Rock Island Argus., 1894-03-13
SIDE TALK.
City CounciImen Have an Ami.
mated Session.
ALDERMEN UNOORK ELOOUENcE


holders Spokesman Jonahed His Own
Cause - Various Other Matters which
Came up for Action Before the Cannon,
The city council held an animated
session last evening. The meetino
was productive of considerably more
than the customary ante-clection elo-
qucncc on the part of the aldermen.
III was what one citizen termed it. an
ideal Chicago council mectinr. over
the deliberations of which only =,
skilled parliamentarian could prc-
SIDE with any degree of decorum.
At the opening of the meeting the
committee from the Rock Island Cit.
izens' Improvement association. com
posed of President Carsc and Mcssrs
Dusinberrc, Sweeney, llansgcn and
Aid. Maucker, was introduced. and
Mr.. Carse presented the preamble
ana resolutions of the Improvement
ASSOCIATION relating to the central
depot proposition. On motion CITY
Clerk Hucsing read the resolutions
ana Aid. kinner moved that the same
he received and adopted. Aid. Ev-
ans spoke on the proprietv of the
council taking Independent action in
the matter and then inviting cooper-
alton on the part of the Improvement
association, and Aid. Maucker moved
that the committee which the coun-
ell might determine to name include
the mayor and city attorney. The
motion was then adopted. and the
mayor announced he would appoin;
a committee later.
The Oratory Begins.
Aid. Evans called upon the chief
OF police for bill of DR.. q. G.. Graf r
for 81 for dressing the wounds of a
man taken to the sanitarium by the
police, and which at n previous ses-
sion had heen referred to the chief
Aid. Evans then made an extended
speech on the merit of the bill. and
setting forth the councils duty to
allow it.
Aid. Kennedy spoke of Rock Isl
and having no city hospital. the un-
dcrtone of his argument being n slap
ut the only hospital Rock Island has
now because of the sectarian denom-
ination controlling it. The Sixth
ward alderman was in favor of al
lowing these bills, but he would like
to see DR.. kinyon's back bill for sim
liar services also allowed. it having
been rejected at a previous session.
Remarks were made by other alder
men, and the bill of Dr. Craig was
then put upon its passage ard de-
featcd.
AID. kuschmann read the result Of
the tests of the samples of brick sub
mittcd in accordance with the city's
formula a heretofore published. and
it was received and placed on file.
On Twenty-third street.
i petition was then offered on be-
half OF thrce-fourths the property
holders interested in the Twenty
third street pavement. praylng
, the council to specify Gales
burg brick in the contract to be let.
Mayor Medill stated. before the pc
tition was read, that communica-
tions of this nature bearing upon
the material to 90 into public
work should be filed before the
bids were exposed. However, the
mayor did not propose to intcrpose
any objection to the petition bein 2
submitted to the council, and it was
read.
{ NJ. j. Murphy, as spokesman for
, the Twenty-third street property
r holders. was given permission to ad-
. dress the council. and he gave eX-
preston to some very illadyised re-
marks. He reviewed the letting OF
, paving contracts in the past, con-
, demned Rock Island brick. and the
. tendency of his comments was OF a
. generally abusive nature. He as
serted that "a committee of bankers
had lobbicd the Rock Island brick
\ through the council" in the
Fourth avenue contract. and accused
= the council of sitting competition in
} that undertaking.
} Aldermen Express Themselves.
Aid. Kennedy took Mr.. Murphy to
I, task for his accusations, and Aid.
, Evans explained that Mr.. Murphy
= had made mistake in his mode of
addressing the council, vet the al
dermen should not blame the other
= property holders for the shortcom-
, ings of Mr.. Murphy. and they should
: act without pre- judice in the matter,
, and consider the wishes of the prop
: erty holders as set forth in the peti-
ton.
{ Aid. Corken stated that he stood on
this uupstiou whore he had ALWAYS