Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-08
Proposition for Purchase of Ar.
mory Rejected by
Council.
BEARDsLEY PETITION Is REFERRED
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the Armory as city hall. The iIlu-
sion To that effect was dispelled last
evening by Aids. Gall and McCaskrin
| IN manner that cannot fail To Jar
AID Kennedy when he hears about
1t over in Ireland. The thing was
done so easily. naturally and grace
fully that the members who had been
most active in support of the pur-
chase of the building when the propo-
sition was supposed To- have carried
| by vote of To ). feigned to he busy
with other matters and not a voice
was lifted in protest.
Immediately after the reading of
the minutes Aid. Gall arose and ask
ed that they be changed where they
referred To the purchase of the city
hall to read that the proposition
was lost. having failed to secure the
necessary two-thirds vote required
| by ordinance for such measure
AID. McCaskrin was ready with
second and a copy of the city ordin-
ancc with which he cinched the stu
alton. Mayor Knox said he guessed
the aldermen were right and the
clerk would please make the change.
Then the meeting went on. The pur-
chase of the Armory by the city does
not seem to have met with popular
approval. and there will probably be
little regret that il has failed.
Capt. BeardsIey's Petition.
The demand of Capt J. VI. Boards
ley for the removal of the d.. Il. /. &
y. w. passenger and freight depots
from the river front and the aboli-
Il
on the leyee in front of the old town
was handled gingerly. After City
Clerk Schaffer had read it. Aid. And
erson moved that il be referred to
the street and alley committee. AID.
| Willis offered a substitute that it be
tabled, but was persuaded to with
draw the motion. The matter was
accordingly given to the above com
mittee and the city attorney To wres-
tie with
The bridge committee reported
having made an investigation of the
Milan bridges and recommended that
the two bridges furthest south he
repaired and that bridges numbered
from the north end l. = and !. be
painted. II was also recommended
that the small bridge across the old
canal in Sears be sold and the ditch
| filled. that culvert be placed at the
junction of the Ninth and Twelfth
street roads i'm Sears and that extern
sive repairs he made to the road
from that point south. Further, it
was declared advisable to devote so
per cent of the toll receipts to the
repair Of the road and bridges. All
1 h.. Il al ..1
Upon an inquiry from Aid. Birkel
in regard to the status of the Eff
teenth street paving proposition.
which had been temporarily dropped.
by the way. on account of uncertain
~ as to the course of the Tri-City
Railway company in laying its pro-
posed line TO the south part of town.
Mayor Knox stated that he was in
formed that the paving need not be
further delayed, the company stand
ing ready to lay its tracks and stand
its share of the cost of paving at
any time.
Telephone Service Condemned.
c. j. Searle addressed the council
in favor of an investigation of the
service that is being given by the
Central Union Telephone company.
He denounced the sort of service that
is being rendered in unmeasured
terms, declaring that the company
had no right to demand remunera
ton for it. The matter was referred
to the ordinance committee. mayor
and city attorney for an investiga-
ton, to report.
The question of replacing the pave
IL .4,-frs
Telephone & Telegraph company re-
ceived attention and resolution in
troduced by Aid. McCaskrin called
for the appointment of an Inspector
to be paid by the company to oversee
the work. 1t was shown that this is
the duty Of the city engineer, but the
resolution was referred with the UNI
derstanding that the city engineer
should look after the matter i'm the
meantime.
Disturbed Pavement Should be- Restored
Doubtless the condition that Eigh-
teenth street has been left i'm by the
Union Electric Telephone & Tele
graph company is responsible for the
matter coming up as il did. 1t is no
more an evidence of good work to
leave ridge in the street to settle
than it is to create n depression after
a portion of the street has been torn
up. and ii is not difficult to imagine
in what condition the pavement
throughout town will be when the
underground wiring is done, if Eigh-
teenth street is an example of what
we may expect.
1t is unquestionably the duty OF
the city TO see that paving where
disturbed is put back in exactly its
original condition.
An ordinance was introduced and
passed for the laying of the tracks
desired by the Rock Island Plow
company in connection with its pro-