Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-20
THE MU lICIPAL MILL.
1t Grinds Out Batch of Important
Business Last Evening.
Bids fer the New Pump Apparatus for
the Waurworkt-Ih~ Canal
Prrparipg for thu Election
ordinances.
IoFFICIAL REPORT. |

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regular and subsequent adjourned meet
| ing were read and approved.
Aid. Hotter, from the bridge committee,
| reported completion of the repairs on the
| Milan bridges. The city attorney, on
| request of the mayor submitted an or
| dinance granting TO the United States
right of way for the Mississippi s. Michi>
gan canal across the city's highway on
| Big Island, with proviso requiring a
bridge to be erected. Aid. Knox moved
that the ordinance be adopted. Carried
unanimously.
Also motion instructing the mayor
and city attorney to go to Peoria and
present the ordinance to the United
States courts. Adopted.
Aid. Huesipg, from the claims COM
mittee. reported in favor of allowing
Clyde Thornton $75 in full of all claims.
Report adopted and money appropriated
by unanimous vote.
Aid. Knox. from the finance committee,
reported bills of A. Nelson $40 81 and
Baker 8 Housman $50 80 on Spencer
square account. The sum of $500 was
ordered transferred from the contingent
fund to the Spencer square fund, and the
bills allowed.
ou uOttOu Vi hlu. huOA tue D1lAQCe
Of William McEniry's bill was SLOWED.
Aid. Curken, from the fire and light
committee. reported adversely on the
proposed agreement with the Gilpin Hose
company on the purchase of hose
wagon. Report accepted.
Aid. Blsdel, from the ordinance cons
mittee, submitted an ordinance for the
construction of a sidewalk in front of a
lot in the Old Town of Rock Island. Re-
ferred back to the ordinance committee
with instructions to make certain changes.
Aid. Kennedy, from the street and slley
committee, reported favorablv the plat of
the Taylor addition. and returning the
Blanding plat without recommendation,
owing to the streets being but so feet
wide The Taylor plat was adopted by
unanimous vote on motion of Aid Ken
nedy. Aid. Knox moved the acceptance
of the Banding plat. Motion adopted.
4.
Aid. Kennedy reported an ordinance
authorizing the Chicago. Rock Island s.
Pacific Railroad company TO construct an
additional track on its Moline avenue
right OF way. Passed, II to 1 (Thiesen. }
Aid. Kennedy called on the marshal to
report what he done under the resolution
instructing him to arrest the persons own
ing an electric light tower for IN intain-
ing s nuisance. The marshal said he had
been counseled against making the arrest
by the city attorney. The city attorney
explained that the property of the Brush
Electric Light company was in the Gus
tody of the courts, and doubted the legal
ity of srresting the custodian of the prop
erty. The proper way to take steps 10
secure removal of the towers would be to
institute chancery suit in the circuit
court.
Aid Huesing moved that the marsha,
be instructed to hang out danger lights
on the tower at the corner of Fifth ave-
| nue. aud Twenty-sixth street. Lost.
Aid Durham from the sewer committee,
reported on the sewers along the river
front. recommending that they be tx
tended to low water mark. Report re-
ceived and ordered placed on file.
An ordinance author zing ]. W. Potter
to construct private sewer on Seven
teenth street. ETC., was reported by Aid.
Bladel, amended and passed unanimously.
Aid. Tindall, from the wsterworks com
mittee, recommended that Thomas Red
dig be paid S72 SO month. Report
adopted and salary voted.
Aid. Kennedy moved that additional
counsel be employed in the suit of the
city of Rock Island against George Wag-
| ner. Lost.
The clerk opened the bids for supply
| ing the city with new wsterworks pump
ing machinery, of 100000 gallons ca
pacity, according to advertisement. The
bidders ard their figures we're as fol-
lows:
| Deane Steam Pump company-propo-
sition A SIS. 1870; B, $11,25O.
Gordon Steam Pump companY-S2S.-
050; ST. $40; 1886; for old engine.
$3.50.
Holly Manufacturing company-s24.-
600; SIC 500; for old engine. 50 600.
| Henry R. Worihing,on = SIS $50;
| $ls $50; for old pump. $500
George f. Blake Manufacturing COM
pany-s26. coo, specified terms; $25 900
cash; for cd pump, one cent per pound.
On motion of Aid. HuesiDg and Evans
the bids were referred to the waterworks
and finance committees ard the mayor
Aid. Knox offered reso ution in
structipg the clerk to advertise for pro>
possls for the Twentieth street improve
ment Adopted.
The clerk read a petition from property
holders on Twentieth street asking a
change in the ordinance so as to provide
for the paving of a certain portion instead
of mscsdamizing. Placed on file.
Aid. Corken offered the following,
which was adopted:
WHEREAS. The election law wi | go in
force at cur next municipal election;
therefore be it
Resolved, That the mayor sppoint a
special committee of three aldermen and
the city attorney to confer with the COM
mittee OF the board of supervisors OF
Rock Island county appointed to
make the necessary purchase OF elec>
ton booths, ETC.. required under the
new law in T, lation to the city's interest
therein. Said committee shall also in-
quire into the requirements of said law
as to the necessity of rejistricting the
| y>ofIipp r,1uaoa of carfo,n ~ on1 oil