Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-04-09
NOW FOR THE LEVEE,
Mayor Medill To Have Hearty
Cooperation in Carrying
Forward His Plan.
WILL BE NO FURTHER DELAY.

The Long Looked for. Long Axisased
Improvement Certain Of Completion
With the Opening Of This Seasons
Work-seldsh Interests to be Pushed
Aside.
The fact that Mayor Medill will
have the advantage of a council
wholly in sympathy with all his
plans for the futherance of public
Improvements the coming season,
gives assurance to the fact that the
long agitated, long sought for levee
improvement will be carried through
to success. The representatives. Of
selfish corporation interests in the
council have been weeded out. and if
byrchance any Of them should get
back, he will be 80 insignificant in
Che influence welded that he will cut
little or no figure, anyway. The no.
tice given by Mayor Medill last Mon
day night that he proposed to insist
upon an early adjudication of ali
questions OF railway rights, was but
the first step toward the entire dis
position of the river front question.
This will be followed by other plans
which the mayor has long had In
mind for the completion Of this all
important project.
Known Friends.
That the completion of this much
desired improvement has been de-
lsyed from time to time, and ham.
pered when all but contaminated by
selfish design and influence is too
we'll known to require extended COM
ment. Perhaps the new Terminal
company has done no more than any
Of the other corporations affected
there in contributing to the obstruc.
ting tactics, but it has done its part
THE ARGUS does not want to be con.
sidered in making this assertion that
1t is an enemy of the Terminal COM
pany. It has never been 80, al
though it has found that
companys promoters hostile to
public enterprises, which were
near to the papers heaet. Never
theless. THE ARGUS believes in en-.
coursging new corporations. This
has always been its record, and be-
cause it has not exhibitea the custo-
mary commentator Of the Terminal
company is due to the fact, to be
frank, that it has never been placed
in position to know Just how far
its promises and professions were
sincere and worthy. nor has it found
anyone else more fortunate than
itself. While the paper believes 10
taking chances on such ur dertakings
as promise new roads and other good
things for Rock Island, it will not
commit it's endorsement to any plan
Of which it is not entirely familiar.
That has always been its policy.
When The ARGUS stood alone
among the papers of the three
cities as the champion Of the consoli-
dated street railway system of the
three cities, and fought for it in all
the franchises it sought from
the councils and the govern
ment, it knew whereof it
spoke. Subsequent developments
amply justified its course and
brought 10 the three cities q street
railway system that has since com.
manded the praise Of all newspapers,
all councils and the public generally.
It will be found advocating fairness
to all other corporations whom 1t
knows absolutely to be acting in
good faith, and it has only the hope
that the Terminal company will
prove to Rock Island all that is ex.
pected of it.
Interests of Othsr Corporations.
There are other corporation inter.
ests that have exerted an un-
friendly interest in the levee improv.
ments, but this spirit is, it is under
stood, to be in a measure removed in
the future. At all events, let III
hope so, for it is much more salts.
factory to put through a great en-
terprise with all interests friendly
than otherwise. But the levee
must be put through this year, re-
gardless Of the disposition of whom
soever it concerns. The improve
ment has waited long enough.
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