Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-13
EIGHT PER CENT.
What Mckinley Wants Tackled
on Rock Island.
BECAUSE WE HAVE FALLEN OFF,

His Reasons Few and Far Between-Thir-
teen Years Reduction - Moline and Its
Assessed Valuation - The Action of the
County Board in the Monstrosity.
Supervisor Mckinley, Of Moline, is
responsible for the motion put be-
fore the county board at the county
farm Wednesday to increase the as
sessed valuation, rs returned by the
assessors of Rock Island, per cent.
"Wednesday on his motion the &C.
ton OF the board, with regard to the
adoption of the report of the equali-
cation committee, was RECONSTRUCTED,
anu then it was that he made his out
raGcous motion to increase Rock ISL
and real estate 8 per cent and take
this per cent from the other towns
of the county. Mr.. Mckinley was
approached by an ARGUS representa-
tive yesterday, and asked to state his
reasons for such motion. He re-
Piled that in the past IS years Rock
Island real estate had decreased
1856, 900. He did not expect to see
the motion carry, but made it for the
purpose of seeing how the board felt
in the matter.
Supervisor Mckinley maintains
that Rock Islands taxation is less bv
$500, 900 than it was 10 wears ago
Now, in order to make the increase,
he proposes not to take it all in Mo-
line, but to let all the county share
in the discount, this idea being to
give strength to his effort which is
purely vindictiveness and malicious
ness toward Rock Island, but for
what cause, no one knows, He don't
care who gets the benefits of the in
crease so that Rock Island-gets the
burden.
Mckinley is very much after the
pattern of his distinguished Ohio
uncle-he seeks to increase taxation.
No matter who is benefited, or who
suffers. Just so taxes 90 up.
The board ad iourned last evening
without having finished the vote on
"McKinley's BILL" and when the
solons assembled this morning the
vote was continued and the motion
carried II to 10,as follows:
Ayes Carey, Edgington, Ford,
johnson. jenkins, Metzgar, McMur-
ply, Maxwell, Mckinley, Olmstead,
Powell. Swank. Trent. Vinton.
Nays - Britton, Case, Gahagen,
Hasson. Lees. Oberg. Quayle, Rinck
Sinnett, Wilson.
The equalization committee then
went into session and battled away
with the deductions.
Some Figures
The assessed valuation of real estate
in Rock Island is 81 .636, O56, which
is S96,63 lower than last wear The
s per cent increase which has been
upon Us means $3.50, isis This is
to be deducted proportionately from
the various other towns Mr.. Nc
kinlev states that Moline has in
creased considerably in the last Is
years, but he evidently does not stop
to consider that during that time
what is now called East Moline
has been taken from South Moline
township. and with its LOO inhabi-
tants, annexed to Moline; that pre-
vious to that time Moline had but
three supervisors, and following the
annexation of this strip it had five
representatives.
Other Eoard Proceedings
The board this morning drew the
following grand jury to serve ut the
September term of court:
, Cordova-Jerry Bryan.
Coe-Charles clipper.
Canoe Creek-Arthur Goodrich.
Iuma-James Adams.
Port Bvron-James Swishcr.
pton-George 5. Church.
Moline-Sam Roseniield, ID. O.
Reid, John Sward.
South Molinc-John +. Swisher
Rock I-land-James Johnston. Jul
Jus Mosenfelder, +. j. Hodges,
Charles Burklun
South Rock lsland-Fdward c..
Alexander.
Black Hawk-A. K. Brown
Coal Nalley--Thomas Connley.
Rural-W. b. Cook.
Bowling-Foster Armstrong.
Edgington-R. S. Montgomery.
Andalusia-John Ii. Ballard.
Buffalo Prairie-Edward Kelly.
Drury-Ira Reynolds.
Judges of Election.
The following were selected to
serve as judges of the fall election in
Rock Island:
First Ward-J. d. Warnock, j. j.
Alberrv and Charles Engel.
Second Ward-First precint. G. A.
: Solandcr, J. II. Cleland, John St.
Clair; Second precinct. Charles II.
Durmann, l.. V. Eckhart, Robert Ben
nett.
Third Ward-First precinct. John
p. Freed, Louis Ohlweiler. Harry
Wickmann; Second precinct, p. j.
Lee, j. II. ladders, William Rinck.
Fourth Ward-First precinct, An
ton Eckerman, c. G. Taylor, A. II.
Thompson; Second precinct, Charles
Bleuer. Charles Fiebig. &. II. Nc
Known.
Fifth Ward-First precinct, J. l..
Freeman, John Albrecht, Curtis
Knox; Second precinct, j. w. Welch