Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-27


make single dollar profit.
However, the beauty of the enterprise
is that 1t will not only be self sus,ainine
out actually profitable. This is proven
oy Inc Tact that our old fair, without any
transportation facilities and with only
nan the people, was very profitable
laVeslm ent for two years after, paying a
9lS 'Vuo premium list. 1t is proven by
.he success of the Davenport fair on in
| terror grounds-farthel from the heart of
davenport than our own grounds-in
Gearing over $4,000 in two wears, and
doubtless much more, if we could only
secure the actual figures, which the ex-
cesslve modesty of the management
"lthholds. Buta fair tb At has proven to
nave increased the deposits of the mer-
chants OF neighboring city to the ex.
tent or S23 600 in single week is GER
talnly big thing for Davenport, and
conclusively successful fair, and profit
able to the stockholders.
will give You such items as | have of
travel through Rock Island during that
week:
The travel over the Molin Rock river
orioge was 200 vehicles in September in
excess OF August, though the latter was
camp meeting month. There was an ex-
cess OF l,OOO teams over our Rock river
bridges during that week. Counting
three persons to a vehicle we have /, 200;
the q. b. e. Q. R R. sold excursion
tickets. 1,133; Milwaukee & St. Paul,
lo2; Verne Swain, 600; Rock Island & Peo-
ria, 800; Rock Island road about 3 O(0;
TOTAL 1915. AL transportation COM
| psnies that have been asked have fur.
nlshed reports except the Rock Island
| road. During this week the travel over
the bridge cars was, %, coo; the ferry,
10000; over the bridge by government
report. ioot passengers, 1855; teams
575, at three passengers to each, 4, 725;
| Rock Island road special fair train (prob-
| ably as much { s street csrs), 90 600. The
| above figures are not the total travel, but
the excess over the previous week making
| tots. attendance from this side of the
| river of 74.026.
If Iowa furnished as much more, and it
| probably Gid better. we can count an at
| tendance of $50 900 people Every one
| OF these people paid at least so cents for
admission. making a gross revenue of
| S'5.OOO to the company. On such
| grounds as ours we can d. much better
| With these facts before you you cannot
doubt that the stock will be paying in
| vestment.
! You are thus off red an opportunity of
co operation in the way of securing trade,
that is astounding in its promised
results, that will not be an expen e
but profitable inves ment l pre-
| sent the figures to you for action Ac-
ton on the part of the merchants is es-
sentlaI, for the committee can go no
farther. Ga the basis of donations n
truly false basiN) we present yoL with a
| Inst OF sou, 600. Enough have agreed to
double to make it $50 600 But who will
| do the work? TIE committees are ex-
hausted, the workers are daily droppip Q
out, and the few persistent ones left are
not equal to the task of passing the list
| around again. 1t needs the work of a
great many. II the merchants mere will
Join forces and guarantee large enough
block of stock to insure success the CON-
mitiees will work aga and make the
list fully $4,000. A block of $40 600
ought 10 be jointly underwrittep by you
merchants. That will make $40 600
Moline has SIC, COO now, and if they see
we are determined to organize they will
hustle into the band wagon with at least
$4,000 more. That will leave only $40,
600 10 raise in the country. aud that can
easily be done. To do this all we need
is guarantee that our lab RS will not he
thOwD away-that a successful cons.lma-
ton is insured.
You have the facts and figures before
you IN their aggr gate; you can realize
the vital Importance of the project; you
can measure your individual gains during
the Davenport fair week and you can
then multiply by 10 and you will then
have discounted the profit. l trust there
is enterprise sufficient in the combined
merchants OF Rock Island to devise ways
and means-with Moline Indifferent
with the committees discouraged by the
donation basis of the subscriptions, il
rests with the merchants to come forward
by some Joint undertaking and give it its
second wind.
Phil Mitchell reite rated the views ex.
pressed by him in his interview in THT
ARGUS recently. He believed it not only
a safe investment, but that it would offel
dividends eventually. He spoke of tn,
advantages of the agricultural features, o.
the uuequslled locality and held that if the
present opportunity is not now embraced
it will never come again. The $1,000 al
ready invested should not be considered a!
donation, although it could be cheerfully
given away in the interest of the cause
The vi al point now to be considered is The
securing of the property. The benefit tC
trade would far exceed the estimate mace
By the report Of Mr.. Guyer
Remarks were made BY L. S. McCabe
Eli Mosenfelder and LSimon in favor of
taking a decided stand, and motion made
by MIR. Mitchell that it be the sense of the
meeting that ways and means be devised