Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02
CAR ORDINANCE
NEARS PASSAGE
City Council and the Railway
Company Close to an I'm
derstanding.
ARE MORE NEW CLAUSES
Arbitration of Labor Disputes, Iron
Poles in Business Section, Milan
Bridge donation, Etc.

Headway was made last evening by
the city council and the officials of
the Tr1-Cfty Railway company on the
new franchise ordinance that has
been before the aldermanic body for
number of weeks, and it is Just
possible that the measure may he
formally adopted ct the next meet
ing of the council Monday evening.
Both sides manifested a desire to
avoid further deIay, inasmuch as the
season when the company could be
putting in it's best ticks in construc-
ton work has arrived, and every day
counts. New features inserted in the
ordinance as a result of the meet
ing are:
Arbitration of all labor disputes
between the company and its en-
ployes by a commission to consist of
one employee and one officer of the
company, the two to select the third
member, and their decision to be
final.
$4,000 contribution towards the
reconstruction of three of the bridge
spans over Rock river; the rental
charge for the use of the bridges by
the company increased from 500 to
$500 per year.
Company to sprinkle the paved
streets of the city over which its
cars operateJand to furnish sprinkler
car and crew, the city to supply the
water free of charge to the company.
One Line on Third Avenue.
Company to run all cars on the
Bridge line from the east down Third
avenue, returning via Second avenue.
The clause providing that the Long
View cars from the east be run over
Third avenue was eliminated.
The company within year after
passage of the ordinance, to replace
its present wooden poles with iron
poles, on Second avenue, Fifteenth
to Twentieth streets; on Third ave-
nue., Fifteenth to Twenty-fourth
streets and on Twentieth street, Sec
ond to Fourth avenues.
The clauses providing for the com
pletion of the Long View line, the
extension to the west end factory
district and the loop to the south
west part of the city, and the new
line on Thirty-eighth street, Seventh
to Eighteenth avenues, remain unal-
tered The company also is to per-
NIT all interurban lines desiring to
enter the city to come over its tracks. !
on the payment of a reasonable
charge for the accommodation.
The ordinance. in the form it was
considered by the council, carries an
extension of six years to the present
grant, and reaffirms the latter in al
of its features.
New Car Barn Planned.
President Porter was asked if the |
company would not consent to a !
clause compelling it to manufacture
all of its own cars in it's shops in |
this city. He said that the company |
had manufactured cars here, and /
doubtless would do so in the future, |
but he would not like to see the COM /
pany pinned down to a promise that |
it might not at all times be in posi-
ton to fulfill. He said, however. |
that the company had plans for the |
increasing its realty holdings in his |
city. and contemplated an enlarged /
modern car barn on Fifth avenue Its
repair shops were here. and he !
though the company was doing fairly /
by the city of Rock Island.
Our reason for asking an extern
sion of our ordinance here" Mr.. Por-
ter stated, 'is to strengthen our basis /
of credit We must borrow a mil
lion dollars for the work we propose
on our lines in the tri-cities. That /