Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-06-08
AlDERMANlC ACTION.
Proceedings of Last Nights Adjourned
Council Meeting.
TOficial Report I

| Mayor Medlll presiding and all the
aldermen present except Kinner.
Aid. Kuschmann, from the street
and alley committee, reported
| against the petition of ID. ID. Clark
| and others for the opening and grad
ing of Sixth avenue. Report re-
ceived and filed on motion of Aid.
Maucker.
GIAld. Ku schmann also reported on
the petition of H. G. Cleaveland and
others for the covering of Tenth ave-
nue.. and reported having had the
work done. Report received and
filed.
The street and alley committee
was granted further time on the pc
tition of Mrs. c. f. Farrell.
Aid. Kuschmann reported on the
bill of l.. f. Gaylord that including
the city's proportion of the Four
teenth avenue improvement the sum
of 81, 1909 as collected. Aid. Ken
nedy moved that the mayor and city
clerk be authorized to pay l.. f. Gay
lord 81, 1909 on account of Four
teenth avenue Improvement. Car
ried unanimously.
The committee to whom was re-
ferred the petition of H. c. Johnson
and others. asked further time,
which was granted.
The sewer committee asked fur
Their time on the petition of F. Baum
bach. Granted.
Aid. Kennedy moved that the
sewer committee and city engineer
make estimate of cost of connecting
sewer on Twenty-Seventh street with
Fifth avenue sewer and report same
at next meeting. Carried.
The following bonds of city officers
were read and approved by unanim
Gus vote: Lawrence Kramer deputy
marshal. Fred Ohlweiler police pa
trolman. NJ. Bunchcr park commits
sioncr, and George Green city scav-
enger.
The clerk read an ordinance for
the construction OF sidewalks i'm the
Fifth ward by special taxation, which
was referred to Aid. Evans and
kuschmann.
The clerk read an ordinance re-
pealing an ordinance entitled IAN
ordinance for the improvement of
Twenty-third street from the south
line of Third avenue to the north
| line of Fourth avenue and from the
south line of Fifth avenue east along
said Twcnty-third street, south to a
line $40 feet south of and parallel
| with the south line of Ninth avenue"
which was passed by unanimous
vote.
The clerk read an ordinance for
Improvement by paving by special
taxation of Seventeenth and Nine
tecnth streets from Third to Fourth
| -
Third to the north line of Fourth
avenue and Fifth avepue south to 80
feet south of Ninth avenue, which
was passed unanimously on motion
of Aid. Kennedy.
On motion of Aid. Kennedy re-
cess of 10 minutes was taken to al
low commissioners to prepare an
| estimate of cost of paving Seven
| teenth. Nineteeth and Twenty-third
| streets.
On reassemtling Aid. Kuschman
presented the commissioners report
on the paving of said last mentioned
| streets amounting to 500, 92O. Re
port adopted.
| On motion of Aid. Bladel the city
| attorney was instructed to commence
the necessary proceedings in court
for the paving of said street.
A communication from the Central
Union Telephone Co.. offering to put
in telephone police patrol system
at the rate of $50 per year for each
station was referred to the fire and
light and police committees to inves-
tigate and report at the next meet
ing.
The following petitions were re-
ferred to the street and alley COM
| mitt.e: +. +. Robbins and others,
Henry Curtis and Kate Ziegler.
On motion of Aid. Evans the city
attorney was authorized to purchase
all necessary blanks for special as
sessment and taxation proceeding.
The petition of Barth q Babcock
to put in box drain on Tenth ave
nue. in Taylor's addition was referred
to the sewer and street and alley
committees on motion of Aid. Evans.
The clerk read a petition of w.
Lin burg and others to grade Sixth
avenue from Twelfth to Sixteenth
streets
Aid. Corken moved that the prayer
of petitioners be granted. Aid. Ev-
ans moved as an amendment that the
petitions be referred to the street
and alley committee. Amendment
carried.
The petition of II. Conwell to be
allowed to put in watering trough
on Third avenue between Twenty
second and Twenty-third streets was
referred to the waterworks commit
| tee.
The petition of Albert kuschmann
| for license to conduct public scale
| on Fourth avenue was granted. On
| motion of Aid. Kennedy the bond of