Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-17
LOCAL LEGISLATION.

Matters OF vital Interest Acted Upon
by Last Nights Council Meeting-.-
Review Of the Proceedings.
Last night occurred another of those
important sessions of the council such as
have characterized the past few mon tbs
10 city matters. and which 60 to show not
only that the city is moving and that new
laws must govern new developments, but
that Rock Island has a council which
will act promptly. courageously and
properly.
City Attorney Haas read an amend
ment to Chapter 30 of the laws and ordi-
nances entitled Railroads" which he had
prepared in obedience to the desire of the
ordinance committee. and which provides
that the railroads entering the city shall
erect gates. guards or viaduct at any
place the council shall by resolution or
der in the future. and fixing $500 pen
atty for failure to comply with the orders
| amendment which the council adopted
unanimously became necessary in the
face of the Indifference manifest
ed on the part of the railroads
to the wishes of the council with
regard to gates at two dangerous cross
ing. Now it will only be necessary for
the council 10 pass resolution ordering
gates at certain street intersections and
they will have to be put in by the rail-
roads affected and maintained by them.
Between this and the next meeting the
gates at Davenport will be insp ected and
a resolution drawn up specifying the kind
and ordering them placed at Eighteenth
and Twenty-fourth streets. Both are
dangerous places and the council would
be guilty of great negligence in leaving
them longer unprotected.
The matter of permitting the Second
avenue curb along the line of the reduced
grade came up and the council after fully
considering the petition of the property
holders and hearing the views of Messrs.
David Don and Peter Fries on the sub
Ject, decided that the curb must come
down. on the ground that it would set
bad precedent and that it could not be
done without changing the general ordi-
nances.
Aid. CorSen brought up the subject of
the water main in that portion of Second
avenue to oe lowered to proper grade, and
moved that the pipe DE lowered. Aid.
Edwards and Negus thought it was safe
enough where it is, and motion to leave
it so was defeated. Supt. of Water
works Murrin was called upon for his
opinion as to what would be the expense
and time consumed in lowering the pipe.
He stated that he thought he could do it
in three days at a cost not to exceed $40.
The council ordered the pipe down-psss
ing Aid Corken's excellent motion.
Aid. Knox called the attention of the
council to the seeming delay in bringing
sidewalks to grade and in relaying them
where the grade has been established,
and cited several Instances of shamefully
dilatory action in this particular. Aid.
Evans presented a resolution covering
the matter which appears in full in the
official record as adopted by the council.
Everybody should read it.
Aid. Hampton thought certain of the
aldermen ought to set an example by
looking to their own walks, and Aid
Edwards motion that the work of repair
be begun in front of the premises of those
aldermen who had neglected their duties,
put the council in u good nature for the
further work of the evening.