , 46 00 Mrs. H. Koenig, salary, Jani- tress 25 00 John Mahony, salary, Sidewalk Inspector 75 00 Thos. Jess, Rodman 55 00 J. H. Carroll, Harbor Master.. 30 00 John Kearney, Street Commis- sioner 80 00 M. Clancy, salary, Alderman 25 00 N. J. Closs, salary, Alderman 00 Thos. Hines, salary, Alderman 25 00 Brad I-Iopkins, salary, Alderman 25 00 E. E. McEvoy, salary, Alderman 25 00 John A. Stumpf, salary, Alder- man 25 00 Chas. T. Thomas, salary, Alder- man 25 00 John A. Cunningham, Clerk to Police and Fire Commission- ers 15 00 M. Eltel, fireman 70 00 J. Essman,.. fireman 75 00 J. Flynn, fireman 66 00 A Duccini, fireman 65 00 A. Heer, fireman 60 00 W. Kannolt, fireman 60 00 Adam Stoltz, S. 4 05 James Tobin, S. 4 05 LABOR ON MT. CARMEL AVENUE During the last half of December, 1907: P. Ahearn 18 40 E. Burns 17 60 Peter Carney 17 60 John Donahue 11 20 J. Dillon 1120 H. Kunkel 17 60 Chas. Lee 10 40 W. O'Brien 25 00 Nick Sweeney 9 60 Maurice Sullivan 13 60 W. Sheehan 9 60 W. Woods 11 20 J. Wickham 1120 Peter Apel 4 05 Walter Bradley 36 45 J. Linehan 6 30 D. O'Meara 38 25 George Reynolds 38 25 LABOR ON SEWERS. During the last half of December, 1907: D. Cunningham Ed. Daley J. Jellison F. Luchterhand J. Rooney J. Smith C. Sullivan J. Tacke J. Wells 22 75 22 75 22 75 22 75 22 75 22 75 32 50 22 75 20 15 LABOR ON SEVENTEENTH STREET SEWER. During the last half of December, 1907: J. Everett W. Flynn F. Jellison Ed. Malloy J. Noonan Guy White Emil' Stumpf Herman Stumpf 4 60 3 60 22 20 13 60 8 00 37 50 18 45 16 20 BILLS. Standard Lumber Co., lumber and shavings for various de- partments $ Lagen, Sloan & Peed, horse - shoeing, various departments Eichhorn & Bechtel, supplies for various departments H. J. Hagerty, veterinary servi- ces, fire and police horses Collings & Pfiffner, horseshoe - ing, fire and police depts Dubuque Rubber & Belting Co , supplies for fire and sewer depts John Butt, repairs for various departments F. Schloz & Son, repairs for various departments List of Warrant 11 95 7 00 11 53 25 76 45 25 22 72 10 65 55 49 Geo. W. Healey, supplies for fire and sewer departments 2 55 F. A. Burns, fuel for various departments 17 73 Smedley Stearn Pump Co., re- pairs for fire department 1 12 Fengler & Buetin, fuel for fire department 17 44 Peter Even, fuel for fire depart- ment 16 93 Felix Becker, fuel for fire de- partment 19 25 Wunderlich & Wiederholt, horseshoeing for fire depart- ment 6 65 Phil Heller, horseshoeing for fire department 4 50 George Ragatz, repairs for fire department 5 24 Joseph J. Rowan, supplies for fire department 2 50 .Iowa Oil • Co., oil for fire de- partment 6 00 E. P. Peryon, 50 lbs. tripoli for fi re department 2 12 Mettel Bros., straw and bran for fire department 10 20 G. Jeffroy & Son, repairs for fire department 6 60 Thomas F. Kane, hay and oats for fire department 790 76 Rider- Wallis Co., blankets for fire department 58 00 John Eisenegger, supplies for road department 50 John Kearney, services as street commissioner from December 1st to 5th inclusive ... 