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09/11/1933195 Alderman Fnzenbacher reported an attempted rape on Center Street on the South Side and suggested more police patrolling of this section. The motion was made by Alderman Huxmann and seconded by Anzenbacher to offer a .150..00 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person attempting this rape. The roll was called on the motion with the following results. Ayes; Aldermen Ahbe, Collet, Pflughaupt, Dean, Huxmann, Bishop, Friott, Frederick, Fnzenbacher and Meinshausen. Mays; none. The Mayor thereupon declared the motion carried. The motion was made by Alderman huxmann and seconded by t'flughaupt to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of August 21, 1933. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried. The motion was made by Alderman Huxmann and seconded by Pflughaupt that anyone wishing access to the City's special assessment records must first have consent of the Council. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried. The motion was made by Alderman Ahbe and seconded by Pflughaupt to adjourn until 800 P.M. monday, September II, 1933. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the Council ad- journed until September 11, 1933. EDGAR J.FRIEDRICH,City Clerk MINUTES OF THEADIOURNID MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE llth DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D.1933 AT THE HOUR OF 8:00 The meeting was called to order by Mayor George W.Kinder, with Aldermen Ahbe, Collet, Pflughaupt, Dean, Huxmann, Bishop, Friott, Frederick, Enzenbacher and Meinshausen responding to the roll call. Mayor Kinder then announced the hearing on the contest of election of Hobart Ahbe as Alderman, filed by Herman Peatchman, as the first order of business. Mr. C.Wooster, counsel for Alderman Ahbe then stated that he had filed with the Clerk written objections on the point of jurisdiction, upon which the Clerk read the following letter and formal objection.- MALONEY & OOSTER June 30, 1933 City Clerk of the City of Des Plaines Des Plaines Dear Sirs- Herewith find written objections of Hobart Ahbe to the jurisdiction of the Mayor and City Council to hear the statement of Herman Peatschman in accordance with the action of the City Council on June 26th. Yours very truly, MSN EY AND WOOSTER By; Charles C.Wooster After some debate the motion was made by Alderman Huxmann and seconded by Bishop that the above objections on the point of jurisdiction be overruled by the Council. The roll was called on the motion with the following results Ayes; Aldermen Pflughaupt, Huxmann, Bishop, Friott, Frederick and Meinshausen. Bays; Aldermen Ahbe, Collet Dean and Enzenbacher. The Mayor thereupon declared the motion carried and the objections overrules. The oaths were then administered by the Clerk for Herman Peatchman and A.Krull as witnesses for the complainant. mr. Peatchman and Mr. Krull testified that five (5) unmarked ballots were taken from the polling place by the judges of election while the polls were open, had them marked, and brought them back to polling place and deposited them in the ballot box. Mr. Wooster, counsel for the defendant objected to this allegation, unless it be proved that these five (5) ballots would materially change the result of the election. Alderman Huxmann held that the best proof, as to whether or not these five (5) ballots would change the results of the election, are the ballots themselves. The motion was therefore made by Alderman Huxmann and seconded by Pflughaupt that the ballots of the first precinct of the First Ward polled in the election held April 18,1933 be re-counted. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried. The motion was then made by Alderman Ahbe and seconded by Dean that the Mayor appoint a committee of three (3) aldermen to serve as judges of election in this recount. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried. The motion was then made by Alderman Meinshausen and seconded by Huxmann that the Mayor also appoint a committee of two (2) aldermen to serve as clerks of election in this recount. