Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-01-05
IGNORE PROTEST
IN SALOON GRANT
Councilmen Vote G. w. Krue-
ger Permit to Do Business
at 124 Sixth Avenue.
BREWERY FIGHT CHARGED
Claimed One Concern Induces Con-
sent Signers to Withdraw
Names.

Names.
Facts in an interesting fight between
breweries competing for local business
were revealed at a meeting of the Rock
Island city council last night incident
TO the consideration Of an application
for a saloon permit filed by c. w. Krue
ger TO conduct a bar at 124 Sixth ave
nue..
The license and markets committee
of the council. through its chairman,
Alderman Carl Naab. reported, after
an investigation, recommending that
the permit be issued. Several of the
owners of adjoining property entered
protests against locating a saloon at
the number given, but the committee
claimed that MI. Kruger still had
majority of the frontage on both sides
OF Sixth avenue, as required by the
consent ordinance, supporting his petit
ton. 1t was shown, however, that
three of the property owners who had
signed the published legal notice indi-
eating that they were in favor of the
council granting the license, had with
drawn their consent.
AN OLD STORY.
Alderman John Holzhammer is own
er of the lot on which is the building
il is proposed to occupy with saloon.
II feel that the members of this coun-
Gil are entitled TO the real history of
this affair" Alderman Holzhammer
said, after explaining that he was the
owner of the property at 124 Sixth ave
nue.. Five years ago a brother of
mine arranged to establish a saloon
stand there. We obtained the required
number of signatures, but were some
what surprised to find that at the elev-
enth hour several of our signers with
drew their names having been induced
10 do so by representatives of the Rock
Island Brewing company. This con
Germ opposed placing a saloon there
because beer manufactured by another
brewery was to be sold and it did not
want any competition for its own bar
in that vicinity. The Rock Island
Brewing company agents have been
busy again, and have been seeking TO
defeat the Kruger petition
WITH THE EIDELwEIss.
Kruger has allied himself with the
Eidelweiss Brewing company, which
maintains local agency. The position
of the Rock Island Brewing company
is that there are already sufficient sa-
looms in the west part of the city. and
that increasing of the number will do
more harm than good to the business.
The report of the license and mar
kets committee was adopted by the
following vote.
Ayes-Huff. Naab, Simser, LaVan-
way, Cochran. McNealy. Stephens
Nays-Frick, Thompson, Schmid,
Borst-4.
Alderman Holzhammer was excused
from voting.
LINCOLN COURT DEFICIT.
w. II. Edwards. who had the con- I
tract for the paving of the streets in
the Lincoln Court addition. is still
holding unpaid bills of $4,000, and he !
is crowding the city officials for his |
money. The $4,000 represents work |
done that il is claimed was not pro
vided for in the Improvement ordi /
hdHCt.- t1OWbNRI. the agreement was /
that the owners OF the property in the I
addition were to foot the entire bill /
But the contractor is looking to the /
city TO see him through and the coun- /,
Gil is expecting that the property own /
eTs shall make up the deficit by a re-
casting of the assessment role al /
though there is doubt in the mind of 1
City Attorney J. F. Witter if the money 1
can legally be recovered by the latter (
process. II was decided that there .
should be q conference between the .
city council and the attorneys repre- I
senting the contractor before any def (
mite steps are taken.
SETTLEMENT OFFERED
John and Mary Vrooman. an Anda-
lusia couple, who have an action
against the city for damages pending
in the circuit court, proposed a settle
ment through their attorney r R
Reynolds. They offered 10 dismiss
both cases on the payment by the city
of total OF $4O0 The plaintiffs claim
that they were injured when their
team was driven into a gully on Eigh-
feenth avenue at Fifteenth street I
three years ago. II is alleged that the 4,
street was not in proper repair. The
proposition TO settle was referred 10
the claims and finance committees TO
investigate and report TO the council /,
al its meeting next Monday night
LABOR AND BRIDGE CONTRACT
Mayor G, W. McCaskrin explained
that he had succeeded in inducing the II