Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-08
Municipal Body Raises License
and Adopts Ordinance on
Revenues.
MORE MEN ARE NAMED
Firemen Reappointed on Superin-
tendent Harris Recommends
ton Other Affairs.


T. Rudgren raising the license fees
and revising the old ordinances fol
the conduct of lunch wagons, shoe shin
ing stands, pop corn and peanut
stands, pawn shops and junk yards
and for peddlers. The raise in fee il
the cases varies. That for the con
duct of a lunch wagon, which before
this morning was $25, has been raised
TO SIS per year and $50 for six months
In addition to the license fee clause
there are clauses providingthat the lunch
wagons should be in operation only al
such hours as may be designated by
the mayor. A fine of not less than
s25 will be imposed for any violation
of the ordinance.
The fee for the conduct of shoe shin
ing stands was doubled, and now
stands at $50 per year.
LICENSE FOR TRANSMITS.
Peddlers and transient traders will
be obliged to secure licenses hereafter
at a rate of SIS per day, SO per week,
SIS for six months and s25 for a year
Drivers with an assistant shall pay for
the privilege of peddling So per day;
IS per week; so per month; SIS for
six months and $25 for a year. For a
peddler's stand in a fixed location a
fee of SO per day; S25 per week, S35
for six months and $50 for a year
shall be paid.
Any person or persons who shall
conduct an auction or private sale
for week or fraction thereof, shall
be licensed for a sum of 5000 The
fee formerly was 500 for a like per
iod. For popcorn and peanut stands,
the license hereafter snail be $50 pes
year and s35 for six months That for
the conduct of pawnshops and Junk
yards shall be SIS for a year and $50
for six months. All licenses shall be
issued from May l to May 1 and shall
not extend over the municipal year.
THE CITY PRINTING.
The Rock Island Argus and Rock
Island Union submitted a joint bid
for the contract for the printing OF
official minutes for the ensuing year
1t was the desire of the council TO
award the contract for the printing of
the minutes TO one of the papers, but
inasmuch as each paper doubtless has
readers which the other has not, and
there has been a time-honored custom
of publishing the official proceedings
in both papers, the proposition
to print the minutes Jointly was sub
mitted. For each insertion. there
shall be charge of six cents per line,
and thereby each paper would receive
three cents per line. In other words,
the commission is presented by the
publishers with the opportunity to have
the proceedings published in both pa
pers for the price Of one. a concession
made for the benefit of the general
reading public. Upon motion of
Commissioner Rudgren, the matter
was laid over till next week, and in
the interim, the matter will be inves-
tigated
Upon motion of Mayor Schriver, Col
onel w. T. Channon was named as
master plumber of the board of exam
ners.
APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED.
Commissioner Archie Hart offered
for confirmation the names of Patrol.
men: F. W. Herges, John Johnson,
Dennis Mccarthy and George Banker.
The council confirmed the appoint
nents as well as those of the follow
ng firemen: H. Hermann, captain of
No. 3 hose company; A. Schmid, cap
ain of No. 2 hose company; E..
Schadt, c. Glass, B. Stephens. H.
G. Hoist, V Murphy. A.
1ngel, c. Miller, D. Mandel, D. Doyle,
J. Valentine, C. Mellow, A. Currie and
3. Brekin. The firemen were in each
Instance, reappointed.
Commissioner Hart reported in re
gard to the visit to Peoria workhouse
which he made with Commissioner
Ezra Eastman Of Moline and members
If the board of supervisors last week.
He stated in his report that the Peoria
is not self sustaining and
hat it was necessary for an $4,000
From the sale of pro-
duct of the workhouse, $4,000 was
leaving the county to pay the
remaining $4,000. The commissioner
said that often IL is impossible to place
he manufactured article on the mar
1et at its real value and there is there
X
recommended that the prisoners be
placed at work on the public high
ways in place of in a workhouse. Up
On motion, the report was received
and placed on file.
SALARIES ARE ALLOWED.
The last salaries Of members Of the
bid city council were allowed by the
commissioners as well as the salaries
for themselves. Therefore the sal
ary account was somewhat larger
this week than usual The total was
s1.625-67 and of this amount, half in
Guided the salaries of the ex-alderman.
The ex-mayor was allowed 1866.
THE ANTICIPATED REVENUE.
Commissioner Rudgren submitted
The clerks estimate of the anticipated
revenue, together with the following
Whereas. the anticipated revenue OF