Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-16

should be given, and then the matter |
of placing the blame should be con-
sidered
On. motion of Alderman Utke the
sewer committee was given power 10
confer with the architect and the city
engineer, and arrange TO give imme-
date relief for the building.
On motion of Alderman Thompson a
special committee of five aldermen
was appointed to make an investiga-
ton and determine the responsibility
Tor the error in the sewer. The mayor
FAMED on this committee Aldermen
Blochlinger, Carse, Smith, Thompson
and Lawler
Prison Made Shoes.
Alderman Smith brought to the at
,ention of the council the bill of Rep
resentative Chiperfield, now pending
in the Illinois legislature, restricting
the labor of convicts at the Illinois
penitentiary to lines that will not
compete with free labor, and that will
make the penitentiary no longer COM
setitor of the manufacturers of shoes,
broOms and other products. He sug-
gested that a committee of three be
named to confer with the representa-
lives OF this district and urge them
to support the measure. The sugses-
ion met with the approcal of the
council, and the mayor named Alder
men Smith, Blochlinger and Trefz.
Do Not Like Fence.
pronortu ounorc wopt tha a;t,, -
remove the barbed wire fence along
Seventeenth avenue west of Thirtieth
street. Thy also want the avenue
opened, and want the city to stop the
practice of using this ground for
pasture. The health and police com
mittee will investigate the situation.
The report recommending that the
Hartford Insurance company be favor
ed with a $4,000 risk on the city boil
ers at premium of $500 for five years
was adopted.
If Alderman HolZhammer has his
way, the city will no longer dump the
| remains of dead animals in the river
along with other refuse which is gath
cred up by the health department. He
l
and police committee investigate the
matter. 1t was carried.
For Better Lights.
| Mr.. Lang, representing the manu-
famturers of the flaming arc lamps
which have been on exhibition in front
of the city hall for several days. ad-
dressed the council and urged that &
few of the lamps be purchased for
the illumination of the city hall corner.
He also suggested this light for the
illumination of the city parks The
lamp is claimed to give $500 candle
power in all directions The lamps
cost as high as s65. They are cer-
ainly big Improvement over the or
binary arc lamp, as far as illumination
goes. In Newark n. j., the business
men have dubbed together and raised
thousands of dollars to install these
lamps in the business district. ~ be-
ing placed in each block. 1t has been
Suggested that if the city place one of
these lamps or several of them, at the
lefty hall building.-the brilliant illumi-
nation resulting will be an object
lesson for the business men, and
would be an inspiration to them to
lrevive the project of more brilliant
illumination of the business district
The matter was referred to the fire
land light committee
New PIats Submitted.
Plats of Ellen Andrews second ad.
EDITION, and w. E. Bailey's seventh ad-
EDITION were presented to the council
land referred according to the usual
lpractice. to the street and alley com
lmittee, to report.
VIII Meet Next Week.
While there is no regular meeting
might for the council next week, the
council will hold an adjourned SEES
lsion next Tuesday evening. 1t is ex
lpected that by that time the commit.
tees that have in hand the matter vi
1.-THE franchise of w. c. Lawson for a
railway line in the city that will con
meet Rock Island and Galesburg viii
be ready to submit some definite &c
port
1t is possible also that the filter
Iplans will have been gone over by the
consulting engineers by that time. The
engineers, however, may not be able
tn take tho matter I'm immediately