Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-05-20
AGREES TO VAcATE,
The Peoria Will Surrender Its
Roundhouse Property on
Certain Conditions,
CONTRIBUTION FOR THELEVEE, TOO.

Company Asks in Return an Additional
Independent Main Track West From
Its Depot, and Confirmation OF Rights
1t at Present Enjoys-Terminal Bond
Approved.
1t does seem now as if the railway
track puzzle with which the city has
been wrestling these many months
would be solved, and apparently with
satisfaction to all concerned. The
council at its special meeting last
evening, after approving the bond of
the Terminal company indemnifyino
the city against any damages that
may attend the laying of the tracks
located for the company in recent
ordinance, and recording receipt for
1000 turned into the municipal ex-
chequer by F. P. Blair. the promoter
OF the new enterprise. for the right
to 90 through the r. l. & P. round
house, heard proposition from the
Peoria company. The company
agrees to the vacating of its round
house grounds at the foot of
Fifteenth street in consideration
Of the stipulated $1,000: to the sur
rendering of the two spurs now in
controversy on the payment Of the
cost of the fill by the Terminal COM
pany, and also to give $1,000 toward
the Improvement of the levee and
haul all the material used in such i'm
provement. on condition that the city
give 1t the right to construct and
maintain an additional main track
heretofore granted with the proviso
that other roads be privileged to
operate on it-west from the Twentieth
street depot and confirm the location
OF the tracks which the company at
present enjoys. The proposition was
referred for investigation. and will
probably he disposed of at the next
session of the council.
If the proposition is adopted. sled
ding for the Terminal company along
First avenue will be much smoother
than it was expected it would be. The
bridge and railway of the Terminal
company will be completed by Dec.
next, = said Mr.. Blair to an ARGUS rep
resentative last night, If the propo-
sition of the Peoria company is
adopted 10y the council. All our
tracks on both sides of the river are
now located. We have closed n con-
tract with the Burlington road for the
Joint use of its track from the Cable
mansion to Thirty-ninth street. and
you might say have obtained nearly
everything we have asked for. The
council and people of Rock Island
have been very kind to me, and thew
will have no occasion to regret it.
You can say. however. and thereby
correct an erroneous impression. that
the Bridge IL Terminal Co. is an indie
pendent institution. There is no rail-
road back of it. 1t hopes to do bust
ness with all the roads entering Rock
Island, and there is no reason why
you should not have at least Il COM
ing in here
Filter Inspection.
Mayor Medill the waterworks COM
mlttee. Supt. of Waterworks Murrin
and Engineer j. A. Harmon, with the
authority of the council. are to accept
an invitation to visit and inspect the
natural sand filtering plant in opera
ton at Ashland, Wis. before arriving
at definite conclusion with refer
ence to the system to be recon-
mended for the Rock Island plant.
The committee is DESTROYS of moving
slowly in this matter. and wants to
be sure that it is right before spend
ing the taxpayers money.
The aldermen talked sewers awhile.
all seeming of the opinion that the
city should own and control all within
h..,