Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-09-10
THE ADJOURNED SESSION.
Last Nights City council Meeting
Various Ordinances or lmpOr. ance
Ad0uttd
lOFFICIAL REPORT. |

OFFICIAL REPORT.
CITY COUNCIL Room, Rock ISLAND
Sept. 9-The council met in adjourned
session at p. m, Mayor McConochie
presiding and all the aldermen present
The clerk read an ordinance authorizing
the Postal Telegraph Cable company to
erect and maintain a line of telegraph
poles and wires in the city of Rock Island
On motion of Alderman Bladel, the same
was adopted by unanimous vote.
The clerk read an ordinance to amend
| an ordinance for the improvement of
Twentieth street from the south line of
| Ninth avenue TO the north line of E gh-
| teenth avenue, PASSED Oct. 20. 1890, and
Aid. Knox moved its adoption. Adopted
unanimously.
The clerk read an ordinance authoriz-
ing the Davenport s. Rock Island Rail
way company to abandon its track on
| Ninth street south of Fourth avenue.
Aid. Kennedy moved its adoption. Mo-
ton carried
Ayes-Corken. Tindall. Huesing,
EYans, Knox. Kennedy, Frohbots
Thiesen. Adsms-9.
| Noes -Bladel. Johnson, Hetter, Dur
mann. Geiger-5.
| =
the Chicago, Rock Island s. Pacific Rail.
way company the right to build and mann
tain an additional track along and across
| certain streets and avenues in the CITY of
Rock Island and for other purposes. Re-,
ferred to street and alley C, mmittee.
The clerk read a petition of " NJ
Blanding and others for the erection of
bridge over ravine on Thirteenth ave-
nue. east of twenty fifth street. Referred
to street and alley committee. Also a
petition of W. Wilkins and others to re
place an electric light on Fourth street
and Sixth avenue taken away last March.
Referred TO the fire and light committee
and the aldermen of the respective wards.
AID. Huesing presented petition of J.
W Potter and others that the proposed
erection of the scale building be so
planned and built as to provide, either
on the roof thereof or otherwise. a plat.
form for public speakers. committees,
bands, ETC., for public meetings or gath.
erings. Referred to the finance commits
| tee and mayor.
Aid. Knox, from the finance commits
| tee. presented bill of John Mayer for
| 1881 % for work done on Spencer square
account. Referred to rect and alley
committee and Park Commissioner ok
son. Also bill of William McEniry for
1908 81 as per verdict of courts, and
moved its allowance. Allowed unani>
mously. Also a bill of J. H. A
Mcdonald. SIS 50 for relaying
sidewalk to established new grade.
which on motion of Aid. Evans
was referred to the mayor aud street and
alley committee to confer with the psr>
ties who were benefited by said new
grade aud agreed to pay the expenses of
of parties damaged thereby.
A bill of NJ. Yerbury for balance due
| on plumbers work on the new engine
house was referred to the fire and light
| committee and the mayor to see that the
specifications are complied with as per
contract and to report
H. P Hull was given permission to
| address the council in relation to the con-
| templsted Improvement of Seventh ave
| nue. east of Thirtieth street by special
| taxation.
Aid. Frohboes offered resolution au>
| thorizing the street and alley committee
and the mayor to fill up Twenty-seventh
street between Seventh and Eighth ave-
nues with the excavation of Moline ave-
nue. to make it passabe. Referred to the
street and alley committee.
Aid. Thiesen moved that tine city clerk
be directed to notify the street car com.
pany to remove the lumber piled and Oh
structing Thirty-fifth street. Carried
On motion the council adjourned.
| ROBERT KoEHLER City Clerk.