Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-06
PROTECTION ASKED
Citizens Petition Council to Take
Steps to Provide Gates at East
Seventeenth Crossing.
PRESENT CONDITION Is DANGEROUS
Action on Saloon Ordinance Amend
ment Put on Till After
Election

The city council at it's adjourned
meeting last evening was reminded OF
its duty in seeing that proper protec-
| ton * afforded the public at the rail
road crossings on First avenue by a
petition signed by $50 business men
asking that Il gate or Waterman be
ordered placed At East Seventeenth
street. The size of the petition was
such as might be expected to cut
some figure in politics and'the conn
ell lost no time in acting upon the
nudge. The wording of the instru-
ment was as follows:
We. the undersigned business men
and citizens of the city of Rock Is
land. would respectfully petition that
your honorable body take the neces-
sary steps to have gates or flag
man installed at the railroad crossing
on First avenue and East Seventeenth
street. This crossing is much used
by teams and pedestrians and il is
exceedingly dangerous to use i'm it's
present unguarded condition.
On motion of Ala. Eckhart a rcsolu-
tion was adopted requesting the rail
way companies making use of the
crossing to at once put on watch
man pending the installation of gates
and to show why other crossings had
not also been protected in con-
formity with the law.
Fear Election Results
For the sake of the political pros
poets of the retiring members ii was
quietly voted To sheive the proposed
amendment to the ordinance for the
starting of no new saloons i'm the out
lying districts of the city which has
been framed for the particular benefit
of the Nogcl property at The corner
of Third avenue and Fourth street.
till the first meeting in April. or till
after he spring election. The hoStil-
ity of some of the holders OF property
within the prescribed 800 feet from
the place i'm question stands in the
way of putting Il saloon there, and
members of the council evidently feel
that the practical revocation OF the
old ordinance at this time might
prove disastrous at the spring cleo
ton.
The petition of the Empire Coal &;
Coke company for n second track
across First avenue To the cumpany's
property on the east side of Seven
teenth street was discussed at length
and finally granted. the work to be
done under the supervision of the
mayor and street and alley commit
tee and the city engineer.
switch In Middle of street.
The blue print of the track shown
before the council placed the switch
in the center of the street. The
members to which the matter was re-
ferred agreed TO meet ON the ground
Sunday and ascertain if il would be
possible to have this remedied. W.
II. Carpenter. who is i'm charge of
the local affairs of the company.
said ii is not proposed to remove at
once the building on the corner. but
he stated that permanent improve
ments on the entire property are
and further intimated
that the corner may lac utilized for
the erection of large building later
ON.
An ordinance vacating the streets
and alleys in University Park addi-
ton. which is used by Augustana col
lege for a campus, was passed. An
other ordinance regulating the cree
ton of poles by telephone and tele-
graph companies was referred. Fur |
Their time was given the ordinance |
for the preparation of the |
ordinance for the licensing of cleo
tricians.
Under Free school Law.
The people of the city will again be |
called upon at the polls at the spring |
election to vote upon the proposition |
for the relinquishing of the special |
school charter and the organizing |