Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-21
OF COUNTY CONCERN.


O0slAl Preoeealngs of YssesrdayS special
session Of sAs ospervisors.
Pursuant to . call Of one-third Of
the members. the board of super.
visors, in and for the county of Roch
Island and state OF Illinois, con.
vened In special session Wednesday,
the goth day of May. A. D. 1896. Su
pervisor Carey. chairman. presiding.
All the members were present except
Supervisors Case. Fitzpatrick and
Swank.
The following pstition from the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company of Illinois. was read BY the
clerk:
To the Honorable Board of Super
| visors OF Rock Island County, Illi-
nois-Your petitioner, the American
Telephone and Telegraph company.
OF illinois. hereby presents this. its
following petition, and prays that,
so far as your honorable board has
authority in law in the matter, your
petitioner, its successors and assigns
may be granted the right, privilege
and authority to construct, operate
and maintain it's lines of telephone
and telegraph. including the neces.
sary poles. wires and futures upon,
along aud over the roads and high.
ways of Rock Island county, Illinois,
and that the said company, its sue
cessors and assigns may be allowed
permission to attach its wires to such
bridges belonging to the said county
As are necessary for the proper and
| safe construction of the said com.
pany's line. and your petitioner will
ever pray. etc.
rHs AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TEtEGaArB
By WILLIAM N. 10 Hsox. speciL Agent.
Dated. Rock Island. ILL.,, Nay %. 1876.
Supervisor Kinner offered the fol.
lowing resolution and moved its
adoption:
The board of supervisors of Rock
Island county, Illinois, having fully
considered the matter of the petition
OF the American Telephone and Tele.
graph company of Illinois. now
grants the prayer of its sid petit
TONER in manner rs follows:
Resolved. That the board of su.
pervisors Of Rock Island county, ILL
noie, as far as it has authority in Law
in the matter. hereby gives consent
to the use Of the roads and highways
OF said county by the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph company of
| Illinois, its successors and assigns,
for the purpose of constructing.
operating aud maintaining thereon
its lines of telephone aod telegraph,
including the necessary poles. wires
and fixtures, and hereby gives the
said company permission to attach
its wires to such bridges belonging
o the county as are necessary for the
proper and safe construction of its
lines. Provided. however. that the
said lines shall be constructed and
operated in such manner and in such
places that the public use of the
highways shall be in no way inter-
ferred with, that the flow of water in
bitches and drains shall not be inter-
rupted, and that poles shall be
placed SO far as not to obstruct gate.
ways or entrances from highways,
and this consent is subject to
all rights of proper owners along
said highways. Aud provided fur
Their that the said board of super
visors. or of commissioners of high
ways in their respective towns, may
direct any alteration in the location
or erection OF any Of the poles, posts,
\ piers or abutments, and also in the
height Of wires. which may be used
in the construction of said lines,
having FIRST given the said company
or its agent opportunity to be heard
in regard to such alteration.
And provided further that said
county board hereby reserves the
right to grant like consent to any
other telephone or telegraph COM
pany for like purposes. And pro-
vided that where said company at
taches its wires to any bridge in said
county it shall upon 90 days notice
given to its agent in said county
that such bridge is in need of repair.
and is about to be repaired, detach
and take care of its wires attached to
said bridge at its own expense while
said bridge is being so repaired.
And provided that the construc.
ton Of said line and location of the
poles thereof shall be under the su.
pervision and direction of the COM
missioners of highways of the sew
eral towns in which said line il
built. whose expenses therefore
should be assumed and paid by said
company. And provided further
that said main line shall be com.
p'eted within one year from the date
Il the passage hereof.
Supervisor Ford moved to amend
said resolution by inserting the fol-
lowing: ..'And that said company
shall be required to maintain one
Office in Rock Island and one Office in
Moline" Amendment lost.
Whereupon vote was taken upon
the original resolution and carried.
Supervisor Britton moved that the
matter Of extending county aid u
one Mrs. Housed be left with Super
visor Kendall with power to act
Carried.
Upon motion the matter Of medical
treatment for one Mr. Griffith wal
left with Supervisor Thornton with