Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-01
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GATHER GARBAGE.
TH-City Disposal Company Sole
Bidder for Contract Adver-
tised BY the City.
PAYMENTS MADE MONTHLY
Collections Twice a Week for Six
Months of the Year in Resi-
dence Districts.

One bid, that of the Tri-City Dis
posal company, was submitted to
the city and opened Saturday after
noon, for the collection of garbage
and rubbish in Rock Island. The
bid asks $4,000 a year payable in
equal monthly installments. This
sum, if the bid is accepted, will be
paid by the city annually until Jan.
l, 1920, after which, the contract
reads, the city agrees to paw, and
the company agrees to accept the
same proportionate rate per capita
as SIS 600 is to the population of
the city at date of the contract. Esti-
mate of population shall be arrived
at by arbitration.
The bid opened Saturday is for
the removal outside of the city Inn
its of all garbage, rubbish and all
dead animals The company agrees
to furnish an approved surety bond
in the sum of $4,000.
The company submitting the bid
has a contract in Davenport for the
removal Of garbage alone and has
been conducting its work there for
some time. 1t also has a contract
in Moline the same as is required
by this city. Work in Moline is to
be started early this month.
The bid was scheduled for dis
cussion at the meeting of the city
commissioners this afternoon but
it is not considered probable that
any definite action will be taken at
this time.
Some of the conditions as pro-
vided in the contract follow:
The company agrees to purchase
from the city of Rock Island any
Of the present equipment used for
garbage and ashes disposal which
the company can use, and the price
therefor shall be arrived at by ar
bitratOrs.
That the company shall strictly
comply with all present city ordi-
nances and such ordinances as may
hereafter be adopted affecting the
public welfare and safety OF per-
sons and property controlling or
limiting this contract within the
jurisdictional limits of the city Of
Rock Island
Collections Frequent.
That the company shall provide
suitable and approved means for
the collection and removal of the
City's pure garbage and will collect
such garbage at least once each
day, exclusive Of Sundays. from all
hotels, hospitals, fish stores, stands,
restaurants, eating houses and
others of business where such daily
service is necessary TO maintain
proper sanitary conditions, and
will collect pure garbage during
the months of May, June, July, Aug
ust, September and October, not to
exceed two each week from all
other parts of the city, and that the
company will make weekly cOilec-
lions in the residence districts dur
ing the months of November, De
cember, January, February, March
and April, if required.
1t is further agreed that at the
termination OF two years from the
date of this contract the city shall
have the right to cancel this con-
tract by giving the company so
days written notice of its desire 10
cancel same should the methods
employed by the company not be
satisfactory.
Coal Bids High.
Bids for the supplying of coal
consumed by city departments were
also opened Saturday and laid
over until today. Bids submitted by
the Rock Island Sand & Gravel
company range from $3.50 to Sc, ac-
cording to which of the 10 depart
ments the coal is delivered to. The
Block company bid a Sc fiat rate.
The Rock Island Fuel company bid
Sc fiat rate, and the Mueller
Lumber company offered to furnish
coal at the prevailing price at the
time of delivery.