Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-05
MILAN BRIDGES AGAIN
City Council Entertains PROPOSE
ton From Local Business
Mems Organizations.
SEEKING STREET RAILWAY INLET
Laid Over to Joint Meeting When
Matter Will Receive One
Consideration.

The city council tied itself up in
parliamentary knot last evening and
was something like an hour getting
out OF it. There was practical con-
cord in sentiment from the beginning,
but before this fact was gotten at
there had been motions and substi-
tutes offered both in and out Of or
der ana everybody had made n
speech.
1t was started by Aid. White, chair
man of the bridge committee, who
brought in a resolution in accordance
with an agreement made at a meet
ing of committees of the Rock Island
Club, the Retail Merchants associa-
ton and the bridge committee, in
Structing the city clerk to get Il GER
tain bridge engineer 10 state what
he would charge for making an exam
nation of the Milan bridges with a
view of having them repaired SO that
electric cars could pass over them.
Is Finally Settled.
The whole matter was finally set
lied after Aid. White had rewritten
the resolution to remove an ambig1n-
ty involved and the Substitutes that
were offered had been withdrawn. 1t
was later voted to invite the repre-
sentatives of the club, the merchants
and the people of Milan and Sears to
be present at the meeting of the
council when the bridge question
comes up again. The city two years
ago had an estimate made by Engin-
Ger Gould, of the Rock Island road,
who stated that it would then cost
$4,000 to fix the bridges so that 20
ton motors could cross them. This
will be considered before another OK
animation is ordered made.
During the course of the meeting
Aid. Eckhart rose to explain that the
city council is not against having
electric lines come to the city as he
understood the body had been repre-
scented to be. He declared that GER
tain promoters who had been circu-
latinc that report had been asked to
attend the meeting of the council and
of the committees and had repeated
| ~ failed To be present.
Question of Sewers.
The question of allowing three pri-
vate sewer connections to ne made
On upper Fifteenth street led to a
prolonged debate over the capacity
Of the Fifth avenue sewer, and it was
maintained. with the support of
Plumbing Inspector Yerbury, that the
overflow in the vicinity of Twelfth
street is due to defect in grade and
TO a crossing of water and gas pipes
Through the Fifth avenue sewer mt
that place, which collect the rubbish
and stops the flow of the water. The
connections were finally authorized.
The claims committee reported adj
versely upon the claim of John Lind
berg, who held the city in measure
responsible for the death by drown
ing of his two sons in the pond above
IThirty-eighth street July i. The COM
rhittee reported that ii was not be-
lieved that the city was liable, and
The report was adopted. John Grimes
claim of a couple of weeks wages to
compensate him for time lost while
recovering from an injury alleged to
have been received in getting his
team out of hole on Thirty-eighth
street, was reported adversely, but
was recommittcd upon motion of AID.
Anderson The committee was left to
Nvrestle with the problem presented
by the claim of Paul Bark, who had =
COW drowned in pond on Fourteenth
avenue and Tbirtv-fifth street. The
sum of $50 was asked.
To Heat Hose House.
Blake g. Murphy were awarded the
contract for installing the heating
plant ut the Central hose house, the
bid being 1852.
\ petition for the opening of
Twelfth avenue from Fifth to Second
streets was referred. There were 20
signers to the petition.