Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-21
the week ending Dec. II, 1909, as

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Aug. Schueltke ..... 7.S5
Fred Bowers $50
VIM. O'Brien observation-disclosures. $40
Fred Gest 5.75
Henry Deisenroth .... los
| Harry Kurtz 2.20
! Frank Russ 2.lO
/ Lester limerick ..............1 LOS
| VIM limerick ............... 2.10
/ 10. b. MchoWn. .-.....-..-..-. l2.oo
| On motion of Alderman Lawler,
/ properly seconded, the council imme
diately considered the ordinance pro-
viding for the allowance of said pay
roll, which motion was unanimously
carried, and on his further motion the
ordinance allowing said payroll was
unanimously adopted
The clerk presented to the council
the bill of City Engineer Treichler for
special services rendered in connec-
ton with a review of the filter plant
! bids, specifications. blue prints. etc,
in the sum of 1925. and after discus
sion and consideration of the same,
| the bill as presented was on motion Of
/ Alderman Iawler, seconded by Alder
man La Vanway allowed, Aldermen
| McNealy and Ellinwood voting in the
negative.
The clerk read communications from
Mrs. Wilhelmina Baumbach; S31 Twen-
| ty-first street, claiming as one OF the
| heirs of the late Timothy Babcock the
/ sum of $3.50. and from Frank BabcoclI,
Berth B. Murrisen, Jane Dodge, and
Mrs Wilhelmina Baumbach, jointly, a
claim for the sum of $1,000, by virtue
/ of the fact that they are the sole heirs
of the late Timothy Babcock; on mo-
/ ton of Alderman Schmidt, seconded by
Alderman Prick. said communications
are referred to the finance and claims
committee and city attorney.
| Alderman Blochlinger submitted re-
port on behalf of committee to which
was referred the additional paragraphs
proposed by the PittsbuTg Filter Man
ufacturing company to be inserted in
clause 5 of the filter contract. hereto
/ fore approved by the council recon-
mending that the contract be amended
to include said clauses. and that the
contract after being so amended be
approved and properly executed, which
report was signed by Aldermen
/ Blochlinger. Prick, Lawler and Holz-
/ hammer. Alderman McNeaIy as a
member of said committee presented
minority report signed by Aldermen
( McNealy and La Vanway. the sub
/ stance of which was a protest against
the execution of the filter contract as
/ recommended in the report by a ma
/ jority of the committee and setting
I 1 oil h.a
mayor. after discussion was had on the
1 majority and minority reports, called
for a vote on the acceptance of the
minority report presented by Alder
man McNealy, which vote was as fol
lows: Affirmative, Utke, La Vanway,
Cochran and McNeaIy; negative,
BlochIinger, Holzhammer Carse.
Thompson, Frick, Schmidt, Lawler, Ell
/ linwood and Borst. The mayor de
Nclared the minority report rejected and
called for a vote on the acceptance
of the majority report, which vote was
as follows: Affirmative, Blochlinger,
Holzhammer. Carse, Thompson, Prick,
| Schmidt and LAWYER; negative, Utke,
La Vanway, Cochran, McNealy Film
wood and Borst: and the mayor de-
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! derman Blochlinger accepted and the
recommendations therein made con-
CURED in.
Alderman Blochlinger presented the
! following resolution:
| Resolved, that the plumbing inspec-
tor be instructed to make final or
smoke tests ON all plumbing jobs be-,
| fore accepted as plumbing ordinances
call for. Plumbing Inspector Rosen-
! field was heard ON the matter and
stated in substance that the ordinance
was being lived up to now as it had
been in the past and that tests where
ever 1t has been possible to make them
since installation up to the present
time can be made at some future date
as easy and as thoroughly as the day
when the job was first completed, and
that in no instance has a final certif-
cate been issued where proper tests
have not been made. The matter be-
ing fully discussed and considered is
on motion of Alderman Ellinwood, sec
onded by Alderman Utke, referred to
the sewer committee to investigate
and report back to the council at the
next regular meeting.
Alderman Blochlinger presented the.
following resolutions:
ID Resolved that the report of the
committee to whom was referred the
additions to the filter contract, re-
quested by the Pittsburg Filter Manu-
featuring company, be received and
concurred in, and the filter contract
be amended to include said additions
in clause 5.
(2) Resolved that the filter contract
as amended be and is hereby adopted
by council and the mayor and city
clerk be authorized and instructed to
sign and execute same.
go Resolved that the Pittsburg Fill !
ter Manufacturing company be direct
ed TO design and arrange and con-
struct the filter plant in No. basin OF
preSent filter basins instead OF No