Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-23


report ON behalf of the committee
to which the matter had been refer
red, recommending that the junk
yard at 1917 Fourth avenue be de-
clared a nuisance and ordered re-
moved Before moving the adoption
of the report Alderman Holzhammer
asked that the attorney for the pro-
prietor of said junk yard be heard
| from. H. NJ. McCaskrin, as attor-
ney for the owners of said junk yard,
was heard from at length, and Harry
Blythe, a resident close to the junk
yard, was also heard from. me
| city attorney expressed his views as
/ to what constituted junk yard and
| how the same might properly De de-
clared a nuisance. Considerable dis
cussion was had by the council on
the subject, and after the owner or
| the property was heard from, Alder
man Schmidt moved to refer the
matter to the next regular meeting,
and in the meantime if the proprie-
tors of said yard intend to remove
the rags, which seem to be objec-
tionable they will have an opportun-
/ ity to fulfil their promise. The mo-
( II,
Alderman Holzhammer reported
for the committee to which the mat
ter had been referred relative to the
purchase of sprinkler wagons, and
read the itemized bids of the Aus
tin company of Chicago, Electric
Sprinkler company of Rock Island,
and the Studebaker company of
South Bend, referring said bids back
to the council without recommended
ton. Alderman McNealy moved
that the whole matter be referred to
a committee of the whole, to meet
some night this week. Alderman
Prick moved as substitute that the
matter be taken up in regular joint
session tomorrow night, and that the
matter be fully discussed in commit
tee of the whole meeting before fin
al action, and the substitute motion,
properly seconded, was carried.
The motion Of Alderman Holzham-
mer, properly seconded, that the
proposals for sprinkling outfit above
referred to be referred back to the
council without recommendation
from the street and alley commit
tee. being properly seconded, was
carried.
Alderman Huff reported for the
sewer committee that permission for
sewer connections had been grant
ed at the following places: 1886
Thirty-seyenth street; 1905 Twelfth
street, 1908 Glenhurst, $50 Thirty
fourth street; $500 Seventh avenue;
1900 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES street,
.1134 Ninth avenue, 1913 Tenth ave-
nue., 1926 Eighth avenue, 1880 Third
avenue, 1916 Twelfth street. 1113
Third avenue and 1413 Twelfth
street, and moved the adoption of
the report, which motion, properly
seconded, was carried.
The matter having been brought
up by Alderman McNealy, the mayor
suggested a committee of three be
named for the purpose of determin-
ing upon what shall be the rules and
regulations with regard to Fourth
of July fireworks and their explo-
sion. On motion of Alderman Nc
Nealy, the matter is referred to the
ordinance committee and city attor-
ney with direction to bring in an or
dinance tomorrow night, such as will
cover THIS enClr6 question.
Alderman Prick presented a reso-
luton that the board of local i'm
provements be instructed to order
the contractor to proceed with work
on watermains and sewer on Twen-
tieth street between Twelfth and
Sixteenth avenues, and moved the
adoption of the resolution, which mo-
ton was properly seconded. The res
olution was adopted, Aldermen Huff,
Thompson, McNealy and Leaf voting
in the negative.
Alderman Frick made an itemized
report concerning repairs which are
deemed necessary on the respective
hose houses in the city and moved
that the report as made be referred
to the fire and light committee to
ask for bids covering such repairs.
His motion was properly seconded
and carried.
Alderman Frick for the fire and
light committee, to which had been
referred the matter of the Tappen-
dorf building matter on Fourth ave-
nue. near Nineteenth street, report
ed that it had a report from the city
engineer to the effect that he had
been to the premises in question and
found that the side walls were of
brick IL inches thick, and with IT,
inch pilasters, that the wall was not
up to the 24-foot height at present
the ordinance calls for walls over
20 feet in height shall be 16 inches
in thickness. The report of the COM
mittee is that the prayer of the pc
tition be not granted Signed AL
dermen F'rick and Thompson, Alder
man Cochran being absent, and AL
derman Simser refused to sign the
report. Alderman Prick moved the
adoption of the report, and Alder
man Thompson seconded the motion.
J. L. Haas, as attorney for Mr.. Tap
pendorf, asked to be heard and being
recognized by the mayor, requested
that the petition of Mr. Tappendorf
heretofore filed, be withdrawn. Al
derman Prick thereupon moved, with
the consent of his second, that his mo-