Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-26

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would have the appearance of stone
wall about the city, and the remnants of |
the fence Indignantly removed, while |
yet in its incipiency. is respectfully ded-
lcated to the Union, who so kindly do |
mated it to the city, that it may |
be slowed away with that sand heap
as lingering rememberances of the
past history of an institution that has
labored not wisely. but no less faithfully.
To the organ on the other side of the
river we, in behalf of the council and
citizens of Rock Island, also send greet.
ing, with the gentle reminder and the
hope that it will be needed, that the af-
fairs of Rock Island are not regulated to
suit the self interested advice of a paper
published in Davenport, though owned
in part in Rock Island.
The official report of the proceedings
of last nights council meeting appearing
elsewhere furnish An idea of the alder,
manic action on these important meas
ures. 1t was not stormy session, as
many had been led to believe it would be
The members OF the council. as the
ARGUS had insisted from the first, were
not influenced by any of the des-
picable tactics brought about BY monoL-
olstic influences to defeat matters of
public policy. The aldermen have not
acted hastily. They have taken ample
time to weigh the measures acted upon in
all their bearings and further delay was
unnecessary. The ordinances include
every provision for the protection of the
business and general interests of the city,
and are as specific in all particulars as the
English language can make them and if
they are not properly understood it must
be because of a disposition to miscon-
strue them There are no material
changes between the ordinances passed,
and those published in the ARGUS at the
close of the last special meeting of the
city council. and whatever new provis
ions are made are in the interests
and favor of the city. The most
important one is that there can
be no transfer checks between
Moline and Davenport over the compa-
ny's system. A brief statement OF the
rights granted will be read with interest.
The one providing for approaches to the
bridge, gives right OF way up Twenty
fourth street to Third avenue, west to
Twentieth street, where it strikes the
junction of the old Moline & Rock Island
line, which it follows down Twentieth
| street to Second avenue and west to Fiji
| teenth street, where it turns south to
| Third avenue and strikes the Union line,
which it follows east to Nineteenth street
where block of track is to be put in to
Twentieth street, where it strikes its own
line again and thence proceeds to TWEEN,
/ ty>tourth street and north to the bridge
and this is the way the cars will run
Now, as to the other ordinance, which
simply authorizes the syndicate with the
consent of the Union line to take up
the track over College hill between
Thirty-fifth and Elm street. and the ex'
tending of line down Thirty fifth stree
to the junction of the old line on MOLINE
avenue, while Alderman Hampton
Amendment, which is wise one, pro
vIdes for the construction within min,
months from the time the council ORDER
it, after having secured the consent of
the property holders along said line. TO
tracks along Third avenue from the in.
tersection Of the Moline and Rock Islsnt
line and Fifth street up to Fifteenth, tn
present terminus of the Union line.
The syndicate has already perfected it
plans for operating its system as soon a
it gets things in misunderstanding tn
fOrmalities of the transfer of the Unto
line. There are to be four distinct line
of cars operated. Two sets will run owe
the consolidated Moline & Rock islam
and Union lines. The Davenport an
Rock ISLAND cars will be separate an
distinct, and the Moline cars will nc
run to Davenport via Twentiet
street. as the Union of this morning
in its last effort to create prelude
with the public it has failed to do wit
the council, attempts to show. The Of
line to Moline will be operated just as
is now with double track from the G
R. |. & P. depot west to Fifteenth stree
Two different sets of cars will be run ov,
this line through Rock Island. One 8
will go through direct to Moline, Il
other will run over the same tracks ca
to Thirtysfifth street where they turn in
the line at present operated by the Unic
company, and thence proceed over
route through the resident portion
Moline and out to Riverside cemeter
Then as to the Davenport cars viii
come up Twenty fourth street from L
bridge to Third avenue, west to TIVE
tieih street, north to Second avenue ma
ing the third set OF cars throu,
the main business streets of Ro
Island, west to Fifteenth stree
south to Third, and east again to d
bridge. Then, there isute be separa
set Of cars running orr the prese
Uni0n line between Fifteenth and Thi
avenue - Elm street, thus giving Thl
avenue two distinct sets. The differe
sets Of cars win be Of different colors Al
distinctly marked as to destination.
President Holmes has ordered the ir
for rau trorHo Gov fha H.I:.. a N