Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-02-16
or THE DADS
More Telephone Talk is
Heard.
hUBlN6ER Is TOO SLOW.
Fails to Attend Meetings Ar
ranged for Him.
Two Per Cent Insurance Or
dinance Stands.

Another quiet session Of the city
fathers was held last night.
The mayor wore his claw hammer
coat, had his countenance smoothed
of, had his hair parted at q point
about four degrees from his left ear,
and appeared in unusually Primp
condition. He also seemed in
hurry to push the proceedings. This
eau sed suspicion to arise among
the aldermen that his honor had
political confab on tap. Aid. Ken.
edy blew in several minutes after
the roll had been called. 1t 10 sup
posed he had been doing some skir-
mishipg in the interest Of his mayor
atty boom. He took his seat beside
Aid. Nelson. the curbstone button
holer, who also has the executive bee
In his bonnet. They had an appar-
emily interesting consultation, &C.
cssionally glanciog at the gentleman
in the chair, who exchanged q look
every now and then, evidently be-
ing suspicious that something
was on concerning the $1,000
per annnm job, which he lie
also strieing to land again. The
two uptown mayorslty candidates
continued their copfab for several
minutes, paying no attention to what
was going on in the council. Bat
they finally got into the game.
Aid. Nelson, chairman of The street
and alley committee, said the ordi-
nance Of the Mississippi Valley Tele-
phone company was still hanging
fire. owing to the failure CT the com
paDy to have representatives as
meetings OF the Committee which
had been held. Aid Concanuon was
inclined TO question the fact that the
telephone company had been notified
OF the committees meetings. The
First ward representative said he
had receiv ed letter from Mr.. Hue
biDger in which he said he was de-
sirous Of explaining the merits OF
bis project to the RICK leland coun-
Gil. AID. Nelson said Aid. Conc q.
non was oyerstepping his bounds.
and recommen ded that since be
doubted the competency Of the street
ard alley committee and the may or
in handling this matter. it be all
placed in his hands. Aid. Concan-
non said he was not DESTROYS Of ap-
peariug as the champion of the new
company. but he wanted it to have
a square deal. The mayor assured
him that the committee had done its
duty, bat did not propose to be
horsed. The mayor asked Aid. Con-
cannon if he was satisfied with the
street and alley committees report
that further time be granted. He
said he was. And here the discus
sion ended.
Flre Insurance Rate sticks.
Aid. Foss said the finance and fire
and light committees had o Joint
meeting on the petition Of the fire
insurance companies to repeal the
2-per cent ordinance. He presented
report that the petition be not
granted. Aid. Concannon objected
to the adoption Of the report, claim
ing that the retaliatory 5 per cent
advance in rate of insurance COM
panies worked q hardship on small
property holders, the owners OF man
ufacturing and business blocks hav-
ing the advantage of going outside
the state and insuring their property,
and thus escape the increase in rates.
Aid. johnson said the insurance cou
panies were getting great bene-
fits from the paid fire department,
and they could not consistently
carry on their present increase in
rates very long. He said it was only
question OF a short time, he would
jadge from what agents had told
MIN. until the local underwater
would be instructed to withdraw the
increase. II was only q bluff, Aid.
johnson said. The report submitted
by Aid. Foss was adopted, all voting
aye but Concannon.