Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-04
BILLS PUT over
FOR COMMISSION
Rock Island City officers Are
Behind $13,822 in Their
Salaries.
PAVING ACCOUNT SETTLED
Aldermen Take Recess at Meeting to
Allow Mayor to Deliver
Addresses.

In order to permit Mayor G. W. Nc
Caskrin to make a couple of campaign
speeches last evening, the council,
after converting at the city hall, voted
to take a recess till 1890, and then
to return to transact all business
which might be necessary. Before ad-
journment an ordinance which was up
for consideration a week ago, and
which was presented by A. d. Hues-
ing, who asked in it, the right to lay
stub track in front of his property
on First avenue between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets, was brought be-
fore the council by Alderman G. L.
Schmid BY unanimous vote, the ordi-
nance was adopted.
Inasmuch as the present council
will have to take an official count OF
the vote cast today, adjournment was
taken till tomorrow night.
It was learned from the city clerk
that the contingent fund had been en-
tirely exhausted, and that at the pres
ent time bills to the amount of $751;
"a
health officers salaries, etc. Of
course, as the council could not Dor
row more money from the banks, all
that could be done was to recognize
the bills and to lay them over, to be
paid by the new commission.
PAVING BILL PAID.
Another matter which has been be-
fore the council-that of the Lincoln
court paving bill presented by the Tri-
City Construction company--was
cleared The bill of the company was
S626.52. Upon motion of Alderman
John Holzhammer, chairman of the
street and alley committee, the COM
pany was allowed s5Ss.52, or sSS less
than the amount of the original bill.
In addition to making the Official
canvass Of the vote tomorrow evening,
the council will hear reports from
One of these will be
from the street and alley committee
as to the grade of sidewalks around
the property of James McElroy on
Twenty-eighth street. That committee |
will inspect the property tomorrow
and present a report tomor-
row night. The motor for the Fifth |
avenue sewer, installed by the Daven- !
port Construction and Machinery COM
pany, will be tested tomorrow by VIII !
Hansgen Of the Peoples Power COM |
pany, and If it is found to be up TO |
specifications, will be accepted by the |
council and the bill will be allowed.
ORDINANCE LAID OVER.
Because number of the aldermen !
insisted upon laying a few items over
to the new commission, Alderman !
Martin McNealy charged that they
had a streak of yellow" 1t was de-
cided TO lay over to the new commits
sion, an ordinance granting the right l
to lay a sewer and water main along
Twenty-eighth street between Six
-eenth and Seventeenth avenues.
The finance and sewer committees Il
will report tomorrow night on the
bond of the d. E. Keeler company, to Il
which the contract for the laying of
he Seventh ward sewer was let AS
soon as the companys bond of s20, 900
s filed, the certified check which il
deposited will be returned.
"A petition presented by Alderman
asking that the Twin
City Coal company be allowed to lay
| switch track between Forty-fifth
nd Forty-sixth streets. was laid over
o the new commission.
A communication was received from
James Mckinney who
giving receipt of the reso-
ution which was passed week ago.
undermining the Taylor system which
Tas migrated at the Rock Island ar
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