Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-05-03
CANNOT FAIL NOW.
Public Spirited Citizens Save the
Columbian Project.
THE PEOPLE Will DO THE REST.
important Action of the Twfn.City
Committee Last Evening-The On.
tfon on the Brooks Tract Pro.
vided fora CIincher.
The Twin, City Columbian project is

| saved.
The first payment on the Brooks tract,
due tomorrow by virtue of the expiration
of the option which the Twin City com
mittee has held for 60 days pending the
securing Of subscriptions to stock, will be
met.
At last nights meeting of the Twin
City committee at Moline action was
taken looking to the meeting of the
amount-S14. C00-due tomorrow. Chair.
man Velie being detained at home by ILL
ness. a. Q. Dart was upon motion of B.
q. h9ator, who called the meeting to
order, named SIS chairman In addition
to the Rock Island members of the COM
mittee of 81, Messrs. Henry Carse, John
Ohlweiler and Eli Mosenfelder were pres.
ent from this city, while a number of
representative citizens OF Moline were also
in attendance with the committee of that
city.
The first business in order was the re-
ception O. the report of the committee on
devising means of meeting the option on
the Brooks tract which expires tomorrow.
and it was made through E. Fl. Guyer in
the shape of note to which
number of representative citizens had ap-
pended heir signatures and to which
there are indications that others will be
added, and by the negotiation of which
the money will be raised to meet tomor-
rows obligation. The land is to be secured
by President Jackson, of the Rock Island
Citizens Improvement association, and
Chairman Velie. of the joint committee,
who hole the option, and who hold it in
trust for the Columbian association.
This secures the land as the property of
the association as soon as the required
stock is subscribed and an organization
perfected.
On motion the report was received and
the committee continued, and the joint
committee then turne d its attention 10 the
FoUATH OF JULY
celebration, which is to De the inaugural
feature of our joint Twin. City attrac-
tons this year. 1t wac decided upon
motion Of P. 8. McGlynn that when the
committee adjourn it be to meet at the
rooms OF the Rock Island Citizens I'M
provement association next Saturday eve
ming, when the Fourth of July celebra-
tion shall be the special order of business.
A committee compo sed of S. S. Davis,
B. c. Kestor. Eli Mosenfelder, E. H
Guyer, John Ohlweiler and W, r. Moore
was named to prepare an outline OF cell
ebration and to report to the Twin City
committee Saturday night, after which
the manner of celebrating the day will be
carried rapidly forward.
William Jackson brought up the mat
ter of suitable demonstration as q rati-
ficatlon of the purchase ofthis land for
the purposes designed and suggested
BARBECUE
sometime this month. The idea was
Popularity received, and number of dates
were suggested, and after considerable
discussion the matter of fixing the date
and arranging for the same was referred
on Mr.. Mitchell's motion, to tine commit
tee on the Fourth of July celebration, to
report at the Saturday night meeting.
The move Of the committee and the
other friends of public spirit in the
two cities last night is probably the most
significant step that has yet been taken
by the cities of Rock Island and Moline.
1t is the crowning act in the enterprise
inaugurated last fall, and now that the
land is secured the last morsel OF conso-
lation to those who have found excuses
for opposing the enterprise has vanished.
The fact that this valuable tract is no "
, practically the property of the subscrib>
ers and that every subscriber has an in
terest III it, it is believed will stimulate
the canvass in both cities and that there
will be no trouble in securing the remain
der of the 100000 capital stock. AS
Mr. Mitchell put it last night, this very
act believe makes the securing of the
100000 an assured fact. have had
: my DOUBT about raising that amount for
it is great deal. although have felt we
could get the most of it. Now, however,
that we have shown that we mean busi-
ness all the way through. we will get the
500 000 and there is no doubt Of it."
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