Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-15

HAAA <hSSi'e@ns NhiSh VI the rire depart
ment PROVIDED for and Appointsd-The
Grading of Thirty-Eighth Street-Ferry
Requirements-TheN New Use for the Alb
attoir-Garnsey Park Completion.
OFFICIAL REPORT
CITY COUNCIL RooMs, Rock ISLAND,
ILL, Nov. IA, 1892 The council met in
adjourned session at s p m, Mayor
McCohochie presiding and all the alder
men present. The mil uIes of the pre-
vious meeting were read and approved.
Aid. Knox, from the finance commit
tee, reported that sufficient sum from
special assessment on the Seventeenth
street sewer had been paid TO the city
collector to pay the balance due the con-
tractor, and therefore moved that NJ
YerburY be SLOWED 1913 As yet due.
TIE report was received and amount al
lowed by unanimous vote.
Aid. Corken rom the FIRE and light
committee, recommended that over
coats be procured for The fremen for the
coming winter, The same to be accounted
for as city properly, and offered a mo-
ton TO that effect.
Aid. Huesing moved as an amendment
that the coats shall not exceed $22 per
coat, Amendment carried The mo-
ton as amended Wss put and adopted
unanimously.
AID. CorKen, from the fire and light
committee, reported a Recommendation
for the appointment of an assistant ch,
of the fire department with q salary of
S55 per month and that the mayor
make such appointment accordingly
Motion carried. The mayor appointed
Re nhsrt Brahm as IS .istalt chief and
he was confirmed by unanimous vote
Aid. Corken presented peti ion from
Krell & Math for permission to erect an
ice house in the rear OF their premises
on Second avenue, TO be covered with
corrugated iron. Aid Schroeder moved
that it be referred to the fire and light
committee with power to act. Aid.
Huesing moved as an amendment that
the petition be granted. Amendment
lost and original motion adopted.
Aid. Corken presented petition from
Beeche Br2s. for permission to erect
one story frame. coYered with sheet iron
In the rear OF their premises on Second
avenue. Referee TO fire and light COM
mittee with powe. to act
mittee reported an ordinance establish
ing 81 eight per cent grade on Thirty
eighth street. Aid. Guyer offered as an
amendment an ordinance establishing q
seven per cent grsde on said street. 0a
motion of Aid Eyans a recess of five
minutes was taken for deliberation On
resssembling Aid. Huesing moved that
the ordinances be laid over under the
rule; seconded by Ad Knox and they
were laid over accordingly.
AID Blade! offered an ordinance grant
iug the Brush Electric Co. the right and
privilege to lay mains for heating pur-
poses and moved it's adoption. Adopted
unanimously.
| Aid. 81 del reported an ordinance va.
eating stri Of 10 feeS on Thirty eighth
street back TO Augustsna college and
Aid. Evans moved its adoption. Adopted
-l3 to l (Hetter).
| Aid. GuSer offered an ordinance to
license and regulate ferries and moved its
adoption Aid. Huesing moved to amend
and offered the following:
| Sec. 9-If any person or parties to
whom license has heretofore been
| granted by the city council, or by any or
dinance, may be authorized to keep and
run ferry. shall fail or neglect for o
period of ten G0) days after the passage
| of this ordinance, to file with the city
| clerk bond, as herein provided to COM
| ply with all the provisions of this ordi
nance. then such license shall be deemed
| as lapstd and void, and from thence forth
Of no effect, Amendment carried The
| ordinance as amended was put upon lis
| passage and adopted by unanimous
vote.
Aid. Kennedy offered the following:
Resolv, d. That the city collector is
| hereby Instructed TO furnish list OF
the Third svepue property owners who
have paid their paving sssgssmen. 10 fu !
and also that the mayor and clerk sscer
tain as soon az convenient and on pre-.
sentatlor of receipt pay to each claimant
the amount due on rebate; also to sd,
just claims with property owners WHERE
tracks have been put in since the assess.
ment has been made Adopted.
Aid. Schroeder, from the water works
committee, reported certain complaint
of meter rates on elevators and moved
that the ordinance and water works com
mittee be instructed to prepare an ordi
nance to readJust meter rates for eleva
tors. Motion carried.
The clerk read petition of s. j. Sta
der and others to reduce rates ON public
bsthlubs. Referred to water works com
mittee,
Tie clerk read proposition of Johr
Lindeman for the rental of the so calico
abattoir to csrry on a picking estab
lishment. On motion the proposition
was accepted and the city attorney in
structed 10 draw a lease in sccoIdanc,
herewith.
The clerk read petition of John A
Murrin and others for the construction
or a sewer by special assessment OF
Twenty first street from Ninth to Six,l
avenue. Granted and referred to sewe
committee and city engineer to report
The clerk read an invitation to the cit
council from the West End Improvement
association to attend social entertain
ment to be held on the evening of Nov
% to commemorate the completion O
| Garnsey Square IMPROVEMENT Accente