Regular and Special City Council Minutes of 1881 May
The Freeport council met May 2 1881 in regular session with Mayor presiding. Petitions covered fire marshal salaries street repairs price raises for labor and city scales removal, Sefton bills and cemetery matters. Reports from J P Wagner and others were read and referred. a telephone in Council room was approved. bridge and culvert projects were discussed. adjourned to May 23 1881 for right of way actions.
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Dermen
Hartman
Stoskopf
Taylor
Waddell
Porter
Wagner
Julius ‘Wagner
C.F. Frank
H. Heard
D. Kuehner
Spring Street
Exchange
Walnut Streets
Andrew Fay
W.N. Saxby
Clark Avenue
Cherry
M. T. Steffen
Galena Street
J. F. Smith
Wright & Purinton
City of
Freeport
Winnesheik Street
Winslow Street
J. D. Diffenbaugh
E. C. Warner
Jere Pattison
J. H. Snyder
E. B. Winger
W.G. Barnes
George Wolf
J. P
R. Sheridan
P. O
N. Gartman
James Work
Alderman Taylor
J. Wagner
P. M
KE. S. Chamberlin
Richard Sheridan
DF. Shirk
Sexton
Balary
Stoskopt
Action U Ion
Isbell
DePuy
Buckley
Hance
J. J. Piersol
Huenkemeier
St. Joseph Cemetery
K Mead
J Fry
Adamson
Atkins & Co
Richards & Co
Frick
Brown
Haulkr
Little
Thos J Bowers
Freeport Gas Company
DH Brewster
Bergman & Dorman
J P
R Wagner
ES Chamberlin
F Rodemeier
Joseph Edwards
N Gartman
R Sheridan
James
F Shirk
Simon Siefert
James Manion
B Huenkemeier
A Knipschild
B Brink
J. B. Taylor Hose Company
West Street
Cottonwood Street
M. Steffen
Hart- Wan
City Council Resolves On Stephenson Street Right of Way
Alderman Stoskopf proposes that the Streets Alleys and Bridges Committee, with the Town of Freeport Highways Commissioner, determine terms to secure the right of way to straighten Stephenson street from the Central Railroad crossing to Taylor avenue. They are to report by Friday evening, May 27, 1881. The motion to adjourn to May 27 at 8 p m carried.
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H.N. Caner
W. W. Krape
Knowlton
Taylor
Freeport Journal
Hartman
Stoskopf
Porter
Wagner
Pecatonica River
Stephenson Street
Sherman Porter
Pecatonica
Alderman Porter
Taylor Avenue
Town of
Freeport
Central Railroad
W. C. Clark
City Council votes on Stephenson street right of way
Friday evening May 27 1881 the council in mayor's chair approves the streets committee report on straightening Stephenson street from the Illinois Central crossing to Taylor avenue. Propositions from Stover Green and Purinton are accepted and steps to condemn Kane's lot for a right of way begin, contingent on highway commissioners deeming a new bridge necessary. City Clerk W C Clark notes adjournment after Alderman Stoskopf motion.
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Pecatonica River
Stephenson Street
Hartman
Stoskopf
Taylor
Porter
Wagner
Pecatonica
Taylor Avenue
Tidge
Illinois Central Railroad
Messrs. Stover
Illinois Central Time Card Trains West and East Timetable
Rail timetable notes list Chicago Freeport Milwaukee and BeID numbers with departure and arrival times for passenger freight and stock trains. Includes connections to Belvidere Milwau kee and Racine and notes Sundays and Saturdays exceptions and a Janesville link.
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Illinois Central
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Freeport
Milwaukee
Belvidere
Milwauee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul R’y
Acine
Racine
Be& There
Lanark
A. CorTon
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Club Rates For Newspapers in Chicago and New York
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