Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-08
VOTE INVITATION
Council Passes Resolution Con-
curing in Effort to Secure
Presidents Visit.
PAY THE MAYORS EXPENSES
On Trip With Committee to Washing
COMPASS Annual Appropriation
Ordinance and Resolution.

Before taking up the annual appro-
priation ordinance last evening. the
city council at its adjourned meeting
adopted a resolution extending the in
vitation of the city to President Roose-
welt to visit the tri-cities on his forth
coming western trip, and adopted 4
resolution appropriating not TO exceed
800 to pay the expenses of Mayor
SChatfer on his trip to Washington as
a member of the tri-city Roosevelt com
mittee which will present the invita-
ton to the president in person. The
resolution of invitation sets up the in
terests of the government here in the
Rock Island arsenal, and the river i'm
prOvement work at the Rock Island
rapids, as inducements to the president
to include this community in his trip
The full text of the resolution appears
in the official records of the council
proceedings, published elsewhere in
this issue.
Revenues for Year.
When the council took up the annual
appropriations in committee of the
whole, some of the aldermen were sur
prised to learn that the amount neces
sary for the No. storm drain. $4,000
leaves little for the ordinary funds, anj
the city before the end of the year will
be crippled in several departments on
account of the lack of funds. The es
| timated revenues for the year, as given
by City Clerk Rudgren, are $40, 320.7j
amount $90,00310 is provided for by
the tax levy and distributed by the APP
preparation ordinance, the remainder
| 0,317.G5, being from general sources
and distributed among the severa
funds by the appropriation resolution.
Amounts Allotted.
The ordinance sets aside $4,000 fol-
the library building fund, raised by
special tax. and $6,522.1O for the gen
eral fund of the public library. Til,
interest fund is provided with $1,000
$4,000 is set aside for the No. sewer
district; $4,000 for the improvement
of Seventh avenue and Thirty-eightl
street, and 1000 fOr the preliminary
IeXpenses for the Seventh ward sewe
system. The sum of $4,000 is PLACED
in the health fund, $4,000 in the ligh
fund. $1,S21 in the election fund, an,
$4,000 is appropriated to pay for tn,
new truck purchased from the Sea
greave company. The same amour
was appropriated for the fire truck las
year, but on account of the litigation
of the Schnell-Tappendorf suit agains
| the city, reverted to the general fund.
| Economy Necessary.
| Economy will be necessary under tn,
appropriations, for though the salarie
have been increased about 30 per cent
only 81, 900 more is placed in the polio,
fund, and but $1,400 more in the fir
department allowance The health an,
street funds are reduced materially, a
is the bridge fund.
| The waterworks fund, which can j.
used only for waterworks purposes. /
distributed as follows: Snow Steam
Pump works, $4,000; Concrete Con
struction company. s1,400; sundries
S22,996.55; waterworks expense fun
$4,000; reservoir expense fund, 50
900: making a total of s7G.39655.
The general fund was apportioned a
follows: Fire department, S1G,500; pc
lice fund, $1,000; salary fund, $500
ELECTION fund $179; Gurnsey square
1890; Spencer square. $500; Long Vie
park maintenance, s1,250; office fun'
500: printing fund. $500; street fun,
$4,000; bridge fund, $4,000; sewe
fund $4,000; contingent fund, 81
I1421n and the remainder in the sid