Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-20
LIBRARY is FAVORED.
City Council Unanimously APP
proves the Boards Sc
lection of Site.
BUILDING PLANS TO BE DRAWN.

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Island Public InstitutIon-EnOrtt to Open
Eighteenth Avenue Renewed-Adverse
Action on Warehouse Plan.
The city council at its semi month
" meeting last night adopted q reso-
luton ratifying the action of the pub
! library board in selecting site at
the southeast corner of Fourth avenue
and Nineteenth street for the location
of the proposed new library building.
President G. l.. Walker and Secretary
j. w. Welch, of the board, were before
the council, the former explaining the
details eff the project not contained in
the official proceedings of the board.
MIR. Walker said as soon as possible
plans of the contemplated structure
would be prepared and submitted to
the council. The aldermen all voted
affirmatively on the confirmation of
the action OF the library board, and
there does not appear to be anything
to prevent the carrying through of
the undertaking. which will insure a
modern library building, one becom-
ing a city the size and Importance of
Rock Island, the growing needs of
character planned
The movement to open Eighteenth
avenue from Seventeenth street west
TO the river is to be revived, and it
may eventually be accom- plished. The
matter was brought to the attention
of the council by eX-City Attorney G.
b. Marshall, who stated that the de-
lay following the original action look
ing toward the opening of the thor
oughfare, with the cooperation of the
South Rock Island commissioners,
was due to the fact one of the own
ers of the property that it was neces-
sary to condemn was minor, but
that now he understood all legal OBJ
stacles had been removed, and he
suggested that the council be repre-
scented at meeting next Monday of
the South Rock Island commissioners,
who are equally DESTROYS that the
avenue be continued on TO the west
ern limits of the city. The street and
alley committee was delegated to con-
duet the investigation suggested.
The plan is that the city and
South Rock Island share equally the
cost of the contemplated improve
ment.
City Ownership Plan Rejected.
The council rejected the one practi-
cal proposition before it on the sub
iect in voting against the city building
the steamship warehouse on the levee.
Bids on the building had been invited
and there were several on the clerk 5
desk from leading contractors, but
before they were opened those Of the
aldermen especially pronounced in
their opposition to the city erecting
the building, among them Michael
Vincent Concannon and "Boney'
Johnson, wanted test vote of the
council TO see if it really was DESTROYS
of making an investment in a ware
house. Aid. Wheelau, of the license
and markets committee, through
which the bids were received, there
upon moved that it be the serse of
the council that the city erect. main
tain and control a steamboat ware
house on the river front, and impose
a charge for it's use that would in time
REIN burse the city for it's outlay. The
motion was defeated by the following
vote: Ayes-Beck, Wheelan, Fender
g. Nays - ConcannOn, Johnson,
Heidemann, Freed. Aster. Willis, Ell
well, Gall, Lawhead, Soderstrom-10.
Aid Wheelan said it was very evil
dent there was a remarkable change
of front among the aldermen on the
warehouse question, in view of the
fact that when the appropriations
were made at the beginning of the
fiscal year $4,000 was set aside for a
warehouse. If the city did not in
ten erecting the building, why was
the money appropriated, Aid. Whee-
Ian wanted to know, and if the alder
men did not intend that the city
should build on the levee why were
instructions given to advertise for
bids? 1t seemed strange to Aid.
Wheelan.
The ordinance of the Diamond 10
Steam boat company asking permits
sion to erect a warehouse on the
levee was read again and referred to
the license and markets committee.
The Diamond 10 wants to build a
house that will cost about 81. 600,
allowing other companies for a rea-
sonable rental to share n its occu-
pancy, the council to be arbiter in
cases of dispute. Before the ordi-
nance is reported to the council again
the committee is to consult the vari-
Gus steam boat companies and ascer-
tain their views on the proposition.
Half the ills that man is heir 70
come from Indigestion. Burdock
Blood Bitters strengthens and tones
the stomach; makes indigestion i'm
r,nuafh1n 10 ~ AT.rabon
Fisher, druggists.
Eugene j. Hall, the poet and pub
Usher, says that one dose of Foley's
Honey and Tar restored his voice
when hoarseness Threatened TO pre-