The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-15
LONG DEBATE
OVER TURKEY
HOLLOW ROAD
Attempt to Rescind Designation
Precipitates DebateI.andee
Wants More Pay.

Resolution to rescind action of
the board OF supervisors in desig-
mating a state air route over the
Turkey Hollow road through the
lower end of the county precipitated
long discussion In the board
meeting this morning and gave
promise of supplying topic for the
afternoon discussion as well Orig
inal action was taken two years ago
and the Turkey Hollow route fav-
Ored
Supervisor w. H Schiilinger
made lengthy address in which he
stated that the state in three years
time received approximately $780,
900 in automobile license fees from
this county, figures which would
increase instead of diminish, and
that the county was entitled to all
the hard road mileage it could Sc
cure through state aid. He coun-
selled that no resembling action be
taken until the members of the
hoard were more fully informed as
TO the exact status of the road sit
uation, and suggested that the
whole road proposition be threshed
out by the board. sitting as a COM
mittee of the whole.
The state highway commission in
Monmouth routed the state bond is
sue road No. 8 over.the Turkey Hol-
low road, and recommendation
was made to the commission by the
Supervisors that this routing be def
iuiteIy decided upon. The PROPOSE
ton now before the board is to
withdraw this recommendation and
leave the routing as it stood before
the session of the commission, I'M
decided The matter will come up
for further discussion late this af-
ternoon.
Landee Asks Raise.
Judge Frank J. Landee, who has
been acting as county Judge at a
compensation of 500 a month, ap-
peared before the board and stated
that the committee on fees and sal
aries had been bit hasty in fixing
his salary at that figure. He had
allowed the salary to stand in that
amount, he said, because he did not
wish the county to be put to an eX-
pense of $4,000 in holding a judici-
al election. Any outside Judge,
called in to take the bench would
charge the county at least $50 a day,
he declared.
He affirmed that the salary af-
fixed to the judgeship was So 900 a
year, and he considered that his
services as acting judge were worth
at least $3.50 a month, and served
what many members of the board
regard as an ultimatum, that his
salary must be Immediately raised
to that figure.
His request was on motion, re-
ferred to the committee on fees and
salaries with instructions to report
at this session. Later the request
was likewise referred to the judic-
larry committee
On motion of Supervisor J. A.
Schaible, a bill from the Moline
public hospital for medical care Civ
en- Frank Ruder, amounting to
$l60.25 was referred back to the
poor claims committee. Originally
the bill was 1855, and was rejected
by the committee The cut is the
result of a compromise.
A resolution to appropriate $500
TO defray the county's share of i'm
proVements made on state aid road,
section No. 5, was referred to the
committee on state and county aid
roads.
An appropriation of S3,S52.74 was
made to pay the county's share for
the construction of the Baraks and
Edwards bridges on route No. s.