Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-07
Council Unanimously Votes to
Accept Bid of the Game
well Company.
WILL BE IN THIS FALL
Fffty-four Boxes to be Placed With
in the Limits-Cost of Appa-
ratus $11,265.

Rock Island finally is to be delivered
from it's obsolete fire alarm system,
the city council, at its meeting of last
evening, accepting the bid of the Game
well company received in composition
several weeks ago. The report rec
ommending the purchase was signed
by the members of the fire and light
and finance committees, and was unan-
imously concurred in by the council
to the city attorney to draft an ordi-
nance declaring an emergency to exist
and authorizing the expenditure neces-
sary to acquire the Improvement. The
bid Of the Gamewell company is SILL
265. The plan of payment is Sc. 900
when the system is installed and the
remainder to be taken care of in the
next annual appropriation ordinance.
The emergency ordinance will be
ready for consideration at the meeting
of the council next Monday evening,
and Immediately upon its adoption the
city will enter into contract with the
Gamewen company in order that the
new apparatus may be put in place
and ready for operation before the
winter season comes on. The proposal
of the Gamewell company calls for i'll
stallation of 81 alarm boxes scattered
over the city. The system to be install
ed here is one that has been generally
adopted over the United States, and
there is no question of its modernty
and practicability. 1t is automatic in
operation, and the possibility of mis-
takes under the present makeshift is
eliminated.
Reminder for Railway Company.
Upon resolution offered by Alder
man Martin McNealy, the Tri-City
Railway company was reminded that
time was feeting and that the public
here would like to see fulfilled the
promises to complete the extensions in
this city provided for in the ordinance
granted the company by the council
recently 1t was explained by the
mayor that the company had had trou-
Bile getting material on the ground,
but the sentiment of the council was
once the material was received. The
force could then be increased and lost
time made up. Alderman McNealy re-
marked that the company had forces
of men working in different parts of
Davenport, and he could see no excuse
for further postponing the beginning
of work on the Long View loop. The
mayor, upon a resolution offered by
Alderman Charles Borst, was author
lied to appoint a special committee Of
three members to wait upon the Off
GERS of the company and see what can
be done towards improving the service
on the Elm street line.
Word From stanton.
L. w. Stanton, the telephone promo
ter, who is now in New York, had 4
communication before the council, in
which he stated that he hoped shortly
to be able to present a definite proposi-
ton for the purchase of the plant of
the Union Electric comany. He was
only awaiting the return from Europe
of one of the men whom he expected
to interest financially in the deal. His
communication was received. The
clerk read letter from Charles F.
White of this city, who received un-
favorable mention in a recent message
of the mayor on the telephone question.
Mr.. White stated that either the mayor
had been misinformed as to Whites
motives in the transaction or had de-
liberately falsified. The council voted