Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-18
A SECRET SESSION.
How the City Council Acts
Behind Closed Doors.
ALDERMEN MUST NOT DIvULaE

ALDERMEN MUST NOT DIvULaE
A Ialk ON the Lsvse. but More PartIe1lariy
on the Ferry Liesnss-Ths Capitalize Eva.
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The city council held another
secret session last evening.
No one was supposed TO be pres
ent but those interested. and to in
sure secrecy the aldermen were
sworn not to divulge a word OF what
had TRANSFERRED. In justice to each
OF the councilmen, it should be said
that The ARGUS knows OF no instance
where there has been the least viola
ton OF this most solemn compact,
nor has anyone else "squealei"-
but to the proceedings.
After Mayor Knox had called the
meeting to order, there was an at
tempt made to give the Tri-City
Electric Sprinkler company a hear
ing. but Aid. Dauber interrupted
with a reminder that the proceedings
be confined to the levee improve
ment. for which the meeting had
been called. Aid. Foss read the
specifications as to the levee improve.
ment, which were to pave Seven
teenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets from the north rail of the
Peoria track to low water mark with
Anamosa stone and grade that
portion between Seventeenth, Eigh-
teenth and Nineteenth streets and
macadamize it so that it would have
neat appearance and remove all
distractions excepting the ferry
dock.
Favsr. Macadam and Cindere.
Aid. Tindall thought, the streets
should not be paved with stone as it
would cause the horses to fall down
and skin their knees. II they would
macadamize them and cover them
with cinders as Capt. Robinson had
already done it would be better, as a
horse could get better foothold on
the macadam. Aid. Maucker said he
felt that Aid. Tindall thought more
about the horses knees than he did
Of the levee improvement. Aid. Ken
nedy held that the COM
mittee had been over the ground and
should know what was wanted. Aid.
Tindall insisted that macadam and
cinders was all right. Aid. Maucker
then said he would like to know what
kind of man the alderman from
the Fourth ward was. The alder
men from the extreme ends of the
city were willing to beautify the city
and the Fourth ward alderman was
throwing cold water on the improve.
ment. Aid. Foss thought, as he was
chairman Of the levee improvement
committee, he should know what was
the best way to improve it and he
wanted to advocate sticking to the
plans adopted and pave the streets
with stone. Aid. Dauber suggested
we should favor home industry and
not use Anamosa stone; that we had
a man right here in our city in Ar
thur Burial, who could furnish us
all the stone We wanted just the
same as the First Methodist church
was built OF aud he knew that was a
first class building. Aid. Schreiner
hastened to explain that the Colona
stone was building material-sand-
stone that would be back to sand
after team had driven over it
few times. AID. johnson thought we
should use something cheap and ad-
vocated cedar blocks, but Aid.
Schreiner said blocks would float
away during high wafer.
At this juncture Aid. Kennedy
called attention to the fact that the
meeting was not called to discuss
the merits of the different kinds OF
pavement, but was to meet the
Davenport & Rock Island Ferry com.
paDy, aud see how much the COM
pany was willing to pay toward iu-
proving the levee. and the alderman
said he would. like to hear from
Capt. +. J. Robinson.
Capt. Robinson IL Heard.
Capt. Robinson responded. He
was glad to hear the city was going
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