Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-08-16
PARADE IN AUTOS
Rock leland Council Will Travel in
Style I'm the TrI-City Labor Day
Celebration Next Month.
PREPARING SPEED ORDINANCE
An Appropriation of $50 Toward the
Expense of Transporting the Riv-
ers and Harbors Committee.

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city Labor day parade here next
month, last evening accepting an Of
fer of Robert Smythe, the Eighteenth
street dealer, to furnish, free of
charge, five machines, each To be Oper
ated by an experienced chauffeur. The
mayor inquired if the aldermen had
all the life insurance they believed
their families would need in case of
accident He said that he was adc-
quately protected and was willing to
take a chance. lie id not doubt that
the mCn Mr.. Smythc intended placing
in charge of the snort wagons were
comPC; ent. but then one never could
tell what was going 10 happen from
one minute TO another.
Trefz Afraid of Water.
AID. Billy Trefz said that he was
agreeable providing Mr.. Smythe would
make sure to impress the chaffeurs-
Bill nearly sprained his jaw here-that
the parade ended on Market square,
and not at Grand Isle. where the ex-
crcises are to take place. The alder
man reminded the members of the
council that there was a wide patch
OF water between the Rock Island
shore and the island where the Labor
celebration was to be held, and he
warned them to keep their eyes on
their chauffeur after reaching Market
square, for those fellows with the cog
giles on cant see the best, and then
there may be some of them who know
nothing about the big stream here.
Billy said, besides, the water would
look like grass through the green
lamp windows.
O'Connor Wants Regulations.
Aid. John O'Connor said he had
weatherCd the fiercest storms on the
Mississippi in his day, and he was not
afraid to tackle anything that run
along the ground. But in this Connec-
ton he urged an ordinance regulating
the speed with which automobiles are
to be operated through the public
streets of the city. Aid. G. c. Wilson.
chairman of the ordinance committee.
stated that his committee was work
ing with that end in view, but hoped
before offering the desired measure TO
| the council here, to agree on uniform
port and Moline. Aid. Wilson thought
his committee would be able to have
the ordinance in readiness at the next
meeting of the council
Apple Claim Returned to Council
For a year or more there has been
! hanging fire a claim for $276 from
Swan J. Apple. He states that val
I ne hnrGn no do
| livery wagon got in an opening at Sew
| cnteenth street and Seventh avenue
| He figured up the veterinarian bill
and the losses OCCasionCd to him by
reason of not having the services of
the horse and presented it to the coun-
Gil. Two different claims committees
| have WTeStled with it. As a last re-
| sort it was suggested at former
meeting that the council go in body
and officially inspect the Apple ami
NAL but this did not meet with favor,
SO Aid. O'Connor. chairman of the
committee. had the claim referred
back to the council.
An Expensive Undertaking.
| The petition for the opening of
| Sixth avenue from Twenty-eighth to
! board of public improvements 1t is
| estimated that to open this thorough
! fare for the two blocks mentioned it
would cost not less than $4,000. as
! there is valuable property that would
! have to be condemned. The city does
not propose bearing the expense. or
any considerable portion of it. Con-
! sequently if the petitioners expect to
| have the avenue opened it is stated
| by the aldermen they will have to
raise the money among themselves.
Theatre In First Class Condition.
Aid. l.. V. Eckhart, chairman of the
| fire and light committee. presented a
report from his committee. which was
adopted, announcing an official inspec-
| ton of the Illinois theatre. where the
management had met all requirements
in reference TO fire protection. and the
same was pronounced to be in as safe
condition as it was possible to make il.
APprOPriates to Expense Account.
The council appropriated $3.50 to-
wards defraying the transportation ex-
penseS of the congressional rivers and
harbors committee from St. Paul TO
st. Louis on its inspection trip of the
Mississippi. B. +. Knox. a member
of the executive committee of the Up
per Mississippi River Improvement as
sociation. was present at the meeting.
and told of the plans of the tri-cities
for the entertainment of the distin-
guished party, of whom there would
be 40 probably. Each of the tri-cities
had agreed to contribute S150-a to-
tai of Si50-this amount to go IN the
fund raised to defray the cost of char
teriRg an additional steamer to- carry
the party and other expenses of trans
portation. Mr.. Knox stated that never
before had this committee been
brought here to look at the river of
which the people of this section nat
uraly are so proud and which has
been serving not only the pleasure
seeker, but has been acting as a regu-