Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-05
SCHRIVER CLAIMS
LONG Term LIGHT
CONTRACT BETTER
Saws It Will Mean a Saving to
City of $4,000 in Next
10 Years.
PLAN IS USED IN MOLINE
Mrs. Anna Harding Wants $40 as
Nurse for Smallpox Patient
Police Need Uniforms.

Terms Of the city street lighting
contract, with which the commission
has been laboring over for nearly a
month, we're again considered at the
weekly session OF the council yester-
s.v afternoon. Mayor II. NJ. Schriyer
vent on record in favor OF a long
term agreement, claiming that In 10
years. a sum OF from $4,000 to SI5,-
600 could be saved the city.
The matter came up when Mayor
schriver introduced a resolution pro-
vfd!ng the contract be closed With th,.
PEOPLES Power company. Commits
sioner Rudgren announced thft he
vas not satisfied about one
feature OF the measure. Heretofore,
II has been up to the police depart
rueut 70 report the number OF lights
out each night, but with the new ter
ritory added TO the city, the police,
already too few in number, are re-
ouired 10 parole larger beat and the
result IS they do not have time to
make a thorough investigation OF
~doused glims."
Why can't the public take up this
matter" suggested Mayor -Schriver. "If
we could get the residents to acquire
the habit OF reporting to the police de-
partment the lights out in their neigh
bo-hoods, I believe the trouble would
be solved"
The present draft of the proposed
ordinance provides for five year con-
tract Mayor Schriver contended that
the sum OF $1,000 a year could be
saved by making It 10 years, a plan
Moline has followed.
Il want TO say right here, I'm op-
posed TO long term contracts said
Commissioner Reynolds
$50 am l." Joined in Commissioner
Hart Before the next 10 years,
Rock Island probably will be in a posi-
ton TO operate its own light plan"
Mayor Schriver called on Fred
". Reimers. general superintendent of
the Peoples Power company to ex-
Ilain the ordinance which Moline has
Mr. Reimers said that the rates adopt
ed there were on the basis OF 2 10
years use Of the electrical apparatus.
Al the end Of five years, should the
city desire to adopt new system, the
tratiou. the power company taking in
10 consideration the fact that tbs
equipment had been used five years.
Smallpox Bill.
The ever present smallpox bill came
10 life yesterday afternoon, when Q
statement was read from Mrs. Anna
Z Harding. announcing that the city
was indebted to her in the sum OF
$l20, for "a days services as nurse at
the detention hospital. She claimed
that between May IS and June 10,
1919, she cared for patients and that
she is entitled TO IS a day for the |
same. Commissioner Hart explained !
that he understood the child OF Mrs. !
Harding was taken i'll with the disease |
and that she voluntarily went to the l
hospital 10 care for it.
Along with the statement was a 1
letter from John X. Scott, in which |
he called attention 10 the fact that /
the city had paid all the other small
pox bills and he hoped the same fate
would follow this one. The matter was
referred to Commissioner Hart.
petition for a concrete sidewalk
on Ninth avenue from Twenty-seventh
10 Thirtieth street was referred to the
board OF local improvements.
Commissioner Hart offered a reso
luton providing that no motor trucks