Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-16
MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY.
The City Council Dis eses Of I'm
portant Busin ,ss.

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serese orthe visducs-lsher Matters
lOficiai Report
/ CITY COUNCIL RooM, ROCK ISLAND.
Dec. l5.-The council met in regular
semi monthly session at 8 p. NJ, Mayo,
McConochie presiding all the adorned
present. Alderman Schr ,eder from the
finance committee presented a bill OF
/ Fred Bruchman for Sl5 as the city's share
Tor hlliLg ravine on Fort Y>second street
Referred TO street and allie, COMMITTEES and
| street commissioner.
Alderman Corken, from the fire and
light committee. presented an estimate oil
the work done on the new Ore engine
house by the contractor. G gorge Bick. and
moved that 81 900 be allowed on account
Motion carried and amour. SLOWED unsni.
mousiy.
Alderman Lsrkin from the ordinance
committee. offered an ordinance to au-
thorizs the Moline and r, OK Island horse
railroad company. the Union street rail-
way company and the Rock Island and
Milan street railway con panv and their
respective successors and assigns, to sell,
lease or mortgage their respective fran,
chises. rights and properi les without pre-.
Judice TO the rights heret ofore granted to
them respectively by the city of Rock
Island and for other purposes. Alder
man Geiger moved its &C option. Alder,
man Bladei moved as an amendment tina,
it lay over until next meeting.
Col. Fl. Curtis was given permission to
address the council in ex )lsnstion of the
proposed ordinance.
The mayor put the motion on the
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ordinance was then adopted by vote as
follows:
Ayes Bnncher, Duru ann, Schroeder,
Hetter, Corken. Geiger, Evans, Knox,
Larkin. Thiesen-1O.
Noes--Bladel. Kennedy, Tindall-3.
Alderman Larkin offered an ordinance
for viaduct purposes as 6. substitute for q
former ordinance. and Mr.. Fred Aass adj
dressed the council in explanation there
of. Referred to the CITY attorney to re.
port during the meeting.
| Alderman Knox from the street and
alley committee. reported progress as to
the Darts powder house resolution and
asked further time for final report, which
| was granted.
Alderman Knox subn tilted an estimate
for the filling of block forty>two in the
Chicago or lower addition TO abate 1t az
| a nuisance and recommended that the
matter in its magnitude be referred to
next council for its CO ssideration. Re-
port received and recon nendstion adopt.
ed.
Alderman Knox Offered a resolution
that the city clerk notify the Rock Island
and Milan railway company to discou-
tin ne the use of the mot or from the Sears.
town station to the bri dye and to use
horsepower as in the summer season, as on
account of the heavy travel of the Milan
road accidents are liable to teams there.
Adopted.
Alderman Kuox offer ed q resolution to
grant j. d. Bollman the privilege TO clean
the psyed streets OF the city by machinery
for the term OF FIVE years, subject to the
rules and conditions Of the street and
alley committee and the superintendent,
of streets. Adopted.
Alderman Evans, fro u the wuterworks
committee, offered a resolution to allow q
rebate to Dir. l. Huber of cents per L.
900 gallons of water us ed since the in
PRODUCTION of meter me asurements at his
brewery for the want of sufficient pres
sure and being compel ed to use auxiliary
pumps TO distribute the water through
his building. and move its adoption. Al.
dermsn Bladel moved rs an amendment
that it be referred to the waterworks
committee and superin tendent of water
works to ascertain the amount and re-
port. Amendment lost and the resolu
ton adopted.
Alderman Schroeder offered the follow
ing:
t. l..
edge of the city council that the c., B. &
Q. r. r Co., is largely transgressing It's
rights and privileges anted to il by Or
dinance by obstructing that part OF First
avenue which lies between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets in this city BY
placing and leaving standing on It's
tracks along said street great number
OF cars and other app aratus, greatly to
the Inconvenience Of the public and to
the detriment of the property AUDITING
said street. Be il
Resoleed, That the city clerk is hereby
instructed to notify said railroad COM
pany without delay to remove said OBJ
structions and to leave its tracks on said
street free of cars anti other implements
sexcept as is necessary TO the carrying OF
its business. Adopted.
City Attorney Hass reported on the vi
aduct ordinance anG recommended its
passage as proper, an 4 On motion it was
adopted by unanimous vote.
Alderman Schroeder reported that la.
Dor on the defective city map by adding
new additions. alterations. ETC.,
would come to $500 Or more by Engineer
Paddock or if preferable he would do the
work at a stipulated Price per day. Mr.
Paddock was given Permission to address
the council in explain alton of the work to
be done. On motion the committee was
empowered to procet d with the work q.
il may deem best.
Alderman Larkin moved that the street
railway company be notified to protect III
tracks by railing on Moline avenue east
of the Brooks eros sing. Carried. Al
derman Geiger moved that the Moline
Central Street Rsilw ~ Co. be notified to
level its tracks ami make Fourteenth
avenue passable. Carried.
Alderman Knox, from the special com
mittee on election disturbance investiga
ton, rendered q report and recommended
that the case be left without further pros
ecution for various reasons.
Alderman Knox ubmitted an estimats
of the Rockford Construction Co. fo
paving street inter- ections and recon
mended that 81 500 be allowed on 40
count. Amount all owed by unanimous
vote.
Alderman Tindall offered q resolution
directing the finance aud street and alley
committees TO make an estimate for paw
ing Seventeenth street or Market squar,
and submit it at thu next meeting for tn,
consideration of thu council. Adopted.
The clerk read eeolution adopted b,
the Citizens Imp ovement Association
and submitted to Il g council for spprovs
Alderman Kennedy thereupon Offered
the following:
WHEREAS. We b, lieve the railroads an
street car compsnit derive the creates
benefits from the rection Of the proposes
Twenty>fourih street yiaduct and wherea
the railroacs do nc seem willing to ced'
to the United Stat,s by quit claim or an.
other deed that wi / be accepted by thu
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