The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-06-17

aldson and Robert Lee. The meeting vas
then called on forsa demonstration as re-
CARDS the tai, which Appessed to be unani.
monsly in favor of the 'pfopdsiton.
= With referencs TO The foregoing report,
and leayink that part Of IL which so EN-.
phAtically contrsdiets the staiements made
inthe repoft 10 the board offrnde in SO es.
sental apa<tieular, to speak Tor itself and
its motives It is ~ be remafked that il ap-
pears to the citizens here that a senseless
and undeserved clamor has been raised
against Mr. Gable, by not only the Union,
but others ignorant of the facts. That the
route by Coal Valley possesses all the ad-
yantagesg indica.ed by DR., Hamilton there
can be. no doubt that the bugbear Of mo-
nopoly OF the coal trade by Mr.. Cable is
fn.ile and silly and. the cry Of cheap coal
via Moline calculated only To dsesiye. an,
pears equally evident. How stands the truth?
There are IN fhis heighborhoea several
thousand acres of coal land, as fne az any
in Illinois; there is, beside Mr.. Cables
mines, the Black Diamond company, WHO
own about SOC acres CT superior coal land
the Banner company, owning about 1909
aeres,--what is known rs the Blossom tract,
more productive than Mr.. Perry 8 altogether,
the whole of Section One tnew In the
market1, which Is considered coal field,
besides several othersn the neighborhood Of
more CT less extent, now open. Now, By
what process of reason the Taion arrives
at the conclusion that Mr.. Gable can have
a Honopoly, when those several companies
will have equal facilities of shipping their
eoai where they please as Mr.. Gable, and on
the. same terms, ia hard to conceive. On
the other hand it is fact, that the boosted
coal fields to be opened up, via Moline, do
not exceed 200 acres altogether. Coal can
be had here now for ten cents a bushel aud
carriage, and it IL not too much, when you
consider the large outlay in obtaining it.
The miner, (who risks life to administer
to our comfort) should be paid we'll. Tracks
to be laid and kept in order, an army of
boys to haul the coal out and about fifty
mules Tor this purpose then the quantities
of oil used for lights and coal cars, besides
the other employees and clerks necessary to
carry on the business. Mr.. Cable rather de
serves credit for turning his capital to such
useful Purposes as he has done, making
money for himself, as he has a perfect right
TO do and which no one here envies him, out
of what was bankrupt concern, in the
hands of q MORTGAGE when he got it, and i'll
managed. There. are no strikers now; all
seem content and everything goes smoothly
on. .-.
This township and Black Hawk, whose
interests are identical. have not been asleep
during the time these discussions have been
going on. They think the Union might
have condensed its thirty reasons into one,
and may rest assured that this, the finest
agricultural district of the country, extend
ing from this township thro' Black Hawk,
Bowling, Andalusa, Edgington, and part OF
Mercer county, will not be tributary or de.
pendent on Rock Island. Hinc iHP lacry-
mG. The vote of Rock Island on Saturday
last, can have but little (if any, influence
with the directors, when it is considered that
the S50,009 eonditionally- voted would not
pay for the right of way through the lots
entering into and leaving Moline and into
Rock Island, even though they give the
right of way along Moline avenue, for it is
not to he presumed that the owners of those
lots will give them for nothing; besides the
advantages to be derived from having rail-
wsv at least IL months sooner than other
wise, and its earnings during that period,
which must be considerable. Ft tEts