Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-07-21
ASKS MORE RIGHTS.
Terminal Company Petitions
the City Again.
TRACKS THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY

Along First Avenue Sought. Bnr the
Council Defers Action on the Matter.
Treating the Levee Likewise.
Right of way from the east to the
west limits Of the city is now sought
by the Rock Island & Eastern ILL
nois Railway company.
The matter came before the CITY
council at its meeting last evening
in the nature of an ordinance en-
bodying ali of the concessions, and
| for the passage of which the railway
people petitioned. But action on
the ordinance was put off until later
on. The petitioner is the Terminal
| company. save in name. A former
| ordinance granted to the Davenport
and Rock island Bridge & Terminal
company rights to construct a dou-
BILE track from the bridge approach
| on Seventh street to Twentieth. But
this company was not incorporated
under the laws of Illinois and hence
cannot legally maintain these privi-
leges. So as the Rock Island &
Eastern Illinois company is incor-
porated in this state and is operated
and controlled by the same parties
at the head of the Terminal COM
pany, this last ordinance was pre-
scented to make good the former
grants and ask for their extension
from one end Of the city to the other
along First avenue. In considera-
tim OF these privileges and with the
understanding that it is to have
equal rights with ether roads doing
I business on First avenue, the Rock
Island & Eastern Illinois Railway
company promises 10 contribate
$500 toward the improvement Of
the leyee.
+. p. Blair, OF the Terminal COM
pany, Gas in attendance at the meet
ing, but had nothing to say either
way concerning the new proposition.
departing rs soon as it was referred
to committee.
| Lore About the Levee.
At the last regular meeting the or
dinance committee to be assisted by
the street and alley committee was
instructed TO investigate the grade
. question on the levee, in view Of the
proposed Improvement there, and
report at the next meeting. So last
night it came.
The report, bearing the signatures
Of Aids. Schriener and Winter. from
the ordinance committee, asked that
the matter be set aside until such
time as railroad companies now con-
templating entrance north of all
tracts had decided on the Immediate
location OF their tracks.
II move that that report be laid
on the table," Intercepted Aid. Gall.
"taat's no committee report; the
committee had no meeting. This
council has been considering this
river Improvement question long
enough to know what it is doing,
Let's go ahead and do the work; ,hen
II other roads want 70 come in lei
them come aud stand the consequent
ces. l move the adoption of the or
dinance."
Pooling Long Enough.
81 think we have been fooling ovel
this matter long enough, too" said
Aid. Dauber; why should we b,
lguided by the movements of cor
poratiOn that we know nothing
about? Ii Rock Island wants tc
make an improvement l don't see
why it should be dictated to by out.
: siders. Not much"
1.-The railroad company can come il
all right after we have made the i'm
provement," said Aid. Maucker
There is no use in US putting it of
> until the railroad gets ready t,
build"
AID Winter said it was all non
sense to say that the railway com
paDy which had been granted a RICH
OF way along First avenue was Ell
Outside concern unknown in the cit,
or the state. He was in favor of i'm
tro 7ment as well as any man, but b
e ieved it wise 10 act cautiously; no
goir g al cad blindly and without con
deration for future plans.
"This supposing business is tire
some,r was how Aid. johnson
looked st it. You talk about estab
fishing grade and then tear it u
again to let in those two tracks
why uont you Otuer the railway
company to take up some of thei
illegal old side tracks; the you vii
have plenty of room to put in tn
tracks without disturbing the grades
This council is afraid to demand it
r yhts; it's scandalous to see how tn
,ilway comp. mics are controllir,
or river front. Let the council d
u,,. ~ ia aypoctod m do-itS 5utu
aid we will have plenty of roor
, down there"
The discu .sion continued Will,
longer and the whole matter was re
ferred back to the ordinance an
street aud alley committee to repor
at the next meeting Of the council.
street Committee Broke"
The street and alley committee
about .broke" sgain. Chairman Ne
Ison ~ that mplittpp told tn