Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-16
TWO VIEWS.
One Moline Paper Rather GIoars
Over the Syndicate's Mi.fortane
and Another Talks Phsie SONNY.

How different sre the dispositions with
which the Moline papers view the mis-
fortunes that continually attend the
the street railway syndicates endeavors
to give us rapid transit Because of no
fault of the street railway people. to
whom the actual state of affairs had been
misrepresented, it becomes necessary to
suffer the delay and expense of putting
down new track where it was supposed
the old, with some repairing, would an
swer, the Moline Republican be comes in
dignant and says:
Here's state of things: Mr.. Hill, q
prominent official of the syndicate, in
formed Republican, Journal man yes
terday that no electric cars would be run
IN this city till next November on either
line. Ii is the intention of the syndicate
TO reconstruct the track of the blue lire.
VI course the new track will be very &C.
ceptable but this seems like an IMPOSE
ton upon Moline, and it might have been
discovered that the track was not in Fl.
condition for the running of electric cars
months ago and it could have been recon
structed before this time. 1t also looks
Ike piece of gross neglect and bad man
agemeDt. How about that forfeiture of
the sYndicates franchise, city fathersf
Ga the other hand the Dispatch takes
more sensible and more accurate view
of the case and thus expresses itself:
The Union street railway track has been
tested and found wanting. Originally
built TOR heavy steam motors, it was too
weak for them. and with all its patching
and fixing up, it is still too weak for the
electric cars. SO this old rsttle-trap of
an alleged street railway track constitutes
something more than the tail of the $3.50, =
900 elephant which the syndicate got
possession of when it acquired the street
railways which existed on its advent here.
Now the syndicate sees the tail. and il
hopes the whole elephant is in sight. 1t
is viewing the animals proportions calm
ly, and we are pleased to state that the
syndicate again shows its progressive and
business-like spirit. for the relaying of
the whole Union line track, from end TO
end, is in contemp ls ton.
Manager Louderbsck was seen with
| reference 10 the necessity of the unex-
pected Improvement in Moline this morn
ing, but was inclined to be reticeut. He
did not know yet what the directors
would do. They were astounded with
the revelation Of the necessity of laying
more track and the fact that il would
take at least 100000 to do it.
There is only one thing l can assure
you" said Mr.. Louderback, I'VE are
anxious to get all our electric equipment
going as quickly as possible. and there
will be no unnecessary delay in making
such changes as are absolutely necessary
to insure safety to our patrons and the
preservation of our rolling stock"
One Of the worst features of it is, and
! perhaps the syndicate has not thought
it, if it is obliged to relay the Union line
which is paying, it will also have to re
build the line running out to northwes
Davenport, which is less profitable to tn,
company. and which, too. is laid with
light rail and will be insufficient Mr.
Louderback goes to Chicago tonight to
talk matters over with the directors
What the outcome will be remains to bt
seen. 1t will certainly be the aim of tn,
syndicate to act quickly in whatever il
done and get the electric system in opera
ton everywhere at as early date as pos
sible, as the increase in traffic in Roc
Island shows the advantage of such
move. The Republicans suggestion
as unjust as it is senseless.
1t is very natural to suppose that tn
syndicate should seek TO establish il
through car service as speedily as possibl
and thus Danish the expense of keepin
horses for the mere purpose of runnin
the transfer cars at the other end. Elet
|. trician Willard. of the Thomson Housto
company is now working on device fc
getting the red line cars under the bridg
at Brooks crossing. and if he is success:
full the difficulty then will be solved an
the red line open through in short tim
As soon as the matter of track can /
settled the blue line will be runnin
through again.