Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-08
THE TRICKY TRAMWAY.
Certificate of incorporation Filed for
the Davenport and Rock Island Rail-
way..syudicate News.

of incorporation Filed for
the Davenport and Rock Island Rail-
way..syndicate News.
The certificate of organization of the |
Davenport and Rock Island street rail-
way company was filed for record with
Circuit Clerk Bowman today. The names
of the incorporators are Morris Rosen-
field, Henry Connolly and Henry Curtis.
The object of the corporators is shown to
be ito construct, maintain and operate a
horse railway within the city of Rock ISL
and in the state of Illinois. and across
the Mississippi river to the city of Dav-
export in the state of Iowa, with all con-
venient tracks, branches, side tracks,
switches, turn tables, depots, barns,
stables, car houses, buildings and rolling
stock for the carriage Of passengers, par
GELS and freight, and to connect with and
enter into running arrangements, with
leave to purchase, maintain and operate
such other street railways as may from
time to time be expedient and converts
emit"
The capital stock is placed at 5000,
divided into one hundred shares at 800
per share. The share holders are c. Il.
Deere. Morris Rosenfeld, Henry Curtis
and F. II. Griggs, each of which is
credited with twenty-five shares of the
capital stock The directors are Fran.
els H. Griggs, Morris Rosen6eld and
Henry Curtis. The company was Or
ganlzed at the office of Henry Curtis in
this city on the afternoon of Sept. 8,
1886 A charter was secured some time
ago for whatever rights were necessary
from the government, and the filling of
the incorporation papers was but a for
mality preparatory to transferring the
| franchise. etc, to the Chicago syndicate,
which is determined to unite its roads on
both sides of the river. and it is under
stood that some condemnation suits are
likely to occur in obtaining its right of
way to the slough bridge.
Mr.. c. B. Holmes, the head of the Chi
cago syndicate which has already &C.
quired the City railroad in Davenport and
the Moline & Rock Island railroad here
has appointed Mr. Henry D. Schnitger, OF
Davenport, general superintendent of the
syndicste's lines. Mr.. Schnitger has for
years been the successful manager and
lessee of the Third street line in Daven-
port. He will have general charge of the
syndicate's lines in the three cities. He
thus becomes superintendent not only OF
the line of which he has been lessee in
Davenport, but also of the Moline & Rock
Island line here, and of the Union line
as soon rs it passes into the hands
of the syndicate. II is to he supposed
that there will also be at least one sub
superintendent on each side of the river,
to attend TO the duties now in the hands
of Messrs Gamble and Cozatta for the
lines here.
1t seems to be a fixed fact. the Moline
Dispatch says, that the Union line will
become the property of the syndicate
Even the price has been agreed on, it i:
said, schedule of figures having beer
srranged-snd the highest figure to b.
the price if the road can be turned owe
in the most favorable shape as to fran
chise and rightsof>wsy, and lower fig
ures according to the shape in which tn,
Union people find themselves able t.
make the transfer. A meeting to clos
the matter up will probably be held OF
the arrival home of Secretary French. o
Davenport. who is a heavy stakeholder ii
the Union line.