Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-15

telephone company. and the privileges
acquired under the said ordinances.
shall be subject to any ordinance re-
lating 10 the same which may be
passed and enforced under the city's
police power.
Begin work April /.
Section IL That the said Central
Union Telephone company. its success
sors or assigns. shall accept this ordi-
nance within 80 days after the signing
by the mayor and city clerk, and shall
commence the construction of its un-
dergrOund plant and system April ]. .
1910; and shall complete and have the
same in successful working operation
within Il months thereafter.
Section -. In consideration of the
grants herein contained to said tele-
phone company, its successors and as
signs. said company shall within 10
days after the passage and approved
of this ordinance pay unto the city
the sum of $4,000. said sum to be paid
into the office OF the city clerk.
Section 13. All prior and other ordi-
nances, if any there exist. by and be-
tween the said city Of Rock Island
and the said Central Union Telephone
company are hereby repealed and an
nulled and cancelled.
Section IA This grant and all the
rights and privileges herein contained
shall take effect from and after pas
sage and shall terminate April s, 1888.
Labor Feature Adjusted.
The local lodge of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
agreed to the elimination from the ord
nance providing STIMULATING the en-
plOyment by the company of union
labor and the meeting of all conditions
of the electrical workers organization,
including the hours of labor, etc. and
in it's stead written agreement. sign
ed by the representatives OF the COM
pany and the electrical workers union.
was submitted to the council and APP
proved There are three copies of the
agreement. one each for the city clerk,
the telephone company. and the cleo
trical workers. The agreement is in
effect that the company will pay the
union wage scale, will work its men
nine hours. and pay extra for all over
time. and further that union labor will
not be Disseminated against A sim
liar agreement was reached between
the company and the electrical work
ers in Davenport.
Two Important Concessions.
w B. Mann of indianapolis, general
solicitor, and c. H. Rottger of Spring
field, state superintendent for the Cen
trail Union company. together with A.
J. Beverlin, local manager, were pres
ent at the meeting of the city council
last evening. The ordinance was TAX
en- up and considered by sections Two
changes suggested by Mayor McCask-
rim and agreed to by the representa-
tives of the company. were for increas-
ing the cash payment by the company
of $4,000 instead of $4,000 to the city
and fixing the expiration period of the
local franchise to correspond with that
Of the Union Electric Telephone com
pany, the date Of which is April s,
1888. The mayors position on the
time of expiration was that, making
the time limit of each company cor
respond would aid the city council at
that IiIS III hAlHS uhllOILH IeSISld'ioh
governing all telephone concerns do
ing business here at that time. The
$4,000 is to be received by the city to
meet the cost of court litigation with
the company. The additional $500 will
be for the purchase Of a modern fire
and police alarm system for the city.
The underground system will embrace
the territory between Thirteenth and
Twentieth streets and First and Sew
enth avenues. Alderman Ellinwood
succeeded in getting through a clause
providing for the removal of unnec-
essary poles from Seventh avenue
boulevard and Alderman Holzham-
mer that the same rule apply to the
entire city.
The officers of the company stated