Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
COUNCIL ORDERS
SEWER REBUILT
Instructs Contractor to Place It
in Condition to Meet Terms
of, Ordinance.
FACTS ARE BROUGHT OUT
Shown that Connection Was Made by
Agreement and Only as Tenn
porary Arrangement.

At the special meeting Of the city
council last evening, the contractor.
p. F. Trenkenschuh, was ordered to
place the Seventeenth street sewer
as specified by the ordinance, and
Mayor Schaffer and the mayor-elect,
George w. McCaskrin, and the city
attorney, were instructed to confer
with the owner and agent of the
Best building and. arrange for the
relief of the building during the
time the sewer is being reconstruct
ed.
In the general discussion of the
proposition, several important facts
were brought out. 1t was shown that
the sewer has not been built accord
ing to ordinance; that the contract
err laid the sewer according to the
city engineers instructions; that the
plumbing inspector refused permis-
sion for a permanent connection to
the sewer at the Best building; that
permission for. a temporary connec-
ton was granted with the sanction
of the board of local improvements,
and that the temporary connection
was the subject of a written agree
ment between the plumbing inspector
and Mr.. Claussen, the agent at that
time forSthe building.
Must BE Rebuilt.
The committee which Investigated
the situation made it's report through
Alderman Blochl{nger, who stated
that the committee found the sewer
not according to ordinance, and sub
mitted report OIL. Payton, Mo-
line civil engineer, who made sur
vey of the sewer.
After the, discussion had progress
ed to some length, it was decided
that some representative of the prop
erty should be present and w. l..
Ludolph was sent for by the council
Mr.. Ludolph said that the sewer con-
structed according to ordinance
would be all that could be expected
even if the building would not be
properly served in that case. The
matter of extra expense to keep the
drain open from the building while
the sewer is being rebuilt was pre-
scented to Mr. nudolph, but he de-
clined to discuss it. ....s. ......-r
Regarding Connections. "..I N7
The plumbing inspector reported
the manner in which the temporary
connections were made and told of
the written agreement between him
self and Mr.. Claussen on this point
he was asked to file this paper in
the city clerks ofice' Mr. McCask-
rim suggested that this agreement
might have an important bearing on
the matter of the expense of keeping
the building open and damage from
back water in case OF a severe rain
storm.
City Engineer Explains.
, The city engineer repeated the eX
PLANTATION he has heretofore made
that he was incorrectly informed as
to certain conditions in the Best
building and that had the figures
given him been correct, the sewer
would have been correct also, anG
would have served the building. He
admitted that the contractor built
the sewer according to his instruc.
tions, but not according to ordinance
The engineer estimated the cost OF
rebuilding the sewer at $3.50, anG
possibly. some additional cost fol
keeping a pump in operation to keeI
the building open while the work is
being done. 1t will take two weeks
to do the work.
Finally a motion of Alderman
Blochlinger, providing for the re
construction of the sewer, prevailed
Mayor-Elect George McCaskrin, who
occupied seat at the side of the