Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-02-12
ADVANCING The CITY.
Regular Monthly Meeting OF the
Improvement Association.
The Time OF Me -tiEgs ChanSed-ihe
Report on tie Viaduet Ban
aueT-Oiher Matters of
Importance.

The regular mon thly meeting of the
Rock Island Citize0s' Improvement assoc
citation was held at the new rooms in
Mitchell & Lynde's block last evening,
with President jackson in the chair.
The tine of hold ing the regular month
" meeting was Oh, pged from the second
to the first Thursday In the month. The
minutes of the several sessions of the ssso
citation since the lsst monthly meeting were
read BY Secretary Searle and approved.
Howard Wells, Of the finance commit
tee in connection with the recent ban
ouet given by the association at the Har-
per in commemora,ion of the completion
of the Rock Island viaduct, submitted
.epor; of the subscriptions and expendi-
lures, stating that he soliciting commit
tee had started to raise $500; it hod Sc
cured S6l7.25, Of which amount S2G %
was stin ou's;snd ng. The expenses so
far were S51S So, with some $40 in bills
vet to be met There would be bal
apce, Mr.. Wells said, of something like
500. The committee on finance ard ar
rangemCn's had passed upon this report,
approved Of il and had recommended
that the balance be held by the associa-
! ton as q special fund for future enter
tainmen;s, with the provision that any
contributor wishing 10 do so within
reasonable length of time, could by call
ing on Mr. Wells tie treasurer Of the
committee, receive his pro rata of the
difference. The report Of the committee
was received and the committee cor
tinued.
Will r Johnson referred to the re-
marks of Capt. W. C. Bennett at the
viaduct banquet regarding the import
ance of interesting congressman in the
northwest in the importance of Rock
Island arsenal, and an interesting dis
cussion followed, in which suggestions
were made by Oliver Olsen looking to tie
establishment of special literary bureau
looking TO the printing Of newspapers Of
the northwest with suitable literature
and illustrations regarding the arsenal,
and finally a motion prevailed that q
committee be selected by the president
with special reference to- Rock Island
arsenal; and that tie associations Ct Mo-
line and Davenport be reg -ested to ap-
point similar committees. The chair de-
f, rred the appointment of the committee
to future time.
Chairman Crubaugh, of the committee
on manufactures, reported the forming
of the company to manufacture the Rock
Island car lubricator and the securing of
the western distributing depot for the
Geiser Manufacturing company, and
neatly complimented Secretary Searle in
connection with the success of such en-
terprises.
Secretary Searle read a communication
from an Illinois industry desiring to in
terest local company, and the matter
was referred 10 the committee on manu-
features.
A Communication from the Augustana
University association thanking the asso>
citation for its encouragement of the uni
versity pr, ject, and which has been here
tofore published, was read and placed on
file.
President jackson called up the matter
of increasing the salary Of the secretary
and spoke with praise of the work of
Mr.. Searle, and the matter was referred
to the executive CON mittee.
Votes of thanks were extended the
committee on arrangements in connection
with the recent har 0uet fer putting
proper sign on the door 10 the rooms, to
the committee on finance for its energy
and success, and to the committee on
decorations for the cartoon which adorned
the wall of tie Harper house dining hall
on the occasion of the viaduct
Mr.. Quayle, of the committee on adj
vertising read report of the committee
with reference to cut for letter heads,
etc, and the report was approved.
Monrhly bills were allowed, and the
association adjourned.
The sherwood Recital.