Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-28
MAYOR ANSWERS
B0RST'S QUERIES
Claims His Police Administra-
ton Has Saved City So, 1877
in Two Years.
AMBULANCE FUND Is S844
Alderman LaVanway Holder Of Lat
ter, and Awaits Naming Of
Authority to Receive 1t.

Finally Alderman Charles Borst-
it's ex-Alderman Borst today-has
received from Mayor G.. W. McCask-
rim an answer to two questions which
were put TO the head of the city by
the Seventh ward representative
upon numerous occasions during the
past several months. They were
in regards to the saving on the pc
lice payroll for a chief and night
captain and the ambulance fund. The
mayor has claimed that the police
administration has been a good one,
and that while there has been no
chief or night captain. he has saved
for the city their respective sal
aries.
He appointed no officers 20 fill
these places. despite the fact that
the council had at numerous times
demanded that he do so. Last night
the mayor presented two separate
messages-one TO answer each of
the questions Of Alderman Borst.
The first had reference to the police
department II was prefaced with
the following sentence: Now, AL
derman Borst, take this home and
read Il, will you, or have some one
else read II for you?" He goes on
TO state that the fact is known to
every boy and girl that the city
clerk and the, city treasurer have
record Of the amount paid out to po-
lice and other city officials. And
then he states that he never
received cent more than his
salary as mayor and did not receive
any pay as chief and night captain.
He declares in his message that he
saved for the city $3,167 in the two
years of his administration while in
his first term he saved the city 81, 200.
a total OF s5.367 all told, through hav-
ing no police chief as the ordinances
provide He also claims that the police
records show that the department has
been a credit to the city and has estab-
lished a record. And the mayor
winds up this message like this: "I
am tired OF your little, petty child
ish prattle, and want you to stnnd
just as you do before the ward
which you represent. as q mistake in
your efforts to do things mean and
small. II serves to show your ig-
norance OF business affairs that you
have been elected TO do
ASKS FOR THE MONEY.
AS soon as the mayor had finished
reading the message. the alderman
to whom II was addressed, asked.
Where Is this money!" The mayor
replied, your action is so silly that
I won't answer It." Alderman G..
L. Schmid then moved the message
be placed on file, and it was so ordered.
The message on the ambulance fund
follows:
Concerning the ambulance fund I
am going to state that the words
used and the attitude OF Alderman
Borst at the last council meeting
where he endeavored to cast reflections
upon those who had to do with the
raising OF money by a subscription
baseball game with Davenport and
otherwise. was an insult upon this
body. For he knew that the police
committee. by the records. had gone
over the report made by me and
tia persons who had the tickets TO
sell and all had been reported IN
as correct months ago. / called that
report up at that time and had It
read to him. II showed that the
amount OF $S44 had been collected
and was In the hands OF Alderman
LaVanway, the treasurer OF the po-