Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-07
'READvERTISE FOR
DRAIN PROPOSALS
ysyor McConochie Tells Commission
Contractors Complained They Did
Not Get Fair Deal or Jobs.
M INCLUDE SECOND SECTION
Commission Decides That II viii Be
Cheaper 10 Extend Sever to Fifth
Street In Single Project.

Asserting that certain Of the bidding
Contractors had complained that they
d,d not get a fair shake in submitting
5ssers for the construction of the Rock
f1sIard southwest storm drain, Mayor
ucConochie Yesterday submitted a res
olution rejecting all of the bids re-
csiyed. Ii was passed unanimously by
the municipal commission.
Incidental 10 this action the COM
rjssiou decided TO readvertise for bids
later and include in the project two
sserions OF the drain, so that when the
work this year is completed the sewer
rif extend from Twelfth street on
TueIfth avenue to Ninth street, south
N Fifteenth avenue. as the first sec
inn. and west on Fifteenth avenue to
Fifth street. as the second section.
The mayor. in an address to the COM
mission before he submitted the reso-
lution. declared that some of the con-
tractors had complained that they had
not been told early enough that they
would be permitted TO make offers on
all kinds Of material and were under
The impression that Ferguson segment
block and brick block were the only
types the commission considered for
.he storm drain. They declared, ac-
cording TO the mayor, that they were
informed correctly too late to submit
8 careful bid.
"In my opinion" the mayor said, 1--WE
can get better prices by readvertising.
The bids We received were all high"
Al Commissioner Rudgren's sugges-
ton the commission approved the plan
Of building the second section imme-
diately. He said that the council would
soon have the new appropriation ready
and the special sewer fund would be
Increased sufficiently to carry the cost
The commission will, within the course
| Of a short time, readvertise for bids
1 DR. construction OF the big main of
HE drain complete,
Plat of Sanders and Fiebig's second
/ addition to the city was accepted. 1t
| dedicates so feet to Eleventh street
The property lies west of Eleventh
street and south of Twenty-seventh
avenue.
Paving Approved.
Paving of Thirteenth avenue from
Twenty-fifth TO Thirtieth streets and
construction of sidewalks on Thirty
ninth street from Fourteenth to Eigh-
tenth avenues were finally approved
and the construction Of an eight-inch
sewer on Twelfth avenue from Ninth
to Eighth streets was considered
Communication from A. Olson, 4427
Seventh avenue. asking for a water re
bate, was referred to Commissioner
Murrin. and R. l. Thomas. Washing
ton, D. c., who secured a peddler's IL
cense on Feb. %, which he did not use,
was refunded SO of the SIS fee he
paid for the permit.
The waterwOrks department IS soon
to have another Moline customer c.
T. Jordan. who owns property on First
street. Moline, has asked that the Rock
Island mains be extended into his prop
erty. as he cannot be reached by those
Of Moline. His property lies near Fiji
tenth avenue, Rock Island, which is
Seventeenth avenue within the limits
Of Moline Commissioner Rudgren told
the commission that the councils per
mission to make a connection will not
set precedent. He declared that the
city Of Moline has many patrons in
Rock Island and Rock Island has many
in Moline in each instance the mains
Of the other city being handler to the
consumer Commissioner Murrin and
City Attorney Scott were appointed a
committee to investigate Mr.. Jordan's
petition