Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-03
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Annexation of Portion of South
Rock Island is Pro-
posed.
FROM 18TH TO PATH STREET
Petition is Being Considered by the
City CounciI-DeIeeation at
City Hall Last Night.


last evening petition was received
| and signed by majority of the prop
erty holders and voters of the tract
asking that the necessary steps toward
annexation of South Rock Island ter
ritory lying between Fifteenth and
Twenty-fOurth streets and south to
Aiken streets be taken Immediately
The territory now seeking entrance to
| the city, is described as follows, begin
ming at the line of Eighteenth avenue,
on the center line between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets, thence south to
Aiken street, making a break near Ak
en- street to include one lot west of the
| straight line; thence east to Seven
| teenth street; thence south to the
north line of Richmond's subdivision:
thence east to Twenty-fourth street
thence north to Eighteenth avenue, a
break being made in the line near
Eighteenth avenue to include two acres
east of Twenty-fourth street, on Eight
eenth avenue.
The petitioners. number of whom
| were present at the meeting. asked
| that special election on the annex
the territory may be annexed as soon as
possible. The matter was referred to q
committee of the whole of the council
next Thursday afternoon, when the al
derman will inspect plats of the Beech
er C Walsh and Wallace Grove addi-
| tiOns and look over the territory it is
proposed to annex. At that time
| the council will consider the POSSIBLE
ity of holding a special election.
Meets With Favor.
Undoubtedly the proposition for an
| neXation of the tract of South Rock
| Island would meet with favor on all
| sides in the city, and that it is popular
in the tract which seeks admission is
shown by the fact that the committee
which circulated the petition to the
council secured the signatures of the
majority of the voters in less than
three days. The men pushing the mat
ter in South Rock Island are w r.
Drips. John Campbell. and w. E. Bail
ey. and in getting the matter in shape
| for presentation to the council, they
were assisted by Hon. William Jack
son. Those interested earnestly dc
| ton of annexation. and if such an cleo
! ton can be held with reasonable eX-
penSe, one will he called in the city.
However, should the proposition await
| the general election in the fall, the in
terest is sufficient to insure a carrying
vote. There is no opposition in the
| city, but at a general election it fire.
quently happens that special measures
are defeated because of the failure of
| the majority of voters to mark their
ballots on the proposition. With such
general interest in the matter as there
is in this case. though. the vote would
probably be heavy enough to carry the
measure
Population of $50.
The territory is little over quar-
| ter of a mile wide. and half a mile
long 1t has population of about $50,
and there are about 20 voters. Annex
| alton to the city, with resulting advan-
tages of school facilities. police and
fire protection, lighting. uniform per-
manent street and sidewalk grades,
would do much to upbuild the territory,
and the benefits TO the city are obvious.
improvements Delayed.
Mayor McCaskrin called the atten-
ton of the council to the fact that the
failure of the city attorney to confirm
the commissioner report in the coun-
ty court on the various improvements
contemplated is causing delay in these
matters, and the question of either Sc
curing action on the part of the city at
torney or of employing assistant coun-
sci to attend to the matters was dis
cussed. The council will act on this
matter Thursday afternoon at the adj
journed session
petition was presented from resi-
dents of the Seventh ward, asking the
installation of a sewer system between
Thirtieth and Forty-sixth streets, and
from the city limits to the river The
petition was referred to the board of
local improvements. The petition,
which bears several hundred sigma
lures. was brought about through the
action of the Bluff Improvement asso-
citation
Confirm PatrOlmen.
The council voted to confirm Charles
Ohms and John Sullivan as patrolmen.
The confirmation was by unanimous
vote The bond of James Golf as pa
trolman was received and accepted.
The official canvass of the school
election returns was made Hamlin H.
Hull. the only candidate. being declar-
ed elected He received 429 votes.
Mary A. Kane of Geneseo. in a COM
munication. claimed $4,000 damages as
a result of fall on Forty-second street
Nov. 2, 1904 She alleges that her in
jury was due to defective sidewalks.
She claims that she was confined eight
weeks, and sustained permanent in
Jury to her ankle. The claim was re-
ferred to the claims committee
For Waste Paper.
An ordinance introduced by Alder
man Smith provides for the establish
ment of waste paper boxes on the city
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