The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-11
A PETITION TO TIE CITY CoUN
GIL
How it was Treated.
At the council meeting last evening Tho
following petition was presented: -

IULiUNluS pGllbiUu WAS pTGSeHtGu.
Rock ISLAND, ILL., January 10th 1876,
OFFICE OF THE Rock ISLAND, WOODEN M'F'a Co.
To the Honorable the Mayor and aldermen Of
the City Of Rock Island &c ENTLEMEN; AT a
meeting of your honorable body held Monday.
January Sd, 1916, the following resolution was
presented aud referred to the street and al ey
mittee. BE Ii resolved by the city council That
the side track lying Mississippi street between
the west line of Eagle street. and he west line Of
Buffalo streetused by the rockford, Rock island and
St Louis Railroad Co be allowed to remain where
ii is now located for the Of said railroad for
the period of three years from the passage of this
resolution" Now gentlemen of the council to the
passage of this resolution or any other of simila
Kind most respectfully object for good and
sufficient >reascns. The Fl a. ordinance allowing
said railroad 10 enter this city and giving hem an
immense tract OF very valuable land, authorized
said company TO lay down several tracks on Mssis-
sippi rect running the entire lie lgths OF number
of blocks. Subsequently the railroad company pro-
cured the passage Of the ordinance allowing II to
lay an additional track on Mississippi street to use
for three years until they could have time to fiji in
| the river upon their own property to use for such
tracks as the business If tue road demanded. No
thing of the kind has been done, but the crack hi
question has been used for loading and unloading
all the transfer freight from and to Dav IMPORT Iowa
aud elsewhere, which has amounted to from twents
to one hundred loads per day, aud that part {
Mississippi street opposite our buildings has con-
stantiy been in offensive and filthy condition
most of the time, and in dry weather the dust has
been from to inches deep inconven1enelng us
very much and many times, causing us pecuniary
| loss. In wet weather the manure hzs made barn
feet in width) instead of public thoroughfare. or
a respectable railroad yard. For these and othel
| good reasons too numerous to mention, We pray
| your honorable body not to allow this minablt
nuisance to continue any longer. The property
owners west of the line of Buffalo street on Mis-
| sssppi street. objected to having said railroad
company lay a track in front OF their property, anc
the city council would not grant the said company
| the privilege it asked. Ii the railroad company
wish any track room. they should be com
PEELED to use their property which is ample fo
/ such purposes, and not encroach upon public OF
| private rights, any longer. Your very resp'y,
Rock ISLAND, WOODEN MANIC Co
When the clerk had finished the reading
of the petition Alderman Bill Atkinson
said: Who in hell's the Rock Island
Wooden Manufacturing Company? Tha
company's busted long ago.
Whereupon Wallace Eggleston jumped
up and, in loud voice, said ''Taint neithe
and I'm here to represent it. .
Then Alderman Bill Atkinson moved t.
lay the petition on the table, which wa
treating ii about as contemptuously a
possible-and Alderman Bill Atkinson
motion prevailed.