Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-04
SIDE TALK.
The Informal Part of Last Nights
Council Meeting.
Entertaining Discussions on various
Topics---The Paving Contracts---
Desirable street Railway Ordin-
asces Passed and all sides Treated
Fairly.

the first thing that provoked an animated
exchange OF views being petition from
property holders affected praying for an
appeal Of the Twenty-fourth street Spec
ial assessment sewer ordinance which was
finally properly referred, but not until
Aid. Schroeder and Edwtrds had adj
vanced many strong points in behalf OF
sewers on general principles and fully set
forth the sanitary benefits of good sys-
TEN Of sewage.
The petition of the Rock Island Brush
Electric Light company for rebate Of
the amount deducted from the oompany's
contract bill for lights out during the
month. brought out an interesting ex-
change of views 10 which Aldermen
Corken. Larkin, Edwards, Negus, Knox
and Schroeder contributed. The cons
pany made the excuse that the prevailing
grip had so Frustrated the expert fireman
of the company as to cause embarrass-
ment in keeping the lamps in condition.
but the council viewed the matter from a
strictly business contract. held the COM
pany to its obligation and declined To
allow the rebate.
Mach interest attended the opening of
the bids for the extension OF the paving
improvements and of the seven proposals
submitted that of Atkinson & Oloff. the
home firm. for 81 81 per square yard,
and OF John Besler, of Gslesburg, fol-
st.60 per square yard will be shown by
the official record to be the lowest. The
question therefore comes as to which il
the most desirable and which firm is the
most responsible and may be looked up
on as promising good work. Atkinson &
Oloff's bud is very plain and is not encum
bered by any conditions. The bids wer,
all referred to proper committees, il
whose hands the matter of letting th'
contract rests.
Alderman Evans resolutions, pertain.
ing TO the WhIttemore gun project ant
which appear 10 full 10 the official pro
ceedings, were timely and received &
they should the solid endorsement q the
council.
The council got TO the |feet railway
ordinances about 0:45. '-'d an nour and a
quarter was consurId in the debate that
followed Ala Hampton. of the ordl'
nance comr-stee presented a special or
a,rancs for the Moline & Rock Island
oo,,>any for rights on Nineteenth street
.om Third to Second avenue, on Fiji
: teenth street from Third to Fourth ave-
nue.. on the latter avenue from Fifteenth
to Fifth street, and on Ninth street bes
tween Fourth and Eleventh avenues. The
ordinance was one that thoroughly pro-
tected the city in every way possible. in
surfing tram rail tracks and good accom-
modatIons. Aid. Corken suggested that
the provision for early and late. and If
teen minnie cars had been omitted from
the ordinance, and this Aid. Schnell
thought sufficient excuse to lay the ordi-
nance over to a subsequent meeting.
Aid. Edwards. however. thought diff
ferent. This was the third time this
company had come before the council
asking for these rights. He didn't think
Il justice to any company. no matter
who. to delay this ordinance longer. This
was simply another attempt to defer II.
10 a.
act, and sither to give the ordinance
asked for or to reject IL. Mr.. Holmes
had never failed to respond TO the ctys
cause; he had shown q good feeling to-
ward the city. and 1t was little enough
for the city to grant him these small
privileges.
Aid. Corken was of the same opinion,
and u the clause suggested with regard TO
the running Of cars was inserted In order
that accommodations would be assured
for the working people. he would cheer
fully give the ordinance his support.
The mayor asked Supt. Schnitger IL
the company would agree to run the cars
as suggested by Aid Corken. and Col.
Curtis replied In behalf Of Mr.. Schnltger
that the company had agreed to run cars
as early as a m. and at least as late rs
: p. IN, and every fifteen minutes during
the day and that the company understood
that IL was to be go stipulated in the or.
dinance.
Aid. Hampton explained that it was
simply an oversight that this provision
was not made and he stated 1t would be
put in before the ordinance was passed
Aid. Schroeder said he would vote
against the ordinance. Not. however,
because he did not appreciate the advan>
tages that the city had gained by Mr..
Holmes getting possession OF the old NJ o,
line & Rock Island and Union lines. The
syndicate had put the tracks in excellent
condition. had given employment las;
winter to many poor men that would
otherwise have been idle; 1t had equipped
the system with comfortable, nicely
heated cars and given q service OF seven
and one-half minute cars; and first and
foremost had paid one hundred cents on
every dollar Of stock it had purchased in
Rock Island when II might have got IL for
less. Mr.. Schroeder also complimented
Supt. Schni,ger as an able and always
pleasant manager whom Il was pleasure
to work with in the line Of street i'm
provements. But here Is another COM
psny. he stated. asking a franchise into