Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-18
EIGHT BLOCKS Of
PAVEMENT ASKED
East Moline Council Acts Fayorably
on Project OF Laying Brick on
Seventeenth Avenue.
ESTIMATE COST WILL BE Ss9.5i7
VIII Take Action Which Will Result
in Commencement of Work in
SPRING. CLAIR Asks for Pay.


Spring-Claar Asks for Pay.
The East Moline council in session
last evening considered a project for
laying eight blocks of brick pavement,
commencing at Seventh street on Sew
enteenth avenue, and continuing east
short distance past the intersection
of Seventeenth and Eighteenth ave
nues. An ordinance covering assess
ments against benefited property was
read by Attorney Fred Railsback.
The city engineer has placed the es-
timated cost OF the work at S29.04I-
one of the biggest improvement move
ments undertaken in the last two
years. Seventeenth avenue is at pres
ent paved from First to Seventh street
According TO plans of the board Of
local improvements. the street would
be 80 feet wide when completed. mas
much as this was the first reading and
there is no urgent need of pushing the
work, the ordinance making the i'm
provement possible was held over till
the next meeting. III the meantime it
will be considefed by all aldermen.
and some action which will result in
commencement of the work in the early
spring is probable.
Nav Use River Water.
During a discussion of the air COM
,roec1re q, tho p,,r,pi1o G. ton II 1ra :
stated that part of the East Moline
water supply may some day have to
come from the Mississippi river instead
of from artesian wells. as at present.
General opinion was that this is in
the rather distant future, however.
Factories are greatest consumers of
water and it was suggested that it
might be advisable TO have their wa
ter piped from the river
Only one air compressor is in opera
ton at the pumping station at present,
stated Alderman Howells, and there
would be trouble if this should break
down. Upon motion of Alderman Lun-
deem, the water and light committee,
acting in conjunction with the finance
committee, was given power to act in
case of emergency East Moline would
not be long without water supply,
even in case the one compressor went
to pieces. as it is possible to connect
with the Moline Waterman at First
street in a few minutes time.
The time members of the police
force take off from their duties was a
subject for discussion. Upon motion
of Alderman Ryan the matter was re-
ferred to the ordinance committee In
opinion of the mayor an ordinance stat
ing specifically the amount of time the
force members have for their own each
month is needed. The ordinance com
mittee will take the matter up with
the city attorney and a definite pro
gram for the officers will be mapped
out.
CLAIR Asks lar Money.
Request of Chief J. V. CLAIR that he
be allowed compensation for the time
spent representing Pillow City encamp-
ment No. 200, I. O. o. F., at the ODD
Fellows convention in Springfield last
fall brought before the council matter
Of drawing an ordinance governing
time Of officers. The chief stated
that he had been locked for five days
and was gone only four, but inasmuct
as he had had comparatively little va.
cation since joining the force he asked
for the whole. After considerable dis
cussion it was decided to allow half o.
the amount.
viii Insist on Flagman.
The city of East Moline will insis
on having a fiagman at the Thirteenth
street railroad crossing. This was de
cided after the clerk had read a com
munication from Rock Island railwa,
officials stating that this was not nee
essary. The letter stated that Their,
is a good view from either side of tn,
tracks and that trains pass there yer!
slowly, so that placing f1agman woult
be an unnecessary expense. Counci
members were unanimous in favor 0
insisting on the flagman.
According 10 the street ana allie
committee report, installation of pri
yate police phones throughout the cit,
is still under consideration. A propo
sition was submitted by the telephon
company officials at the last meeting
for installing four police telephones
The committee is in communication
with phone officials and a report vii
be submitted In the near future.