Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-17
WORK IS STOPPED
Property Owners File Complaint
on Sixteenth Street
Pavement.
THE COUNCIL INVESTIGATING
Ordinance for Ninth Street Paving
Adopted-object to Nineteenth
Street Improvement.

WOTk on the SITeeI
paving, between Tenth and Twelfth
avenues, was stopped this morning by
the board of local improvements, act
ing under the instructions of the city
council and this afternoon at 3 o'clock
the council met for an Investigation of
| the methods being followed by the T..
j. Peter company i'm the work. This
action is the result of complaint pre-
sented at the council meeting of last
evening, in which Is property owners
fronting on the improvement charged
| that the contractors work is not be-
ing done according to specifications. 1t
was charged that the correct proper
tons of cement and stone are not be-
| ing used in the concrete, that the gut
ters are not of the required thickness,
and that in other things the work falls
short of the requirements.
| Edwin Dade explained the protest of
| the property owners in detail, and r.
r. Reynolds brought up certain mat
tiers in regard to the bond provided
for the company on this contract. The
council decided to make an inveStiga-
ton of the charges of the property
owners, and TO have the work stopped
until such an investigation might be
made
For Ninth street.
The ordinance for the Ninth street
paving from the south line of Third
avenue to the city limits, was adopted,
Alderman Trenkenschuh casting the
only dissenting vote. The estimated
cos: of the improvement is $43,554. |
iS 70 "a np y
protest against the improvement was
presented by property owners having |
a total of 2.164 feet frontage on the
street. The total frontage for the i'm
proyement is about 5000 feet. The re-
monstrance was referred to the board
of local improvements. Aldermen
Trenkenschuh opposed the ordinance
on the ground that it is not practical
TO lay the pavement until the water
and sewer connections are more COM
plete than in this case.
Object TO Contract.
Alderman Benson offered a resolu-
ton that the mayor and city clerk be
instructed not to enter into contract
for the Nineteenth street paving until
the next council meeting. The con-
tract has been awarded by the board
of local improvements TO the T. J. Pc
ter company, who were the only bid
ders. Alderman Benson represented
that the property owners object TO the
price of the contract. and the fact that
the short strip between the pavement
below Tenth avenue and the proposed
improvement is not included.
Junk Yard Not Nuisance.
A communication from Davis Ziffren
was received, denying that his junk
yard at ST Fourth avenue is a nui-
sance, as it was declared to be at the
last council meeting. and asking re-
consideration of the councils instruc-
lions to the mayor to abate it as such.
Mr.. Ziffren was represented at the
meeting by c. B. Marshall, who pre-
sented Mr.. Ziffren's contentious in re-
gard to the junk yard. The yard, it
seems, was established in 1901, while
the junk yard ordinance was not pass
ed until 1903 The matter was refer
red to the license and markets and
health and police committees and the
city attorney to report.
For Public NatatOrium.
Mayor McCaskrin again brought be-
fore the council meeting his project
for the establishment of a public nata-
torium on the levee at the foot of Six
teenth street. The mayor proposes to
erect a natatorium at no expense to
the city binding himself to spend $500
within 80 days, and larger amounts as
needed, if the council will grant him
permission. The natatorium when
completed is to become public insti-
tuition. The communication was re-
ferred to the street and alley commit
tee.
E B. McKown was appointed by the
mayor as a member of the park COM
mission, and was unanimously con-
firmed Mr.. McKown is reappolnted,