The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-21
CITY COUNCIL.
Special meeting of that BODY
last night.
The Public Printing was
finally decided.
OFFICIAL.


Council met in adjourned special session
at 8 p. m.
/ Present Mayor Carse and all the alder
men,
Aid. Cary moved that the minutes of the
last special meeting be sread-they were
ordered read and were approved
On motion of Aid. Bennett the previous
question was called up regarding Aid
Henry's original resolution from last meet
ing concerning the punishment OF officia
proceedings.
Aid Lundy offered an amendment thai
the words Rock Islander and Volks ZestatzS
be stricken out.
The Yeas and Nays were called on SAID
amendment with following result:
Yeas: Lafrenz, Warnock. Mahoney,
Lundy, Whitman, Spencer, Kerr.
Nays: Bennett, O'Neil, Henry, Larkin,
Cary, Stephens, Barber.
There being tie, the mayor voted IN
the affirmative and amendment carried
The resolution as amended was then
voted on as follows;
Yeas: Lafrenz, Warnock, Mahoney,
Lundy, Whitman, Spencer, Kerr.
NAYS: Bennett, O'Neil, Henry, Larkin,
Cary Stephens, Barber.
The vote being tie the Mayor voted
| ''vea" and the resolution carried.
| Aid, Cary offered the following ordin-
ance; and moved it's adoption.
AN ORDINANCE Separating the Office of the
| Supervisor and Poor Master.
SEcr1oN /. Be IL OrdaiHed 6g the
t d@ the 6e"' oices Of Supervisor and Poormas
ter for Rock Island are hereby separated, and that
the poormaster shall be appointed by the City Coun-
ell as provided in section 40 of chapter 139 of
| revised Statues OF Illinois
Aid Lundy moved that said ordinance be
| referred to the City attorney-motion lost
| but under the rules it went over to the
next regular meeting.
Aid Cary also offered the following:
AN ORDINANCE To amend An Ordinance entitled
Board Of Health PC &C SC ~ ~ ''N'''" u .
Section / Be i ordained By the City Council of
an Ordinance entitled IAN Ordinance
providing for the election of Board of Health &c
&c, is hereby amended so to read as follows: At
the beginning of each fiscal year thereafter
as the council may think best there shall be ap-
ward in the city, who together with the mayor and
clerk. shall constitute Board of Health, with the
powers and duties hereafter prescribed.
Aid. Lundy moved that the same be also
referred TO the city attorney.
Aid Cary offered the following:
AN ORDINANCE Disseminating the election of
Highway Commissioners.
Section l. Be it ordained by the city Council Of
the city Of Rock Island That the election Of high
continued in accordance with section $40 chapter
139 revised statutes of Illinois
Aid Lundy moved that it also be referr
ed to the city attorney.
Aid. Warnock, chairman of the street
and alley committee, reported upon the
plat of Dodge's addition, as presented in
the last meeting favorably, and recon-
mended its acceptance. The same was
unanimously adopted.
A petition of Christ Schatz to fill up to
grade the sidewalk in front of his proper
ty on Ninth street, to enable him to lay
sidewalk in conformity with the city ordi
nance, was referred to the street and alley
committee, with power to act.
Aid. Bennett presented communication
from 3. Davenport, that he would donate
the earth from his land on South street or
Ninth avenue to fill the west end of South
street to grade.
Aid. LaFrenZ movedthat the same be
referred to the street and alley committee.
Aid O'Neil moved to amend with power
to act Amendment accepted and motion
carried.
Aid. Henry offered the following:
Res0Iued, That the street commissioner, under
the direction of the street and alley committee is
hereby instructed to macadamise Fifteenth street
between Second and Third avenues, and Fourteenth
street, between Second and Third avenues.
The same was referred to the street and
alley committee with power to act.
A remonstrance of petitioners, NJ
Schnell and others, was read, protesting
against the granting of a petition by o. ].
Dimick to erect a frame building on the
south side of Union Square. The same
was referred to the fire and water commit
tee.
A communication of C. Winter, publish
er of V0Iks Zeitung, was read, accepting
mr. to nrfi md
ices as per resolution passed in last regu
lar meeting. 1t was declared not in &C
cordance with requirements and was laid
over
The special committee, to whom was re-
ferred the petition on abating the bone fac |
tory as nuisance made the following re-
port:
To the Hon. Mayor and Aldermen Of the City Of |
Rock Island:
Your committee to whom was referred the petition
of Peter Fries and others concerning the bone fac
tory Immediately adjoining the lower city limits of
in person the bone factory mentioned, ana nave
received from the Board of Health of the city,
port concerning the same which is hereto attached
and made a part OF this report From personal OBJ
servaton and the said of the Board of Health
your committee are OF the opinion that the said
bone factory as now conducted, is nuisance and
would respectfully recommend that the prayer of the
petitioners be granted Respectfully submitted,
NJ NJ 3 3 9 gSIEdx Committee.
Rock Island ILL.,, May IL, 1881.
ROCK ISLAND, ILL, May I6, 1881
IHr. NJ s. O'NeiE, Chairman, and Members Of the |
Committee Of City Council on Petition OF Peter |
FRIES and other. asking for abatement of Bone
Factory nuisance:
GENTLEMEN The opinion of this Board having |
been asked for upon the subject of said petition,
report to your honorable committee
follows:
We have upon various occasions visited said bone
factory and fertiizing establishment, and have
found the business be such stated in the prayer
of the petitioners. That the manner of conducting
the business is behind the times. and gives rise TO
disagreeabe emanatons which Is certainly nuis-
to residing doing business in the vi
cnity, particularly if unaccustomed to such Smells
We also believe that it depreciates the value of
adjacant property.
1t has not been clearly established however, that
these disagreeable odors particularly detrimental
to public health. Upon the subject we quote to you
from one of the latest and best authorities on
hygiene fat-rsnderers. lard-refners, bone-boilers,
glue-makers, fertlizerInakers, pork packers soap
oilpressers and oheese-makers are exposed
to offensive gases, but, far from suffering in
health that account, appear to be actually ben
Gifted.
Again. the same authority in speaking of public
nusances says: Impartial testimony, for exam |
pie, goes to show that the dsagreeable emanations
from fat and bone boiling establishments not
injurious to health, but rather the contrary and still
such establishments are SO obnoxious that they
undeniabiy public nuisances, because no one can
live near them in comfort, unless his senses are
bunted by constant association
Notwithstanding this authority however we r1re-