Rock Island Argus., 1900-02-13

it's successors and assigns, is hereby
granted for a period of S5 years next
after the passage of this ordinance the
exclusive privilege of using and occu-
| pying said portion of said levee so
improved for the purpose of storing
and shipping coal and the delivery
thereof to steamboats, or other water
craft on the Mississippi river adjacent
thereto, and is also granted the right
to construct and maintain on said
portion of said levee three movable
| coal platforms. not exceeding SO feet
in length and 16 feet in width, to-
gether with the necessary appliances
and carrying rails to move and carry
| said platforms back and forth between
the north and south sides of said por-
ton of said levee; provided. how
! ever. that neither said railway COM
pany nor any person or corpor-
alton shall be permitted by said
city to lay down, maintain or
operate any railway track or tracks
upon said portion of said levee, other
than the track provided for in this
ordinance, and that no person or cor
poration shall he permitted by said
city to erect any structures or place
any distractions upon said portion of
said levee that will interfere with said
purpose of storing, shipping and de-
livering coal and the moving across
said levee of said movable coal plat
forms. Nothing in this ordinance
contained shall be construed as in
any way abridging or restricting the
right of said city to control the land
ing of steam boats or other water craft
at such levee, or the right to the col
lection of wharfage from said boats or
water craft, or as to prohibiting the
use of such levee for the landing or
deposit for shipment of articles
Of merchandise, other than coal, by
persons or corporations other than
the Rock Island & Peoria Railway
company. On the contrary, it is the
express intention of said city and said
railway company TO encourage river
traffic and the landing and embarka-
tion of freight over said por' ion of
said levee. That for and in consider
alton of the grants and privileges
herein contained the said railway
company, its successors and assigns,
shall pay to the city clerk of said city
during the month of April of each
aud every year after the passage and
acceptance of this ordinance. for 35
years, the sum of 81 as rental The
ordiuance was referred to the str ct
and alley committee. A signed state
ment .from the majority of the
property holders in the block favor
ing the passage of The ordinance was
read.
other Matters.
Aid. Gall reported that the rescr
voir would be operating steadily by
the latter part OF the week.
A resolution was offered by Aid
Elwell requiring that all telegraph and.
telephone wires within the city limits
he placed under ground The matter
was referred to the ordinance commit
tee. which was also instructed by
resolution offered by Aid. Willis to
prepare an ordinance providing per-
mission of the different light, tele-
phone and telegraph companies to at
tach high tension wires TO one anoth-
er's poles.
Aid. Lawhead complained that the
streets and avenues were getting too
thickly populated with poles. He
said it kept one busy dodging them in
some parts of the city. 1t was dis
graceful. Some of the poles were in
such dilapidated condition the own
ers were ashamed to admit ownership.
Aid. Lawhead believed every pole
should lear the name of the company
to which it belonged. The ordinance
committee will prepare an ordinance