Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-08
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Street Car Connection With
Aledo and intermediate
Points.
ORDINANCE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL
Plan is to Carry Passengers aud
FreiSht-In Hands of
Committee.

An ordinance chartering an cleo
tric street railway to extend through
this city and connect with Aledo was
I the most unexpected matter sprung
upon the city council at its meeting
last evening. The aldermen voted to
! refer 10 the mayor, street and alley
committee and city attorney.
! The ordinance carries a grant of
rights for a period of 20 years. an
acceptance Of the actioQ of the conn
ell 10 be filed within 80 days. work
BON the line to begin within one year
and to he completed within Is months
| Of the date of its acceptance. Sim
night before the town boards OF
Milan. Andalusia and Aledo.
Forty-two Miles OF Line.
The only name appearing in con-
neetion with the ordinance was that
of f. II. Caldwell, president of the
Milan village board, who claims To he
backed by capital sufficient to make
the project a go. The route is out
lined to begin at FIRST avenue and
Eighteenth street. running south 70
seventh avenue. east to Nineteenth
10 Ninth street and south over the
Milan bridges. This is as far as the
city is interested. Beyond this the
line is intended 10 run through Milan
over the stone road TO the village
limits, west To Andalusia and thence
to Edgington, Millersburg and Aledo.
The entire distance designed 10 be
covered is - miles. 1t Is the inten-
ton to prepare for the hauling of
freight as we'll as passengers. The
cost of building and equipping is es-
timated at $1,000 per mile. With the
present disaifection existing toward
Muscatine ii is said residents Of the
lower end of the county promise
strong support to the proposed line.
If the street and alley committee
attends to its duty il will have busy
time of il during the next two weeks
Nearly every plumbing firm in the
city has Il petition to open the pave
ment i'm one or more places for the
purpose Of making sewer connections
ana they were all referred 1" the
committee with power to act.
New Coal Office.
The Tri-City Transfer IL Fuel com
pany presented petition for permis-
sion TO erect 4 small office to bp fin
iShed in pressed brick south of the
Burlington passenger station on
Twentieth street. with scales for the
we ighing of coal and Il shed for stor-
age purposes on the alley near Twen-
tY-Second street directly east. The
matter was referred tn the street
and alley and fire and light commit
tees with power to act. The Tri-City
Transfer d Fuel company some time
ago attempted to get a lease of the
old Milwaukee depot on Twentieth
street from the Rock Island road and
the petition for the erection of a new
office may be taken as an indication
that this has been definitely given up.
Election Day Damages.
Maguns Peterson. with conducts
shoe store at 1907 Fourth avenue, adj
jacent to the voting place in the first
pre- cinct of the First ward, presented |
a bill for $3.50 for the breaking of a |
window by the crowd which had IL !
legally congregated about the polls
on election day. The bill was refer |
red to the claims committee and city |
attorney to report.
The license and markets committee
reported having given the Rock Is
land Sand d Gravel company permis- !
sion to use the portion of the levec
100 feet west of the ferry landing for
the landing of sand barges. the city |
to be recumpensed according to eN-
isting ordinances i'm the sum of 500.
The amount-to be paid by the Tropp- |
8. Ia, f,f
the levee last year after the passage |
of the ordinance was fixed at sos. y
petition of the latter company for a
place on the levee this season was
held up with the Understanding that
the company had sold out and was To
business.
The bridge committee reported that
the Milan bridge which has been lIn-
dergoing repairs is now complete
with the exception of coat of paint,
the application of which is being de-
ferred to await seasonable weather
The city officials claim To have Ell
fected "A considerable saving on this
Job through having had the work
done by the day instead of by con-
tract. but at the expense. ii seems.
Of having n very much patched up
piece of work made of it.
Reports on Water.
Health Commissioner Joseph De
Silva presented his report on the re-
suits of, two examinations of city
water made last October before the
repair of the intake pipe and recent
". as previously told in The Argus.
In commenting. upon the showing
made the doctor expressed gratifica-
ton that the examination showed
such marked Improvement
over that of last fall, but declared
that the Indications of pollution
which are still present demand furth-
pr measures to safeguard the public
honlth LIZ statnd thnt he cnull not