Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-27
The MOLINE CENTRAL,
The Electric Railway Again Seek $
Entrance.
A Favorable Route ana Very Unpop-
uiar One Considered by the I'm.
provement Association Committee. -
The Proper Way 10 Reach New Te--
rttory

transit Of the Rock Island Citizens Iui-
proyement association was held at the
rooms in Harper's theatre building yes>
terday afternoon, Messrs. E W. Hurst,
L. b. Davis. c. f. Lynde and ]. NJ. BIZ
ford. Of the committee. being present, as
were Mcssrs. E. II. Guyer and L. S. Nc
Csbe, of the directory of the Moline Gen
tral Electric railway. President Hsss, Of
the association. was also in attendance.
hessrs. Guyer and McCabe laid before the
committee their desire to get into Rock
Island from the roads present terminus
at Paramount Park, east OF South Park.
by route that would be remunerative TO
the company. The different routes pro-
posed were discussed and members of the
committee also made remarks favorable 20
the project of encouraging the road in its
endeavors To reach the business heart of
the city The following resolution vas
finally adopted expressive of the commit
tees sentiment. and President Hass las
NohSo "CCNiuS Vi Nhc hssotidtiDu OF
next Monday evening:
WHEREAS, The building of the o.
line Central street railway into our city
would prove of great benefit To the bust
ness interests OF our city. and The prof sct
IL one which should meet with whate yer
encouragement can be given it by he
Citizens Improvement association, there's
fore be il
Resolced, That the president of this
association be requested to call special
meeting of the. association to consider I"
The committee further resolved to in
struct the directors of the company to
present all its desired routes to the assoc
citation at its special meeting. that that
body may decide upon one as sufficiently
feasible to give it the weight Of its en-
dorsement. when the application is m 4de
to the city council for right of way priv
ileges.
The enterprise is deserving one as il
reaches new and rapidly-growing SET
Element on the southeast bluffs and to-
ward Moline that will by this means be
brought into quick and direct cOmmuni>
cation with the business center of the
CITY. Viewed from this standpoint the
associations endorsement, while eminenlly
proper, is not necessary. however, hat
the project may receive fair treatment at
the hands of the Rock Island council, if
the privileges sought for are not unIeas,
enable and inconsistent The pre- sent
municipal body of Rock Island has not
failed in a single instance to evincs its
disposition to encourage all deserving
public enterprises, and as far as the ARGUS
is able to judge of its ruling spirit. it be
lieves that every project which it can aid
will receive its hearty cooperation.
But the question "a route is to be an
important one in the minds OF the cDun-
Gil, if it is to be judged by its past &C ion.
The Moline Electric company has several
routes under contemplation. one of which
Il will seek. One. aud the most p)pu,
lar one with the improvement association
nj least, is from First avenue and Eigh-
teenth street south on Eighteenth street
to Seventh avenue east to Twenty fifth
street. south to Ninth avenue and II ence
by the west ravine to Thirteenth avenue
then east across the rsvine by met ms of
an iron hridge-which it is the scheme
TO build in part by the company and in
part by special assessment-to Thirty
first street. south to Fourteenth ave.
nue. and east to the present terminus
Of the electric road at Paramount park.
No objection whatever has been heard 10
eral favor on sll sides. 1t would certain
~ be in the nature of a benefit 10 the
city and it is believed the council would
so view it. The company also has in its
mind another route which is down Elm
after tapping Paramount park terminus,
TO Eighth -and-s half avenue and thence
through Rodmsn's and Gregg's additions
70 Twenty fourth. thence north to Sew
enth avenue. west to Twenty-third, north
TO Fifth avenue and west TO Eigh eenth
and north to First, or, west TO Yves. Sew,
enteenth and north to Second avenue.
Some variations from both these routes
are also under discussion. But there Is
still another route under consideration and
it is believed 70 be the one that the Eec-
trio company filings to with the greatest
q hat hot no
has expressed its emphatic and righteous
disapproval of. and would again. doubt
less. That is, TO enter the business por>
ton of the city from Seventh avenue. via
either Twenty-third or Twenty fourth
street to Second avenue. and west to
West Seventeenth street. 1t would not be
the part of wisdom, policy or fairness to
grant such a franchise, and ii IL safe
assertion that the company will not place
itself in favorable attitude before the
present or any other council by seeking
it, A few months ago the city fathers
refused to grant such a right OF way to
the Electric company, and they received
the endorsement of the public for so do
ing. The ARGUS does not believe in mo.
nopolies, OF in entirely eIclus We fran
chises, but it does held that where cor
poration shows spirit of enter-
prise and of consideration for public in
terests, and aids public improvements
such as the Holmes people nave in
what has been done on Second avenue,
they are entitled to the same protection
that the electric people would rightly ex
pect il they had q right ef way Into Rock
Island and had provided the best OF vacilN
tiles that could be asked for. 1t would
not be just to grant another con pany the
right to use Mr.. Holmes tracks, and the
city would openly involve itself in what
might prove years Of litigation il it acted
| in a manner that would permit such tres