Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-22

contains preservatives or to, which |
ether foreign substances have been
added.
What lee Cream Must Be.
The ordinance as framed is patterned
after the government agricultural de-
Eartment's regulations, but is. not as
strict as the federal regulations. The
dealers are prohibited from selling or
exposing for sale any ice cream that
contains less than Il per cent butter
fat for vanilla fiavors and II per cent
butter fat for fruit flavors. The cream
must not be taken from diseased, i'm
pure, or adulterated milk, and thee
must be added no eggs, corn, flour,
starch. gelatine, mucilaginous substan-
Offenders under these provisions will
be fined not less than $40 nor more
than $500. The board of health means
to Systematically test the ice cream
sold in the city this summer, and 20
rigidly enforce the requirements.
The retail dealers of ice cream must
Pay license fee of IS annually, and
ice cream is vended. The commission
er of health is authorized to revoke
the license of any dealer who violates
the provisions of the ordinance Par
sons selling or Offering ice cream for
sale without a license shall be liable
to fine of $25 to $780,
Sidewalk Regulations.
The two ordinances intended 20
secure uniform walks in the city and
to insure a good grade of work for the
property owner who has his walk laid
by private contract, just as the prop
erty owners secure when the walks
ARE laid by public contract, We're
adopted. One OF the measures estab-
fishes standard specifications for ce-
nient walks, and under the provision
of this measure no brick or plank
walks can be constructed in the
future on any public street or avenue.
The other ordinance requires that the
contractors provide bond Of $4,000 TO
guarantee their work for five years. in
addition TO the indimnifying bond of
| $4,000 At present the city requires
such a bond when work is done under
a general public Improvement contract.
but walks laid by private contract are
not under the jurisdiction of the city,
and the property owner has no re-
course except civil suit where the
walk is defective. II is proposed now
TO establish system of permits for
building and for the construction If
walks, so that private construction
work will not render the city liable
| for accidents. The city will require
all property owners who desire to build
a walk to secure a permit from the
mayor This will enable the city to
see That the work is properly protected
with red lights at night
| Several of the contractors who Were
on hand expressed themselves as en-
lfications, although there was some Oh
lection to the bond. Among those VIII,
lspoke were Andrew Nelson, Gus
Fisher and Elmer Nelson. There was
some misunderstanding as to the bond
hut the contractors declared that the!
stand ready to guarantee any Wort
they do.
Two Big Sewer Systems.
: The Sixth ward sewer system wa
provided for, the ordinance for tn
construction of the sewer being adopt
, eI by unanimous vote. The proposes
Improvement will cost something owe
S45 .000 The ordinance for the coz
| al ut of ipsht nf 10
section of the Seventh ward sewer sys
TEN was introduced by Alderman Ellir
wood, and laid over for a second read
ing.
The mayor and clerk and alderman
iof the First ward were authorized Il
contract for the filling of Secon.
: street. Alderman Blochlinger reporte,
: that a deal can be made with E. 4
: Lewis, who has begun the wrecking q
the old Harper home on Eighteent
street, for the old material from TIL
building. There is an appropriate
OF $500 for the filling of the street.
The council adopted an ordinanc
e for the construction of a sewer an
$ Waterman on Eighth avenue betwee
| 4\lilln anu 1SHtN streets ny pTlNd,
!. contract, by Richard Mandel, Josep
Blochlinger and John Kimball. TIL
+ sewer and mains will become the PROF.
erty of the city when completed. Tn
e icCst of the Waterman will be rebate
i in water rent to the three men. TIL
: construction work will be done unde
: the direction of the board of local in
iprovements.
II On motion of Alderman McNeal!
the board of local improvements wa
directed to prepare an ordinance fo
the construction of Waterman sy!
tenn in the territory between Twenty
II fourth and Thirtieth streets an
| Fourteenth and Eighteenth avenues
| This is rapidly growing distrie
Ii and though near the reservoir ha
no city water service. The improve
ment is to be made by special asses
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