Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-03
PROPOSES CHANGE
Mann Submits Ordinance Pro
viding for Underground Wir.
ing for Telephone System.
COMMITTEE TO MAKE REPORT
Suggestion Made as to What City Elk
poets From Central Union-No
Connections Are Permitted.

ing submitted TO the Rock Island city
council proposed ordinance providing
for the laying under ground of all OF
the wires and the removal of all of the
poles except those used for distribution
within the district known as the fire
limits. which extends back as far as
Seventh avenue AS had been explain
ed before. the cost OF this change
would be many thousands of dollars,
but this is proposed if the company
is to be permitted 10 continue its oper-
alton here without litigation.
Have Another Meeting.
The above mentioned ordinance was
referred TO the ordinance committee
and report will be made at a meeting
set for Wednesday evening. If the
president of the company can not
reach here at that time the session will
be postponed until Thursday or Fri
day night.
AS it was indicated at the meeting
by a resolution offered by Aid. Ander-
son, but not submitted 10 vote, that
what the city wants is an ordinance
giving to the city a percentage of the
gross earnings, providing for the use
of the poles of the company for the
fire alarm system and for a certain
number of free telephones for the city,
it is probable that the representatives
Of the company will come prepared TO
lake a position on these questions.
On Verge of Adjournment.
The council was on the verge of adj
journment, when Mr.. Mann came forth
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members to order Mayor McCaskrin
took it upon himself to report the do
ings of the conference held Monday
night Aid. Blochlinger suggested that
il might be well to hear from the chair
man of that meeting, Aid. Eckhart, say
ing that the council might proceed
more intelligently after hearing re-
port from its proper source
Immediately after Aid Eckhart re-
ported that ii was the expressed de-
sire Of the aldermen that the company
offer a new ordinance, Aid. Anderson
offered the resolution with the provi-
sions above referred to- This precipi-
tated numerous remarks. one alderman
following closely upon another, each
one taking fall out OF the telephone
company for not coming before the
council with proposition 1t was said
and reiterated that the matter could
be settled in a Few minutes if the rep
resentatiye of the company would
state his position. Time went on and
still the aldermen talked. The repre-
sentative of the company could not get
a word in edgewise if he had wanted
TO. and finally Aid Trenkenschuh
wound up his remarks with a motion
to adjourn.
More Argument.
Mr.. Mann was about to rise. pre-
sumably for a hearing when Aid. Rob-
bins got in ahead of him with COM
munication from ]. W. Parker asking
that written permission be given for
n telephone connection with his home
On account of illness there. A resolu-
ton, that the aldermen had prior to
the regular meeting agreed to, was Of
fered and this occasioned more argu-
ment. Finally, the mayor declared all
out of order and said he would enter
tain a motion to adjourn.
Probably recalling the fact that his
company was paying for the meeting
and that thus far it had had no oppor-
tunity to make use of it, Mr.. Mann
broke in.
He meekIy stated that he had offered
nothing because he thought it in quite
good taste to wait until he was called
upon, and minated that he at least did |
not want to appear as breaking into |
the love feast that was being enjoyed |
by the aldermen With this explana- |
ton he offered his ordinance, and two |
relative to the setting |
Of the poles.
No Connections.
Aid Robbins resolution provided |
that service should be given to those
people who might require emergency |
service through sickness or other reas-
ons, who had been deprived thereof by
the cutting of the wires, provided that
It could be done without setting poles.
The mayor said that he would grant
no such privileges even if allowed by
the council, and declared the resolu-
ion out of order, and so it was dropped.
There was communication offered
by the Electrical Workers union ask
ng that in the contract with the Cen
raj Union company, the latter be re-
1uired to grant its employees an S-hour
lay, employ union labor and pay the
lnion scale. This also went by the
yayside. being declared out of order.
Union Electric Tonight.
A meeting has been called for this
evening at which time the council will
,ear what the representatives of the
Union Electric company have to say
,bout the non-paymeiit of the 2 per
.ent of gross earnings required by the
contract with the city.
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