Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-12
SIDE TALK.
Matters Of Moment Before the
Council Last Evening.
TWO BLOCKS MORE OF PAVING

Wv SAor~ Aoweu HsOO Tor Clerk Hire
No Hook and Ladder Truck This Time
The Old Fire Engine Of Volunteer Dav,
to be Repaired.
The council meeting last evening
was attended principally by the ex,
treme heat of the weather. 1t was
called for the purpose of obtaining a
report from Engineers Darling and
Paddock concerning the storm drains.
but as these two gentlemen asked
for further time. reports from stand
ing committees were asked for. The
committee on bridges reported favor
ably as to planking bridge No. 4 over
Rock river. and the canal bridge
also. The report was accepted, and
the recommendations adopted. The
bridge will be planked with 4-inch
pine, and between the street car
tracks With oak. On motion of Aid.
Maucker the mayor and CITY clerk
will ask for private bids.
Two Blocks OF Paving.
Two blocks of additional pavino
were ordered. The first block will
be on Fifth avenue between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets, and
the second block will be Sixteenth
street between Third and Fourth ave.
nues. BY the latter ordered i'm
provement Rock Island will have
Sixteenth. Seventeenth, Eighteenth.
Nineteenth and Twentieth streets
paved between First and Fourth ave-
nues.
City Clerk Hire.
Aid. Corken, from the finance COM
mittce. introduced a resolution Al
lowing the clerk $400 for clerk hire.
which is now costing the clerk
money from his own pocket. A
substitute motion to refer the mat
ter to the finance committee resulted
in tie. but the mayors emphatic
mo" put it to sleep. The original
motion was then put, but Aid.
Bladel said he thought it was against
the city ordinance. Aid. Foss
wanted. as usual. to wait a week, but
the ''deadener" came when Aid.
Schneider arose and objected to the
clerk receiving raise in salary, and
insinuated that the clerk has :.some
business on the side;" but the clerk
assured him that his so-called ..bus-
mess on the side" did not in the
least interfere with his duties as
clerk. The alderman blushed like a
school girl. He was the only one
who smiled, and the man who ..iust
wanted to get into the council to see
what was done with the finances"
could at this moment be bought for
about three cents. Aid. Corken
asked for the question and Aid. Foss
said that the aldermen ought not be
forced to vote it down. but his quail
tiles rs leader are not as extensive
rs those of the gentleman from the
Sixth. and consequently his blu #
fell and the motion was carried.
NoTruck.
Aid. Maucker, from the fire and
light committee. introduced a reso-
luton by which the fire department
might be made complete by the
purchase of 4 team for the
hook and ladder. but it met
with n snag. Both Aids. Maucker
attempts to regain for the city what
it so much needs. and the studied
opposition is exceedingly surprising.
to say the least. For it is 4 fact that
just so long rs the council continues
nj its present pace it is Sinking a
duty that it will sooner or later be
obliged to face. Aid. +. ii. Schroe-
der also sought to set the situation
right before the council, but il was
no 20. The recommendation did not
come from Aid. Maucker individually,
but from the fire and light commit
tee, but nevertheless Aid. Foss moved
that it be referred to the fire and
light committee. and his motion was
carried, thus once more putting back
the completion of the department and
furnishing the city with the neces-
sary fire protection. The old "Res-
cue" engine was hauled over the
Goals and thoroughly renovated.
verbally. On motion of Aid. Nelson
the fire and light committee was in
structed to ascertain the cost of re-
pairing it. The plan appar-
emily is to consume the money
appropriated for the hook and
ladder truck in fixing up this old
engine for bluff purposes. while the
business portion of the city is left in
jeopardy, pending the reequipment
of the hook and ladder truck.