Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-09
bound TO WIN.
The Twin-City Columbian
Enterprise.
ROCK ISLANDS $4,000.
First Report of the Subscription
Committees Last Night.
A MOST GRATIFYING SLOWING.
All Joining Il nnds In the Great Pull
lie Undertal ing-One Third of
Rock Islands Portion Pro-
vided fOF-The Outlook
Gould Not BE
A MOST GRATIFYING SLOWING.

BETTER.
| The first meeting of the soliciting com-
mittees for the stock in the Moline s.
Rock Island Mechanical Exposition asso-
citation was held asst evening at the rooms
of the Rock Island Citizens Improvement
association. There was good atiend>
snce of members and all but three Of the
chairmen were present. All the commits
tees had most encouraging reports of pro-
gress TO make, while every committee re-
ported lists out yet to hear from.
Chairman Guyer spoke of the limited
time in which to raise the stock desired.
The money for the option on the 26 acre
tract had been paid over to the Brooks
heirs yesterday. and the option papers
dating from March were in the hands
of President Jackson, of the Rock Island
Improvement Association and Chairman
Yelie of the Twin, City Columbian COM
mittee. 1t was necessary, MIR. Guyer
said, that after al the stock was placed
that there he at least Is 6sysin which 10
prepare and serve the necessary incor-
alton papers, ard this must be done be-
fore the first payment of S15 900 could
be made in securing The deed to the
property. Thus there was but about AZ
days left in VIII Oh to canvass and al
, solicitors should work with that fact in
mind.
President Jackson, of the Improves
ment association. spoke of the idle repre>
sensations that had been made by few
that the enterprise was one in which
eventually the big fish would devour the
little ones. 1t wouli be exceedingly IN
healthy, Mr.. Jackson SAID for any one
man or any nuI Der of men to attempt
any freeze out game in this undertaking.
| This is q public enterprise sustained by
popular subscription, and the man who
would undertake anything Legitimate or
unfair would be buried so deep we could
never find him again. No man could live
| in this community who would do such a
thing. People who make such asser-
tons about freeze cut schemes are sims
ply trying to get out of doing their duty.
Another thing, said Mr.. Jackson, that
arouses the indignation of public spirited
wealthy men who for years have been
fsttened by this community TO take
a proportionate amount of the stock.
Il believe" said Mr.. Jackson, "in Civ
ing all such men fair opportunity to do
then part, and if they refuse, l believe
there will come time when we can
teach those men that they have misse
their opportunity and that it will cost
them something, too The way in which
the people of all classes had taken hold
of this enterprise Mr.. Jackson continued,
was one eff the gr4ndest exhibitions of
public pride and enterprise he had ever
seen. Keep on with the subscriptions,
every share counted. and the man who
took one or two shares of stock should
be counted as one who was willing to do
his share toward helping to advance his
city.
Speaking of the matter of freeZ ng
out. said MI. Guyer Il propose remedy
and that is that the Improvement asso-
citation be vested with a proxy for 10
years to vote to stock. I for one will
give the association such proxy, and
believe all the stock holders will, and /
know from what The Officers of the street
railway syndicate said while in Chicago,
that such plan would be not only agree
able to them but desirable"
Remarks were also made by John Ohl-
weller, Capt. J. n. Beardsley and Harry
Bostock, and motion by DR.. G. G.
Craig that President Jackson, of the I'm
provenent association, ard Chairman
Guyer, of the general soliciting commit
tee, be empowered TO adopt plan of get>
ting the ladies interested in the project,
was adopted.
| The footing up the reports OF the So
Letting committees showed that nearly
$50, 600 in subscriptions had already been
secured in Rock Island including the
street railway synd;cate's portion of S.
600, but as Rock Island was entitled to
but half of that. if left the Rock Island
subscriptions about $lS 600 or over one
third tf its proportion of the capital
stock. most gratifying showing indeed.
The committee decided to meet here
after on Monday and Thursday evenings
of each week at tie rooms of the I'm
proyement association
| WHO HAVE SUBSCRIBED.
A partial list of Rock Islands subscrip-