The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday October 2, 1887 An Incompetent Council. We shall evidently have no sewerage in Dubuque this year or until we get another council. Four weeks ago the construction of the system was on the very verge of being begun, now the whole matter is indefinitely postponed. For several years some of […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday October 1, 1887 THE SEWERAGE ELECTION. Its Opponents Were Out In Force, and Its Friends Stayed at Home—A Majority of 1024 Against. As was expected, a light vote was polled at the sewerage election yesterday. Most of the people desirous of the sewerage evidently remained at home, but the opposition […]
The Dubuque Herald September 30, 1887 The Sewerage Question. It was stated yesterday by a gentleman who is supposed to know the inside workings of Fifth ward politics, that he did not believe there would be fifty votes cast to-day in that ward in favor of the sewerage. The argument is being advanced that the […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Wednesday September 28, 1887 THE SEWERAGE. What Mr. Tschirgi Says About the Important Subject. Practical and Theoretical Comparisons of the Two Plans, as Prepared by Engineers Tschirgi and Davis. Some of the council were so anxious that an outside engineer be employed to approve the Chesbrough and Warring plans for the […]
The Dubuque Herald Saturday September 24, 1887 TIMIDITY Enters Largely Into the Make Up of the Present City Council. Eight or Ten Back-Bones Could Find Ready Sale in This Section of the Country. The Sewerage Question to be Put Off and Submitted to a Vote of the People. The Tax Levy Made the Same as […]
The Dubuque Herald Sunday September 18, 1887 DILATORY. Describes the Action of the Council Upon the Sewerage Question. Engineer Davis Explains His Plans to a Meeting of the Council. A Change in the Ordinance Ordered—An Estimate of the Cost in the First District. Seven alderman were present at the meeting, as follows: Byrne, Kenneally, […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Thursday September 15, 1887. Not the Man Wanted. The Cedar Rapids Gazette has no exalted opinion of Mr. Davis, who has been called to Dubuque as a consulting engineer in the establishment of the sewerage system. We publish it for what it is worth, knowing nothing either of Mr. […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Sunday September 11, 1887 CITY SEWERAGE. The City Council Determine to Make No Mistake in the Matter. And Will Employ Mr. Chester B. Davis to Look Over the Plans and Make the Specifications. The city council held a called meeting yesterday morning at which the following proposition was presented by Mr. […]
The Dubuque Daily Herald Saturday September 10, 1887 THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM. Expert Engineer Chester B. Davis Here to Examine the City and the Plans of the System. Mr. Chester B. Davis, sanitary engineer of Chicano. and Contractor Doyle, of Cedar Rapids, arrived here yesterday morning, and attended a meeting at the city hall of the council’s […]
The Dubuque Herald Tuesday September 6, 1887 A LONG SESSION. The City Council Attend to Much Business in a Full Day and Evening. The Time of Letting the Sewerage Contract Extended Ten Days. The Day‘s Work System of Performing Street Work Reported to be a Complete Success. All the alderman save Haydon were present. […]