Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-27
invite BIG MEET
nosed in Council Meetino to
Try for League of Munich
palities Session.
BRIDGE BIDS ARE TOO HIGH
All Are Rejected and New Ones Re-
quested-kuhner Engine Com.
pany Has Complaint.

At the adjourned regular meeting of
the city council last night the uues-
ton of attempting to land the 1903
of the League of American
municipalities came up, and it is like
ly that steps looking toward an effort
along this line at the Norfolk meeting
will he taken up. The proposition came
up i'll the form of resolution offered
by Alderman Smith instructing Mayor
Schaffer while at the coming cOnyen-
ton to use his influence to secure the
next meeting for this city While the
purpose of the resolution was gener-
ally endorsed by the mayor and mem
bers of the council, the majority felt
that the object of the resolution could
he better attained by another method
of procedure. Alderman Anderson urg-
ed that the council at the next meet
ing consider resolution instructing
the mayor to appoint committee from
the council TO meet with the Rock Is
land Industrial commission and repre-
sentatives OF the Business Mems asso-
citation and the Rock Island Club.
Is Big Project.
The effort to secure the convention
is a big project, but one which those
believe could be handled
successfully if the council. the conven-
ton committee of the Industrial com
and the Business Mems asso-
citation and Rock Island Club cooperate
i'll the matter, send strong delegation
to the meeting, and 90 after the meet
ing i'll a systematic manner.
Entertaining such a meeting is no
small matter, but it is believed that
Rock Island is well equal to the task,
and that inestimable benefit to the city
would result Rock Island has in the
past shown itself ready to welcome and
entertain such bodies as care to visit
it, and as an evidence of the thorough
hospitality of the city, the Farmers
National Congress meeting a year ago
might be mentioned.
Bids Too High.
The bids for the construction of the
new bridge over the Sears canal, which
were opened at the meeting last even
ing, were found to be too high, in the
opinion of the aldermen, and all were
rejected. There were three bids, the
quotations for the erection of the SUI
perstructure, and the concrete work.
together with the amount allowed for
the present bridge, appear in the Off
cial record of the proceedings of the
council, published elsewhere i'll this
issue. The bidders were Bayne &,
Hewitt of Minneapolis. the contractors
now erecting the Twenty-fourth street
bridge; the Clinton Iron & Bridge com
pany, and the Missouri Iron & Bridge
company. The city clerk was instruct
ed to return the checks accompanying
the bids, and to advertise for bids to
be opened Sept. 9.
Bids for Repair Work.
The council heard a report from
Alderman Anderson of the waterwOrks
and finance committees recommending
that the contract for repairing the old
Holly-Gaskell pump at the waterwOrks
be let to the Davis Machine shop, the
bid being $3,725. a representative OF
the Kuhner Engine & Machine com
pany, another bidder for the contract
was present, and protested to the cOun
Gil that his company had not been Civ
en- a square deal in the bidding, ant
demanded that new bids be asked II,
claimed that the Davis shop had beer
given an advantage. Mr.. Anderson
stated that both bids covered eXactl,
the same specified repairs. and tina
the bids were sealed when he received
them Superintendent Cavanaugh o
the waterwOrkS department stated tina
while the kuhner company bid hat
been handed to him unsealed some tim'
before the other bid was received. h,
had not seen the figures and did no
know what they were until they wer
opened and read to the council. HI
said that he had Immediately scale
| the bid and locked it up. Alderman
McNealy wanted a reconsideration o
| the adoption of the committee repor
awarding the contract to the Davi
shop. but his motion failed to receiv
! second, and the matter was dropped
There was difference of 1896 be
tween the Davis bid and that of tn
kuhncr company.
Bids for painting to be done at tn
waterworks and reservoir pumping st;
lions were received and referred to tn
waterworks committee to report.
should Give Transfers.
| DIR. Ostrom. alderman from the SCI
enth ward, brought up the matter {
the issuance Of transfers from the Lon
View line to the Elm street line at tn
junction of the two lines at Thirtiet
lstreet and Fourteenth avenue. DIR. o
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