The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-21


For shawls, blankets, fannsls and ali
kinds ofwOolsn goods, 60 to May Bros.
Sept9d2w.
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The Best WALKING CULTWAToR.-
Among th many desirable improvements
in farm implements exhibited at our county
fair, last week, the Black Hawk Walking
CuItiyator, manufactured by b. d. BufOrd
u Co., at their great pillow works in this city,
deserves especial mention. This admirable
farm implement received the first premium
at the Scott Go. fair, at Davenport, Iowa, the
Henry Co, fair at Cambridge III, and the
Rock Island Co. fair in this city. II unites
with durability and strength certain attrib.
utes heretofore uuattained in this sort of i'm.
plement. It is made principally of iron and
is therefore less liable to break or get out Of
gear. The vertical and lateral motion is
perfect, no webbing nor looseness. 1t is so
arranged as to pillow wide between the shov.
els, or narrow, and the gauge is 80 attached
as to keep it firmly as it has been adjusted,
and enable the one working it to pillow with
but one hand, if his horses require the at.
tention Of the other. An arrangement ofthe
claws leaves it at the option of the plowman
whether to pillow shallow or deep. 1t is the
acme of perfection. There is aothing more
to be desired in walking cultivators, and the
Messrs. Buford knowing that it cannot be i'm.
proved upon, in this generation, at least are
building large warehouse for the storage
Of these walking cultivAtors especially, and
the manufacture Of the woodwork appertan.
ing thereto. 1t was awarded the first prem.
ium at our fair, and received the highes en-.
comiums from all who saw it. This Walk.
ing Cultivstor has never been exhibited, un.
til this fall, and we have only heard of the
result at the three fairs named, where 1t
came in competition with the leading cultva.
tors of this state, and was unanimously
awarded the first premium at each place.
The work on the street railway is progress.
ing finely and no doubt seems to exist that
Mr.. Hathaway will have the road running on
or about the middle of next month.
A good deal of complaint is made by
property holders, because the track on Lii.
nois street is being laid some ten feet north
Of the middle of the street, as the effect of it
is to give an advantage in rents on the south
side of the street, because there will be 50
much more room on that side for teams to
back up and load or unload at the stores
But wesee no way for the property-holders
to help themselves. The street railway com.
pany have the right, by the ordinance Of
March 24th, to lay double track on Illinois
street, and are only prohibited foom laying
it nearer the curb stone than IL feet. The
directors say they place the track where it is
because they may wish to lay down the 9th.
er track, at some future day. The track, as
now being laid, will be within about l6 feet
of the curb stone. The cars will project over
the rail SO as TO leave only about IA feet be.
tween them and the curb. A horse and
drRy measures from Il to Is feet in length,
and when the wheels rest against the curb
will require 10 feet from the curb to the
horses nose. A farm wagon and team
measures q or 20 feet, from outside of hind
wheels to the horses nose--so it will be seen
that such team cannot back up to store,
on the north side of the street, and leave
room for the cars to pass. And dray can.
not do it and leave room for the cars to pass
without turning the horses head away. And
neither can do it and leave space enough
for man to walk between the horses heads
and the cars.
But what can be done about it2 That's
the question.
We do not perceive that anything can be
done. The time to do anything about it was
when the ordinance was before the council.
The way for people to preserve their rights
is to keep control of them-not give them
away and then growl about it. This is what
we urged at the time the ordinance was
passed. And this s the case in regard to
all rights, city, county, state or national. If
the people retain the power to alter or amend
acts granting special privileges to corpora.
tons, they then have remedy in their own
hands. But if they are hoodwinked and
blinded against the protection Of their own
rights they have no one to blame but them.
selves.