The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-11
run nnIIr FACTORY.


,la ,ha nronr;a.or of the quilt factory, the
Dlan of the proposed mill building, drawn
hv M, I N, Holmes, the architect, whose
.srv;ca. have been engaged for this work.
7, !. 10 be three stories high-the frst floor
hang IL feet, the second and third Is fee,
each in height, insuring plenty of ventila.
ton. 1t will face south on the avenue, and
isto be lSOx58feet. Afne tower, SO fee. high,
and IA feet square, containing the stair
ways, projects from the centre of the mill.
The oornice will require an additional foot,
making the walls 43 feet in height. II is to
contain so looms at the beginning, which
can be increased to 100, if necessary. Ii is
to set $50 feet back iron the avenue, and
will have q drive way around the west and
south sides. The building will make a very
fine appearance when finished, and will be
a worthy companion to the many fine build
ings of Moline.
The bleaching room is to be built north
of the east end of the mill, and to set Is
feet in the rear, leaving plenty of room
for drive way. This building is to be SOx
&C feet.
The boiler-room is to be separate from
the others, on line with the bleaching
room, with drive way all round it. This
building will be 40x30 feet, and will have a
smoke-stack 80 feet high and feet
through.
The depth Of the lot being els feet on the
west line, and about 500 feet on the east
line, and the total depth of the buildings
and drive-ways being only LAB feet, it will
be seen that considerable ground remains
for other purposes. The company proposes
to utilize this space in a manner that Is al
once economical and useful. A fence will
be extended across the lot IN front OF the
mill, and about 10 feet therefrom, thus af-
fording a spacious mill yard, and leaving
2S7 feet on the east line and 402 feet on the
west line on the south side of the fence.
The company will erect on this ground COM
Portable and spacious tenement houses for
the accommodation of their operatives
who have families, and a boarding
house for those who have not. This is an
admirable and feasible plan, and will insure
to those who may enter the employ Of the
company :, convenient and comfortable homes
benefit that will undoubtedly be sppreci
Ated by them.
The directors are engaged in enterview
ing contracts and looking over estimates
for the erection of the buildings, and have
not, as yet, determined whether brick oil
stone will be the material used. AS the
buildings can be erected $1,000 cheaper
and quicker, of brick, it is safe to predict
that stoae will be ignored and brick used.
The number of operatives required tc
run this establishment is quite an item, anc
as q number of the 100 employees will have
to be imported" Moline may well be salts
fed With her new factory. She will NO
only add to her population, but will real
benefits in many ways, from the establish
ment in her midst of such factory.
Mr.. Little informs us that SO looms will
not meet the demand, and that it viii b
necessary to double that number, which vii
require 100 more operatives. For the SAX
of Moline, the prosperity OF the factory, ant
the welfare of the laboring class, we hop
this assertion win prove true.
The buildings are to be completed by thu
last of July or the first of August. The
grounds have been surveyed, but not ye
staked out. 1t is the intention of the com
psny to commence operations by the first 0
September, in order to supply the trade o
following spring. The main transactions @
the company will be in the spring of the
year, as that season is the most favorable
for the sale of their goods.