15 00 Phil Heller, horseshoeing for road department 3 00 Fischer & Co., fuel for road de- partment 2 50 Wunder & Schilling, stakes for engineer's office 1 80 H. Rowland, services as engi- neer steam roller December 2nd, 3rd and 4th, at $3.00 per day 9 00 NI. Tschirgi & Son, overhaul of grading on Ninth street 44 76 C. J. Shannon, meat for police department 4 65 Jonas Scherrer, setting up Ber- tillon furniture 50 C. W. atz, 27 meals furnished prisoners 5 40 Thomas F. Kane, hay and oats for police department 118 62 Central Electric Co., batteries for police department 4 15 Phil Doerr & Co., wood and coal for City Hall 48 97 Harger & Blish, stationery for police and fire board 1 10 The Hoerrnann Press, printing for police and fire board 18 75 Union Electric Co., arc lights for month of December 2202 95 Tinton Electric Co., power for fire alarm system 2 00 4 B. Kirsch, fireman G. Beyer, fireman J. Dailey, fireman J. Barnes, fireman T. Ryder, fireman W. Ducey, fireman F. Murphy, fireman M. Kelly, fireman J. Beakey, fireman D. Ahearn, fireman P. Zillig, fireman M. Sweeney, fireman H. Cain, fireman J. Benzor, fireman J. McLoughlin, fireman A. McDonald, fireman J. Murphy, fireman G. Gherki, fireman .. T Kennedy, fireman J. Smith, fireman J. Keppler, fireman C. Kannolt, fireman J. Allen, fireman M. Fahey, fireman W. McConnell, fireman R. Vreston, fireman .......... • • F. Kenneally, fireman E. McDermott, fireman R. Kenneally, fireman J. Roshin, fireman F. Baumgartner, fireman J. Schoenberger, fireman T. Tschudi, fireman J. Connolly, fireman Wm. Smith, fireman J. Peed, fireman L. Blocklinger, police M. Connolly, police John Cody, police James Corcoran, police Wm. Donahue, police Phil. J. Dumphy, police Thomas Duggan, police P. J. Fury, police John Fox, police Jaynes Flynn, police M. Fogarty, police Ben Gray, police Pat Hanlon, police Geo. Jones, police Edw. Kumpf, police Pat Kenneally, police Emil Kahn, police M. Kilty, police James Keefe, police B. Ludescher, police Chas. Liest, police Hugh Markey, police Pat McCollins, police M. McCormack, police Pat McInerney, police Henry Mueller, police John Murphy, police T. O'Meara, police John J. O'Brien, police M. O'Connor, police M. Ryan, police John Raesle, police Peter Scharff, police John Spielman, police List of 1 \Tarrants 55 00 65 00 70 00 75 00 65 00 65 00 65 00 60 00 60 00 70 00 60 00 60 09 60 00 65 00 60 00 75 00 50 00 65 00 65 00 60 00 60 00 65 00 F5 00 60 00 60 00 65 00 65 00 60 00 60 00 65 00 65 00 60 00 60 00 55 00 50 00 50 00 58 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 70 00 60 00 60 00 75 00 58 00 60 00 60 00 58 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 65 00 70 00 75 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 58 00 60 00 60 00 54 00 60 00 60 00 70 00 60 00 60 00 Patrick Sutton, police 52 00 M. Stapelton, police Joseph Stoltz, police Pat' Sullivan, police Frank Williams, police Miss B. Brennan, police matron Mrs. K. Hibbe, police matron LABOR ON STREETS. In the different Road Districts dur- ing the last half of December, 1907: P. Ahearn, S. Jos. Brouillette, S. Paul Becker, S. $4.00; 4th, $3.20 R. Burns, S. Peter Cramer, S. J. Callaghan, 2nd M. Carney, S. $.80; 4th, $1.60 Jas. Connolly, S. J. P. Cooney, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, $4.16 in each J. Dobler, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, $4.50 in each J. Eberhardt, S. W. Flynn, S. F. Frick, S. $4.00; 3rd, $.80 E. Fitzlaff, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, $5.50 