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried. Mayor minder then announced the appointment of Aldermen Huxmann, inzenbacher and .bishop as judges of election, and Aldermen Pflughaupt and Dean as Clerks of election in this recount. Before opening the ballots mrs. lidnia Mahn and Mr. Henry Weber, both judges of election at the polling place of the first precinct of the First Ward, during 197 the election held on April 18, 1933 inspected the sealed bag containing the ballots of the first precinct of the First Ward and testified under oath that they found the bag and seal to be in the same condition as when it was turned over to the City Clerk on the day of the said election. The committee of judges and clerks for the recount then re-counted the ballots of the first precinct of the First Ward, cast during the election held April 18th, 1933, upon which Alderman Huxmann, representing the judges and clerks for the recount, announced the following result: Hobart Ahbe received 263 votes Harry Tucker 248 " Frank Scharringhausen 175 Spoiled because not initialled by judges 2 ballots The motion was made by Alderman Huxmann and seconded by reinhausen to proceed to also re-count the ballots cast in the second precinct of the First Ward in the election held April 18, 1933. Mr. August Schroeder judge of election, at the polling place of second precinct of the First Ward, in the election held Apri1,18,1933 in- spected the sealed bag containing the ballots of the said election and testified under oath that he found the bag and seal in the same condition as when it was delivered to the City Clerk on the day of the said elecion. The ballots were then taken from the bag and recounted by the judges and clerks of the recount. Alderman Huxman representing the committee of judges and clerks then announced the following result: Hobart Ahbe received Harry Tucker Frank Scharringhausen "' 63 votes 39 " 3 " making the toal net result for both precincts of the First Ward as follows: - Hobart Ahbe received Harry Tucker Frank Scharringhausen 326 votes 287 " 178 " The City attorney then presented the following resolution which was read by the Clerk; RESOLUTION WHEREAS the City Council has heard the testimony of witnesses in the matter of an election contest con- ceiving the election of an alderman of the First Ward of the City of Des Plaines on the 18th day of April, 1933, A.D, WHEREAS a full hearing has been had in the matter, THEREEDRE be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Des Plaines that the following is schedule of votes redeived by the candidates for alderman in said First Ward at said election: 1st prec. 2nd rec.Total HOBART AHBE 263 63 326 Harry Tucker 248 39 287 Frank Scharringhausen 175 3 178 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the petition of Henry Peatchman be dismissed, and that the election of Hobart Ahbe as alderman of the First Ward be and is hereby con- firmed. 198 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council finds that the judgesof election in the 2nd Precinct in the First Ward in the City of Des Plaines, Illinois on the 18th day of Apri1,1933 permitted ballots to be taken from the polling place for marking by electors contrary to law. The motion was made by Alderman Huxmann and seconded by Enzenbacher to adopt this proposed resolution. The roll was called on the motion with the following result: Ayes; Aldermen Ahbe, Collet, Pflughaupt, Dean, Huxmann, Bishop, Friott, Frederick, Enzenbacher and Meinshausen. Nays; None. The Mayor thereupon declared the motion carried and the reso- lution adopted. The Clerk then announced that the sum of approxi- mately $511.00 has been collected by the City as 2% for- eign fire insurance tax, and that according to law, the receipts from foreign insurance tax must be remitted to the treasurer of the Volunteer Firemen/s organization. The motion was made by Alderman Frederick and seconded by Dean that the City Treasurer be instructed to issue the proper check of $511.00 to the treasurer of the Volunteer Firemen's organization. The roll was called on the motion with the following result: Ayes; Aldermen Ahbe, Collet, Pflughaupt, Dean, huxmann, Bishop, Friott, Frederick, En- zenbacher and Meinshausen. Nays; none. The Mayor there- upon declared the motion carried. The Clerk then read the following letter: Des Plaines, Illinois Sept. 9, 1933 Hon.Mayor & City Council City of Des Plaines, I11. Gentlemen: I am inclosing water bill, received during this past week. As you will note, the amount is $35.50 and covers the last three month period, June,•July, and August. £rs.Frisch, upon receipt of this bill, visited your water department and protested this bil, but all the satisfaction received was the remarks that the bill was O.4:. and that our meter reads correctly and that we must have used this amount of water. As a matter of fact, mrs. Frisch and the family wereaway for almost a month during this time. She was in the Northwestern Hospital for two weeks and for twelve days up in Wisconsin, so this bill is for about a nine week period of time. It would be impossible for one family