Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-21
sEMI-MoNTHLY MEETING.
Omcial Proceedings of Last Nights Coun-
ell Session.

' eiocoeuinBs Oh LAST Ntgnts Coun-
ell Session.
CITY COUNCIL Room, Rock ISLAND,
Aug. 20.-The city council met in
regular semi-mouthly session at p.
M, Mayor Medill presiding. and all
the aldermen present except Foss
The minutes of the last regular and
subsequent adjourned meetings were
read and approved.
Aid. Corken, from the finance COM
mittee, submitted a bill of Stephen
O'Connor, $3.50. and moved that it
be attached to the pending ordinance;
also bill Of Atkinson L. Oloff, $97.-
so, both of which motions were
adopted. Aid. Corken submitted the
ordinance ordering the payment of
bills reported at the first regular
meeting OF the month as published,
with these additions. and moved its
adoption. Aid. Bladel moved as an
amendment that the bills of Richard
Carnes and Max Kautz, for $9166.
each be stricken from the ordinance
The motion was ruled out of order by
the mayor on the ground that Aid.
Bladel had voted aflirmatively on the
same motion before, when it had
been lost. Aid. Nelson contended
that his motion had been different.
the bills being then stated at $4l. &c.
Aid. Kennedy, having been absent,
claimed the right and renewed the
amendment as proposed by Aid. Bla-
del. The motion was again ruled
out of order on the ground that the
bills had become part of the ordi.
nance by virtue of former motion
having been lost.
Aid. Bladel appealed from the de.
| cision of the chair, and the question
was put: shall the chair be sus,
tained?" The vote stood:
Ayes - Roth. +. W. Schroeder
Corken, Mauckcr, Dauber, Kuscb
manu-.
Noes - Bladel, johnson, +. H.
Schroeder, Schneider, Cramer, Kenne-
dy, Nelson.
The chair ruled that a two-third.
vote was necessary to overcome the
decision and that the chair was sus
tanned.
The question was then taken OF
the passage of the ordinance and i
was lost for lack of the legal ma
iority:
Ayes - Roth. F. w. Schroeder
Corken, F. II. Schroeder, Maucker
Dauber, kuschmann-7.
Noes-Bladel, johnson, Schneider
Cramer, Kennedy, Nelson-6.
Aid. Kuschmann, from the stree
and alley committee. reported tina
the Fortv-fourth street surface ha,
been leveled. Report approved.
Also on a petition of Mrs. c. Voge
as to sidewalk on Nineteenth
street, that the error in grade wa
the fault of the city, and recommend
ing that the street perintendent b
directed to relay the walk to grade
A substitute to refer back to get tn
eX-engineer's report, by Aid. Ken
neday, was defeated, and the repor
adopted.
Aid. kuschmann, from the stree
and alley committee, reported hav
ing granted permission to Henri
Tremann to build an outside stair
way to his new building. Repor
adopted.
Aid. Corken reported in favor c
cutting Cracker alley to grade, an
moved that the street and ale
committee be given power to ac'
Adopted.
The clerk read a petition from tn
Peoples Power company for permi:
sion to open paved streets to lay ga
mains. Petition granted.
The clerk read a petition fror
Rosenfield q Slattery for permissio
to open a paved street. Permissio
granted.
The clerk read a communicate
: from S. L. Cooke. late justice of ii
peace, asking settlement of certai
fees. Referred to the claims of p,
lice committees.
AID. Cramer presented a petitio
from W. H. Bleuer and other pro-
erty holders on Eighteenth sire,
asking the passage of an ordinant
granting them the right to build
private sewer. Also the draft of q
ordinance in accordance with the p
titions, which was passed by unan
nous vote.
Aid. Maucker moved that the res
luton awarding the contract for pa
ing Nineteenth street to the Edward
& Walsh Construction company, wit
National Clay company's brick
$1.05 per square yard, be reco
sidered Laid over to the next NEE
I ing on motion of Aid. Corken..
Aid. Corken moved that the ord
nance committee and the MAYOR
I instructed to prepare an ordinan
| for the borrowing of money to p,
the cost OF the new waterworks i
let pipe. Adopted.
Aid. Bladel offered a resolutic
directing the street superintende
: to have the weeds cut on all t
streets in the First ward. AL
| Schneider moved as an amendme
: that all wards be included. Amen
ment and motion adopted.