The Rock Island Argus., 1884-10-16
CITY COUNCIL.
A Lively Special Meeting to Create an
Emergency Fund.-.Some Excite.
ment Created Along with
the Fund.

CRY COUNCIL Room, Rock ISLAND,
Oct. 15.--The council met in special
session. Present, the Mayor and all the
aldermen except Cavanaugh and Collins.
The Mayor stated that the meeting had
been called to consider certain damages
growing out of the recent heavy rains and
the necessity of borrowing money to meet
the emergency. The reading of the min>
utes of the last meeting was dispensed
with The clerk read the draft of an or
dinance creating an emergency fund of
$4,000 for the repair of roads and bridges
| in dangerous condition, and authorizing
the borrowing of money to be repaid out
of the next tax levy.
Alderman Cary moved that a committee
of three aldermen and the health commits
sioner be appointed to investigate as to a
new section of drain tile placed on Twen>
tyfiftb street at the premises of the Rock
Island Lumber & Manufacturing Co., all
legged to be of insufficient capacity.
Adopted. The mayor appointed Aldermen
Gary, Briggs and Schroeder as said
special committee.
Alderman Stengel moved the adoption
of the ordinance and that $500 be placed
at the disposal of the council for imme>
diate use. Alderman Schroeder moved as
an amendment that the amount of the
fund authorized be reduced to $500. The
amendment was lost:
Ayes-Lafrenz, Edwards, Schroeder
8.
Noes-Stengel, Bennet Henry, Lid
ders, Briggs, Larkin, Cary, Sinnet.-S.
The original motion recurred and the
ordinance was lost, not receiving two
thirds vote:
Ayes-Lafrenz, Stengel, Henry, Lid
ders, Briggs, Sinnett, Schroeder.
Noes Bennett, Larkin Gary, Edwards
IA
| Mayor Mott then called Alderman Hen
Try to the chair and made a vigorous
speech in his own defense and in support
of the necessity of fund being created at
once. He said that every alderman press
ent who was complaining of the fact that
the street and alley fund was exhausted
voted for the improvements that had ex-
hausted it. After the mayor had finished
and taken the chair Alderman Bennett
arose and said that the mayor had intim-
ated that he was accused of dishonesty
and had cast glance in the direction OF
him as the person who had made the
charge. He wished to say that he did moi
accuse the mayor of dishonesty in the
matter of the expenditure of the street
and alley fund, or in any other particular,
but he did think that the mayor had moi
been judicious in allowing work To 90 or
that was not ordered by the city council
| Alderman Larkin suggested that the
street commissioner be instructed to MAKE
an estimate of actual requirements an(
submit it to the council. Alderman Hen
ry said that the best way out of the wran-
gle would be to take recess of ten min
utes to allow the street and alley commit
tee and the street commissioner to max
, an estimate of the probable cost of tixin!
: up the washouts that ought to be at one,
repaired. He made a motion to tina
effect and it was unanimously carried
On being called TO order the Clerk reat
an estimate for certain specified repairs
aggregating 5000. Alderman Henry NOV
ed the adoption of an ordinance author
izing the borrowing of 5000 for an emer
gency fund Alderman Bennett movet
that an item of $3.50 for sidewalk repair
5 be stricken out. 1t was not seconded
but one sub bitem of $25 was deducted b
consent, leaving the amount of the ar
propriaton 1915. The ordinance wa
adopted:
/ Ayes-Lafrenz, Stengel, Henry, Lid
, ders, Briggs, Larkin, Cary, Sinnet, Ed
wards, Schroeder-10.
Noes-Bennet-1.
: Alderman Lafrenz moved that Mr. W
) H. Gest be authorized to expend $25 /
making certain repair on Twelfth street
the money to be repaid in the next nun
icipal year. Adopted.
Ayes-Lafrenz, Stengel, Henry, Briggs
Edwards, Sinnet-6.
Noes-Bennett, Lidders, Larkin. Cary
Schroeder.
Bills of J. H. Nichols $22 so; Wm
Hubers $13.95; VIM. Ferguson $36; J
Atkinson $3.50; VIM. Mccarthy So;
; and M C. Brennan $12.25--a total c
Sf07.45 were allowed by unanimous vot
: to be paid out of the water works fund
Adjourned. ROBERT KoEHLER,
City Clerk