in each Barney Glass, 2nd, $4.40; 2nd, $.80 Jos. Gavin, 2nd E. Herbst, S. $1.60; 4th, $1.60 N. Herman, S. N. Kettenhofen, Exp. $1.60; S $1.60 H. Kunkel, S. T. Lonergan, S. $.80; 2nd, $2.40 F. Lillie, S. Ed. Malloy, 3rd J. McAleese, S. $6.40; 2nd, $.80 R. McGivern, 4th Chas. O'Neil, Exp. $3.20; S. $2.80; 2nd, $.80 T. O'Laughlin, S. $2.40; 3rd, $6•40 James Reid, 4th H. Rowland James Ryan, 2nd John Singrin, 3rd Al. Scherr, S. $4.00; Exp. $1.60; 3rd, $3.20 F. Scherr Jr., S. John Sloan, S. $3.20; 3rd, $.80 Frank Scherr, 3rd Patrick Smith, 4th .. J. Schafelet, S Nick Sweeney, S. W. Tobin, S. $4.00; 4th, $4.80 P. J. Weirich, S. $2.40 W. Walker, S. TEAMS. 60 00 60 00 54 00 60 00 60 00 60 00 80 5 20 7 20 1 60 5 60 25 00 2 40 1 60 12 48 13 50 80 1 60 4 80 16 50 5 20 25 00 3 20 1 60 3 20 1 60 3 20 1 60 80 7 20 25 00 6 80 8 80 80 3 00 11 20 17 60 8 80 1 60 4 00 25 00 80 1 60 7 20 8 80 2 40 2 40 B. Costello, S. .. 6 75 A. Conrad, S. $1.35; 2nd, $1.50; 3rd, $1.50; 4th, $1.05 5 40 Jas. Graham, 2nd, $.75; 3rd, $.75; 4th, $.75 2 25 M. Hannan, S. 3 60 John Long, S. , 4 05 J. Linehan, S. 810 J. McCollins, S. 12 15 Jeff McGrath, S. 4 05 C. McGovern, S. 4 05 Herman Stumpf, 3rd 22 05 Emil Stumpf, S. 24 30 Nic Sweeney, Mt. Carmel Ave Al. Scherr, 3rd John Singrin John Sloan, 3rd Frank Scherr, 3rd P. Smith, 4th .. W. Tobin, 4th Landon Taylor, 4th TEAMS. B. Costello, 4th 2 25 James Graham, 2nd 1 80 M. Hannan, 2nd 4 05 J. Linehan, Mt. Carmel Ave 2 25 J. J. McCollins, 2nd 4 05 George Reynolds, Mt. Carmel Ave. 1 80 Emil Stumpf 10 35 Herman Stumpf 44 55 Ott Turner 12 15 James Tobin, 4th 20 25 LABOR ON SEWERS. For the first half of January, 1908: D. Cunningham 21 00 Mike Corbett 15 75 Ed. Daley 2100 Steve Dorsey 15 75 J. Jellison 21 00 F. Jellison 12 25 F. Luchterhand .. 21 00 J. McLaughlin 15 75 J. Rooney 21 00 J. Smith 21 00 C. Sullivan 32 50 J. Tacke 2100 J. Wells 21 00 E. Stumpf 36 45 Geo. Korman, constructing sewer in Kaufmann Ave. 438 51 J. Schmidt, rock for 4th ward 7 50 Key City Gas Co., lights for various departments . 160 75 James Lee and Son, constructing cement sidewalk on 14th and Elm streets 48 25 Dr. J. M. Walker, medical ser- vice city fireman 2 00 I hereby certify that the forgoing is a true and correct list of all warrants issued by me during the month of January, 1908: EDMUND A. LINEHAN, City Recorder. FIRE HORSE FOR SALE. Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1908, at 10 a. m. there will be sold at auction to the highest bidder one horse that has been used on the fire department. Sale to be held at the City Hall. COMMITTEE ON FIRE. NOTICE TO PRINTERS. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the City Recorder up to 8:00 p.. rn. Thursday, Feb. 6th, 1908, for printing the index and binding in hooks twenty -five copies of the coun- cil proceedings for the year 1907. Sample and description of the work Official Notices 80 can be seen in the office of the City 19 20 Recorder. Bidders will state the price 16 80 per book. 1 60 The city reserves the right to re- 25 00 ject any and all bids. 80 Dated at Dubuque, Feb. 3rd, 1908. 10 40 2 -3 -3t. EDMUND A. LINEHAN, 5 40 City Recorder. NOTICE. Office of Chief of Police, Dubuque, Iowa, February 11, 1908. