Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-06
LOCATING THE LIGHTS.
The Distribution Under the Pro
posed New System.
What the Council Did at It's special
Session Last Evening -Prospect of
the Thfrry.Eight street Tower Re.
maining Undisturbed.
lOmcial Report

lOmcial Report.
CITY COUNCIL Rooms, ROCK ISLAND,
Sept. 5.-The council met in special
session at p. M, Mayor McCono-
chic presiding. ard all The aldermen
present except Ill. The mayor stated
the object of the meeting to be to deter.
mine the number and the location of
lights under the new contract as the con-
tractors are anxious to begin work be-
fore cold weather sets in.
Alderman Knox moved that 40 lights
be contracted for Messrs. FL. p. Hull
and Gilpin Moore were given permission
TO address the council in favor of retain
ing the tower at the foot of Thirty eighth
street for many reasons. Alderman
knox's motion carried unanimously.
On motion of Alderman S :hroeder, the
council went into committee of the whole
on the location of the lights, and a recess
was taken.
On reassemb bling the committee rose
and rendered "A report on the location of
lights as follows:
FIKST WARD
On Second avenue nj Sixth and Eighth
streets; Third avenue at Third, Fifth and
Seventh streets; on Fourth avenue at
Eighth. Sixth, Fourth and Second streets !;
on Fifth avenue, at Third street; on
Sixth avenue. at Second aud Fifth streets;
on Ninth avenue, at Seventh and Fifth
| streets; on Eleventh. avenue, al Fourth
street-15 lights.
SECOND WARD.
On Eigth street ut Seventh and Elev
enth avenues; Ninth street TT Eleventh.
Third, Sixth and Eighth avenues; Tenth
street at Second. Fourth and Seventh
| avenues; Eleventh street at First, Third,
Sixth and Eighth avenues; Twelfth street
| Second and Fourth avenues-15 lights.
| THIRD WARD.
On Ninth avenue at Twelfth street
Eighth avenue at Thirteenth and Four
teenth -and-a-half streets; Seventh ave
nue. at Twelfth, Fourteenth and Seven
teenth streets; Sixth avenue at Thr>
teenth and Fifteenth streets; Fifth. and
a>half avenue at Thirteenth. Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets; Fifth avenue at
| Fourteenth street; Fourth avenue at
Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets; Second
avenue at Fourteenth and Sixteenth
streets-16 lights.
FOURTH WARD.
On Sixteenth street at Fourth avenue;
| Seventeenth street at Ninth, Fifth and
Third avenues; Eighteenth street at
Eighth, Fourth, Second and First ave.
| nues; Nineteenth street at Fifth and
Third avenues; Twentieth street at Sixth,
Eighth and Tenth avenues; and at Spen-
Ger square-14 lights.
FIFTH WARD
On Twentieth street at Second al d
Fourth avenues; Twenty. first street at
Third, Fifth, Seventh and Ninth avenues;
TwentY-seconds street at Third, Fifth and
Eighth avenues; Twenty third street at
Third, Fourth and Seventh avenues:
Twenty fourth street at Second and
Fourth avenues-14 lights
SIXTH WARD
On Twenty-fourth street at Fifth and>
a-half and Seventh avenues; Twenty
fifth street at Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
and Eighth avenues; Twenty sixth street
at Fifth. Fifth-and-a-half and Seventh
avenues; Twenty seventh street at Fifth.
Sixth, Eighth and Eighth-snd a-half
avenues; Twenty eighth street at Seventh
| avenue; Twenty ninth street at Fifth
| avenue; Thirtieth street at Fifth. Seventh
| and on Thirteenth avenues-1S lights.
SEVENTH WARD
On Thirtieth street ~ Ninth ard
Twelfth avenues; Thirty first street at
Fourteenth, Tenth. Seventh and Fifth
avenues; Thirty fifth street at Seventh
and Fifth avenues; Thirty eighth street
at hill top and Seventh and Fifth avenues:
Forty-seeond street at Fourteenth, Sew
enth and Fifth avenues; Forty-fourth
street at Sixth and Eighth avenues;
Forty-ffth street at Fifth and Ninth
avenues; Forty-sixth street at Sixth ave-
nue-l9 lights.
Total lights located. III.
Aid. Geiger moved as an amendment
that IL lights be adopted Amendment
carried
The report of the committee was then
adopted on motion of Aid. Corken
Aid Schroeder moved that the alder
men of the Sixth and Seventh wards be
appointed committee to confer with the
railroad companies and the contractors
as to the retention and lighting of the
tower on Thirty-eighth street
Motion carried. Adjourned.
ROBERT KoEHLER, City Clerk.
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