Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-10
REFUND LICENSE
MONEY TO OWNER
OF LUNCH WAGON
City Commission at Meeting
Monday Returns $40 to
William Padgett.
BRIDGE MATTER UP AGAIN
Paving for Seventh Avenue From
Eleventh to Twelfth Streets
Considered.

The city commission at its regular
weekly session yesterday afternoon
refunded $40 license money 20 VII
liam Padgett. whom the city authori-
ties forced to move his lunch wagon
from the corner o. Nineteenth street
and Second avenue. Mr.. Padgett ap-
peared before the council TO explain
that l. had been impossible for him TO
secure another suitable location and
that he had been put out of business,
and therefore asked the return of his
license fee of SIS.
Commissioner R. r. Reynolds ex-
planned that he thought the fee ought
70 be returned if the man intended TO
go out Of business. The license had
been in effect since the first Of May,
and the council charged s. for that
period, and voted unanimously TO re-
turn the rest.
Following the reading of the min
utes. lie weekly pay roll and the
claims agains- the city, Charles Allen,
on motion of Commissioner Archie
Hart, was allowed the sum of $3.50
/ for services as guard for the small
pox cases. Otto Huber was granted
! permission to have a wire fence in
| stalled south of Ninth avenue from
Twenty-seventh to Thirtieth street.
! The wire is 20 be placed Is inches from
| the curb line. There is no traffic along
I this side of the street. as it is a hill
and the fence is merely temporary to
I protects the grounds from intruders.
SIDEWALK BONDS.
/ Cement sidewalk bonds were consid-
} cred at some length II was brough.
out that surety bonds would be eX-
. pensive costing So a thousand for
liability during construction and S1.25
a thousand for maintenance As the
ordinance contemplates both PROPOSE
lions. the council confessed that it
might be difficult to secure the proper
bonds covering the matter. The ques-
ton Of placing the building inspector
under bonds was also talked over. 1t
was found that there are a number of
minor defects in the building Ordin-
ance, but i was proposed TO allow the
measure TO be in effect for a few
months in order that these undesira-
BILE features may present themselves
and then rectify them all at once.
BRIDGES AGAIN.
/ The county bridge matter came up
again. 1t will he remembered that
some time ago the city attempted to
deed to the county the bridges over
Rock river and Mill creek in the vi.
cinity of Sears and Milan. These
structures the city does no. care tc
maintain any longer because of the
expense, and therefore had the state
highway engineer visit them, and upon
his report that they were in satisfac
tory condition for travel, a resolution
was adopted and filed with the county
clerk conveying the property to the
county. The board of supervisors an;
the states attorney, however. were
not satisfied with the measure, claim
I ing it did not conform to the law
= which requires all of the state high
1 waT commission to sign. ACcordingl,
$ the document was again arranged anC
e read 10 the council Yesterday after
= noon, and this will be filed with tn
county clerk, thereby automaticall.
making the county gift of the bridges
The paving ordinance for Seventh
l avenue from Eleventh to Twelfth
i streets was considered. The materif
is brick and the estimate of the cos
q, S2.7Sl.5o. The matter of buying map
Of Rock Island from the Hubinge
company Of Davenport was discussed
the price for the same being $3.50 pc
= thousand. The maps would show a
II the streets, alleys, street car lines, an
@ other important data No action va
il taken on the matter, adjournment b.
ing taken