Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-06
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1891.
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Moline" with clasped hands in the CEN
ter on the reverse side. These souvenirs
furnished by the Rock Island association
and designed by the Columbian commit
tee of its association, will be carried BY
the recipients as pocket pieces or watch
charms, and will, it is believed, prove
valuable means of advertising the event.
JUDGE GLENN.
Judge J.. j. Glenn, of Monmouth, was
called for and responded with few re-
marks, in which he said he was no after
dinner speaker, nor was he given to HUI
NOR in public speaking. He was exceed
ingly gratifed, he said, to note the en-
thusiasm manifested by both Rock Island
and Moline. and as he had never before
had an opportunity, he thanked the citi-
zens for the kindly consideration as
shown him in his election three times TO
the office Of Judge without opposition,
and in closing he expressed the hope that
his having seized upon this occasion to
state his appreciation of these honors
would not be considered out of place, and
appreciation of the honors which had
been conferred upon him. He was graf
iied to find these two prosperous and
growing cities joining hands, and START
ing out in an enterprise that must ce-
ment them together ard result in great
good to each.
Judge Gould rose to offer the motion
that an organization be effected at once
and circulate subscription for stock to
organize as provided for in the commit
tee report, under the law.
Eugene Lewis thought the association
should not be limited to one tract Of land.
Mayor Vessel held that there should
be kite-shsped, regulation track provi
ded for in the arrangement of the grounds
and that its capital stock be $500. 900 in
stead Of half that amount, and that if the
wealthy citizens would give in proportion
to which he knew the working men would
do. at an average of S. from the
latter, that there would be no trouble in
realizing the amount.
G. b. Deere thought that they were
going it too strong. In his opinion the
better way to do would be to Sc
cure an option on the ground, say for 90
days or four months, then open subscrip-
ton books for stock. and In this way the
committee would know exactly what it
was doing and work it through success
fully.
D. n. Louderback stated that he had
given this subject much thought since the
last meeting at the Harper; he had con-
cluded that the way to look at it was from
apurely business stand point-ss if we
were handling our own business. he
believed the committee report embraced
q plan which, if carried out, would get q
large concourse of people here from the
surrounding country, and thereby extend
our influence. eur interests, and our
population. He had never brought the
matter before the directors of his COM
pany. but he felt safe in offering the as
sursrce that when the time came the
street car people would be found in the
front row. The street car people were
in the three cities to stay; they could
not get out if they wanted to, and the
more they got acquainted the less they
felt as if they wanted to. His people in
Chicago. he said, looked forward TO some.
thing beyond this celebration and expo
sition. They hoped for TIE day of con-
solidstion of these two cities. He again
commend the enterprise, and said he
felt there was no place in which we could
better put our money than in it.
II. d. Folsom commended the idea and
favored en- towering the committee to go
ahead aud close the deal
]. W. Atkinson. of the committee
thought the price of the land was high,
but ne nevertheless favored the project
1t was the best thing the twin-cities had
attempted in the 30 years of his residence
here.
William Jackson called Capt. Bennett
to the chair and made a ringing speech in
favor of the carrying out of the proposed
plans on an elaborate scale. calling atten-
ton TO the example set by smaller cities
who had worked wonders in this way
he felt confident of the success of the
each eye before him the feeling that it
would be a grand success. He then spoke
briefly of the advantages that the pro-
posed site offered over all others in the
way of easy access. and the natural en-
hancement in value Of the land which
alone would be enough to make it the
most suitable location. His remarks
were received with prolonged cheers and