Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-05-22
.STRECKFUS To BUILD.
Council Votes Him Privilege Of
Erecting a LeVee Ware
house.
FIFTEEN-YEAR LEASE Is GIVEN.
All Steamboat Lines to Have Use
of Structure.-Other
Doings.

The Rock Island city council last
night disposed of the levee warehouse
problem by voting permission to erect
building on the river front to the
Acme Packet company, of which
Capt. John Streckfus, of this city, is
sole owner.
Aid. Andrews, chairman of the IL
cense and markets committee, in sub
uniting the ordinance. said his COM
mittee had found that { busine IS
mems petition presented at the pre-
Ceding meeting of the council bespoke
the sentiments of he majority of the
people of Rock Island. 1t was in the
line of progress as we'll as seeking
an accom- N odation that was needed
and demanded by the public. Upon
motion of Aid. Andrews the ordinance
was considered. after which it was
freely discussed by the aldermen. re-
sulting in the reduction of the time of
the lease from % to Is years. The
ordinance. which was passed by a
vote of Is to l (GalD, is as follows:
Provisions of Ordinance.
Be it ordained by the city council
of the city of Rock Island that au-
thority is hereby granted the Acme
Packet company to erect and main
tain upon the river front Of this city
on spot to be designated for such
purposes by the city council of the
city of Rock Island agreeable to said
Acme Packet company for the cree
Of Il ha
pu bile steam boat warehouse and pas
seDger depot for freight and passen-
ger purposes.
Section ?. 1t is understood that in
the passage of this ordinance, per-
mission is TO be given TO all lines of
stea u boats doing business at this
port to use such wareh1 use in the
same manner and for the same pur-
poses as it will be used by the said
Acme Packet company. The condi-
tions under which other steam boat
lines shall use such warehouse are as
follows: First, upon the payment by
them to the Acme Packet company of
a part of the cost of erecting said
warehouse aud by becoming jointly
responsible for the use of the same,
as well as for any acc dent that may
occur to said warehouse. Second, or
permission may be had by other
: t3amboat lines to se said warehouse
by the payment by them to the Acme
Packet company of reasonable
rental; and in the event that an agree.
ment cannot be effected, then, in that
case. the Acme Packet company shall
appoint an arbitrator for itself and
the mayor of the city of Rock Island
shall have the power to arbitrate for
the steamboat line or lines desiring to
Jointly occupy said warehouse; and,
it such arbitrator and the mayor can
not agree, they shall appoint some
third party and their decis-
ion shall be final, binding and conclu-
sive to all parties.
Section 3. 1t is also understood
that all railroad tracks On First ave-
nue. along in front of such block,
where this warehouse is located shall
be properly planked by the different
railroads maintaining such tracks.
and the city clerk is hereby instructed
10 give notice to the different railroad
for them so to do.
Fifteen Year Lease.
Section 4. The privilege to thus
said warehouse is to extend
for a period of Is years from the date
Of the passage of this ordinance. un-
less the city council of Rock Island
shall see lit, by proper action, to de-
-ermine the period of occupancy sub
hereto, and the city author
ties shall have full police control of
said building.
Section 3. The above named parties
70 whom this privilege is granted
shall. in consideration of the privi-
eges herein named, pay to the said
,ity OF Rock Island the sum of 81 per
year as a rental or license for the use
If the said tract so set apart, upon
which the said levee warehouse is to
be erected.
Section 1t is is understood that
he Acme Packet company shall erect
/ warehouse of neat appearance and
design, suitable for the purposes of
handling freight and passengers. and
bat the said building shall be kept in
good repair and painted at least once
n two years.
erected solely and entirely at the ex-
Dense of the said Acna Packet com |
)any, named in section 1 hereof. and |
10 liability is to attach to the city of
Rock Island in any particular by rea-
'on of the maintenance thereof.
The Carnival City Packet company |
md the Diamond 10 Packet company |
we're seen by the committee with ref |
,rence to the Acme company's propo- |
'ition and expressed themselves as
agreeable TO it.
The council by resolution offered |
~ Aid. Anderson rejected the bids |
or the erection by the city of the |
,team boat warehouse.
Effect of the Action.
While this is possibly a solution of