Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-22

| same reports that other aldermen
spoke of. and thought they should be
| either verified or uiScredted.
Aid. Robbins, in this connection, told
| the history of some Vaterworks junk
He said that the tubular boilers that
had lain outside the plant for several
years. with other Junk, many had sup
posed. were sold under the present adj
| miniStratiOn, but this was a mistake.
| These were sold by C. NJ. Witherell.
Mr.. Bancroft's predecessor, and there
| was a record of the sale in the office
of the city CLERK. He had learned also
| that it had been practice of Superin-
tendents in former years to sci. the
junk without an order from the council
or the clerk ami turn the receipts into
the city treasury. He wanted to see
| immediate action by the council with
view to establishing the truth or
falsity of these ugly rumors concern
| ing the management of the department
Neither of the cities of Rock Island
or Moline has been able to get full
settlement with the county of its share
of the money gathered i'y the tax fer
rets. Demands have been ignored, aud
there has been conference looking to
a joint suit against the county. First
probably, the cities will unite in a de-
mand. The finance committee will :e-
port later
Power Bill Grows.
There was a bill from the Peoples
Power company for $1,000 for furnish
ing electricity for the operation of the
or hn
year For four years previously the
city has been furnished this power for
81 900 per year. This pump supplies
the bluff district. During the past
year the company has had a meter at
the reservoir station, and finds that
$1,000 worth of electricity has been
consumed, but is willing to compro-
mise at 81 500. and in future to be paid
at full meter rates. Some of the alder
men did not take kindly to the idea of
the company waiting till the end Of
the year before discovering that there
| was to be charge in excess of what
| the city had been paying, and the bill
was referred for investigation.
| The communication from a commit
tee of the Woman's Christian Temper
ance union requesting that there be a
police matron appointed. in accordance
with the provisions of the city ordin-
ances. was referred to the finance.
health and police committees and the
mayor to report.
More Lcvee Front.
| The Davenport. Rock Island & North
western Railway company was order.
ed in a resolution proposed by Aid.
O'Connor, and adopted, to remove the
NIL at the north end of it's passenger
station on Seventeenth street for dis
lance west from the east line of West
Seventeenth street of 125 feet. There
are two stub tracks running along this
NIL, but these are outside of the strip
vacated at the request of the company
The company is ordered to remove the
dirt to the south of Fourth
avenue and west of Sixteenth
street. where it is to be
used in bringing low places to grade
This 125-foot strip will be brought to
conform with the levee grade, and the
stone in the present fill will be employ.
ed in matchmaking the strip. This
will give additional levee room that is
much needed. The resolution follows
an agreement had with the manage
ment OF the company with members OF
the council that, in the event of the
passage of the vacation ordinance, the
road would relinquish the space a,
the north of the depot.