Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-07-03
SIDE TALK.
Republican Aldermen Refuse to
Pay Policemen.
THAT SMALL POX CASE AGAIN

DIR. f. NJ. Sala and August Schmidt Pre-.
sent Their Bills to the city Council
Messrs. Mead, Pine and Matteson Ad-
dress the Aldermen Regarding Their
| Brick.
The republican element in the CITY
council twice asserted itself last even
ing, and showed not only its deter
mination to pull the wool over Mayor
Medill's eyes. but also its desire to
weight it and keep it there. The
mayor once more presented the
names of Richard Carnes and Max
kautz for confirmation as policemen,
but they were rejected. When the
bills were being allowed. the bills of
Messrs. Carnes and Kautz were pre-
scented for SLIGO. and a motion made
TO attach them to the pay roll ordi-
nance, but the motion was defeated
by party vote of to s. Just what
the mayor will now do is unknown,
but in all probability the necessary
ponce force Will be cut off two men.
Who VIII Pay for Wood:
1t has now become a perplexing
query regarding the payment of the
medical and nursery attentions given
to Summer Wood, the recent small
poX patient, who paid Rock island 4
visit. The bills of DR.. Sala for 5000,
and OF August, Schmidt for Sl64. We're
referred to the finance committee
and the city attorney to confer with
committee from the county board.
WIZ Use Rock Island Brick.
Aid. kuschmann, from the street
and alley committee, presented re-
port recommending the paving of
Nineteenth street and Sixth avenue
with Galcsburg terra Gotta brick. A
petition signed by II. b. Sudlow and
others for the use of Rock Island
brick was then read, as was one from
Mrs. Elizabeth Covne and others to
pave with Galesburg brick. The
signers in favor of the Rock Island
brick seemed to be in the majority,
and Aid. Kennedy said as much. but
&. Z. Adams asked to be heard by
the council, and permission being
granted, ne strongly opposed the
Rock Island brick, and said that
some of the persons who had signed
the Rock Island brick petition had
no authority to do so. Messrs.
Mead, from the Rock Island: Pine,
from the Terra Gotta. and Matteson.
from the burlington, were all heard
regarding their brick. The motion
was then put by Aid. Bladel that Ed
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tract and that Rock Island brick be
used. The motion was carried.
| Twentieth Street at Last,
At last Twentieth street is to be
completed. The objections to the
continuance of the Improvement have
all been withdrawn as per agreement.
and the city will now push ahead
with the mprovements. Edwards &
Walsh have the contract, and they
have been instructed TO proceed as
soon as possible. This is the ONLY
satisfactory outcome of the Seven
teenth street ordinance south of Ninth
avenue, and without the firm stand
taken by the old council in putting
| that through, the obstructionist who
rules the situation on Twentieth
street south of Ninth would have bid
defiance to the city and the street
would never have been paved. When
confronted with the Seventeenth
street ordinance he was able to make
deal with the present council to let
him out of Seventeenth on condition
that he withdraw objection to Tween
tieth. The Seventeenth street ordi-
nance stands, however, and future
council will put it through, too.