Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-06
ALDERMAN Gets
SEAT OF MAYOR
Joseph o. Giesler Named to FIJI
Executive Chair in Absence
Of Captain johnson.

last hollue CITY council last even
ing Joseph o. Giesler, alderman of
the Fourth ward, was named TO fill
the office Of chief executive during
the absence Of Captain G. F. John
son, whe recently left for service in
the L. S. medical corps. At a
special meeting last week Mr.. Gies-
Ter was appointed to act as mayor
until the next meeting, but after
again appointing him to the chair
temporarily last evening the city
aldermen voted to retain him in
the executive capacity. He prob
ably will act until the city election,
to be held next spring Mr.. Giesler
is serving his second term as al
derman. He is proprietor of the
Riverside hotel in East Moline and
is also connected with the Mar
settles works.
The appointments of Louis Born
hoeft, Sr., to the Office of police
chief and j. l.. Jones and Frank
Walker as patrOlmen were confirm
ed and by allowing all bills and
the city payroll the council granted
all back pay since May TO former
Chief of Police T. ]. Schafer and
former Patrolmen Mizer and Kelly.
Since these appointments had never
been confirmed by the council they
had never allowed them their pay.
The amount granted Schafer was
$1,000
Improvement of the fire depart
ment was also decided upon, the
/ body voting to purchase necessary
/ ladders to supplement the made
quate supply on hand at present.
| An extension ladder probably will
( be purchased. Alderman Smith
suggested that a siren be procured
/ for the fire truck, but it was decid
( ed that if the ladders were pur-
/ chased the city could get along
I without the noise-maker until some
| future date.
Loud condemnation of conditions
within and without the police and
4 fire stations were heard from diff
\ ferent aldermen with the result
! that immediate action will be taken
/ to remedy conditions. Sanitary
/ conditions have been extremely bad
! in the past, it is said.
Officials of the TTi-City Railway
! company were present at the ses-
| sion in accordance with a request
| of the council made at the last meet
| ing and told of conditions which
were hampering improved traction
service They promised relief in
| the form of better service through
| East Moline in the near future. 1t
! is probable that a waiting station
/ will be established again this fall
| somewhere in the business district.
! 1t was voted to have drawn up an
, ordinance providing for such
| thing.
An invitation to the council to
! attend the dedicatory services for
the municipal service flag was read
| by the city clerk. The exercises
were held July 27. Evidently some
| delay had prevented the communi-
cation from reaching the council
! sooner so they desire to make it
| known that previous to the eXer-
! cises they received no invitation.
/ This explains the absence of some
| of the aldermen from the services.
! One alderman declared that they
| had even been branded pro-Ger-
mans for remaining away from the
| program on that night and he hop
| ed the people would realize that It
/ was because they had received no
| official invitation that they had not
! been aware of the exercises.
| The city attorney and clerk were
I instructed to meet before the next
| session of the council to adjust the
wage question for city employees
with a view to raising them to meet
the needs of higher living expenses
! at the present time. A salary of
$40 was granted to the assistant
| city clerk Formerly it was $50.
| Fire Chief Sarginson was granted
I a vacation. A representative OF the
! Serbian residents of the community
appeared before the city fathers to
ask permission to stage a parade
on Aug. is from East Moline to
| SiIvis. The request was granted.
| City Attorney Long announced
that his campaign against weeds
| called for the bringing of suits
against property owners who re
| fused to make away with the OBJ
noxious growths after being given
notice. Four applications for soft
| drink licenses were received and
were referred TO the health COM
missioner who will inspect the
places and see if they are conform
! ing with regulations. One alder
man asked if the granting of the
| soft drink licenses meant a removal
of all beer signs. The attor. : ad-
yised that it did not and that the
only way they could be ordered
down would be to declare them
nuisances or to instruct the health
| commissioner to order their remov-
al in the course of his inspection
as by ordinance he IS vested with
great power in regard to the matter
of inspection.
The water and light committee
| was instructed to Investigate con-
| ditious at the Harvester and at the
| MarseiIles plant where swollen wa
ter bills have caused complaints.
A report of the sanitary engineer,
| who inspected the water and sewer
situations in the city, was read ana
recommendations therein were Vot-
ed TO be followed as closely as pos
| sibIe, Present finances would not,
however, permit of installing com
plete new sewer pumping system,
It was said
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