The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-07

Grand ~ .b1
Rock ISL Pillow Co 90 Cordes & Kann.. 90
Albert Grantier... 2 90 JnO Oswald. 49,. l 90
Union Printg Co al 80
Total. -.s....S AZ 90
PRISriSe.
Union Print'g Co. 81 % RI Argus. ...... 80 10
Volks Zeitung.... 8 so -
Total. ......................-. .,,..s 50 81
SALARY.
Thos Murdoch. o. IS Robt Koehler.... 100 o.
NJ Mccarthy . 90 60 NJ L Sweeney. so 90
Phil Miller. ....... IS 90 VIM Eggleston. Is 90
Total... ...-,... .S4u3 VI
STREET LIGHT
Electric Light Company. S632 W
A bill of F. NJ. Sinnett for $18.75 street
account, was also allowed, A bill of
Chas Fiebig for $35 90 for surveying lots
for the purpose of house numbering, was
referred back to the finance committee to
report A bill of Robt. Bennett, P. NJ,
for $14. rs for fees earned but not col
lec,able, was referred to the council for
action.
Alderman Larkin, from the street and
alley committee, reported on various mat
tiers referred to them as disposed of. He
recommended that the low lots s, 8 and
10, Cutters and Stoddard's addition. be
declared nuisance and ordered abated
On motion they were so declared.
On the matter of opening Thirty>fifth
street south OF Robbins avenue, Alderman
Larkin moved that Messrs. Guyer and
Stoddard be heard. Motion carried.
After the gentlemen were heard the fol-
lowing resolution on motion of Alderman
0hlweiler, was unanimously adopted:
"ReSOlped. That the plat for the extens
sion of Thirty-fifth street south to the
city limits, be accepted, with the amend
ment, in case Mr.. Carson fails to sign the
plat by tomorrow, that the centre of the
street be thrown 164 feet west of the
range line in front of his land. so as to
leave strip II feet wide in front of his
land; that the subscription for the inn
provement of said street be accepted, and
the sum of two hundred dollars appropri~
ated by the city to assist in such improve
ment, and that the work be prosecuted
under the supervision of the street and
alley committee Immediately upon the
payment to the city clerk of the cash sub
scriptions.
On motion of Alderman Henry the re-
port of the committee was adopted.
Aid Lsrkin presented an ordinance
for the construction of private sewer
with accompanying survey and profile on
Nineteenth street, which was read and on
motion of Aid. Henry referred TO the
street and alley committee, and the health
commissioner to report at the next meet
| ing of the council
| Aid. Edwards, from the waterworks
committee, recommended that the bill OF
the Holly manufacturing Co, $50 IS fol
replacing the broken pitman on the wat
erworks machinery be allowed. A motion
to pay the same was rejected as follows
| Yeas-Atkinson, Edwards.
Nays-Lafrenz, Schaffer. Farrell, Oil,
weller, Henry, Ladders. Briggs, Cavan-
augh, Larkin, Schroeder. Sinnet-11.
Aid. Edwards presented an ordinance
to amend rule / Sect, of chapter %
little Waterworks) which was adopted
by unanimous vote
A communication from e. II. Stoddard
asking an abatement on water rent. wa:
on motion of Aid. Larkin received and
placed on file.
Il On motion of Aid. Henry, the clerf
, was instructed to open bids for building
the Seventh ward hose house They wert
read as follows:
Fred Koch & Bro, SS10; Aug
Schmid, 1920; c. P. Swanson, $1047
Aid Henry moved that the contract bt
let to Koch g. Bros, the lowest bidders
! Carried.
Bids were also opened for mason worl
! on the Holly Hose house as follows:
Stroehle q Crowley. $500; N Lettig
Y $165.
81 On motion of Aid. Cavanaugh the con
sideraiion of the matter of letting thC
3 bids for stone work and moving the Hos
0 house was referred to the fire an,
= = water committee and the aldermen of tn
First and Second wards to report.
Aid Schroeder moved that the com
mittee on fire and water be authorized t.
\ contract for foundation for the Seventh
D Ward Hose house to be built. Motiol
= carried.
o Aid. Larkin moved that the extension
: ladder apparatus be returned to the bull
der. Carried.
Estimates of cost for overhauling an
4 repairing steam fire engine, was on mo
5 ton of Aid Henry, referred to the fir
q and water committee toadvertise for bids
Aid. Sinnet from the bridge committe
10 reported proposal from Mr. Keepus t
: build new bridge in place of No,
% bridge across Rock River, for So, TAO
Aid. Henry moved that the same be lai
y over for new business. Agreed.
9 Aid. Henry offered the following:
Il "ReSolued, That the city clerk give nc
% tice in writing to the Rock Island & Mia
NJ Street Railway Company to show caus
o (if any it may have) at the next meetin
. of this council, why the city shall nc
N charge to, and collect from said company
% for the use by it of the city bridges acros
y Rock River such sum as the city cOunci
4 may by ordinance prescribe"
% Which was adopted by unanimou
J y vote.
City Attorney Sweeney reported on th
I6 matter of the 9th street sewer, as fol
lows;
" city of Rock Island:
" Otulltilltu III t uuuGlolSu6uJ
8 whom was referred the question of Ii
- Twentyseventh street sewer would repo
10 as follows:
have caused said sewer to be exam
% ined by man in the employ of Samu
~ Watkins, city scavenger, who reports tn;
Is the sewer is completely closed at poir
y less than twenty feet north of the raj
% road track.
20 The law applicable TO natural watt
a. courses does not apply here, as it has bee
decided that water flowing through he
q low or ravine only in time Of rain or mel
DO ing snow is in contemplation of law
~ water course.
90 The sewer constructed, or attempted |
be constructed to carry off the watt
causing the damage complained of hi
50 wholly failed to perform the duty expec
50 ed of it.
20 The contract of the city with the Roc
80 Island Lumber & Manufacturing comp
- ny provides that the city is granted Il
50 right to build and maintain sewer
4S the width and general dimensions as th
y p now open on Twentyseventh street.