Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-24
MOLINE MENTION

At a meeting Tuesday evening the !
eonsummation of months of work |
was brought about with the orgdniza-
ton of the Pillow City Building, Loan !
and Savings association, a corpora
ton which promises TO fill an i'm
portant field in this city and whose |
success and security is assured by |
the names of those who are connect
ed with it. The first business of the |
meeting was to adopt a charter and |
bylaws, after which came the cleo I
ton of directors, as follows: Three /
years, III. s. Fristoe, w. III. Christi |
son, +. \. Herbst; two years, NJ. w. |
Battles, Jr., c. F. Hunt, \. S Wright; |
one year, IL. r. Albrecht. Nostic Star
ofsky, j. b. Magill.. The board of I
directors then met and elected the |
following officers: President, II. S. |
Fristoe; vice president, f. \. Herbst;
secretary, ID. j. Webb; treasurer, w. |
II. Christison; attorney, George w. |
Wood.
Mayor Vessel and other city officials |
made an investigation of the manner |
in which the ballast is being spread |
between the rails on the new street |
afternoon and the result was that |
fiare-up ensued between the railroad |
men and the officials. Complaint had |
been made by property owners that |
not enough macadam was being
spread over the sub-grade, the claim
being that the job would not be a |
good one unless changes were made
and more macadam used. The en-
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cussion, the railroad people contend
ing that they were living up to
the specifications providing for the
paving. One of the railroad foremen
ordered the paving inspector off the
job, and for an hour or two there
promised to be trouble, but the mat
ter was finally amicably settled.
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Mr.. and Mrs. {. II. Lippincott de-
parted for Michillinda yesterday to
spend the rest of the summer. Mrs.
c. r. Stephens left Tuesday for the
same place with her children.
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Architect o. Il. Cervin has complet-
ed plans for modern two-story
business block which will be erected
by +. A. and Mrs. Pierr on property
adjoining on Fifth avenue. The
plans provide for a two-story build
ing, 22xS0 feet in dimensions. 1t will
be arranged for modern we'll
lighted storeroom with a light and
dry basement. The second floor will
contain fat of five rooms and two
office rooms in the front part, facing
the avenue. The plumbing, heating
nd oil mi liprhf
ough and complete throughout the
building. The front will be of press
ed brick and will be finished in terra
Gotta. The second story will con-
tain large triple window. which
will be framed with nodded brick,
and the entire building will cost in
the neighborhood of $4,000.
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Yesterday morning the Barber As
phalt company began laying the top
course of asphalt on the Fifteenth
street job, covering the east end of
the work. The company has erected
its plant at the Riverview park near
the waterworks. the railroad COM
panies constructing side tracks for
the accommodation of the plant.
which is built on railroad trucks and
is a complete plant with steam en-
gines. etc. The work is progressing
well, but the company is experiencing
some difficulty in securing transfers,
delaying work somewhat, not enough
teamsters being secured to keep the
plant in steady operation. New
wagons are being used in the work
here, eight or ten being idle on ac-
count of the shortage of teams and
drivers. Crushed rock is being haul
Sd here from Chicago for the binder
course.
While the bills against the chau-
tauqua are not all in it is believed
the receipts will cover the expenses
and possibly leave small balance.
While no definite plans for the future
have been formed it has been decided
to have another chautauqua next
year and to make it even better than
this one has been. Several of the
chautauqua committee declare they
will not assist in the promotion of
another chautauqua unless a perma-
nent building is supplied by the
street railway people.
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1t was decided by the city council
in committee of the whole Tuesday
evening to open Fifth avenue from
street east through
the cemetery grounds at point 325
feet south of the south line of
Fourth avenue. 1t had been discov-
cred that a curved road for the Fifth
avenue extension would not permit
of the proposed athletic field in the