Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-07
PHONE QUESTION
UP TO new BODY
Incoming City Commission Will
Have to Deal With indie
pendents' Application.
IRE STATION PASSED TOO
However, Council Increases Revenues
by Raising Brewers License
to $500 a Year.

Al the meeting OF I0e HOCh ISldHu
ity council last evening the first arti-
les in the Will Of that body in favor OF
.pecified. In other words matters be-
ore the council for tran saction were
eferred 20 the new commission for &C
ion during the coming year. The chief
natter laid over was the ordinance OF
he Tri-City Independent Home Tele-
shone company. which was presented
It the last meeting Of the council by
he hackers OF the enterprise. At that
ime the measure was referred 10 the
ordinance committee, and Alderman
george l. Schmid, chairman OF the
committee. last night asked that II be
'eferred TO the new commission. The
notion was carried, and this will mean
hat al least two months must elapse
before any official action will be taken
n regards to the new telephone com
3any.
PETITION FOR FIRE STATION.
Another question which has been be-
'ore the present body for months was
aid over in the face of the fact that il
prompt action were taken large num-
Der Of citizens would be benefited.
This was the matter in reference to the
proposal fire station in the Seventh
ward bluff section The mayor pre-
sented a petition from 100 taxpayers
II that vicinity last evening. The petit
lion was referred TO the fire and light
committee and the aldermen of the
ward Alderman Charles Borst offered
a resolution recommending that a sufh-
cient sum be set aside for a fire sta
ton and its equipment during the next
municipal year. The resolution rs
adopted
Because of lack Of funds for the pay
ment of overdue current and antici-
pated bills. and because the five bank
ing institutions in Rock Island have
expressed a willingness TO loan to the
city the sum OF $1,000. the city clerk
was authorized to borrow from each OF
the banks 81 900. The ordinance au-
thorizing the loan was presented by
Alderman La Vanway, chairman of the
finance committee
BREWERS LICENSE INCREASED.
The ordinance of 1910. known as the /
brewers ordinance, was altered some |
what on motion of Alderman S. A. La |
Nanway Heretofore any concern, |
brc wing or distiliing within the city .
or any wholesale liquor firm, has been |
required to pay a license fee Of SIS |
per annum. The amount was laised
last nigh Sin $25 TO the sum of 5000
per annuuG all Of the aldermen voting
in the affirmative.
The mayor. who. with the waterworks |
committee and the superintendent of /
waterworks. was instructed TO confer /
with Professor John Magnuson of Au-
gustana. with a view of securing his /.
services as chemist for the analysis Of
the city water reported. a confer
ence was held Saturday with Professor /
Magnusou. and the apparatus at the /
college was inspected. II was found .
that the work could be done at the col /
lege and that the city would thus be /
saved the outlay which would be neces- |
sary for the equipment of a labratory /
at The filter plant. II VS. recommend !
ed in the mayors report that Professor /
Magnuson be employed for a period of 4
one month at SIS. and that if the ar /
rangement proved satisfactory he be /
retained permanently. The report of /
the mayor was concurred in by the /
council
OTrin s. Holt. who acted as inspector .
of construction. submitted his report of /
the work az the new filter plant, and /
in il recommended that a number OF /
ncompleted minor details be finished /
Alderman Frick moved that the repor;
be not accepted because it did not COW
er fully all details. and that the council /
adjourn till This afternoon for the pur
pose Of inspecting the plant. The mo-
ton was carried. and so this afternoon
the council is visiting the new filter
plant 10 find what more must be done
for the completion OF the plant
WANT RAILWAY MONEY.
Another matter which the council has
for consideration this afternoon is the
payment of $4,000 by the Tri-City
Railway company for the use of the
Rock river bridges. so that the Clinton
Bridge company. which has a Contrac, (
for The building of the new bridges.
may so ahead with the work there. The
grading of Twenty-fifth street Will also
be considered at the adjourned meet
ing this afternoon.
a number OF the residents living east
Of Thirty-eighth street presented a pc
tition last evening asking that a public
meeting be held in regard to the laying
of the east half OF the sewer system
OF the seventh ward. The petition was
referred TO the board of local improve
ments.
An ordinace providing for the vacat-
ing of the alley in the G. Elmer Blakes-
icy addition on Twelfth street was
adopted.
Alderman FriCk presented q resolu-
lion asking that. inasmuch as the poles !
Of the Central Union Telephone com
pany are being removed. the clerk be
authorized 10 ask for bids for orna- ,
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