Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-18
ALDERMANIC ACTION.
Proceedings of Last Nights Semi
Monthly Council Meeting.
street Hallway aud Paving Or
dtnances Market Square-The
Wtighmaster's Quarters to
be Improve d-Other
Matters.
IOFFICIAL REPORT.

semi monthly session at p. M. Mayor
McConochie presiding ana all the aldermen
present. The minutes of the last regular
meeting were read and approved.
Aid. Adams. from the claims commit
tee. reported adversely on the petition of
T. Toliver and P. K. Kelly for release of
sewer assessment. Aid. Biadel moved
that the report be received and filed.
Aid. Huesing moved to amend that the
same be referred back to committee for
further Investigation. Amendment car
ried. The committees on licenses and
markets and fire and light asked further
time on matters referred to report, which
was granted.
Aid. Huesing moved that parties using
the levee front west of the ferry dock for
dumping sand be charged an annual
license of $50. Referred back to the com.
mittee on licenses and markets.
Aid. Bladel. from the ordinance COM
mittee. reported an ordinance granting
additional right of way to The c., Il. l. &
P. r. r company. Ga motion of Aid.
Adams the same was referred to the street
and alley and ordinance committees,
mayor. city attorney and city engineer.
Aid. Bladel reported an ordinance for
north of Second avenue and between Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets by special
assessment. Referred back 10 sewer COM
mittee.
AID. Kennedy reported an ordinance
granting the right of the Davenport &
Rock Island Street Railway to extend its
track on Nineteenth street from Fifth to
Sixth avenues and thence east On Sixth
avenue to connect with its track on
Twenty first street. Aid. Corken moved
the, adoption of the ordinance. Alder
man Huesing moved as an amendment
to lay it on the table. Amendment lost:
Ayes Blsdel. Johnson. Dlrmann. Tin
DALI Huesing. Thiesen-6-
Noes-Hetter. Geiger. Corken, Evans,
Knox. Kennedy, Frohboes, Adams s.
A motion TO report it back to the street
and alley committee then prevailed.
AID. Kennedy. of the street and
alley cou init ice, submitted report on the
paving of Market square, recommending
that The contract Re awarded to Edwards
& Walsh. as the majority of property
holders preferred Gslesburg brick. Ga
motion the report was referred back To
the commit zee. Aid. Huesing
moved q reconsideration which was car
ried. Aid. Evans moved To award
the contract 10 Edwards & Walsh for two
courses of Gslesburg brick. Carried.
Aid. Huesing moved that the
proposition of Edwards s. Walsh be acN
cepted TO forfeit $50 day if The con-
tract is not completed in 80 DAYS.
Adopted.
John Evans was given permission to
address the council on the proposition 10
move the city scales and paying the city
one'tourth of its receipts, his own weigh
ing excepted. Aid. Tindal moved
that the city keep its own scales and re-
model the scales building by erecting a
neat little brick bull ling Motion car
ried.
The clerk read an invitation from the
labor unions to participate in the Labor
day celebration. Sept. 7. Invitation &C
cepted.
The clerk read a communication from
William McEuiry asking that his claim
awarded him by the courts be settled.
Referred to clsims committee and city
attorney.
The clerk read a petition of M NJ
Briggs AID others for the building of
sewer on Thirteenth street with lateral
branches on Fourth avenue by special
assessment. Referred to sewer commits
tee.
A communication from the Phoenix
Hose company Offering to sell their horse
and hose cart to the city and other speci>
ic arrangement as to their service was
referred to the fire and light committee.
The clerk read petition asking G. B.
Ellis and others to grade Eighth avenue
between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets
so that sidewalks could be built aud make
the same passsble. Referred to street
and alley committee.
The clerk read communication from
Phil Mitchell, city treasurer. as to the loss
Of two waterworks bond coupons
through transfer by q New York bank.
Referred to finance committee.
Aid. Adams offered a resolut ion
for the repair of Seventh avenue west of
Augustana college by advertising for bids.
Adopted.
Aid. Geiger presented a resolu.
ton directing the establishment of graoes
in Huber 81 Peetz's addition. ADOPTED.
Aid Kennedy offered resolution
directing the city marshal to notify the
Brush Electric Light company to remove
all poles and towers from the streets as a
huioobSS, "ibuiu euh'y udfs. huOpLtu.
Aid. Thiesen offered a resolution
requiring plumbers and other contractors
to nil trenches or bitches with wet sand,
properly tamped down wherever any
such work is undertaken. Aid
Knox called attention to the bad coudi
ton of TweAty>frst street from Ninth
avenue north to Seventh avenue by i'm
proper drainage aud creating miasms
Aid. Knox also inquired by whose
authority lights were taken from certain
streets and placed in the arch of Spencer
square
On motion the council adjourned
ROBERT KoEHLER. City Clerk.