Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-29
HAwLEY HAS NO INFLUENCE ON THE
ISLAND.
He Has Never Accomplished Anything There
for His Constituents.


He Has Never Accomplished Anything There
for His Constituents. +,
Two yeara ago, Mr.. Hawley was seen
climbing ladders, aud going into pits, on 'ns G
Island, shaking hands with mechani0' /
laborers, whom he never wouio no''
other time 10 the year, snd 0esKins -
m vo,a for him because be could ge' the"
wo,L IN thu I.lsud promises be mas never
l.Isn.a "a uever can ful6ll. He had not
49,. enough 20 secure the location OF
,v.uues on the Island so as TO give our Slde
~ the river . fair chance with the other
.de-nor had his organ. The avenues are
an located as to make the distance from the
Government works shorter to Davenport
than TO Rock Isand-aud in their location
Mr.. HAwley aud his organ Aequiesed. The
ARGUS commenced an agitation for the pur- |
pose of correcting it. Mr.. HAwley's organ |
denounced and opposed that agitation. and,
, Sept. 22d) in speaking Of the new line
, adopted for Main Avenue, making the dis
lance less to Davenport than it is to Rock
Island, it said
"More than u month ago the Union gave Col.
Flag eTs reasons for selecting this line
Ii our ueighbOr will take the trouble to
!. look at she ARTICLE 10 his paper of June 2s'h,
/. TO which he Alludes he will tod that he did
not give "Co. Flagler's reasons or any
body's reasons for selecting this line he
q said
"COl D. W. Flagler, the gsntlemanly Com
man Bnt, has perfected his plans toE the avenues
and railroad track. The present avenue run
-, ming up the Island will he abandoned and new
avenue will be- built leading directly down to
lg the foot of the Island In . right line with the
m avenue between the workshops, This will be
called Main Avenue, will be sixty feet wide anc
'n Will terminate At the Davenport entrance to the
az new bridge Rock Island avenue will lead
across from the end Of the eauseway and inter
eept Main Avenue a short distance above the
Arsenal building The roadway across the pSn
of the Island, correcting the two bridges, viii
be known Fort Armstrong Avenue"
ne Here are no reasons" And Mr.. Hsw
ad ley AID his organ, thereupon, without an,
ne reasous from any body, silently scquiesee'
ng in his arrangement, which forever make
me the dislsncs from the government works t
ser Davenport le,s then 1t is To Rock Island
The efiec, upon trade, Aad upon mechanic
aud laborers cau easily be imagined.
viii be greatly to the injury Of this side {
-, she river.
M THE ARGUS took up The subject sud coz
messed us agitation for the purpose Of ge
cog change which would place Us on a
equality with Davenport. What course d.
Ns. Ravisy's organ pursue: Ii raised
- howl OF Indignation HGd falsely said "
-,7o attacking Col. Flagler,' etc. etc, 40
proceeded to ludorse oil ths, bad been don
saying:
ar. "Col. Flagler's management has been entrs
. satisfactory to all.
~. And il also, 10 the same article, lseP
- 22d) said;
"Ar gauIey callsd 10 see Col FlAglsr in re
ded srepee TO the rnstter and Was assured that !
g IA change could adVAntAgeously be made"
.,h In asotbsr srtiele Sept. 25Sh) Mr.. Ha'
TIN, ey's organ taiG:
+ 1--WE would prefer a listle change in tbs loe
", tion Of the new avenues bat as We have osio
'les explained, that il imprNcsieable. When NJ
Hawley saw this be Of course inside no o.
lection 10 the location chosen by Col. Flagier
ion And Sc, Mr.. Hswley and his orga
in though showing that a different locatc
200 ought to he made, we're snufsd out and su
Al, aided The ARGUS took up the matte
IN aud, by AgtA,ing it, has secured lit
,bi. improvement, though not what ought to
.ior doae. The switch for the Isand railro'
o. , +koRIa s;-har havs hasn taken
Rock Island Avenue should have col
mencsd in the timber, near the goverume
day works, thus giving US an avenue VIII
16s would have made the distance from the 20
the eminent works to Rock Island no gres,
a than to Davenport. THIS, Mr. HSwley al
ere his organ, both together, had not iufiuen
las enough TO secure for our people, They h,
les. not even influence enough to get the end
han Rock Island Avenue moved up the Island
ess little, so a, 10 make the augs less abru,
at aud give it more the appearance Of Il
cd main avenue. This has been ecomplsh,
Ilso alone By the agitation of the subject, by Ii
the ARGUs-for which we have been abused |
di- the aAwleJi:ss and thanked by the peopl
did If DR.. Truesdale had been g member
so. Congress, we venture to say that be won
cir not have rested until equality Of positic
,od had been secured for cur side of the rive
That equality Of position will not be secure
until We getA chAngs.of Congressman.
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