Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-19
ALDERMEN ANGER.
Kennedy and Schneider Have
Their Usual Tete.a.Tete.
CHARGES MADE AND RErUTED.
The sixth warder Begins the scoldinG
over the Alley Paving and the Street and
Alley Committee Head Replies - City
Finances mp Again.

sy So""Nse menu NePhes - lily
Finances mp Again.
At last nights council meeting
Aids. Kennedy and Schneider pre-
sented their usual wrangle OF words
for the ediiication Of the others.
Kennedy began it by scolding the
street and alley committee for not
being ready to report in the alley
paving. The committee had been
with the mayor assigned the duty
OF advertising for bids and awarding
the contract so that the work could
90 on, but ii was found last evening
that nothing had been done on Aid.
Kennedy calling the matter up. A
bid had been received late in the
afternoon, but Aid. Schneider en-
planned that the ommittee wanted
to wait until Wednesday evening to
compare it with Contractor Wheel
ans bid and the estimates for the
work.
Then what do you propose to doP"
inquired Kennedy.
Then. why them" replied Schnei-
der. 1--WE will say what we will do.
How can we see what we will do un.
ill we know what we will do? That's
what ! would like TO know"
Then Kennedy proceeded to dress
down the street and alley committee
for its dilatory methods. 1t looked
to him rs il the bondsmen Of the for
mer contractor were holding this
matter Off. he said. until they were
sure that there would be bid as low
as the former one.
This brought Aid. Schroeder to his
feet. "Mr. Kennedy intimates that
there has been Doodle in this lob, :"
he said. IL say to him that he had
better be careful about his lam
guage."
Aid. Kennedy-"Who said any,
thing about boodle?"
Aid. Schroeder-s.Well, it is pref
ty strong Inference, and such as no
alderman has a right to convey until
he knows what he is talking about. {"
Aid. kennedy-''lf the shoe fits,
put it on"
Aid. chneider-'Prove it, saw
prove it! l defy you to prove that
used with this committee"
Aid. Kennedy-..I can saw this
much, that one OF the bondsmen came
to me and sought TO have the con-
tract delayed"
Ala. Maucker condemned the COM
mittcc for the delay and negligence
OF It's course. The entire matter had
been placed in its hands in hopes of
facilitating it and getting the work
started this fall and finished il pos
siblc.
Aid. Schneider-"We are willing
To acknowledge that we NAV have
been careless about this, but we DEFY
Aid. Kennedy to prove what he has
said, and this practice of Aid. Ken
ncdy calling us boodlers must cease
AID. kenneiy-'.I called no one a
boOdler, told you; ! merely spoke
my own opinion"
Aid. Nelson: IL am a member of
the street and alley committee and
IL any one has approached me l do
not know who he is. AS far as the
charges of influence being exerted in
this matter to delay the work,
either Aid. Kennedy is mistaken or
he is willfully telling what is not
true"
Looked Over the hid.
The council cut of the colloquy BIZ
taking a 15.minute recess to COM
pare the bid in question. which was
that OF the Edwards Il Walsh Con-
struction company. with the former
bids and estimates, Aids. Maucker,
Schneider and Kennedy being the
special committee delegated to the
work. On reassembling, the con-
tract was awarded Edwards Il Walsh
on the strength Of the proposition
appearing in the official record.
After the Levse Mt Last.
The special committees report on
the condition Of the ievee held that
IL railroad tracks were now occupy
Ing rights there illegally and recon-
mended the reading OF City Attorney
Haas opinion on the subject OF Nov.
?, 1892. when the terminal project
was first proposed. The recommen-
dations were adopted including a
resolution from Aid. Foss that all
unlawful distractions on First ave-
rue between Fourteenth and Twen-
tieth be removed ut once. Aid.
johnson presented memorial signed
by most of Rock Islands business
men. calling attention to the rivers
usefulness and Importance to our
commercial advancement and urging
that approaches to il be improved by
paving. plauking, etc, and this was
placed on file. The council took hold
Of the levee with more apparent
carnestness than ever before, and it is
believed now its improvement so long
prayed for. as well as the proper pro-
vision for all track rights and ter.
minal ground privileges. may be
pushed in manner and with q zeal
that will accomplish great results in
Rock Islands interests.
The Finance Question.
The council had another little tus.
sic with the finance question. The
$4,000 borrowed 60 days ago had be.
come due and the finance committee