Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-06
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

| Council met in adjourned regular ses-
sion at : p. IN Mayor MeConochie pre-
siding and all the aldermen present The
clerk read the minutes of Aug. 20. which
were approved. The clerk read the re-
ports OF the city officers for the month
| Of August, which were ordered placed on
file on motion of Alderman Fender.
| Alderman Concannon of the Finance
Committee. submitted report recon-
mending that all bids for the purchase
OF lot l, block 9, Thompson Wells
addition, be rejected, and moved the
adoption OF the report. Carried.
The Clerk read communication from
the Board Of Local Improvements, sub
hitting estimates of the cost of improv-
ing Tweuty-second street, between Tenth
and Eighteenth avenue, and an ordinance
for said improvement.
Alderman Robbins offered a resolution
| for the immediate consideration of an
| ordinance for the improvement of Twen-
| ty-second street, from Tenth to EiSh
teenth avenue, by paving and curbing
| Carried.
Alderman Pender moved the adoption
of the ordinance as read. Carried by
| unanimous vote.
Alderman Robbins offered an ordinance
declaring lot B, block ,, i'll NJ. Schnell's
add. nuisance, and ordering it filled to
grade.
On motion of Alderman Anderson the
| ordinance was considered and adopted by
| unanimous vote.
Alderman Gall of the Waterworks
| Committee. reported that T. B. Davis
had Withdrawn his proposition for the
| extension of watermains and the install
lation of a pump at the reservoir.
The clerk read bids from the Davis
Co. and Blake & Murphy for the install
lGtion of iron watering troughs. Re
ferred to the Waterworks Committee,
! on motion of Alderman Concannon.
The Clerk read petition from Blake
, & Murphy for permission to open paved
street. Granted on motion of Alderman
Soderstrom.
The Clerk submitted a plat of Neon
cchie's subdivision in the Black Hawk
| addition. Referred to the Street and
Alley Committee, on motion of Alder
man Concannon.
The clerk read petition from J. NJ.
Schaab and Pardon & Son, asking that
J. Il. Johnston be compelled to open and
grade the alley in his subdivision, in
accordance with the terms of the bond
fled by him previous to the adoption
of the plat.
Alderman COncannon moved that the
petition be referred to the Mayor, city
engineer, city attorney and Street and
Alley Committee. Carried.
The Clerk read petition from V. Mold
for permission to remove a certain scale
from Fourth street to Seventh street.
Referred to the Street and Alley Commit
tc with power to act, on motion of Alder
man COncannon.
The Clerk read an ordinance establish
in" grades in w. F. Bailey's Third addi-
tion. Immediate consideration of the or
finance was ordered. and on motion of
Alderman Freed it was adopted by unan-
imous vote.
Alderman Robbins offered a resolution
instructing the City Attorney to pro-
coed according to the terms of the ord
nance passed to abate the nuisance in
Schnell's addition. Adopted.
The Clerk read a communication from
the Harper House Co., submitting a
claim for damages done by sand from
the reservoir to machinery in the hotel.
Referred to the Waterworks and Claims
Committees on motion of Alderman An
drews.
Alderman Fender offered a resolution
for the removal of stone crossing from
Second avenue and Twenty-first street
to Fifth avenue and Twenty-ffrst street.
Adopted.
Alderman Anderson submitted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
'To his Honor, the Mayor, and City
Council Your committee appointed
at the last meeting to draft resolutions
on the death of Alderman Snyder's wife,
hereby beg leave to offer the following:
Whereas, 1t has pleased God in His
providence, to call from her earthly life
and labor Mrs. Sarah Snyder, the wife of
cur esteemed associate, Mr. McClelland
Snyder: therefore,
Resolved; That we, the members of
the Rock Island City Council, sincerely
deplore the great loss which Mr. Snyder
has sustained through what seems to us
the untimely death of a most loving, af-
fectionate and devoted wife;
Resolved, That we hereby extend to
the husband and relatives of the de-
ceased our most heartfelt sympathy in
their affliction and bereavement;
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread on our records and also sent to
the family of the departed. Respectfully
submitted"
A G. Anderson, T. A Fender,
T. \. Andrews, Committee.
On motion of Alderman Gall the
City Clerk was instructed to advertise
for bids for certain pipe Carried.
Adjourned on motion of Alderman