The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-22

An agreement with Weyerhauser & Denk-
man, made by Mayor Reynolds administra-
ton as to their water rates WIS ubmitted
and on motion OF Alderman Lundy refer
red back to the water works committee
for elucidation.
The following petition with accompany
ing ordinance and plat attached was pre-
sented and read
To the Hon. Mayor and City Council! Of the CITY Of
Rock Island.
Yonr petitioners, the St Louis, Rock Island and
Chicago railway Company and its lie see. the Chi
cago, Burlington 81 Quincy Railroad Company re-
specially represent unto your Honor that they are
the owners and possessors of more than one half
% of the frontage of SO much OF the street or
streets is sought by them for railroad purposes
herein after described:
That they are the owners add possessors by ordi-
nance of all the grounds which lie west of the east
line of nth street and east of the west line of 18th
street, projected northward and into the Missis
sippi river and lying north of line eighty $50 feet
distant from and parallel with the north line of
block "a and two (2l in the old town of said
city of Rock Island, being LIST avenue. That they
are the owners aud possessors OF lots one "a
CD and four "a in block three in said 'Od Town.
That the purchased for the purpose of
erecting thereon a round house, in which TO run,
protect and shelter their engines upon their arrival
in this city
Your petitioners further represent unto your
Honors that they have a railroad track extending in
front OF said blocks one two and three q ana
reach said lots in said block three 80 for the pur
pose aforesaid will be necessary for them to lay
q track from the northwest of said lot
% said list avenue. and connect with their
said south track in front of lot four (4 in sub lot
seven "a in said block two (2) at q point seventy
FIVE 75) feet east of the west line of said block two
produced northerly to the Mississippi river. and
that said lot in said block three 81 has front
age of eighty feet south side Of said list avenue
and on the north side of said LIST avenue They
have all the frontage Of said avenue between 18th
and nth streets.
Your petitioners further represent unto your Hon
that the granting he right lay track
said street they viii take the necessary proceed
ings acquire said lot two CO in said block three
a. proceed to erect on the said lots, good sub
stantial brick Round House of the value of some
twenty five Thousand 5000 dollars; that said lots
were purchased in the belief that the right would
be forthwith granted to them to reach the same by
laying track said street, and that without
snch right the said premises valueless to them.
Your petitioners further represent unto your
Honors that they petitioners the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy Railroad company, has for some months
boon using place in which TO place Its engines
when not in use, the old Round House OF the c., r.
l. s P. r. r Co., on I'd avenue in your city; that
the same became unsafe and dangerous and WAS
condemned by your Honor; that it thereupon aban-
doned the use of the same; and that since sad
abandonment it's engines have been. and still are
in the open air exposed to the rain and storm, and
Your petitioners therefore ask that your Honors
will grant them by ordinance, the right to lay
railroad track from the northwest corner of said lot
one lin said block three 90. across LIST avenue
and In front OF said 18th street to connect with the
first or south track of your petitioner, at point
therein more than seventy-fve feet east of the
to the D rxer wo and hat this ordinance
be passed at this meeting, that the construction
completed without delay that its engines may
be housed possible. and that they may
also begin proceedings to condemn said lot two O.
Rock IsLAND ILL.,. Oct 90 1881.
The St Louis Rock Island and Chicago r. r.
company. by EDWARD SWEENEY,
Director
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy r R company, by
w. r.. CRUMPToE,
Assistant superintendent
Aid. Mahoney moved that the petition
be referred to the Street and Alley Com
mittee with instruction to report during
the evening. A recess of ten minutes was
taken.
b. On re-assembling Aid. Warnock of the
Street and Alley Committee reported in
favor of granting the petition, on condition
that certain streets and alleys are filled up
to grade and that an ordinance be prepared
to guard against noise during chuch ser
vice on the Sabbath.
Aid. Stephens moved that the report be
laid over till next meeting for final action.
Aid. Lundy moved that further action
be taken in regard to the ordinance as pre-
sented. Carried by vote as follows:
Yeas-Lafrenz Warnock, Bennett,
O'Neil, Lundy, Larkin, Spencer, Cary, Bar
ber.-9.
Nays-Henry. Mahoney. Whitman, Ste
phens, Kerr.-5.
Aid. Lundy moved that the ordinance
be read; carried as follow:
Yeas-Lafrenz Warnock, Bennett,
O'Neil, Lundy, Whitman, Larkin, Spen-
Ger, Cary, Barber.--10.
Nays-Henry Mahoney Stephens, Kerr.
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The clerk read the same as follows:
An ordinance concerning the round house track OF
the Chicago Burlington q Quincy Railroad Com
pany.
SECTION l. Be il ordained By the City Council Of /
the City Of Rock Island.
That the St. Lonis, Rock Island and Chicago Rail-
Company and its lessee, the Chicago Burlington
and Quincy Railroad Company shall have the right /
70 construct. maintain and q single railroad
track through and across First Avenue in the City
Of Rock Island, in front Of Fifteenth f15th) /
street, and lot "a in block /
three go in the the Old Town of said city
for the purpose of reaching the Round House
about to be erected the north half {Iz} of said
block three f3) said track to be follows:
Beginning the north line OF said block three
49, a., the north west corner Of said lot
"a thence curving to the east to intersect with
south track of the Rock Island & Peoria Railroad
Company now located at a point in the center
line thereof. where it would be ntersected by the
center line of said Fifteenth 15) street. produced
northerly across said First avenue, and thence by
the shortest practicable route TO connect with the
present south track OF said ST. Louis Rock Island e
Chicago Railroad Company as now located In front
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