Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-19

nVe copies or SaiG ordinance Tor ltS
next regular meeting.
Alderman Prick presented improve
ment ordinance for paving Ninth ave
nue. from the east line of Twentieth
street to the east line of Twenty-f1fth
street, except intersections now laid,
accompanied by estimate of the city
engineer of the cost of said improve
ment, in amount $13,91S, together with
resolution recommending the approval
of said estimate, and on motion of
Alderman Prick, properly seconded.
said resolution was adopted. Alder
man Frick further moved the imme-
date consideration of said ordinance,
which motion properly seconded, was
carried and on further motion, prop
erly seconded. the ordinance was laid
over to second reading
Alderman Frick presented improve
ment ordinance for paving Second ave
nue.. east from curb line on Twentieth
street to east curb line on Fifteenth
street; Third avenue from east curb
line of Twenty-fourth street to east
curb line of Fifteenth street, and TWEEN
tieth street from south curb line of
Fourth avenue to north curb line of
Second avenue, together with estimate
of city engineer of cost, in amount
S91, 2S3.60, together with resolution
recommending the approval of said es-
innate. and moved the adoption of said
resolution. The council discussed the
proposed ordinance, and Fred Apple
quist, an owner of property on Third
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ment was heard by the council protest
ing against said improvement being
made on Third avenue, and Alderman
Frick presented protest from property
owners located on Third avenue be-
tween Fifteenth and TwentyfouTth
streets against repaving that avenue
by 20 property owners, having an ag-
gregate frontage on Third avenue be-
tween Fifteenth and Twenty-fourth
streets of 2,043 feet. On motion of
Alderman Schmid, seconded by Alder
man Ellinwood, the ordinance as pre-
scented is referred back to the board
of local improvements. with direction
that the Third avenue improvement be
embodied in a separate ordinance.
The vote on motion of Alderman
Schmid is as follows: Yeas, Holz-
hammer, Carse, Utke, LaVanway.
Thompson, Schmid, Cochran, Lawler,
McNealy, Ellinwood. Borst. Nays,
Blochlinger. Alderman Prick was ex-
cused from voting.
Alderman HolZhammer presented re-
port for the police committee, that it
had investigated matter of changing
police magistrates office from present
location to room occupied by city
plumbing inspector, and room now used
by police magistrate to be used for pur
pose of sleeping room for night police
who appear as witnesses at early morn
ing trials, thus saving cost of feed of
prisoners. Alderman Holzhammer NOV
ed that the matter be referred to the
police committee to investigate as to
cost of making change. and report at
next regular meeting which motion,
seconded by Alderman Blochlinger, was
carried.
Alderman McNealy reported for COM
mittee to which the matter had been
referred, that the c., B. & Q. Railroad
company has agreed to lay complete
15-inch sewer at Sylvan slough, For
tieth street on following conditions:
% city to furnish the 15-inch tile and
to pay half the digging expenses; (2)
said company to stand the other half
of said digging expenses. and covering
up said ditch, and also laying said tile,
and agree to carry such expense until
the money is available by city; work
20, No Nv
the supervision of city engineer; the
probable cost as estimated is between
five and six hundred dollars for work
complete On motion of Alderman Nc
Nealy, properly seconded, the report
signed by the sewer committee is ac-
copied
The clerk called attention to the fact
that the last pay roll omitted through
error the name of E. p Kell, and
amount due him $3.50, and on motion.
properly seconded, the amount was al
lowed and directed paid, by unanimous
vote.
On motion of Alderman Holzhammer.
properly seconded, the council al
journed.
1 hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct record
of the proceedings of the city council
of Rock Island, H., for its regular
meeting held Jan. 10, 1910.
E. R MALONEY,
Official Reporter.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of January. A. D. 1910.
NJ. T. RUDGREN,