Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-18
WILL USE ABATTOIR'
Council Orders Portion of Build
ing Fitted Up for Hospi-
tai Purposes.
EXPENSE NOT TO EXCEED $1,000
Milk Ordinance Passed and Further
Action on Storm Drain
Taken.

rive apartments AT tue dDaIIOlr
will be partitioned off and arranged
as a hospital after plans prepared
by Architect l.. NJ. Drack, at cost
estimated not to exceed $500. The
council last evening decided upon this
course and authorized City Clerk
Schaffer to advertise for bids upon
the work at once in order to be pre-
pared for any emergency that may
arise during the winter. The apart
ments will cover the east end of the
first floor and the north entrance will
be made to correspond with the PLAN
This will still leave the building with
out water, sewer or furnace and heat.
Milk Ordinance Now Law.
The milk ordinance presented at
the last meeting of the council by
Health Commissioner DeSilva and re-
ferred to the ordinance committee.
was reported back, considered by
section and passed. Very few
changes were made in the 20 articles
of which il is composed, and dairy
men delivering the tactical fluid in the
city in future will he strictly looked
after by the health department. The
ordinance is designed to confer power
to make use of the testing apparatus:
that has been installed at a room at
the waterworks fitted up for the pur-
pose. The terms are in accordance
with the state law on the subject.
The milk must show not less than
three percentum of butter fat or 1S
percentum of solids and the cream II
percentum of butter fat in order to
pass muster. Strict provisions for
cleanliness are Incorporated.
storm Drain Case.
4 letter from Sister Mary Michael,
mother superior at st. Anthony's hos
pital, was read asking that the coun.
ell appoint a committee TO confer
with the hospital authorities in re-
gard to the settlement of the Twenty
fourth street storm drain claim.
Matthias Schnell, the contractor, has
offered to give to the sisters any
amount that the city may see fit to
pay for the work, waving his own
claims in the matter. y committee
was appointed last year. but the suit
of William Nevin for the work being
brought about that time the negotia-
tions were dropped. Now Mr.. Nevin' 5
suit has been disposed of. The coun-
ell authorized the mayor, finance am
sewer committees and the city attor.
ney to- investigate the claim and re-
port at the next meeting. AS is gen
orally known the special assessment
for the work was not collected, owing
to the fact that all the contractors
were involved in Il prosecution for
fraud and any money the city eN-
ponds now in paying for it will have
to be diverted from the general fund
The Argus has but simply to repeat
! its position when the proposition in
behalf of the hospital was made orr
ginally year ago-that if there be
any virtue in the storm drain as an
improvement the payment therefor
could not go toward better cause
An adjustment that would in any way
aid this institution would be most de-
sired of any that the city might have
in mind. The drain today represents
an expenditure of S2O,3SO. Matthias
Schnell, the contractor. paying S14.'
$50 for work and material and $4,000
| in interest.