Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-17
ALDERMANiC ACTION.
Proceedings in Detail of Last Nights
Council Meeting.
IoFFICIAL REPORT.

| loFFICIAL REPORT.
| CITY COUNCIL Rooms, Rock ISLAND
H.. Jan Is, lS93.-The council met in
regular semi monthly session at Sp. m
Mayor McConochie pre- siding and all the
aldermen present The minutes of the
last regular and adjourned meetings were
read and approved. On motion Of Aid
Knox the clerk read the report of The
finance ard street and alley committee on
he BIDS for paving Fourth avenue, as
| follows:
1--WE. your joint committee to whom
was referred the bids for the improves
ment OF Fourth avenue and also a portion
OF TwentE >fourth street would report
| them TO be as follow: Atkinson g. O!off
S66, SS9. 49, Rockford Construction Co.
$6l. 757 70; Edward & Walsh. S61 .O92 :
s6-masing the Did of Edwards s. Walsh
1864 ~ lower than their next lowest
mpetllor We. your committee, would
therefore fer the following;
Nv hereas. The firm of Edwards g.
| Walsh are the lowest bidders for the
Fourth avenue and Twenty fourth street
| Improvement, therefore be it
Resolved, Inst the mayor and proper
officers are hereby authorized to enter in
| 10 contract with said firm for the paving
or Fourth avenue and Twenty-four,h
street on their present bid
Aid. Knox moved that the report be re,
celved and the contract awarded Aid
duesing moved a an amendment that
the report be received ard placed on file
Amendment adopted.
Aid Kennedy submitted the following
report:
Your committee would report that the
National Clay company have placed
their brick on the maraet st 80 80 psr hi
delivered on board the cars in this CIV.
This is 81 so per u cheaper than G les
burg brick ana ytur committee believe 81
fair proposition, @hich If carried out 10
good faith between OGr contractors and
home factory will be beneficial 10 beth,
while the contractors VIII have the beaa-
tit of the difference in price and can If
thew so desire have I'll our streets psved
with home tr OK
On motion of Aid Knox the same wa
received ard placed on file. The yeas and
nays being called for resulted in unaui
nous vote except A d. Huesing voting
no.
Aid. B!adcl called up the ordinance for
the Improvement of Fourth avenue ana
Twenty fourth street laid over under The
law.
AID, Guyer presented petitions OF
property holders along said line of i'm
pIovement raging that Rock ii LIND
brick for material be used, representing II
frontage Of 9 ASS feet out of total I
12.S24 feet.
Aid. Blsdel offered the following:
Whereas. 4 M iority Of tax payers
fronting the proposed Fourth avenue iul>
proyement desire that said avenue he
paved with Rock Island brick; therefore
be it
Resolved, That the ordinance be SO
amended as to specify Rock Island brick
as the material to be used for paving said
avenue"
Aid Huesing moved ss q substitute
that the clause in the ordinance requir- |
ing the city clerk to advertise for % DAYS
be stricken out. The mayor ruled he |
substitute out OF order as not germain to |
The question. AID. Huesing appealed |
from 10 ruling OF the chair and the ques
ton was put: Shall the decision of the |
chair be sustaiue d2h snd carried.
The amendment was put upon its |
passage aud carried unanimously, AID. |
Huesing being excused from voting.
The ordinance as amended was then |
adopted ky unanimous vote
Aid Schroeder moved TO reconsider |
the action taken in awarding the contract
to Edwards & Walsh for the improve
ment of Twentieth street south of Ninth |
avenue. Motion carried.
A motion TO adjourn was voted upon |
and lost and recess of FIVE minutes !
taken.
On reassembling Aid Kennedy sub
NIT ed q commissioner report for the |
i'm provement of Fourth avenue and |
Twenty fourth street in q total sum o. |
$73 sos. rs. which was adopted and the |
city attorney Instructed to file a petition |
IN the county cnurt according to law ON |
motion of All Knox
Aid. Bladel moved that the city clerk |
be instructed TO advertise contractors |
notice for the involvement of Fourth |
avenue, Eeh,eenth and sweute,h !
streets forthwith Motion adopted.
Aid. Bladel offered an ordinance for |
right of way and to erect aud maintain |
telegraph poles and wires TO the West>
tern Union I'll graph Co. Referred to !
ordinance and alsy committee and city !
attorney,
AID Schroeder. from the waterworks
admitted communication |
from the Jewell Filter Co as 10 The me-
cessity OF enl.rging our present filter |
system to make it satisfactory and sue
cessful Referred TO the waterworks |
superintendent Of water
works and the mayor 10 report
On motion The council ADJOURNED.
ROBERT KoEHLER. City Clerk