The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday October 30, 1887 NEW FIRE ALARM. The New System Now in Effect—The Contract With the Telephone Company Ends—List of Boxes and Keys. The new Gamewell fire alarm system is completed and has been accepted by the city. The contract with the Telephone company for fire alarm service terminates to-morrow […]
The Dubuque Herald Friday October 28, 1887 CITY COUNCIL The High Bridge Matter Brought up and also Matter of the Approach at Last Settled—The New Fire Alarm System Accepted. Council met last evening in special session, the mayor and all the alderman being present. The city attorney stated that the mayor, Aldermen Hayden and Doerfler […]
The Dubuque Daily Times Wednesday October 19, 1887 THE CITY The Gamewell fire alarm boxes are all connected, and will be tested on Friday afternoon next. Under the new system it will require a six-hundred-pound stroke to ring the market house bell. (more…)
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday October 11, 1887 CITY COUNCIL A Few Minor Officers Appointed—The City Rejects Bids for Street Work and Elects to do the Work by Day Labor. Council met last night at 7:45 in adjourned regular session. In the absence of Mayor Voelker, the chair was occupied by mayor pro tem. […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday October 11, 1887 (Excerpted from City Council Meeting Minutes October 10, 1887) CITY COUNCIL A Few Minor Officers Appointed—The City Rejects Bids for Street Work and Elects to do the Work by Day Labor. Council met last night at 7:45 in adjourned regular session. In the absence of Mayor Voelker, the […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday October 4, 1887 CITY COUNCIL. The Saloons Will Remain Open on Sundays. Several Important Ordinances Passed—No More Discounts on Taxes Paid Before January 1. The Contract for the Approach to the High Bridge Let—Board of Registration Appointed. The Council Voting Thousands of Dollars for Sewers—Where is the Money Coming […]
The Dubuque Herald Saturday June 11, 1887 FIRE ALARM The City Council Contract for the Gamewell System of Fire Alarm Boxes The Same to be Put in Complete with Twenty Boxes, Indicators, Etc, for $5,000. The City Ordinances to be Revised and Printed. The Gas Ordinance Called Up and Referred for Another Month. The […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Tuesday June 15, 1886 THE LATE TOURNAMENT. How Clinton Received the Victorious A. H. Smith Hose Company. A Statement from Two of the Members of the Board of Control Regarding the Wrangle Over the Admission of the Pierre Team. Clinton News: The A. H. Smith hose team arrived at this city on the […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday June 13, 1886 The News In Brief THE NEWS IN BRIEF —Last evening at the home of Capt. Geisler, on Grandview avenue, Mr. Joseph Trueb and Miss Mary C. Geisler were united in marriage by Rev. E. Ficke. —The Wilton hose company went home yesterday afternoon with $265 in prizes, […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday June 13, 1886 CLOSE OF THE TOURNAMENT. The Most Successful Firemen’s Tournament Ever Held in Iowa at an End. The Bluff City Company of Council Bluffs Carry Off the Prize in the Free-For-All Race. The L. F. Walker Get the Prize for the Best Drilled Fire Company—Other Notes of Interest. The […]