Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-05-08

oHlN the TWO HrSu SECTIONS DC opened
and those for the section south of
Ninth be postponed until after the
court had passed upon the city's
proportion of the assessment was
put, with Aid. Kenncdy's consent, of
course.
Aid Maucker offered a substitute
motion that all bids be opened and
the contract awarded to the highest
bidders, the ayes and nays being
called for, and resulted as follows:
Ayes - Roth, +. w. Schroeder,
Corken, Daubcr, Maucker, Kusch-
mann-6.
Nays-Bladel, Johnson, +. H.
Schroeder, Schneider. Kennedy, Kra-
mer, Nelson, Foss-S.
1t was the first act of the new
council, and it drew party lines as
closely as could have been done at
the very start. The ruling majority
could not delay the opportunity to
demonstrate its strength. even though
public improvements were at stake.
The original motion then came up
with the following vote being cast
relative to its adoption:
Ayes-Bladel, Roth, Johnson, +.
II. Schroeder, Corken, Daubcr,
Schneider, Kennedy, Cramer, Mel
son. Fossil.
Noes-F. w. Schroeder, Maucker.
kuschmann-3.
Aid. Corken then moved that bid
ders be allowed to withdraw their
bids for the third section of Seven
teenth street, which was adopted
unanimously.
The bids were then opened, and ap-
pear in full in the official record, and
the council, after referring them TO
the street and alley committee, ad-
j0urned
Effect of the Action.
While it should not be understood
that the councils action knocks out
completely the paving of that sec
ton of Seventeenth street south of
tended tendency The republican al
dermen were all prepared to vote Just
as they did, and the fact that some
further move is vet TO be made, was
shown when Aid. Schneider asked if
there was not something pretty ur-
gent further on the paving subject to
come up, He was told that it would
have to 90 over owing to the pres
sure of business. While it is by no
means settled that the Seventeenth
pavement is TO be stopped at Ninth
avenue, it is apparent that the re-
publicans of the new council will
seek to undo all the work OF the
preceding council possible, and the
republican aldermen will be found
voting as q unit on that score.
While he did not show his hand last
night, yet Aid. Kennedy is the chos-
en- leader of the majority, and where
he leads the others will be expected
to follow. Whether some OF them
will manifest the moral courage rs
time rolls on to assert personal indie
pendence will be shown by future
events.
The Retiring Aldermen.
The retiring aldermen. Mcssrs. c.
Z. Evans and Henry kinner have
made records in the council of which
they may be proud. In his long
term of service. Mr.. Evans has ever
been found on the side of progress
sion, and his voice and vote were al
ways to be counted on when the
city's best interests were AZ stake.
This is also true of Mr.. Kinner.
lille he was not in the council as
many years as Mr.. Evans, he made
his mark while there; demonstrated
his ability and consciontiousness
his interest in the welfare of his con-
stituents, his broad comprehcn sion
OF the city's needs and requirements.
and his laithfulness to every duty
assigned him. Rock Island has lost
two good aldermen in Messrs. Kinner
and Evans.