The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-06
LIQUOR CASES
AND AUTOISTS
CROWD COURT
Revenue from Departments Ex-
ceeds April Report; Fire Losses
at Minimum in May.

May reports of the police, cleo
trical inspection and plumbing in
spection departments were pre-
sented to the city council yesterday.
The sum of 1891 was collected by
F. l.. Yerbury, plumbing inspector,
during May. he reported. In April
he collected only 1888. Forty-one
plumbing permits were issued for
installations in old houses and Il
installations in new houses. Thirty
journeymen plumbers licenses
were renewed; II master plumbers
licenses renewed.
Chief Cox reported that the po-
lice department received s2,302.S0
in fees and fines during May. D. ].
Cleland collecting $2,035.20 of that
amount, ]. P. Kelly $261-20, and
Ben Stewart $6.40. This is a de-
cided increase over sS06.60, the
April total. There were 81 cases OF
which 81 were violations of the mo-
tor vehicle law. OF As city cases,
Is were for drunkenness. There
were A wagon calls, the report
adds; SO dodgers in the jail, 81
lights out for a total of COB hours,
IA state and four city cases dis
missed; four women tried on city
warrents and As meals served at 80
cents, a total of $1610.
Electrical Inspector William Nc
Nealy collected $137.85 in fees from
20 permits. His fee collection total
for May was double the April figure
of S65.55.
Slump in Fires.
This city firemen had a quiet life
according to chief August
| only a third of fire losses recorded
worth of real estate involved in
May fires as compared with the
April total of s75,250, and the May
fire loss was S1,325 as compared
/ with So, $50 in April.
The chief reported IA alarms, g.
gallons of chemicals used, 2,90t
feet of hose laid, hours and q
minutes worked. Insurance on rea
estate totaled $500; insurance OF
personal property, $1,000, total
S6,500; loss of raj estate, 81 $50
loss of personal property, $275; to
tai fire loss, $1,325.
Abatement of delinquency case!
and decrease in the amount Of con
tagious disease in the city wert
remarked in the monthly report
of Miss Anna Kirkman, police ma
iron, and Dr. A. n. Mueller, cit.
physician.
Miss Kirkman reported rs call
made in interests of work; 81 call
received in interests of work; 1
xravward phiIdraD looked after
four hayward girls looked after
three hayward boys looked after.
Fewer Ill: More Deaths.
Only II cases of contagious dis
! ease. as compared with "a in Apri
iwere reported by DR.. Mueller
, There were however, seven death!
to only four in April, tuberculosis
, claiming four victims, pneumont
| two and meningitis one. Birth
and deaths evenly balanced. 81
each reported. There were 20 fe
male births and II deaths, II NAL
! births and 10 male deaths.
f For the department of health, +
H. Harris and L. K. Eihl stated
: their joint report: Houses quar-
: antined, IT; fumigated, nine; quar-
antines removed, IS; nuisance
> abated-rubbish. nine; garbage, p
vaults, II; miscellaneous, %; pee
t dlars, six; diaries inspected, eight
= smoke, three; sanitation-grocer
| stores, nine; restaurants. five
= meat markets, nine; miscellaneou
/ nine; ice inpsction, one; loads
f rubbish hauled, 81; loads garbag
hauled, PA.