Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-01-07
SIDE TALK.

Important Matters ana comments.
AT the opening OF last nights council
meeting the mayor announced his choice
OF park commissioners under the ordi-
nance establishing the same, and evinced
his wisdom in the selection OF Mr.. VIM.
jackson for Union square. and Mr.. Fred
]. Hodges for Franklin square, both of
whom were confirmed by unanimous
vote.
Aid. Howard brought up the matter of
printing the special assessment ordi'
nances. He had learned from the city
attorney that IL was unnecessary TO pub
lish the ordinances He moved. there
fore. that such ordinances,.be not pub.
lished in the future.
Aid. Schnell thought IL was little
enough for the council to do to let the
public know what it was doing. The
council was In duty bound TO give those
whom Il served the full and official out
line OF its proceedings. The outside
world had right to know what was be-
ing done.
City Attorney Haas was called upon
and he cited supreme court opinion,
holding that 1t was unnecessary to pub
lish ordinances except where there is an
appropriation of money or a penalty at
tached.
Aid. Edwards favored the printing of
the ordinances and OF giving the public
rs much of an idea Of what was being
done in the council chamber as it was
possible TO do. He thought money ex-
pended In publishing the proceedings was
wisely spent
Aid. Buucher seconded Aid. Towards
motion and spoke in opposition to print
ing the ordinances.
Aid. Corken moved as a substitute
that the ordinances be printed as hereto
fore. The proceedings. or any part
thereof. were published for the good Of
the people. and not the council. He
thought everything should be made as
public as possible and did not believe in
concealing anything
When the motion was presented. Aid.
Buncher. Knox and Schroeder were found
to be the only aldermen recording their
votes against the publication of the
special assessment and all other ordin>
ances, Aid. Howard voting against his
own motion.
Aid Schroeder offered resolution tn at
the Citizens Improvement association be
allowed the use of the council chamber
for its sessions, and Aid. Edwards took
the occasion to speak very compliment
tary of the association and its work and
TO move the adoption of the resolution
by rising vote; and every alderman was
promptly on his feet. The intent OF the
resolution is TO bring the council and
association nearer together in their efforts
which are so identical.
Aid. Edwards introduced the viaduct
resolution accompanied by the plans,
etc. which appear iu the official pro-
ceedings, and moved its adoption.
Aid. Schnell spoke with much empha-
sis of the way the railroads had neglected
TO comply with the councils orders as TO
the gates at Twenty>fourth street, and
held that further delay on the part of the
roads should not be tolerated by the
council. He was heartily in favor of the
vIaduct.
Aid. Larkin favored the resolution of
course, and he hoped the council meant
business. He spoke of the neglect of the
roads to erect the gates as per the coun-
ellis action, and hoped that not only
would this resolution be enforced. but
that In the meantime the gates be pushed.
Aid. Hampton and Schroeder spoke in
favor Of the project.
Aid. Edwards moved that the resolu-
ton be carried by rising vote which
carried unanimously and as Mr.. Edwards
sat down he voiced popular sentiment
when he remarked "in the meantime
press the gates"
When the matter of fixing the charges
Of the Rock Island 81 Milan Street Car
company for the use of the Rock river
bridges, was under discussion, Aid.
Corken brought up the Importance of
having the cars on the Milan road run
earlier in the morning and later at night
90 Nha - yfvf
and when the first subject was disposed
OF. his motion that the company be re-
quested to run its cars as early as 9 n. m
and as late as p. m, was adopted.
The ordinance for the paving OF Twen>
tieth street from Ninth TO Eighteenth
avenue with material yet to be decided
upon. was referred to the street and al
ley committee, but the expected ordi>
nance for the paving of Moline avenue
was not presented very weak remon-
STRANGE. on which great deal Of energy
had evidently been expended was on
hand. but the aldermen who saw it re-
served their opinions.
The notices OF the Moline " Rock ISL
and and Moline Central railroads were
properly referred.
Aid. Schnell's motion that the mayor
appoint a committee to adopt measures
for the sale OF the wsterworks is likely to
create some interest, but the vote OF the
people at the last municipal election fs-
vored the sale Of the works.
Mayor McConochie read n message