Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-17
OUR RAILWAYS.
Annual Meeting of the D. & r. l.
Company.
THE OLD OFFICERS REELECTED.

The Chicago Directors Arrive, Inspect
Their Property, Express Satisfaction at
the Way it is Being Managed and Say a
Good Word for the City-Interested in
all That Pertains to the Cities with
which They Are Identified.
President D. Fl. Louderback and
Messrs. G. Buckingham, ]. F. Gillette,
w. Dickinson and s. Sturgess of the
Chicago syndicate known as the Dayer-
port & Rock Island Street Railway COM
pany, owning all the lines in the three
cities with one exception, arrived from
Chicago this morning, registering st the
Harper. This is the day for the annual
meeting of the directors of the Daven-
port Sc Rock Island railway company,
which as the bridge line branch of the
system, under which title all the COM
psnics have consolidated. was originally
incorporated at Davenport under the
laws of Iowa. and under the charter the
Office of the company must be at Dsven :
port. where the annual meetings are TO
be held. Messrs. Mitchell and Walker,
of the syndicate, did not come down
| with their associates this time but will
system.
Mr.. Louderbsch and his associates
were out bright and early this morning
looking over the lines on this side of the
river. the best in the company's control.
and then took bridge car for Daven-
port where the meeting was set for 10
o'clock this morning.
Interested InrOur Prosperity.
The gentlemen of the syndicate all ex-
pressed themselves pleased with the APP
pesrance of the system in Rock Island
Everything they found in good condi-
ton, showing pride in the work on the
part of the local employees, and all ex-
pressed the hope that the system would
in the near future net some return on the
heavy inve stments made here
Mr.. Dickinson asked particularly as to
Rock Islands present outlook, and when
told by an ARGUS reporter that the city
was prospecting and growing as it never
had before he replied: I'VE are glad to
hear thst 1t is our desire and to orr
interest to see all these cities flourish.
Certainly We are as deeply Identified with
their progress as any one outside could
possibly be. Indeed we feel as near to
them in great degree as If We actually
had our residence here. What conduces
to the advancement Of any of these
cities is of material concern to US, and
we look to a time when they will all
cial centres toward which they are so in
dustrouslY aiming and which we have
reason to believe they will fully realizc.'
The Old Officers Reelected.
The business meeting held at the COM
pany's offices this morning resulted in the
election of D. II. Louderback, j. s. Gil
lie tie, C.i Buckingham, j. j. Mitchell and
0. S. A. Sprague as directors. and the res
election of the following omcers
President-D. 81. Louderback.
Vice President-J. j. Mitchell.
Secretary and Treasurer. F. Lard
ner.
The reelection of Mr.. Louderback as
the executive in charge of the compsny's
affairs will be q source of great gratifics-
ton to his many friends in the tri-cities,
as will also tine selection again of Mr..
Lardner as secretary and treasurer OF the
COMPANY, beth of which officials are de-
ha
This afternoon the directors visited
the Tower for dinner. and afterward in
spected the power plant and some of the
lines they had not seen this morning.