Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-04
THE PROPER STAND.
Resolutions for Rock Island Brick
and Fairness.
Saturday Nights Meeting OF the Rack
Island CiIizens' Imp row. m mt
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Gis-
Gu. lon aud the Result

Saturday evening FOR special considera>
ton of the Thrill avenue paving ordi-
nance and bids, was one of The most
earnest and enthusiastic the association
has ever held. Among those pre- sent
were a large number of Third avenue
property holders.
President jackson, after calling the
meeting to order, asked Vice President
John Crubaugh to take the chair, and
made direct and pointed speech. He
reviewed the ordinance and bids before
Rockford company was entitled to the
contract not only as a Rock Island insi-
tuition, deserving of whatever substantial
recognitian could be consistently given il,
but entitled to it fairly as the
lowest responsible bidder. 1t
was the duty of the Improvement
association whose mission was to advance
the interests of Rock Island and its in
dustries, and being as it was the largest
tax paying organic alton in the city, to
| give expression to its sentiments on
such occasions as this when there were
| aldermen now IN the council who SCENE d
bent on pulling Rock Is and enterprises
| down as fast as such agencies as the I'm
| provement association could build them
up and TO lend its endorsement and en-
couragement to such members of the
council as were on the side of progress. q
spirit, which Mr.. Jackson was glad, be
said, had been dominant in the past. He
had often been delegated to express the
wishes of the association before the cOun-
Gil and had always been treated with
fairness and courtesy, and such he be-
lieved would al ways be the reception of
men representing the authoritative eX
preston of the peoples wishes. After re
viewing the matter as at present bsfore the
| council Mr. jackson spoke of the influence
which had been brought to bear, to have
the present bids ignored, and other spe>
citications add advertisements Pre- pared in
order to givethe contractors not now bid
ding chance. There was disposition
on the part of some the aldermen to sus>
tain such course. Mr.. Jackson also
spoke of the quality of the brick now
being PRODUCED by the Rockford Con
struction company, of the enterprise
shown by the company in investing SO
Geo here, and of the injustice and actual
Injury that would he done to the company
by throwing out its bid here, holding the
position that it did of the lowest Tespop-
sible bidder. The speaker was informed
the majority of the council were for the
Rockford Construction company, but one
Of the aldermen favoring so awarding the
contract is sick and may not be present
and the aim of the obstructionists seen S
TO be to yet all the bids rejected, leading
the Rockford company TO believe its BID
is not wanted and thus leaving the field
open to somebody else. For this reason
the members of the association ought to
freely and frankly express their views to
the end that the council may treat the
Ro, kford company fairly. and thus sus]
tain Rock Island Industries.
NJ. E. Sweeney spoke in support of
sustaining Rock Island industries wher>
ever possible, and especially where good
job of work was guaranteed.
ExAld. w. B Ferguson stated that he
had known the gentlemen of II e Rockford
Construction company for several years
and knew them 10 be gentlemen of re-
sponsibility and standing. and capable of
filing every obligation in good faith and
property holder he pronounced in favor
of Rock Island brick, and the awarding
o! the contract to the Rockford company
as the lowest and best responsible bidder.
II. D Folsom, who is to pay $500 OF
the Third avenue pavement, said be
wanted Rock Island brick, and the Rock
ford CONSTRUCTION company to do the
work. That company was entitled to il
in all fairness, and the council could OF
with any pretext of fairness, fail &c
award the contr, ct. Mr.. Folsom then
offered the following resolution:
Resolved. That The Rock Island Cit
z-Us' improvement association at the
special called met ting Jan. 2, 1892 were
unanimous in the desire that the city
council at is meeting on Monday even,
ing, Jan. should award the contract
for p-vlng Third avenue to
The Rockford Construction con-
pany, not onlV as the lowest
responsible birder, hut also tnat the busl-
ness men of Rock Island must
and will uphold an enterprise here
in our midst that hes at the
expenditure of more than So, 900 estsb.
ished business that is credit 10 oul
city and Of an immense value to our com
muni'y in the employment given and tht
money sDent in our midst