Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-17
SALARIES RAISED
Police, Waterworks and Health
Employees Get Advance
in Pay.
CITY COUNCIL IN LIBERAL MOOD
Controversy Over Levee Privileges
Occupies Attention of
Aldermen.

Police. hSalth and waterworks en-
ployes of Rock Island last evening
were accorded an advance in pay at
the hands of the city council. For
the first named an ordinance, volun-
tarily presented and referred two
weeks ago. was adopted last evening
fixing the salaries of the chief ut
$500. of the night captain at S76O.
and of the patrolmen at 5000. This
is Il raise of So month for all me
present clothing allowance of $75 a
year was not changed.
Employees OF the waterworks de
partment asked at the last meeting
of the council for 10 per cent raise.
Upon the recommendation of the wa
terworks committee. to which il was
referred, the salary of the first as
siStant engineer was fixed at S71.5O:
second assistant engineer, so; fire
man. So. and outside man." SEQ. at
the main pumping station. At the
reservoir the first engineer was al
lowed SGj. and second and third en-
gineers. So each. This was an adj
vance of s. for each. The barn boss
and driver Of garbage wagon No. l
was also raised 81 to salary of
$500, and the other driver. $3.50, to
S47.25. The health officer was also
given the same clothing allowance as
policemen. So annually.
Empire Coal Company Again.
The question that occupied the
greatest portion of the evening, and
which was left as far from a settle
-h.r f.ll-
that of the levee privileges of the
Empire Coal Il Coke company. which
was said both by the city officers
and by representatives of the com
pany last week to have been practic-
ally solved. After the license and
markets committee had decided that
the company must pay the regular
license of 500 year. with reduc-
ton for the time already elapsed.
W. ii. Carpenter. the manager, asked
for the bill. indicating Il willingness
to pay il. When he learned that it
amounted To $50, however. he object
ed. and last evening he appeared be
fore the council and gave his reasons.
pointing ont that his company would
be called upon To pay almost the en-
tire profits of the seasons business.
ana for much smaller portion of
the levee than that granted to the
sand aud ferry companies for the
same sum. The whole moOted QueS-
tiun WAS gone over again in promis-
cuous discussion and several tits oc-
CURED. Aid. Gall reSenting inSinua-
tiens that the sand companies were
being permitted to enjoy a snap.
Aid. Kennedy tried to settle it with
"A motion To allow the coal company
TO do business for the present season
for $40. and Aid. McCaSkrin amended
it by fixing the place assigned to the
company just off the East Seven
teenth street pavement. Both were
ruled out of order by the mayor, as
being i'm conflict with the ordinance
bearing on the subject. 1t was final
ly agreed to give the license and mar
llets committee further time to
wrestle with the question.
Caldwell Heard From.
L. II. Caldwell. of Milan. who some
time ago presented an ordinance
giving him franchise to use the
Ninth street road and the Milan
bridges for an electric line to the
lower end of the county. had n let
ter before the council asking why no
action had been secured. The mayor
and members of the street and alley
committee explained that when Mr..
Caldwell had met with that body he
refused to divulge what financial
backing he had. or anything of the
plans of the company that it was
proposed to form, so that action had
been deemed inadvisable. The letter
was placed in the hands of the
bridge and ordinance committees for
Il report.
John Evans, the dairyman, brought
i'm a petition and was heard in its
Eehalf. asking for the privilege of
erecting two street stands for the
sale of milk by the glass and soft
drinks, one to be located at the
northeast corner of Eighteenth
street and Second avenue and the
other at the northeast corner of
Nineteenth street and Second ave
nue.. Mr.. Evans promised that neither
peanuts nor popcorn should be sold.
as though under the impression that
these articles constituted the objec-
tionable features of present street
stands. The license and markets
committee was given the petition to
report.
Parks Ordinance Goes over.
The parks ordinance, which was in
the hands of the parks committee for
a revision. was reported, providing
for a division of the city into four
districts, with Twenty-second street
and Seventh avenue as the dividing
lines. Several flaws were pointed out
by Aid. Anderson and Mayor Knox
made some suggestions, so the or
dinance was re-committed.