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: All auctioneers, pawnbrokers, junk dealers, hotel, restaurant and eating house keepers, owners of bowling al- leys and of billiard and pool tables, etc., owners of theaters and shows, peddlers, porters, transient mer- chants, street venders, vault cleaners, scavengers, teamsters, expressmen and owners of hacks, omnibuses, car- riages, drays and owners or harborers of dogs, and all other parties requir- ing a city license. You and each of you are hereby notified that said licenses are now past due and if not paid immediately you will be prosecuted in accordance with the ordinances of the City of Du- buque. JAS. R. PICKLEY, 2 -12 -101. Chief of Police. (Official Publication.) AN ORDINANCE. AN ORDINA.N CE establishing the grade on North street from the west side of Grandview avenue to the west side of Louisa street. Be it Ordained by the City Council of the City of Dubuque: Section 1. That a grade on North street from the west side of Grandview avenue to the west side of Louisa street in the City of Dubuque, Iowa, be and the same is hereby adopted and es- tablished as shown by the profile of said street and grade prepared by the City Engineer and accepted by the City Council on the 21st day of Novem- ber, 1907, being No. 636 and marked "Grade and Profile of North street from west side of Grandview avenue to west side of Louisa street, b. m's.: south curb of Grace street east end, eleva- tion 298.00; south end of door sill frame house No. 205 Grandview avenue, elevation 290.45; south end of door sill No. 50 North street, elevation 270.74." Said grade beginning at the west side of Grandview avenue which is station 0, elevation 285.60; thence to station +50, elevation 282.17; thence to sta- tion 1, elevation 278.84; thence to sta- tion 1+50, elevation 275.50; thence to station 2, elevation 272.17; thence to station 2+50, elevation 267.84; thence to station 3, elevation 264.92; thence to station 7+33.8, elevation 241.00; thence to station 7+50, elevation 241.00; thence to station 8-{-50, elevation 243.40; 5 List of Warrants Foley's Hand Laundry, towel supply for November and De- cember 8 00 F. A. Miller, brooms for City hall 2 65 Iowa Telephone Co., telephone Mayor's office 2 00 Dubuque Telephone Co., tele- phone service various offices. 13 25 C. L. McGovern, wood for City Hall 13 00 Peter Even, coal delivered to First ward scale house 12 37 Charles Fischer, sawing and pil- ing 2 cords oak wood 2 00 Louis Zemanek, assistant mar- ket master, last half of De- cember 20 80 John Ward, sawing and piling 2 cords oak wood 2 00 H. B. McCarten, repairing horse fountain corner Grandview avenue and South Dodge street Traub & Feigner, abstract of title to lot 4 of the subdivision of mineral lot 144, for city attorney 20 00 Chas. T. Bush, photographs for legal departments 3 00 Wm. Coleman, putting up street signs 48 75 Bart McDonald, putting up street signs 34 60 Jno. C. Crockett. Supreme Court costs in case of Nettie Belle Crandell vs. City of Dubuque, appellant 73 75 Tim Sullivan, District Court costs in case of Nettie Belle Crandell vs. City of Dubuque, appellant 72 25 Metz Mfg. Co., supplies for Seventeenth street storm wa- ter sewer 2 45 Linehan & Molo, cement and sewer pipe for Seventeenth street storm water sewer 