Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-10
THE CITY COUNCIL.
Adjourned Monthly Meeting Last Eve
mig.
ToFFICIAL REPORT.1

hPAii - L uc StbV SOuuCii IHct III
adjourned session at p. NJ, Mayor
Medill presiding and all the aldermen
present except Fickenscher. Reports
of officers for the month of March
were read and ordered placed on file.
Bills of +. Lohsc 81 80: Water
works employees 1928; and street
labor pay rolls Sc 20 aud 5000 to
close the fiscal year, were allowed.
Alderman Nelson, from the printing
committee reported in favor of allow
ing bill of THE ARGUS and the
Union Printing Co., for publishing
official ballots at 1925 each Report
approved and bills allowed by unan-
imous vote.
Alderman kuschmann. from the
Street and Alley Committee, reported
adversely on The petition OF Karl
Kastner for the refunding of q street
assessment. Report adopted.
On the lowering of the grade on
Thirtieth street and the Third avenue
rebate further time was granted.
Alderman Roth, from the Water
works Committee, reported on the
Tr;-City Sprinkler Cos. petition con-
tirming the previous reports and fix
ing the rates OF sprinkling hereafter
at SIS per months for wagons and
sl5 for the cars, the company
to sprinkle in front of all city prop
erty free of charge. Report adopted /,
The Clerk read the report OF the
City Hall special committee, en-
n al yipr nronos,lS for S;tos Cor q,
city hail, us follows:
IL. Boggess-.-Fourth avenue and
Nineteenth street. $500.
Heirs of Dennis Warren-Second
av. and Sixteenth ST.. 5000 per front
foot or SIG, 900; also on Sixteenth ST.,
$3.50 per foot or $4,000.
Reidy Bros. Eighteenth st. and
Third av., SIP, 900; sixteenth st. and
Second av. SIG oUf Sixteenth st. and
Third av., $1,000.
p. l.. MitChcll-Armory building
and lot, Third av. and Sixteenth st. :,
$4,000.
Peoples Power Gasworks site
First avenue East and West Seven
teenth street, at prices to be agreed
upon or fixed by three appraisers;
also, proposal to organize City
Hall Company to erect building on
plans approved by the Council, not to
exceed $4,000, on annual payments
OF 5000 on principal and per cent
interest, deed to the property
given when principal and interest
are paid.
j. ID. Taylor avenue and
Eighteenth street, $500; also agree
ing that money for the building on
this site should be Forthcoming.
George Wood Thirteenth street,
between Third and Fourth avenues,
so feet, $4,000.
The committee in its report is in
clined to favor the Peoples Pc wcr
Cos. double proposition pro vided
the rate OF interest be reduced and
recommends that the Council ir-
struct it to appoint one appraiser to
act with one appointed by
the Peoples Power Co , they to ap-
point third to appraise and fix a
price for the property and report to
the Council A pril 16.
Alderman Foss moved that the re-
port be received and topted, and
that the Mayor and City Hall Com
mittce be authorized to appoint one
appraiser. Carried.
The Clerk read communication
from Mitchell g. Lynde, stating that
the quarters of the Public Library
had been leased for five years from
December, 1891. Placed on file
The Clerk read communication
from Samuel NJ. Gray. relative to the
employment of n sanitary engineer,
which was received and placed on
file
The Clerk read a petition from
Fred Lohse and others against using
Abattoir building as a pc t house
Referred to the Board of Health on
motion of Alderman Foss.
The Clerk read an ordinance re-
pealing ordinances heretofore passed,
with certain exceptions, in view of
the adoption of the new municipal
code. Passed by unanimous vote. on
motion of Alderman Mauckcr.
Alderman Bladel moved that a
committee OF three be appointed to
canvass the vote of the late CITY cleo
ton. Carried, and the Mayor APP
painted as said com mittee Aldermen
Foss, Cramer and Maucker. A re-
cess was then taken on motion of
Alderman Bladel.
On reassembling the committee re-
ported the result of the votes for
aldermen in the various ward to
have been as follows:
First Ward-M. Buncher 127: G. F.
Bladel 246-Bladcl's majority l1s.
Second Ward--H. Kinner 2il. G.
A. johnson 264 -Johnson's majority,
20.
Third Ward G. Klotz 2O9: F. II.
Schroeder 69-Schroeder's majority,
60.
Fourth Ward--V. Dauber 241: ID.
E. Noftsker 1877 Dau ber's majority.
"A.
Fifth WaTd-J. G. Juuge eI1: G.
Schneider, 4-Schneider's mriority.
Is.
Sixth Ward-J. Konosky Js4, w.
Kennedy 232--Kenuedy's M iority AS.