Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-05

on said committee Alderman McNealy,
Cochran and Holzhammer.
The bill OF Peoples Power company
Tor month Of August was presented by
the clerk, being s1,621.23 for city and
$165.S7 for the reservoir lights and
power, and on motion of Alderman Nc
Nealy, properly seconded, said amounts
were on roll call unanimously allowed
and ordered paid.
Alderman Holzhammer reported for
the committee to which said matter
had been referred, recommending the
payment Of $9S2.10, to George Evans
for grading Eighth avenue between
Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets,
and moved the adoption of the report
and his motion, properly seconded,
was on roll call unanimously carried,
and said amount directed paid
Alderman Holzhammer reported
for the committee to which had been
referred the bill of the Tri-City Con-
struction company for work done on
Thirty-f1fth street, recommending
that said bill of $926.98 be allow
ed, Alderman Borst of said commit
tee not joining in. said report and
recommendation. Alderman Holz-
hammer moved the adoption of the
report, which motion was properly
seconded. Alderman McNealy NOV
ed as a substitute that $500 be al
lowed and balance withheld until
further investigation of the matter
may be had, which substitute mo-
ton was properly seconded. Alder
man Borst moved that an allowance
be made for the completion of said
work in the sum of $3.50, which mo-
ton was declared to be out of order,
and the substitute motion of Alder
man McNealy was put and lost, AL
derman McNealy and Borst on roll
call voting in the Affirmative. The
original motion of Alderman Holz-
hammer was carried, Alderman Nc
Nealy and Borst on roll call voting
in the negative. Alderman Borst
thereupon moved that the sum of
$3.50 be allowed out of contingent
fund for grading on Thirty-fifth
street south of Fourteenth avenue,
and his motion, properly seconded,
was on roll call carried, Alderman
Holzhammer, Naab, LaVanway,
Simser and Frick voting in the mega
tive.
Alderman Holzhammer presented
report for committee to which had
been referred petition of Rock Is
land Manufacturing company to lay
switch track across First avenue and
Fourteenth street, recommending
the adoption of the ordinance which
was considered by the council at the
last regular meeting and further
moved the adoption of the ordinance
as heretofore read, and his motion,
properly seconded, was on roll call,
unanimously carried.
Alderman Holzhammer for COM
mittee to which the matter had been
referred, asked for further time in
Investigating advisability of granting
permit of Illinois Oil company to in
stall oil tanks at First avenue be-
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets. Manager Welsh of said
company was heard at length urging
the granting of petition to his COM
pany and on substitute motion of
Alderman McNealy, seconded by
Alderman Frick, the council voted
to grant the permit requested Alder
man Holzhammer and LaVanway on
roll call voting in the negative.
Alderman Huff reported for the
committee to which said matter had
been referred that the Tri-City Rail-
way company will issue transfers
from Red and Blue lines at junction
of Second avenue and Fifteenth
street until such time as Red line is
completed and thereafter the trans