Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-08-03


Previous to passage bills were Or
dered attached TO the ordinance as
follows: Special policemen, L. IRA
mer So, T. Bagley So, John Bender s.;
Sweeney & Walker, $500; same, S11.6o.
Other bills were ordered laid over.
Alderman Dauher, from the Street
and Alley Committee, reported in
favor of allowing the Rock Island
Lumber & Mfg. Co. to lay switch
track on Twenty-sixth street, cross.
ing Third avenue, for a term of five
years, the track to be planlsed Re-
port adopted.
Alderman Winter, from the Water
works Committee reported favorabiy
on the petition for water mains on
Ninth avenue from Fourteenth to
Fifteenth street. Report adopted.
Alderman Winter. from the Water
works Committee, also reported favor
ably ON the petition for the extension
of water mains on Eleventh a,ennc,
Eighth to Ninth street. Report adopt
ed.
Alderman Winter also reported in
formally as TO inspecting certain re-
servoirs and asked time for report
with recommendation. Granted.
The Clerk read a petition from Ros-
enfield Bros. for leave to open a paved
street. Petition granted.
TIL Clerk read petition from Z r.
lamp for leave to open paved street.
! clifton granted.
Tac Clerk read petition from Nor
-. III e.
to remove a frame building. Refer, ed
to the Fire and Light Comm lee wit,
power to act, on motion of Alderman
Fender.
Alderman Nelson offered a resolu-
ton instructing the CITY Clerk to
notify the c., r. i. e. p. and c., b. &
4. railway companies to lay sidewalks
at their crossings at Fnty-secend,
Forty-third, Forty-fourth and Forty
fifth streets. Adopted.
Alderman Wheelan presented g res.
olution to lay water mains on Fifth
avenue from Twenty-first to Twenty
third streets. Referred to Water.
works Committee.
Alderman Concannon offered res.
olution for the placing of a box cul-
vert at Eleventh avenue and Sixth
street. Referred to Street and Allev
Committee.
Alderman Kennedy offered a rcsolu.
| ton for water mains on FItth-and-a-
half avenue from Twenty sixth to
Twenty-seventh street. Referred to
Waterwarks Committee to .'eport Al
| next meeting.
Alderman Maucker offered n resoiu
ton instructing the City Clerk to not
fly propertyholders adjoinips the al
ley between Fourteenth and Fifteenth,
streets and Fourth and Fifth avenues
to repair fences and sheds Adopted.
Alderman Lohse offered a resolution
for a new platform on the puh,i,
scales on Market Square. Referred to
Committee on license and Markets.
Alderman Soderstrom presented n
petition of property owners OH Thir.
tieth street for leave to cut down an
abandoned fence. Referred to the
Street and Alley Committee
Alderman Gall moved that the
Street Superintendent be instructed
to remove surplus dirt from Twenty
fourth street and Fifth avenue.
| Adopted.
Alderman Wheelan presented a res
olution for an electric light Mt Twen-
ty-first street and Sixth avenue. Re-
ferred to the Fire and Light Commit.
tee.
The Mayor announced that there
would be public exhibition of the
Fire Department on Wednesday even
ing and invited the Council and citi-
zens to witness it.
Alderman johnson moved that
when the Council adjourn ~ be to
Wednesday at $3.50 p m. Carried. Ad-
journed on motion of Alderman Mel