Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-01-17
Waterworks Ordinance.


sion and enlargement of the existing water
works system of the City of Rock Island, IL
iinoIs. fixing the capacity of said waterworks
system as extended and enlarged. fixing the
orizing and providing for the Issuance Of
Water Fund certificates of the City of Rock
Island to the amount OF Forty Thousand
gIo.oOO.ON Dollars. to provide for the pay
ment of the cost of such extension and en-
largement.
WHEREAS: The City OF Rock Island. in
the State of Illinois. has heretofore con-
structed and now owns and operates a water
works for supplying water for public use ana
for domestic use of its inhabitants and
WHEREAS: Said city deems it necessary
and expedient to enlarge and extend its said
waterworks system to more adequately
supply water for public use and for domestic
use of its inhabitants and
WHEREAS: BY and under the provisions
of act of the 41st General Assembly entitled
An Act authorizing Cities. Towns ana VII
lagos to build purchase extend waterworks
system for public and domestic and to
provide for the cost thereof approved April
-. 1893, it has authority to make such extern
sions and enlargement and to provide for
paying the cost thereof and
WHEREAS: In the manner provided by
said act, the said city has caused to be made
an estimate of the cost and expense of max
ing said desired and necessary extensions and
enlargement of its existing waterworks sys-
tenn towit: the of Forty Thousand Dol
lars and has caused to be prepared plans and
specifications therefor which are on file and
may be found in the office OF the City Clerk
and open to the inspection of the public now
therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council Of
the City of Rock Island:
Sec. 1. Said extensions and enlargement Of
the existing waterworks system shall be made
and constructed in accordance with the pro-
visions of said act of the Assembly and the
plans and specifications therefor and certain
preliminary arts and proceedings of the City
Council in the matter of such extensions and
improvements.
Sec. 9. Said extensions and enlargement
shall consist of and include the construction
of pumping station Consisting OF pump
ing house and pump on and made a part %
the present reservoir system and shall be
constructed and at the existing reservoir
located between 18th and 18th avenues and
22nd and 25th streets in said CITY, said reser-
voir having capacity of four million gal
Ions which with the proposed extensions will
be increased to eight million gallons; the
new pump at said pumping station shall have
and has a capacity of two million gallons
and the capacity of all pumps at said station
including said is eight million gal
Ions. the motor attached to said new pump
shall be and is of Is horse power. said ex,
tensions and enlargement shah also consist
OF and include the laying and extension OF
water mains and water pipes in on and along
the following streets of said city towit:
In on and along 9TH street between 9th and
eth avenue. In on and along 14th avenue be-
tween 3Sth and 44th street; in and along
18th street between 18th and 18th avenue; in
on and along seth street between 5th and 9th
avenue; in on and along 9Th avenue between
And and 44th streets; in and along End
street between 9Th and 18th avenues; in on
and along 9Th avenue between 18th and II tn
streets; in or and along 5th avenue between
21st and 23rd streets; in on and along 10Th
avenue between 21st and 22nd streets: in on
and along 9Th avenue so feet east OF 24th
street to connect up dead end; in on and along
51s avenue 100 feet west OF 9th street to con.
meet up dead end.
Said water pipe extensions shall consist of
not less than fifteen thousand feet, of cast
iron water pipe connected with the reservoir
and pumping station. and said pipe extern
sions shall be furnished with sufficient
number of fire plugs properly connected with
said extended pipes and located at proper and
suitable points along said designated streets.
and avenues which points shall be designated
by the City Council.
Sec. 3. The water rates or taxes fixed by
chapter 30 of the revised ordinances of 1894
of said city, amended and supplemented to
date, and to be paid by every person using
water from or through the Rock Island water
works as now existing and in operation, shall
water works system as enlarged
and extended and said water
rates taxes. shall be paid by every person
using water from or through the Rock Island
water works as thus extended and enlarged
which water rates or taxes are as follows
1. The water rates or taxes which shall be
paid by every person using water from or
through the Rock Island city water works,
shall be follows, to be paid by the owner
of the premises where water is taken:
per annum.
For residences, boarding houses and
hotels four rooms or under ............$ 400
For residences, boarding houses, each
additional room 100
For offices each Observation-Disclosures. 500
For dental once --...-......-............. 500
For sleeping rooms. public buildings.
each Observation-Disclosures. 800
For stores. tailor shops. shoe shops. etc.
1,500 square feet floor space or UNDER 600
For stores, tailor shops. shoe shops,
each 500 square feet additional ..--.... 200
Ice cream and oyster parlors, 800 square 4
feet floor space or under, including
Kitchen, etc. 800
For each additional 300 square feet 200
For restaurants ........................... 1000
For retail drug stores, each .......-.. 1000
For retail drug stores with soda fountain 1900
For wholesale drug stores ................ 1900
flying .......................... 1900
For saloons. each OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1900
For saloons, each beer pump run by
water motor 5-OO
Tor salons, beer garden for the season.
extra .............. .......... 1000
For photograph galleries, each 1900. 1900
For butcher shops ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1900
For barber shops. with one chair 49,. 500
extra ...........................-....... ESQ
For Blacksmith shop with one fire ...... $50
For blacksmith shop each additional fffe LIS
For bakeries, each barrel daily use 81,
but not less than ................. 1000
For watering troughs on sidewalks ...... 1000
For watering troughs in pastures. so a
cents each head of horses and cattle,
estimated average during season but in
no case less than ...................... 800
No watering troughs allowed without
automatic stop cocks.
For bath tubs. private ......-..... 800
For bath tubs public ................. 500
For water closets private. ........... 800