Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-15


Nov. 1.-THE city council met at S
p. m. in regular session Mayor Nc
Conochie presiding and all the alder
men present. The minutes of the last
regular and special meetings were
read and approved.
The clerk read a petition from 4. y.
Mcneil for permission to make a
sewer connection. Referred to the sew
CT committee with power to- act
The clerk read petitions from +. f
Lamp and the Peoples Power COM
pany for permission To- open paved
streets. Petitions granted.
The clerk read an ordinance for the
vacation of First avenue between Six
teenth street and East Seventeenth
street.
Aid. Anderson moved that a recess
be taken TO examine the blue print of
strip to be vacated. Carried.
On reassembling Aid. Anderson
moved the immediate consideration Of
the ordinance. Carried.
Aid. Wilson offered an amendment.
which was adopted. providing for the
vacation OF portion OF First avenue
h' 81 lfOahN cA4 tHN
tion Of the east line of Sixteenth
street. 21O feet northerly from the
northwest corner of block I. thence
easterly in a straight line to- 4 point
on the prolongation of the west line
of East Seventeenth street. which is
100 feet northerly from the northeast
corner of block q. thence north on the
prolongation of said west line of said
East Seventeenth street 60 feet:
thence westerly parallel to the south
line of the tract described 125 feet;
thence northerly parallel to the west
line of East Seventeenth street 2S feet:
thence westerly in straight line to
point in the prolongation of the west
line Of West Seventeenth street. which
is 265 feet northerly from the north
east corner of said block: thence west
erly on the arc of a circle whose rad
Jus is 4.63O feet. curving to the south
to- a point on the prolOngation of tho
east line of Sixteenth street. distant
3O4 feet from the northwest corner of
block /. thence southerly 81 feet to the
place of beginning.
Aid. Anderson moved the adoption of
the ordinance as amended. Adopted
by unanimous vote.
Aid. Brooks offered a resolution au-
thorizing the mayor to have bridge
No. / replanked. and the abutment re-
paired. Adopted unanimously.
Aid. Anderson from the finance COM
mittee reported on the costs in connec-
ton with the Fourteenth avenue i'm
provement. and recommended that the
bills of III. ID. Blakemore. 5000. and II.
B. Hubbard. county clerk. $3.50 be al
lowed and ordered paid. Adopted by
unanimous vote.
Aid. Hause from the sewer commit
tee reported granting various persons
the right TO connect with sewers; also
recommending that the ordinance CON-
witee prepare an ordinance for the
sewer petitioned for by Carl Mueller
Report adopted.
Aid. Hause from the sewer commit
tee recommended that II. f. Curtis he
granted authority to- connect the drains
of his additions with the drain on
Twenty-second street. north OF Six
teenth avenue.
Aid. Eckhart moved that the report
be laid over TO next meeting. Car.
ried
Aid. Hause from the sewer commit,
tee. recommended that the matter Of
raising service pipes in the Fifth ave-
nue. sewer be referred 10 the city clerk
and plumbing inspector. Adopted.
Aid Westbay from the street and
alley committee reported the ordinance
for the vacations of portions of Fifth
and Sixth streets. north of Second ave-
nue.. and of First avenue between Fifth
and Sixth streets. back TO the council
without recommendation
The clerk read the ordinance for
the vacation of certain parts of Sixth
street. Fifth street and First avenue.
in the Chicago or Lower addition.
Aid. Robbins moved the immediate
of the ordinance. Car.
ried.
Aid Eckhart moved the adoption OF
the ordinance Adopted by unanimous
vote
Aid. Eckhart moved that the city at
torney be instructed 10 notify George
Reddig to abate a nuisance and il not
abated within a reasonable time to
take legal proceedings Carried.
Aid. Wilson offered a resolution au-