12 06 T. J. Mulgrew, wood for Mt. Carmel avenue 4 00 Schroeder -Klein Grocery Co , salt for sidewalks 11 00 Peter Lang, hardware for fire and sidewalk departments 3 10 Pitts - Thompson Foundry Co , manhole covers and rings for road department 178 15 Telegraph - Herald, supplies for auditor and treasurer's of- fices 19 75 Telegraph- Herald, printing tax list 61 80 C. H. Fischer, repair harness for sewer department 2 10 Street and Steuck, constructing sewer in Broadway 91 42 O'Farrell Contracting Co., con- structing sewer in Grandview avenue 2448 91 D. W. Linehan, sewer in alley between Lincoln and Rhomberg 4 95 from Middle to Reed avenue.. 818 16 Wilmer Cook, improving Adams avenue .. 604 73 M. Tschirgi and Son, paving Ninth street from Main - -to Pine street 18042 91 H. Brinkman, interest on war- rants outstanding .. .. 638 75 H. Brinkman, miscellaneous ex- pense 71 30 H. Brinkman, library orders is- sued 668 90 Dub. National Bank, loan 5000 00 German Trust and Savings Bank loan 10000 00 Dubuque National Bank loan..5000 00 Jennie Callahan loan 700 00 Dub. Fire Benevolent Associa- tion loan 500 00 Ellen Murray loan 100 00 LABOR ON STREETS In the different Road Districts for the first half of January, 1908: Jos. Brouillette, 2nd, $3.20; D. $1.20 4 40 Paul Becker, 4th 3 20 Peter Cramer, 2nd 2 80 Jas. Callaghan, 2nd .. 25 00 Chas. Crowley, 2nd .. 5 40 M. Carney, 4th 80 M. -Carney, 4th .. 5 40 W. Clark, 4th 16 20 Mike Corbett, 4th 10 80 J. P. Cooney, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, $3.84 in each 11 52 John Dobler, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, $4.50 in each 13 50 Frank Frick, 3rd 4 00 Frank Faber, 4th 10 80 E. Fitzlaff, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, $5.50 in each 16 50 Barney Glass, 2nd 4 80 Jos. Gavin, 2nd 25 00 W. Hennessy, 2nd 5 40 E. Herbst, 4th 4 80 P. Hamel, 4th 11 70 Fred Johnson, 2nd .. 3 60 H. Kunkel, Mt. Carmel 80 N. Kettenhofen, 3rd 160 Tom Lonergan, 2nd 1 20 Nic Martin, 4th 10 80 Jerry Mersch, 4th 10 80 H. Maus, 4th 1 80 J. Martinek, 4th 1 80 J. McAleese, 2nd 2 40 J. McAleese, 2nd 5 40 T. McCaffery, 2nd 5 40 J. McKernan, 2nd 6 00 R. McGivern, 4th 25 00 John McGrath, 4th 5 40 Harold McGrath, 4th 3 60 M. McKeown, 4th 1 80 Thos. McEvoy, 4th .. 18 00 Geo. Numan, 2nd 2 70 P. S. Norton, 4th 11 70 C. O'Neil, 2nd, $4.40; E. $2.40 6 80 T. O'Laughlin, 2nd, 3rd, 4th 17 60 J. O'Halloran, 4th 9 00 Frank Rowe, 2nd 5 40 Peter Reilly, 4th 12 60 James Ryan, 2nd 9 60 W. Sheehan, Mt. Carmel Ave 1 60 52 Official Notices thence to station 10, elevation 262.00; thence to station 10 +50, elevation 267.00; thence to station 12, elevation 275.00; thence to station 13+50, eleva- tion 278.00; thence to station 14, west side of Louisa street, elevation 278.00. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its adoption by the City Council and its publication one time in the Du- buque Telegraph - Herald newspaper. Adopted February 6th, 1908. Approved February 10th, 1908. H. A. SCHUNK, Mayor. Attest: EDMUND A. LINEHAN, City Recorder. Published officially in the Daily Tele- graph- Herald February 12th, 1908. EDMUND A. LINEHAN, 2- 12 -1t. City Recorder. MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION. Primary Election. In pursuance of the laws of