Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-05-09
DON'T GET EXCITED, BOYS.
The Eject OF . scoop" on the Melins
Papers.

Papers.
The Moline papers of last evening
gave expression to pitiful evidence
of the effect of TIE ARGUS being the
first paper in the three cities to an
nounce the first industry to be To-
Gated in the East Moline Improve
ment site, and hence the first tangi-
BILE inclination of the purpose of the
company securing the option on the
land. The Moline papers have been
greatly excited over the matter of
the new industrial site, and have
been foundering about in an anus
ing manner attempting to find out
about it. The fact that Rock ISL
and paper should dare to take any
interest in the subject, much less
take the cruel advantage of giving
out the information first. has had a
most distressing tendency. Here
comes the Dispatch of last evening
on the subject:
Go Away to Learn the Homo News.
moline has the president of the
East Moline company, but Rock ISL
and also has an officer or two. And
as . rule Rock Island people know q
fchance for q free advertisement when
they see it, aad they reach out and
take it. On the other hand Moline
people are apt to be Just conserva-
tive enough to consider the matter
for a month or two before accepting
a good thing, even when it is to be
had gratis. Thus it is that we get
from the Rock ISLAND ARGUS the
news of the securing of the first factory
for the new addition of East Moline,
which addition hopes in . short time
to rival the original city in size and
importance. The new factory is Sc
cured by the company in . contract
with Leo j. Mittinger, of Cleveland,
Ohio, manufacturer Of brass goods,
plumbers supplies and stamped
ware. The emergency buildings are
to be erected at once. One will be
two stories high and with dimen-
sions of 4Ox150; one one story high,
and SO feet square on the ground.
Then there will be an addition to
these. a foundry and safety brick
vault for the keeping Of patterns.
The industry. will employ 100 men
at the start. The ARGUS further
says that negotiations are pending
which are likely to be closed in day
or two for another institution that
will give employment to 400 men.
By way Of comment THE ARGUS
gives us little consolidation taffy.'
And This IL Awful.
And then comes the Republican.
journal, of last evening. with text
and all. Isn't it dreadful:
Crock Island would like to have the
new manufacturing site to be known
as East Moline nearer it's door than
it is, but it does not begrudge Mo-
line the advantage of closer proxim.
ity. The people here. the thinking
people, at least, realize that in this
community the benefit to one is the
concern of all. Hence the advantages
to come from united action and con.
solidation of interests. the realiza-
of which the Moline papers will wake
up to some day and then the two
cities will come together and stand
together. ROCK ISLAND ARGUS.
THE Moline papers need no in
struction from the Rock Island pa
pers, which have done all they could
to divorce the two cities, when it
came to anything practical. The
Republican-Journal advocated max
ing a united city by placing the new
government building in east Rocl
Island between the two cities, but
The ARGUS and Union wanted il
in west Rock Island and got it fixed
there. The Republican journal
wanted the new court house Qor
which Moline pays as much taxes as
Rock Island) put somewhere in upper
Rock Island between the two cities,
but the Union and ARGUS made 8
roar and got it pls ced in the west
end. The c., K. I. l. P. station and
Wagner's brewery are about the only
institutions that have been located
in east Rock Island, and one of these
the passenger station, The ARGU.
has been endeavoring to have moved
a mile further west. Augustans
college, fortunately, is not Rocl
Island institution except geographi
cally. What is being done by tn,
Rock Island press to aid in making .
united city? They want Moline Il
discard her own name for that O.
Rock Island. They have never beer
able to talk unity on any other terms
II everything comes Rock Island.
way, she will consolidate; and there
are some people in Moline who are
foolish enough to wish to hobnoi
with her on such humiliating terms
For the opinion of such people Mo
line should have nothing but the Ut
most contempt"
But This IL Worse.
Added to these rawlings comes the
knowledge that after seeing the re
port in The ARGUS of what was 60
ing to happen in East Moline" /;
Moline reporter rushed to the office
of the East Moline company and de
manded the source of the information
communicated to The ARGUS. Their,
was no one present but a de-
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