The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-01

November 30th 1881, 80 p. m.
Council met in special session.
Present-Aldermen Barber, Bennett,
Henry, Mahoney, Kerr, Larkin, LaFrenz,
o'Neil, Spencer, Stephens, Warnsck and
Whitman.
Absent Mayor Carse and Alderman
Cary.
On motion, Aid. Lundy was elected act
ing mayors The same on taking the chair
stated that this meeting had been called by
committee to take into consideration the
situation of the Milan bridges.
Aid. Henry, chairman of the Bridge
Committe. reported that he conferred with
the Clinton Bridge Company as to al inn
mediate temporary structure over the new
piers to allow travel over the same and sub
mitted the following response:
CLINTON, Iowa, November so, 1881
Csc " HENRY osthe CITY Council OF ROCK Is
stances il your city will furnish the material except
the joist which we can use OF the new bridge, we
that teams cross on the Milan bridge at once.
will be in your city tomorrow with foreman
CLINTON BRIDGE COMPANY.
JENKINS.
On motion of Aid. Mahoney the COM
munication was referred back to the bridge
committee with power to act at once and
to make the best possible arrangement fer
the early completion of a temporary struc-
ture so that travel can be resumed.-Car-
ried
Aid Mahoney offered the following:
WHEREAS THE Board of Supervisors of Rock
thousand dollars for the Immediate construction of
q small pox hospital on the land OF p. l. Cable in
this city such other land as may be agreed
upon to which house the Boards of Health of the
several cities and townships in this county may
send their small pox patients supporting them
while there their own expense, which resolution
condition that the cities of Rock Island and
As.lfr rnTlI r.sNflx- ia
that purpose, therefore the sum OF 500 is here
by appropriated for that purpose by the City Coan
Gil of the city of Rock Island to be paid out of the
appropriation the health department of the city
and Henry Carse Mayor is hereby authorized in
pervisors and with the Mayor of the city or Moline
to arrange for the construction of the necessary
think proper and the said Mayor Carse is further
authorized to draw his warrants on the Treasury
ed as above, not exceeding in all said sum OF $500,
and that committee of three be appointed to this
Board to act in concert with the respective commit
County and the City Couucil of Moline. to fix the
location OF said small Pox hospital and supervise
On motion of Aid. Henry the same was
adopted as follows:
Yeas-Lafrenz, Warnock, Bennett,
O'Neil, Henry, Mahoney, Lundy, Whitman,
Larkin, Spencer, Stephens, Kerr.-12.
Nays-Barber.-1.
Acting Mayor Lundy appointed the fol-
lowing committee on the above resolution
Aids Mahoney, O'Neil and Kerr.
Aid. Whitman presented sound ordin
ances on health matters, which on motion
of Aid. Kerr were laid over to the regular
meeting
Aid. Kerr called the attention of the
council to the condition of the Fifth avenue
ditch between Fifteenth and Seventeenth
street and introduced Mr.. j. K. johnson,
resident thereon who urged the council
that something ought to be done to abate
the nuisance
Aid O'Neil moved that the same be re-
ferred to the street and alley COMMITTEES to
clean out said ditch at once. Carried.
Aid. Stephens, chairman of the fire and
water committee stated that he had a report
to make on petitions referred to his com
mittee in former meeting, and he would
recommend that the petitions of B. ii
Kimbal and others for the erection of a
naphtha lamp on the corner of Seventeenth
street and Ninth avenue be granted; also
the petition of JOS Baker and others for
gas lamp on south end of Twenty third
street; also that the petition OF the Rock
Island Gas Company to substitute gas for
naphtha at the following street crossings be
granted:
Corner of I'd avenue and gath street.
Corner Sd avenue and Gath street.
Corner Sd avenue and 23d street.
Corner Sd avenue and 22d street.
Corner Sd avenue and 21st street.
Corner 9Th avenue and 18th street.
On motion of Aid. Henry the recommen
dations were adopted
Aid Warnock called the attention of
the council to the bad condition and care
taken of the naphtha lamps at different To-
calities of the city, and on motion, the Fire
and Water committee was requested to
look up the contract of said company and
report upon the matter
Aid. O'Neil reported upon the petition
of E. Koehler for pay for glass sign bro
ken by q hose company. On motion of
Aid, Bennett, $500; the amount prayed
for, was allowed.
The Finance committee was instructed
to examine the ordinance as to the collec
ton of poll tax, commissions allowed, etc..
to see whether any changes are desirable,
and report at next meeting
On motion the council adjourned.
ROBERT KoEHLER