The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-03
The following communication was re1,

Rock ISLAND, Ill. Oct. 10, 1855.
10th Hon 'rab!e City Conncil Of the cay OF Rock
Island:
GENTLEMEN: / hereby return without
my approval an ordinance granting the
right OF way to the Union Street Railway
company as passed by your honorable
body III the meeting of October 18th. 1885,
for the reason that said ordinance fails to
make any provision for an iudemnifying
bond TO the city of Rock Island for any
suits for damages to person or property
caused by the Use of steam motors by said
company.
Very respectfully yours,
THOs. MURDOCH, Mayor.
An ordinance to amend an ordinance
authorizing the Union Street Railway
company to construct and operate its line
of street railways on certain streets in the
city of Rock Island was read, also the fol-
lowing:
Hon Thomas Murdocx, Mayor, AMI Members of
the City Council:
Your subscribers, the Union Street
Railway company. beg leave to state to
your honorable body that at Il meeting of
its officers held subsequent to your last
session, they carefully considered and
discussed the ACCESSIBILITY of reduction
in the rate of through fare over its line
between the two cities of Rock Island
and Moline, and have determined to re-
quest of your honorable body that you
make such amendments to the section of
their ordinance regulating the same as
shall permit them to collect from any pas
senger conveyed by them over their ex IRA
line or any portion thereof but the sum of
five 90 cents; this reduction they believe
will greatly increase the travel between
the two cities and result tn the financial
advantage of their road as well as furnish
chez p, rapid and comfortable mode of
transit for the masses. The favor with
which your honorable board at its last
session received the proposition of our
company to change its mode of motive
power from animal to motor, thereby re.
ducing very materially the expense of
operating said road has been the incentive
that induced the officers of the company
TO decide upon this reduction.
UNION STREET RAILWAY Co,
Per j. W. uartzell, Pres.
Alderman Larkin moved that the city
attorney be instructed to ammend section
of the ordinance granting the right of
way to the Union street railway company
limiting the fare on its line to i've cents
and report during the session, Motion
adopted by unanimous vote.
Alderman Larkin moved that the ordi-
nance of the Union street railway com
pany as read be adopted, The yeas and
nays being called. resulted rs follows:
| Yeas: Cavanaugh, Larkin, Atkinson
Sinnet-5.
Nays SchafIer. Ohlwciler. Ladders
EDWARDS, Schroder-5.
The vote being II tie the mayor voted
AYE" and il was therefore carried
The special committee on the Twenty
seventh street sewer asked further time
to report which was granted.
The following petitions were presented
and read:
Rock ISLAND, Oct. 2Gth, 1885.
To the Hon. Mayor and City Council of Rocl
| Island, II iuos.
| WHEREAS, the City Council in its last
meeting, enacted an ordinance in favor of
the Rock Island and Milan street railway
company, granting them the right to run
u motor over Seventh az avenue, and
Seventeenth % street, which injuries
the value of our property, and endangers
the lives and limbs of our families.
| Therefore, We the undersigned citizens
property holders, and taxp ycrs living on
said avenue and street, take leave tc
petition your honorable body, that said
| nr nance he rappalr1