Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-15

The council does not propose to al
low the Tri-City Railway company, or
any street railway company that may
later operate in the city, to make
moving billboards of the street
cars. An ordinance was introduced
by Alderman Smith last evening, and
promptly considered and adopted, pro-
hibiting the display of advertising of
commercial wares on the exterior of
street cars. The ordinance merely pre-
vents the abuse of advertising ON
street cars, and confines the CONNER
interior. During the discussion of the
measure, Mayor Schaffer stated that
in his opinion the company had no
authority for placing any advertising
whatever on it's cars, either interior
or exterior The ordinance adopted
last evening, does not, however, spe-
officially prohibit advertising other
than that of commercial wares, and
the railway company will still be per-
mitted to display announcements of
iamusements, the attractions at the
parks, of baseball games, and the like.
The ordinance is designed merely to
prevent an abuse of the present prac-
I tiee, and not to prohibit advertising as
! it is being done now in the. cars. AID
erman Smith stated that he had been
| informed that plans were being made
i TO place commercial advertising on the
exterior of the cars, and he, with 9TH
ers, entered a protest against moving
| billboards. The ordinance was adop-
| ted by unanimous vote.
i Rebate Militia Rent.
4 The council voted to rebate to Com
pany A of the national guard and the
Rock Island division of the Illinois Ma
val Reserves, the rent for the last six
months of this year, amounting to
$780, This action was taken on a res
olution offered by Alderman Smith, re
citing that the two military organiza
tons had suffered from the fire, and
that considerable sum of money
would be required to fit up the new
quarters comfortably.
Colonel w. T. Channon of the 9Th
regiment was present, and explained
that while no government property was
lost in the city hall fire, the members
of the company had sustained loss
through damage to property owned BY
the social organization of the men, ant
through the loss of revenue from rent
ing the hall for political meetings
dances, and other purposes. He ex
planned that to fit up the quarters prop
erly will require large sum, and while
the state has made an allowance TO
heating, no money is provided by thu
state for furnishing the quarters. Al
|, of the money refunded will go directl.
n into the quarters, and portion of i
n will be expended in improvements tina
will be of permanent character.
XII Service Not Sufficient.
III The council is not satisfied with tn
action of the TriCity Railway com
4 lpany relative to the owl car service
and the committee composed of Alder
men Carse, Blochlinger and McNealy
Y (which some weeks ago presented tn
councils demands to the company, wa
y INSTRUCTED to again confer with tn
Hcompany's officials, and insist on tn
y Ioperation of the owl cars to the ives
X end of the city. The cars now ru
Y Ionly as far as Fifteenth street, and tn
NIpeople IN the west end complain ths
U the service is insufficient. 1t is pointe
n Iont that the cars run to the east en-
;.of Moline, and the people of this cit
y Iare entitled to the same consideration
y: The committee will also ask for in