to use $35.50 worth of water in nine weeks, especially if that family was as care- ful about using the water as we are. Furthermore, your water -meter reader advised Ars. Frisch that she had used $7.14 of water in the past two weeks, since the meter was read. I have been using the water coming through this meter since 1931 and in the summer of 1931 having put new lawns in and sprinkled continually every day for long periods, my water bill was more than $10.00 less than this present bill. 200 MINUTES OF THE REGUIAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ON THE 18th DAY OF SEPTEMBER A.D. ,1933 AT THE HOUR OF 8:00 P.M. The meeting was called to order by Mayor George W. Kinder, with Aldermen Ahbe, Collet, Pflughaupt, Dean, Huxmann, Bishop, Friott, Frederick, Enzenbacher and Meinshausen respond- ing to the roll call. Alderman Friott, chairman of the Judiciary and assess- ment committee tken submitted the following report which was read by the Clerk: REGARDING the demand of Tolman,Chandler & Dickinson, attorneys for the Bondholders of Special Assessment 09, for the City to levy a supplemental assessment to [99; matter referred to Judiciary & Assessment Committee who report as follows: Judiciary and Assessment Committee has investigated and found that to levy a supplemental assessment at this time would be of no substantial benefit to the bond holders because the collection thereof would be largely delinquent and have a depressing effect upon the payment of future installments of the original assessment by the property owners who have up to this time been able to keep up their payments and who in large numbers would be dis- couraged by such supplemental assessment from even keeping up the payments that they have peen struggling to keep up. We therefore recommend: that this view of the matter be adopted by the City Council and that the attorneys for the bond holders be advised thereof and requested to urge upon their clients to refrain from any further action until an improvement in conditions generally, made pay- ment of the assessment by property owners, now unable to pay, possible. Signed,Committee H.E.Friott Hobart .".Abbe, Paul J.Huxtnann The motion was made by Alderman Huxmann and seconded by Pflug- haupt to accept this report and concurr in its recommendations. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried. Alderman Collet, chairman of the Streets and sidewalks Committee submitted a request from the Purol Filling :station, Miner and Pearson Streets, asking the city to mark "no parking t on the streets at the entrances to the filling station. The motion was made by Alderman Ahbe and seconded by Pflughaupt to authorize the Street Committee to mark this portion of the streets in question. according to the committee's best judgement. The motion was voted upon by acclamation, whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried. Upon the request of Alderman Collet, chairman of the Streets Committee, Carter Jenkins, City Engineer reported that upon instructions of the Council he has secured the following estimates from Milburn Bros: Grading 14 Blocks of streets in Riverview $300.00 Widening Prairie Ave.at laanteuffel corner 250.00 The motion was made by Alderman Enzenbacher and seconded by Collet to authorize the Streets Committee to instruct Kilburn Bros. to widen Prairie Ave. at Manteuffel's corner according to the engineer's specification under the supervision of the Super- 199 In view of the foregoing, 1 am protesting this bill and demand a new meter installation, at once and I will pay this bill in proportion to what the new meter shows over a 30 day period or longer which you can determine. I am not refusing to pay any just bills and have paid my water bills promptly,vhenever rendered, but this bill is so fat out of line and after check- ing up with my neighbors, who I know have used their sprinklers a great deal more this summer than I have and whose bills are less than 1/2 and in some cases 1(3 of my bill, I am convinced that there is something wrong with the meter you installed and that I have been overpaying the water department for what 1 actuallyined since the installation. Please advise me at once what you propose to do. Thanking you for your consideration, 1 remain FRANK A.FRISCH 216 Stratford Rd. Des Plaines,ill. This letter was referred to the Water Committee by the Mayor for consideration. The motion was made by Alderman keinshausen and seconded by Collet to adjourn. The motion was voted upon by acclamation whereupon the Mayor declared the motion carried and the Council regularly adjourned. EDGAR J.FRIEDRICH,City Clerk