Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-07

door policy. By all means give us the
warehouse, one that all steamb boats
can use.
G. E. Adams-I believe the city
should erect respectable warehouse
on the levee. Not only build it, but
control it, and assess each company
that uses it reasonable annual rental
that would pay fair interest to the
municipality for it's investment.
F. L. Myers need warehouse.
that's certain, and the best, safest and
surest plan. to my notion, is for the
city to build it itself
Richard Champion think it would
be the proper thing for the city to
erect a warehouse that would be in
keeping with the improved levee.
Make it ornamental as well as useful.
don't want to see more than one
building there.
James Price-Let us have a float
ing dock. and let it be built by the
steamboat interests.
Dolly Bros.-One warehouse, and
let the city build and control it.
E. F. Dorn-One warehouse, the
property of the city, is what favor.
Passig Bros.-The city should do
whatever building there is to be done
on the river front. Furnish good ac-
cnmmodations for the steam boats
and charge them for the use of the
same.
Louis Weckel-City ownership.
II. Tremann's Sons-We ought to
have a warehouse on the river front.
One building is enough there.
E. j. Sommers-Let the city build
the warehouse and charge rental to
the steam boats.
F. G. Young-Give US a ware
house on the levee-the quicker the
better for the business interests of
Rock Island. You cannot imagine
how much merchants suffered in their
business last year owing to the lack
of proper steamboat facilities for the
short line packets on the river front.
We really think, however, the city
should control the building.
Postmaster L. III. Thomas am
unalterably opposed to exclusive
steamboat warehouse rights on the
levee. The city should control what
ever building there is erected there.
If it cannot build it alone, then it
should enter into joint arrangement
with the steam boat companies where
by the city would WELD the control
ling hand.
j. NJ. Buford-The city should
| build a wharfboat and control it.
George Scnneider-The steamboat
companies should erect the building
and in return for the levee privileges
give the city an equal interest in the
warehouse, which, to my notion,
should be controlled by the city.
L. Simon-It would make no differ
ence to me how many warehouses
were there so that the plans of them
are first approved by the city.
II. d. Folsom-I can see no reason
why the city should not adopt the
best plan-and that seems to be to
build and control the warehouse.
Among the Heavy shippers.
F. A. Head, General Manager Rock
Island Plow Company would say
let the city build and control the
warehouse, and assess the steam boat
companies an animal rental for the
privilege of using the same.
Capt. A. M. Blakesley, Rock Island
Stove Company-My position is en-
phatically in favor of the city provid-
ing whatever warehouse there is to be
erected on the river front, and what
| is more, retain absolute control of it,
charging the steam boat interests a
reasonable rental for the occupancy of
the building.
f. G. Denkmann, Weyerhauser &
! Denkmann-If the CITY is to remain in
control of the improved levee, and it
seems to me it should, why the better
plan would appear for the municipal
| ity to erect the warehouse and control
it, assessing the steam boats an annual
rental.
George E. Bailey-Of course we
need steam boat accommodations, and
my idea is that we should have a
wharfboat to be built by the city and
an annual rental charged those compa-
MES that used it. But if such plan can
not be carried out, let the companies
go into joint arrangement and build.
l am opposed to special privileges to
any one company.
L. Il. McNevin, McNevin & Gan
sert-I think the plan for the city
to build and own the ware
house as good as any. But there
should be warehouse provided that
would be large enough for all the river
interests with which the city has
dealings.
II. Clemann, of Clemann 6 Salz-
mann-The city should build the
warehouse and rent it to the steam
boat companies.
+. w. Bahnsen, Hartz IL Bahnsen
Wholesale Drug Company-My idea is
that we should have a warehouse on
the levee. Our experience last sea-
son demonstrated that a warehouse is
needed. not because of the Dilmond
10 company's attitude, but because If
the absence of warehouse accommo-
dations for shipments by the two local
packet lines. 1t seems to me that
the best and safest way to dispose of
the matter is for the city to erect and