Iowa, I, H. A. Schunk, Mayor of the City of Dubuque, State of Iowa, do hereby proclaim that a primary election will be holden in said city on Monday, Feb. 24th, 1908, for the purpose of nominat- ing a Mayor of the City, City Treasurer, City Attorney, City Recorder, City Auditor, City Assessor, City Engineer, Two Aldermen -at- Large, Precinct Committeemen, Delegates to City Convention, Also one Alderman from each ward in said city. That on said day the polls will be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at 8 o'clock p. m. of said day, to re- ceive the votes cast at such election in the following places, to -wit: FIRST WARD. First Precinct— Rafferty's Place, South Locust street. Second Precinct —Mrs. Lucas' Place. SECOND WARD. First Precinct — County Court House. Second Precinct— Fourth Street En- gine House, up stairs. THIRD WARD. First Precinct —Ninth Street Engine House. Second Precinct —City Hall. Third Precinct — Vogel's Place, 17th and Clay. FOURTH WARD. First Precinct —Wales Hotel. Second Precinct — Western Brewery. Third Precinct — McGuire's barber shop, 146 West Locust street. FIFTH WARD. First Precinct— Schmidt's Brewery, Couler avenue. Second Precinct —Henry G. Miller's Place, corner Elm street and Eagle Point avenue. Third Precinct —Miss Rose Feng- ler's Place, corner Schiller and Rhom- berg avenues. Fourth Precinct —Fred Roesner's Place, corner Twenty -third and Jack- son streets. Dated February 18th, 1908. H. A. SCHUNK, Mayor. M. E. LYONS, City Auditor. 6 -2 -18. (Official Publication.) AN ORDINANCE. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A GRADE ON ALTA VISTA STREET FROM THE SOUTH CURB LINE OF JULIEN AVENUE TO THE NORTH CURB LINE OF WEST FIFTH STREET IN THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA. Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Dubuque: Section 1. That a grade on Alta Vista street from the south curb line of Julien avenue to the north curb line of West Fifth street in the City of Du- buque, Iowa, be and the same is here- by adopted and established in accord- ance with the profile of said street and grade prepared by the City Engineer and accepted by the City Council on the 6th day of February, 1908, being No. 640 and marked "Grade and Profile of Alta Vista street from the south curb line of Julien avenue to the north curb line of West 5th street, b.m's. east end of coping Marsh's wall, eleva- tion, 306.62; top of lower step old Markey house, elevation 259.35; foun- dation of frame house No. 540 Paulina street, elevation 251.17 ". Said grade beginning at • the south lot line of Julien avenue, which is station 0, ele- vation 298.74; thence to station 2+50, elevation 280.76; thence to station 5+50. elevation 260.74; thence to sta- tion 6 +86, elevation 250.96; thence to station 9, elevation 248.74; thence to station 11+56, north curb West Fifth street, elevation 246.32. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage by the City Council and its publication one time in the Dubuque Telegraph- Herald newspaper. Adopted February 20th, 1908. Approved February 21, 1908. H. A. SCHUNK, Mayor. Attest: EDMUND A. LINEHAN, City Recorder. Published officially in the Daily Telegraph Herald, Feb. 25th, 1908. EDMUND A. LINEHAN, 2 -25 -1t City Recorder.