Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-21
CITY AFFAIRS.
Regular Monthly Meeting of the City Coun.
cil-The Official Proceedings.

seml~montbly session at p. m, MAYOR
MoCOnochle presiding and all the alder
men present. The minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved.
The clerk read an ordinance directing
TIN city collector to make la report of
delinquent special takes to the county
collector on or before March 20. Passed
unanimously.
AID. Kennedy submitted an or dinance
f6r the improvement of certain strips on
Fourth avenue now occupied by the
tracks of the Davenport & Rock Island
Railway company, by special assessment.
payments to be made in four annual in
stallments bearing 6 per cent interest
Passed unanimously.
Aid. Kennedy submitted an estim ate
of the cost of paving under the foregoing
ordinance which was adopted and the city
attorney instructed to institute proceed
ings in the county court. Adopted.
Aid. Guyer submitted an ordinance for
system of sewers in the Seventh ward.
Passed unanimously.
Aid. Guyer submitted estimates for
the cost of the work ordered in the fore
going ordinance, which was adopted and
the city attorney was instructed to insti-
tute proceedings iu the county court &C.
cording to law.
Aid. Guyer read an ordinance for the
paymen. of the cost of improving Fourth
avenue by special assessment. Psssed
unanimously.
Aid. Kennedy read the commissioner 8
estimate of the cost of the foregoing i'm
provement, which was approved and
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court.
Aid. Gayer submitted the commits
sioners' report as to the cost of the sewer
ordered in Barth & Bahcock's addition,
which was approved and proceedings
ordered begun in the county court.
Aid. Huesing submitted the commits
sioners' report of the cost Of the Twelfth
street storm drain, which was adopted
and proceedings ordered begun in the
county court.
Aid. Kennedy. from the street and al
ley committee, made a report directing
the ordinance committee to report an or
dinsnce for the improvement of Twenty
third street. Adopted.
Also in favcr of refundlng certain sums
| advanced in widening Fifth avenue on
an understanding not equitably carried
cut, Referr5 d to the city stternev.
Also resolution instructing the city
attorney to ask that the Sixteenth street
assessment be confirmed at the March
term OF the county court. Adopted.
The clerk read a petition from F. W :.
Blocklinger and others to submit to the
voters at the coming city election a pre-
position TO levy 2>mill tax for the es-
Enlistment of a city hospital. Petition
granted unanimously, on motion of Aid
Schroeder.
The clerk read a communication from
the Chicago, Rock Island s. Pacific Rail-
way company. as to an over assessmen,
on the Fifth avenue improvement. and
asking that a rebate be made. A motion
by Aid Guyer to Law on the table was
lost, and the matter was referred to the
street and alley committee and the
mayor.
The clerk read petition in relst. or
to a sewer from G. ". Schreiner. which
was referred 10 the sewer and finance
committees.
The CLERK lead letter from W. A.Dsr
| ling, asking the council 10 subscribe fol
copies of map which be has prepared
Referred to the special Worlds fair COM
mittee.
The clerk read communication from
INV Bracket and other property hold.
ers of Fret avenue, between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets, protesting against
the unlawful occupation by the Rock Isl
and 81 Peoria Railroad company, of First
avenue. etc, ss follows:
| Whereas, The R. I. & p. r. r. Co. i.
4 s.. al. e.
offered them in locality where they al.
ready have several tracks for the switch
ing and storing Of cars, and resist being
dist urhed in their unlawful occupation Of
First avenue Ia public street of the city.
for switching, storing cars, coal sheds
coal dumps and other unlawful obstruc.
tions. all of which are inconsistent with
the lawful use of public street: and
Whereas. LOIS on First avenue have
been sold, and taxes have been paid
| thereon. With the view that First avenue
has been lawfully laid out, and plated
and recorded in same manner as any 9TH
er street has beC laid out in the city, anu
that First Avenue is. therefore. public
K, street, and is entitled to the same prote:-
ton by the city council es other streets in
the city; and
Whereas. The supreme court OF this
state has decided and holds that rs 10 q
public street facing nsvigable stream,
the wild of such street N ct be from lot
line 10 water edge, and that the city coun-
Gil is the custodian Of all such streets, fol
.he use ana the purpose for which they
have been dedicated, and that the city
council cannot dives. itself of its power
and control over them, in fsvor OF any
other person or corporation, nor have thf
the power to convert such street to any
other use han such as will be consistent
with the use for which it has been dedi'
Gated; and
Whereas, The city council has no pow
er or authority to lease, rent. license o.
grant privilege upon any street for PR
vate use profit or benefit, TO the damage
Of the abuttiug property holders, and tt
the obstruction of such street and it
proper enjoyment by the public.
Therefore. We, the undersigned resi-