Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-08

cnth avenue from Thirty-ffth to Forty
sixth streets, Jackson boulevard. On
motion of Alderman Anderson, the ordi-
nance was referred to the committee of
the whole, the alderman urging that
the property owners along the avenue
be given an opportunity to express
their sentiments in the matter before
the name is formally adopted. The
ordinance gives the avenue the name Of
Hon. William Jackson, president of the
park commission, and at all times ac-
tive in the effort for identifying the
city.
Tax on Phone Toll.
The finance committee reported the
sum of sGO5.O9 due from the Central
Union Telephone & Telegraph COM
pany as the per cent tax on the COM
pany'S gross revenues for 1906 and
part of 1907 The city clerk was au-
thOrized to collect the amount at the
rate of 800 month
by Board, Not Council.
When the question of allowing the
Mccarthy Improvement company the
amount due as the city's portion of the
paving for intersections, the council
learned that the acceptance of paving
and other improvement work is not
matter for the action of the city coun-
ell. but is 10 be passed on by the board
of local improvements. Alderman
Oberg objected, as did Alderman Smith.
to allowing the amount until the pay
ing has been inspected by the council,
but the city attorney explained that
the law makes it the business of the
board of local improvements to accept
such work, and cited the SiXteen,n
street paving case as one where diff
cultieS had arisen because the council
accepted the paving and the board of
local Improvements failed to formally
accept the work. The company was al
lowed $14, 1913. The Peoples Construc-
ton company was allowed S6.077.50 on
, the No = sewer account. The Brown
ell company was allowed $1,0S5 on its
bill for the installation of the new boil
erS at the waterwOrks pumping station.
The Sixth Ward Improvement asso-
citation presented petition for the con
, structiOn of a drain on Twenty-fifth
street from Ninth TO Eleventh avenue,
| to permit the widening of the street.
| The matter was referred to the mayor,
! city engineer, street and alley commit
! Zee, to report at the next meeting.
| At Pump. Not Reservoirs.
The report of Superintendent J. w.
I Cavanaugh of the waterwOrks depart
ment proved revelation. The report
shows that Il large portion of the leak
age in the water pumped at the pump
ing station was through the Old Holly.
! Gasbcll pump, now undergoing repairs
During September the water was all
pumped by the new Snow pump. and
with l per cent allowed for slippage i'll
the new pump, the figures show that
there was a % per cent slippage in the
old pump, instead of 10 per cent, as
! had been estimated. This difference
has long been generally attributed tC
the leak in the reservoir basins. The
superintendent stated that by placing
" ~~' CT ''iC 'i'"l ""I'i pd9lH DIT tllS
reservoir it will be possible to secure
data of the leakage at the reservoir
This matter was referred to the water
works committee and the superintend
ent, with power to act.
The superintendent report show!
75,354,0OO gallons pumped in Septem
Der, this being a daily average O.
2,511, 500 gallons. The superintendent
estimates that nearly 100000 gallon.
of water a day was saved