Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-12
TO EXAMINE BOOKS.
Council Approves Committee S
Action on Request of City
Clerk n. G. Schaffer.
CITY WILL BEAR EXPENSE
Expert Accountant CaiIed-Ordinance
Passed for Paving Intermediate
Part of Seventh Avenue.

ed the action of the finance committee
in regard to the request of City Clerk
H. c. Schaffer for an examination of
his books by an expert accountant OF
he Title Guaranty & Surety company
Of Scranton, Pa, and made provision
that the expense of such an investiga-
ion shall be paid by the city. Alder
man Anderson, chairman of the finance
committee. presented report covering
the committees action i'll the matter in
ffull. He presented the communication
Of Mr.. Schaffer in the matter, letter
10 f. II. Bowman. asking that in ac-
cord with the request an expert be
sent, and letters from Mr.. Bowman and
| The bonding company. The bonding COM
pany, which has furnished a $50, 900 bond
| for Mr.. Schaffer notified Alderman
| Anderson that if the expense of send
| ing an expert We're provided for. one
| would be sent here at once. The finance
committee took up the matter. and con
| Guided that in order to make the inves-
| litigation a satisfactory one, and one the
record of which would be the property
of the city. the expense should be paid
| by the city. and the committee. through
1.-THE chairman, Alderman Anderson, has
Notified the surety company TO send the
expert and that the city will bear the
Iexpense. This action is the result of
the statement of Mayor McCaskTin in
his political haranSue. that before /
get through with him (referring to the
lefty clerk, I'll make him pay over to
the city treasurer some 100000 for the
waterworks fund" The mayors state
Iments were made at the political meet
ling he held after the council meeting
lof Feb. Is. when he failed to defeat the
council in the reconsideration of the
| telephone ordinance. During that week
| Mr.. Schaffer addressed a communica-
ton to the finance committee asking
, that the investigation be made as is
now planned, in order to show the falsi
ty of the mayors insinuations, and -to
vindicate Mr. Schaffer's assistant, whc
: has been in his employ nearly eight
Years.
Pass Paving 0rdinance.
s The council last evening passed al
I ordinance for the paving of Seventh
5 lavenue from Thirtieth TO Thirty-eighti
!. Istreet with asphalt The matter wa'
4 brought up by the mayor, who, as stat
y ed at the time in The Argus. was calle'
4 | on during the week by property own
ers on Seventh avenue east of Thirty
eighth street, 10 explain why provision
/ had not been made for the entir
L stretch. but merely for the eastern POI
ton. In order to prevent further CON
} Iplaint against him on that score an
# to head off threatened litigation in tn
4 county court over the judgment 70
u The eastern portion. the mayor urge
: the passage of the ordinance. The eI
gineer's estimate of cost is S36,I53.9,
The introduction of the ordinanc
]. brought about considerable debate. seN
e eral Directing to it's consider;
=. ton at first. until convinced that tn
L whole strip should be provided for c
e il would probably knock out the cas-
l. ern portion.
ID VIII Not Vacate.
1t That the board of local improv
ments has not, and will not, obey til
instructions of the city council to VI
cate the Judgment of the No. storl
drain district, was the statement I
l% 1.-THE mayor in discussing the pavemel
D. ordinance. Later he mentioned pet
5. lion from the Rock Island lndustri
commission. and another from the we
ed IenI local Improvement association, Il
lie first requesting the vacation OF Il
MS Judgment. and the other protestiI
AGAINST it. 1t will be remembered IN
he when the council some time ago WI
at shown that the proceeding was faul
ne land would not stand in court, Il
in board of local improvements was
ac- lstructed to vacate the judgment. Aft
ldelaying several months, the may
-, lnow defies the council. and states tn
~ 1.-The board will not follow the inStrl
-ao tons of that body. The matter will
,o1 taken ND next Monday evening by t
he council.
= | Bids for Finishing.
,as Bids for plastering and painting t
mo interior of the waterworks buildi
loo were received from Hudson &, Collil
q l.OV
Peterson, $3.50. These were open
and read, and referred to the wat
works committee TO investigate a
lay report at the next meeting.
ial An ordinance providing for the Ii
rus ing of water mains in G. Elmer Blek
md ley's addition by special taxation "
md presented, the estimate of cost bel
the 81 1880. The proposition is to hs
har the mains laid as public impro
ment, the costs being assessed as
paving improvement and sidewalk
"a, ing, against the property. The {
49, will then refund to the property own
-. the amount of the cost in water re
~. as they become due. This method
~ laying water mains is in operation
lin. many places, and is far more salts
NJ. tory from a business standpoint t
yo,, the method followed in Rock ISL
cod heretofore