Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-06-13
SET ASIDE MONEY
Council in Committee of the
Whole Considers Appro.
priation Ordinance.
PROVIDE FOR NINTH STREET
Will Take Initiative in Appropriating
$3.50 from Industrial Fund for
Farmers National Congress.

The appropriation ordinance was con-
Sidered last evening by the council in
committee of the whole, and passed
with but slight changes. The resolu-
ton providing for the distribution of
the estimated receipts of the city aside
from the tax levy also was considered.
In considering the ordinance, the S.
600 allotted to the contingent fund was
divided, $4,000 being set aside as a
fund for special attorneys fees, $1,000
for legal expenses in the improvement
case of Seventh avenue, $1,000 set aside
for the improvement of Ninth street
from the city limits TO the bridges. con-
ditional on like amount being raised
by South Rock Island citizens for the
work within three months, and $500 to
apply on the expense of permanent i'm
provement of Twenty-fifth street south
of Ninth avenue, leaving $1,000 for
sundry expenses. For the southwest
storm drain $4,000 has been appropri-
ated, but no decision has been reached
as to which section it will be applied
on.
To Pave Ninth street.
In addition TO the setting aside of
the conditional $1,000 for the Ninth
street road, the council changed the
name of the bridge fund, to which 81
055.54 is allotted, TO the bridge and
Ninth street pavement fund 1t is the
intention TO apply this fund, with the
exception of the amount required for
the bridge maintenance, to the improve
ment of Ninth street within the city
by paving. Petitions are now being
circulated for this improvement. The
sewer fund was made the sewer and
Fifth avenue pumping station fund. in
order that a portion of the $3,317.5G
may be utilized in repairing in the sew
er pump at the Fifth avenue station
a fund of $500 was taken from the
street fund and set aside for the grad
ing of Thirty-fourth street, south of
Seventh avenue, IN the new additions.
The total appropriated in the Ordin-
ance is sSO,517.S9, and in the resolution.
St37 .536.S9. a resolution was passed
providing that all work to be charged
to the sidewalk fund be done under the
supervision of the aldermen of the re-
Spective wards.
SALARY Question Referred.
The question of increases in salaries
in the various departments of the city
was brought up by Alderman Smith.
and on his motion it was referred to
the ordinance and finance committees
to report at the next meeting.
During the evening Mayor McCaskrin
presented message. suggesting that
action be taken toward securing an ap-
preparation of $3.50 of the joint fund
held by the commission of the city, the
Rock Island Club, the Retail Merchants
association, and other organizations. to
be used for the entertainment of the
Farmers National congress. The may
or explained the scope of the congress
work, and accordingly a resolution was
adopted instructing the city represen-
tatives in the industrial commission to
secure an appropriation of $3.50 from
the joint fund for that purpose. The
board of supervisors at the present SEES
sion will probably make some appropri-
alton toward the fund for the entertain
ment of the congress also