The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-04

Aid. Larkin reported that sealed bids
had been received as advertised for the
construction of the Thirty-fifth street and
Eighteenth street sewers. On motion the
same were opened and read and referred
to the sewer committee, with the mayor,
to report in next meeting.
Aid. Sinnet, from the fire and water
committee, reported favorably on the Pc
tition of Virgil Warren. provided said
Warren will remove 20 feet or more OF a
shed which now stands on the premises.
On motion the report was received.
Aid. Sinnet, from the bridge commits
tee, reported that the Rock Island & Ms
Ian Street Railway company offered TO
pay 800 per annum for the use of the
Rock river city bridges. and no more.
On motion of Alderman Larkin, the same
was referred back to the committee.
Aid. Schaffer reported an ordinance
making the city treasurer collector and
custodian of the special assessment fund,
etc. On motion of Alderman Lundy the
same was referred back to the ordinance
committee to report at the next meeting.
Aid. Schaffer offered an ordinance as
referred in previous meeting amending an
ordinance granting the right to construct
and operate street railway on certain
streets in the city to the Union Street
Railway company, and moved its adops
ton; adopted by unanimous vote.
The mayor announced the following
standing committees for the ensuing year:
Finance-Lundy, Ferguson, Schaffer.
Streets and Alleys-Larkin, Atkinson,
| Ohlweiler.
Waterworks-Atkinson, Hampton, Cor
ken.
Fire and Water-Ferguson, Corken.
Sinnet.
Police and Heslth-Collins, Larkin,
Howard
Ordinsnce-Schaffer Edwards, Schroe-
| der
| Bridges-Sinnet, Collins, Winter.
License-Howsrd, Lundy, Ohlweiler
Claims-Schroeder Edwards, Winter
Printing-Hampton, Ohlweiler, sins
net.
Sewers-Larkin, Atkinson, Collins.
| The mayor submitted a rough estimate
of the amounts required for the different
funds, and suggested consideration of re
quire ments by the committees and an
early meeting of the council to pass the
annual appropriation ordinance.
Aid. Schroeder offered the following:
Resolved. That the committee on fire
and water are hereby instructed to pur,
chase hose cart for the Gilpin Hose
company, No. Z, and some new hose, so
they will be able to turn out in case of
fire. On motion the same was referred to
the fire and water committee with power
to act.
The following petitions were presented
and read:
From Weyerhauser & Denkman, Rock
Island Plow company and others, to erect
a new hose house in the First wsrd Re
| ferred to fire and water committee TO re
port.
From Augustana college to extend the
/ Thirty-fifth street sewer west to the col,
lege building. Referred to the committee
on sewers.
From c. W. Foss and others, for the
further Improvement of Thirty fth
street. Referred to the street and alley
committee.
From C. B. kihyon and others, for the
construction OF sewer on Sixth avenue
and Seventeenth street. Referred to the
committee on sewers.
From J. l.. South and others to con.
struct a sewer by special assessment from
center of Ninth street and Eighth avenue
to Fifth avenue sewer, with accompany
ing report and proposition of Civil En-
mittee on sewers
II From III. c. Cleaveland and others, TO
macadamize Twentieth street from Ninth
avenue stone culvert to top of hill. Re-
ferred to street and alley committee.
From Peter Farrell and others, TO make
First avenue between Eighth and Ninth
streets passable. Referred to street and
allev committee
II From Rebecca Walsh and others, To
macadamize Ninth street from Third ave-
nue. to Fourth avenue. Referred to street
and alley committee.
| Messrs. NJ A. Barns. W. H. Bean and
II. Kroger petitioned to be reapponted
public weighers On motion the same
was granted.
| The following proposition was read by
the clerk:
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Of the
City OF Rock Island:
\ GENTLENEN:-The Rock Island Coun>
ty Brush Electric Light company would
respectfully submit the following propo-
sition:
We will place two additional lights on
each of the towers and light them, to-
, gether with the lights now Oh them, and
the two lights on poles on Moline avenue
forty-five lights in all, for the same con
, sideration now received from the city
namely s670 per month. upon the follow
ing conditions:
That the city council extend the con
truct now existing with this company, OF
the above basis, for the term of five
years from and after the termination oil
the aforesaid contract, November l, A
ID. 1888. This would be giving the city
forty>five lights instead of twenty.three
as it now has, besides giving it the bene'
fit of the reduced rates during the unex
J pired portion of the present contract
, which would be saving during tina
time of twelve thousand and sixty dol.
lars (S12,060).
This proposition. gentlemen of the
council, is made in good faith and by a
home company, composed of citizens ant
j tax payers, all of whom have an interes
in her welfare and prosperity, and whit
would naturally have pride in making
the light a success and one that Womb