Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-08
PAVING POINTERS.
a Minneapolis Municipal Part,
After Them.
LOOKING INTO v1TRIr1ED BRICK

LOOKING INTO vITRIrIED BRrHY
d. r''esr WY - 0aIesbsrs rhey se., os
10 the rArsr c'ssr~ tor 1. Day Drive. Owe,
TIE PAvsssess Esd rsr"agA Rscs us,.,s
Ar"esas-Mss>ss~ os the Party.
A party Of municipal officials. rem.
resenting the city Of Minneapolis. ar.
rived In Rock Island by special car
from the northwest over the C.. r. I.
4 +. at $40 this morning. and the
visitors were ut once driven to the
Harper. where breakfast was served
The party. which is chaperoned bv
Charles T. Haney. city clerk Of Min.
neaPolis. is out on a brick paving in
sPecting mission. Last evening Mr.
haney wired his friend. Capt. r. J.
Robinson. that the party would reach
Rock Island this morning. The can.
tain communicated the information
to Mayor Medill and to Secretary
Day. Of the Improvement, association.
and they arranged for a party of rep.
resentatives of the city and the asso.
citation to meet the visiting officials
ut the Harper at $3.50 this morniny
and tender the Inequalities Of the
city to them.
Driven Over the City
Promptly at that hour the mavo,
and party were on hand with car.
riages. and the visitors were taken in
hand and driven over the pavemen,
of the city. first down Second, Third
and Fourth avenues. then up Eigh
teenth and Twentieth being shown
the progress of the work on Nine.
teenth on the way. and out Mo
line avenue to Moline. where MAYO,
Bennett and others received The
party. and after extending the courte
sizes of the city. in which speeche.
were made by Mayors Bennett and
Medill. Acting Mayor Kiichli and
others. the drive was resumed
across the island Of Rock Isl.
and through the arsenal. where Col
Burlington and Lieut.. Thompson en-.
tertained the 81. ht>eer>. ami thence
over the Rock Island bridge IN
Davenport. In that city Mayor Vol.
mer and other officers of The CITY
government and Representatives OF
the Davenport Business Mems asso.
citation had prepared reception. and
also. luncheon. The pavement in
that city is To he inspected. when the
party returns tn Rock Island, leaving
this evening at AS over the e.. b. l.
z. for Galesburg. which is really the
objective point of the tour. and where
the vitritied brick plant will be in.
spected. the party then going on to
Burlington and st. Louis before re.
turning home.
The NGinneapoii. Party
The Minneapolis party is com.
posed Of. Aid. kiichli. acting mavor:
Aids. Long. Ingenhutt. Jennings,
Loye. Woodward. Mcclure. McAiis-
ter. Schwartz. Rollins. Peterson:
City Clerk Charles +. Haney. Build.
ing Inspector John A. Gilman. to-
gether with Messrs. Gaylord. Snyder
and MARI. city hall attaches; W. G..
McMurchy. Of the Minneapolis Times.
and Messrs. Cramer. Shimpik and
Skinner. citizens of Minneapolis.
Mr.. Haney Is former resident of
Rock Island. He is son Of Rev. DIR.
Haney, who from 1868 to 1870. was
pastor of the First NJ. f. church here,
and this morning Mr.. Haney went up
on Nineteenth street to look at the
house where part Of his younger days
were passed.
The Minneapolis people are look
ing into the merits Of brick paving.
They have many miles Of granite,
cedar blocks and asphaltum in the
Mill city. but no brick. They may
try the latter next year. and hence
the mission in which the gentlemen
are now out.
The Rock Island reception commit
tee iE charge Of the party is CON-
posed of, Mayor Medill, ex-Mayor Nc
Conochie, Aids. Maucker, Evans,
Nelson, Cramer. Kuschmann. SchrOc-
der and Kinner, City Clerk Huesing.
City Attorney Haas. Police Magis-
trate Schroeder. ex-Ald. Knox, Capt.
Robinson and Messrs. Fred Hass and
p. L. Mitchell.
Severely Injured.