Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-15
main TRACKS PLACED
Action Of the Council as to the
Bridge and Terminal
Facilities.
ANOTHER LONG SESSION THEREON.

ANOTHER LONG SESSION THEREON.
Afsss - Exssaasa Dsbsss the Line
Ibsee9h the Psoris Roundhouss 10
Iafs' nsly Adopssd-Tas BuriipEson
Asks for Depot Approaches On s.oona
Avsnus-Old Qaessioa Revived.
The city council considered the
question Of track privileges on the
river front further Saturday night.
and informally located the two main
tracks Of the Bridge & Terminal com.
psuy, or the Rock leland & Eastern
Illinois, from Seventh street east to
Twentieth In accordance with the
plans Of the blue print presented by
that corporation, which includes the
obliteration Of she z. I. & P. round.
house.
The council, on ASSENT bling. went
into committee OF the whole, with
Aid. W. c. Maucker in the chair.
Thereupon Aid. Gall renewed his
motion Of the preceding evening that
the Terminal compsny's main tracks
be located at least four feet north Of
the Peoria roundhouse. To thls
pro position Aid. johnson offered o
substitute that the blue print SUBJ
mitied BY the Terminal company be
adopted. at the same time making an
extended speech in behalf of the new
project. Aid. Concannon made 0
plea for the rights Of the r I. 4 P.
There were doubts, he said. as to
who and Whist interests were back Of
the Terminal company. Mayor
Medill regretted that the coun ell
vas Rot yet in possession OF
the Information It desired in
the matter OF cost rs II affects the
matter Of going through or around
the Peoria roundhouse. There was
no doubt that for the Terminal COM
pssy to 60 around the roundhouse
would necessitate q tremendous fill,
to say nothing OF the necessitated
curvature 1t would make Ia the main
tracks Of the projected enterprise.
At the same time the council should
consider all interests. 1t should not
act too hastily in Q matter of ,his
kind. The mayor then called atten.
ton to diagram provided by Vice
President H. 8. Cable, OF the r. l. &
p. representing how the contem.
plated tracks could clear the round.
house property at nominal cost.
Here q question arose as to ths
scope Of Aid. Johnson's motion.
The mayor held that he considered IL
as applying only to the tracks as 60
ing through the roundhouse, while
the impression Of the council wal
that the intent OF the motion was to
cover all the tracks asked for by the
Terminal company. Aid. johnson
did not say what he meant, but mod.
iied his motion to apply only to the
roundhouse. A standing vote was
thereupon taken on the pending
motion and Mayor Medill, Aids. Sur.
man. johnson, Lohse. Winter, Dau.
Der, Dleuer, Wheelan. Kennedy, Mel.
son and Soderstrom voted in the Of.
drmative, and Aids. Concsnnon.
Pender and Gall in the negative.
Vice President Cable then spoke il
behalf OF the diagram presented BY
him, and Engineer Loweth. OF the
Terminal company. on the position
OF bis company. In this connection
Mayor Medill brought mp matter
Of possible confiscation of two Peoris
switch tracks leading to the com.
psny's roundhcuse. He had learned
Of this through q remark dropped by
Mr.. Cable, and II there WAS q ues.
ton Of this kind. the council would
do we'll to move cautiously. "for. y
said the mayor, 1--WE may be treading
on dangerous ground" Vice Presi.
dent Cable was invited to speak on
the subject, and he said that under
ordinance 4S the company was as.
signed all ground north Of First
avenue between Twelfth aud Fiji
teenth streets. The ordinance in
question was then read by the city
clerk, and was shown to give the
Peoria tho right 70 fill and improve
the shore and river front be.
tween Twelfth and Fifteenth and use
the same or part OF the premises
granted under certain stipulations.
The opinion OF City Attorney Mar.
shall was solicited, and he stated
that the subject Was one on which he
would not feel like giving an opinion
until he had given it more thought.
but that he would be pleased TO look
into the matter thoroughly and rem.
der an opinion IL authorized TO do so.
The exhaustive report Of ex-City Al.
torney Haas WAS brought In and dis.
cussed. Il will be remembered 40 q
sweeping report 40 to all track rights
in dispute on the river front, aud az
to the ones under discussion held
that they we're illegal. % tho com.
pany hsd not complied with the con.
d;tions OF the ordinance. and further
because the council granting them
Was not represented by two-thirds Of
the aldermen elected. II Vas accord.
ingly determined to refer the whole
matter TO the mayor and city attor.
ney to report at tonighs's meeting II
possible.
ne BsFlisgsea Dspes Approaches.
An ordinance was submitted bv