Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-04
CALLS RAIL WAY
co. ON CARPET
Council Desires to Know Why
Tri- City Doesn't Proceed
With Extensions.
is ASKED TO EXPLAIN
Insisted That Terms of Contract
With Municipality Be Fulfilled
old Paving Fight Ends.

| Delay of the Tri-City Railway COM
pany in going ahead with extension i'm
provements in Rock Island in accord
ance with the terms of it's recently
adopted ordinance, was the subject of
criticism by the city council at its meet
ing of last evening. A message by the
mayor, in which he cited the terms of
the contract with the city of the rail-
way company was referred, with power
to act, to the street and alley and sew.
er committees.
''This delay means that the work will
not be completed this year, unless dras-
tic measures are resorted to-" the mes
sage states. 81 would recommend that
this city council cite this company to
appear before this council at once and
show reason why this work is not being
carried out according 10 the terms of
the contract with the city not later
than the next regular meeting, occur
ring Oct. TO-"
! Upon recommendation Of the mayor.
| Street Commissioner H. H. Hull was
instructed by the council to inspect the
city pavements and report on defects
caused by failure of plumbing and light
firms to make proper repairs after max
| ing openings for sewers, water mains
| and gas connections, and that the ex-
pense for any necessary work in RENE
dying the defects be assessed against
| the offending concerns.
To Recast Assessment.
A report of the board of local i'm
! provements ordering a recast of the
| paving Improvement assessment roll
for Lincoln court was adopted. Under
| the original ordinance, the city was not
to be charged for any part of this i'm
provement, but when the assessment
was spread the city was shown to have
been assessed nearly half the cost. The
understanding had been owners of the
addition were to bear the entire ex-
pense.
A communication from G. A. Shall
berg, attorney for John Lindberg, was
read offering to settle the Lindberg
damage suit against the city for 81. $50
Mr.. Lfndberg'S two sons were drowned
in pond on Thirty-eighth street July
4, 1902. He brought suits to recover
$4,000 damages from the city. The
suits are now before the supreme court
on an appeal by the city, and City At
torney ]. F. Witter was instructed to
proceed with his fight against settle
ment of the judgment of the circuit
court jury.
Give Up the Fight.
r. R. Reynolds, representing owners
of property on Sixteenth street. Tenth
to Twelfth avenues, who have been re-
sisting payment of their pavement as
sessment on the alleged ground that
the improvement was not completed in
conformity with specifications of the
ordinance, appeared before the council
and proposed an abandonment of the
legal fight. The property owners agreed
to drop court proceedings on condition
the city would bear $3.50 of the costs
that had been accumulated. Finally
he agreed to take 500, and this promo
sition was accepted by the council. The
case was before the supreme court on
an appeal of the property owners, but
the city concluded it was cheaper to
compromise on the terms offered than
have an attorney appear in the SUI
preme court. The assessment of the
resisting property owners was $1,000.
This will now be paid in full.
Aldermen Borst, Simser and Coch-
ran were named by the mayor a com
mittee to submit to the council a scale
for the testing and standardizing of
weights and measures used by mer-
chants and peddlers doing business in
the city.
Ordered to Extend Sewer.
The Burlington and D., R. I. & n. w. |
railroads were ordered notified by the |
clerk to have extended from Fifth ave- |
nue. to the river an uncompleted sewer |
on Fortieth street. The Burlington /
was ordered notified also to immedi- !
ately arrange for the opening of a /
street and alley at the intersection of |
Twenty-fourth street and Second ave |
nue.. as per terms reached when the |
company was given permission by the |
council to lay a connecting track on |
the avenue in that locality several
months ago.
Licensed to Wed
John RieXlnger ......... MOnteZUma |