Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-08
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
omeiai Proceedings of Last Nights .Coun-
ell Meeting.

sept The Oouncii met IN ad-
! jOurned session at p. m, Mayor
Medill presiding and all the aldermen
present except Winter. The minutes
of the last regular meeting in Au-
gust and the subsequent September
meeting were read and approved. Re
ports of city officers for the month of
August were read and ordered placed
on file.
Alderman Lawhead, from the Com
mittee on Licenses and Markets. call
ed attention TO reports as TO the city
scales being out of balance.
Alderman Fender, from the Stree.
: and Alley Committee reported favor
: ably o. a petition TO place an alley
| between Twentieth and Twenty-f:rst
Streets and Fourth and Fifth avenues.
, IL: passable condition. Report
adopted.
Alderman PeEder also reported fav-
/ orably on the petition for 81 drain on
Tenth avenue. Report adopted.
! Alderman Pender reported favorably
the petition for the vacation of por-
tions of Third and Fourth streets in
connection with the new yard of the
Rock Island & Peoria railway, and
presented the vacating ordinance. \
recess was taken to examine Il plat,
and on reassembling the ordinance
was passed by a vote of II to ? Deck
Lohse)
| The Clerk read petition of I. 2.
/ Wilson and others for a Waterman eN
tension on Forty-fOurth street. Re
| ferred to the Waterworks Commit
tee on motion of Alderman Johnson.
| Alderman johnson offered a resolu-
/ tion directing the Street Superinten-
/ dent TO use the grader on Eleventh
avenue between Ninth and Eleventh
streets.and at other places down town,
( Adopted.
! Alderman Surman offered similar
| resolutions for work on Fourth and
! Sixth streets Adopted.
| Alderman Gall offered a resolution
permitting propertyholders to con-
meet with the sewer on Twenty-siXth
street on payment of SO each, in ac-.
: cordance with the prayer of petition
ers. Adopted.
| Alderman Maucker offered n resolu-
ton directing the REIMBURSEMENT of the
city scale. Adopted.
! Alderman Maucker offered n resolu-
ton for the grading of an alley be-
! tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets
and Eighth and Ninth avenues. Re
ferred to the Street and Alley Com
mittee.
! Alderman Maucker offered resolu-
ton declaring a certain lot owned by
| Virgil Warren as a nuisance and di-
recting that steps be taken for its
! attainment. Resolution adopted and
] the City Attorney directed to prepare
an ordinance declaring the same
nuisance.
! Complaint was made by Nc
. Namara of the condition of a lot on
= Twentieth street, in the Schnell addi-
/ ton. and Alderman Fender moved
that the Health Committee and City
| Attorney investigate and report. AL
derman Wheelan moved as Il substi-
tute that the City Attorney be di-
rected to prepare an ordinance con-
deming the lot. Substitute adopted.
| Alderman Beck offered resolution
directing that Second street between
Eleventh and Twelfth avenues be
cut to grade Referred TO the Street
and Alley Committee.
Alderman Elwell offered an ordin-
ance establishing certain grades on
Thirteenth avenue and elsewhere in
the Sixth ward. Referred to the
Street and Alley Committee.
Alderman Soderstrom offered an
ordinance establishing certain grades
on Tenth avenue in the Seventh ward.
Referred to the Street and Alley Com
mittee.
Alderman Soderstrom offered n res
olution directing that an alley lead
ing to Thirty-fourth street be placed
in passable condition. Referred TO
the Street and Alley Committee.
Alderman Soderstrom offered a res
olution directing the Street Superin-
tendent to open bitches on Thirty
fifth street. Referred to the Street
and Alley Committee.
Alderman Surman presented an or
dinance for the establishment of GER
tain grades in the First ward. Re
ferred to the Street and Alley Com
mittee.
Alderman SoderstrOm presented a
petition of L. ]. johnson and others
for the establishment of a light at
Eighth avenue and Forty-first street.
Referred to the Fire and Light Com
mittee.
Alderman Gall called up the matter
/ of the Elm street. paving, and Alder
substituted for the macadam founda-
ton between Seventh and Ninth ave-
nues. Adopted, s to 5.
The Mayor submitted a proposition
for supplying and screening 1000
yards of gravel, from the Crescent
Stone Co, at S1.35 per cubic yard, put
in place in the reservoir, the city TO
provide the supply without cost to
the contractor, and added that gravel
could be had from a lot owned by c.
]. Long. near the abattoir at equitable
rates. Referred to the Mayor and Wa
terworks Committee with power to
act. on motion of Alderman Gall.
Alderman Gall moved that the
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