Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-07
BALK ATTEMPTS
FOR SPECIAL TAX
Board Will Not Permit Levy to
Pay for New Bridge Over
Rock River.
OTHER MATTERS TABLED
Supervisors Commend Sheriff and
Board of Review for Efficiency
of Their Work.

Attempts this morning on the part
of Moline supervisors to put through
the Colona bridge proposition and to
levy a four-mill tax for same met
with defeat, the Rock Island and
county supervisors uniting against
the proposal.
Two sets of resolutions were offer
ed The first one stated that the re-
port of the finance committee showed
the county's Indebtedness to be in
excess of Sill, 900, that Rock Island
County's share of the cost of con-
structing the bridge at Colona would
be about $4,000 and inasmuch as
the present tax rate was insufficient
to pay even the running expenses of
the county, it was deemed advisable
to submit the question of four-mill
tax levy for one year in addition to
the legal rate, to vote of the peo-
pie, and asked that the tax be used
first to pay the county's share for
building the bridge and the balance
be applied on the old debt and that
resolution was received and placed on
file.
ALL TURNED DOWN.
The second resolution providing
that Rock Island county enter into a
joint agreement with Henry county
to pay half the cost of constructing
this bridge, was tabled.
goh
nissioners of Coe township asking
for the county's aid in building a
! bridge across Canoe creek were re-
Ceived and placed on file.
A communication was received
from Henry county estimating the
cost of the Colona bridge to be $685.
coo, stating that Henry county
had appropriated $4,000 for the
building of same, and asking that
this county appropriate like amount
and that upon refusal to do so that
their states attorney take such legal
steps as night be necessary to COM
pei Rock Island county to do so. The
communication was received and
placed on file.
Supervisor Oswald presented a res
olution asking that the road and
bridge committee be authorized
to receive plans and specifica
ticns for a bridge across Rock
river, leading out of the west
end of Rock Island, his con
tention being that the farmers
were at present unable to bring theil
produce to this city and in this wa!
Pock Island merchants lost a grea
deal of money. The resolution wa
tabled.
WANT TO SHARE COST.
A resolution was received from
Whiteside county asking that thu
Jurisdiction over the bridge on Rocl
river near Hillsdale be divided be
tween the two counties and that eacl
!, county stand one-half of the expens,
of maintenance, the same being re
ceived and placed on file.
Reports from committee on count.
infirmary, poor claims and miscellan
etus claims were adopted.
This afternoon the board left a
o'clock to visit Bethany home. Yes
terday afternoon reports were re
ceived from the Jail and advertising
and state institutions committees.
!, TOWNSHIP TO PAY OWN POOR BILL!
The following resolution was pre-
committee:
Whereas, Rock Island, Moline an
other places license saloons whicl
cause drunkenness, crime and pau
, perism, and
Whereas, these places take and US
the money gotten from saloons 70
their own use and have the entir
county pay their poor bills, be it
: Resolved, that each township an
, subdivision in Rock Island count
pay it's own poor bills.
WANT DISCRETION LEGISLATION.
A resolution calling upon the stat
legislature to enact stricter desertio
and abandonment laws and to pre-
vide ways for making those held o
such charges earn money to pay fo
L those dependant on them was adopt
ed by the board.
SLAP AT McCAsKRIN.
H. NJ. McCaskrin, candidate 70
: states attorney on the republiea
\ ticket, was administered severe sla
: Oh the wrist by the supervisors tn
morning when they adopted resoll
lions condemning his TRADE againi
the sheriff, o. i. Bruner, and tn
\ beard. The resolutions read as TO
lows:
Whereas, we, the members of sal
, board have recently listened to a t
rade that had the tendency to b,