Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-11
TO ADVERTISE CITY
Rock Island Club Encourages
Plan of Appointing Com
mercial Agent.
COMMITTEE TO GO INTO MATTER
Resolutions Of encouragement for
Two Important Enterprises
Passed.

y number of matters of Importance
were acted upon at the meeting of
the members of the Rock Island Club
last evening. Not the least impor-
tant was that of appointing com
mlttee to cooperate with the commit
tee from the Retail Merchants asso-
citation for the purpose of consider
ing the advisability of securing the
services of someone competent to act
in the capacity of commercial agent
for the city.
The matter was presented by Pres
ident F. \. Head, who explained the
need that exists for Il proper repre-
sentatiOn of the advantages of this
city as manufacturing and distribu-
ting point after the plan adopted by
many other cities. lie argued that
literature should he prepared and
Systematically circulated. Whatever
has been done lin the way of attract
ing the attention of the outside world
to the city has been in the past left
with tire business men who are occu-
pied with their own affairs and are
therefore not able to give it the at
tention that they should. After dis
cussing the matter the club voted
the president authority TO name
committee as desired
Telephone Problem Up.
The club also lent it's backing to n
movement originating in Moline and
having the Endorsement of the various
organizations of business men of
that city, the Rock Island County
Medical society and the Rock Island
Retail Merchants association for the
solution of the problem presented by
two telephone systems. \ confer
ence to attempt settlement of the
question is to be held at room 40 in
the Mitchell & Lynde building in this
city next Friday evening, and Presi-
dent Head was authorized to appoint
a committee TO attend. He named W.
{. Maucker, c. J. Larkin and Meyer
Levi.
r. f. Little. of Milan. representing
the Western Illinois Electric Railway
company Incorporated for the pur-
pose of building an electric road from
this city to Aledo. delivered an adj
dress in which he explained the route
the road proposes following and the
advantages that its construction
would assure to this city and point
ed out that it is now proposed to
build a road from Galesburg TO Mus
catine, passing through Aledo, which
would take to the Iowa town the
trade that would otherwise come
here. The club adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolved, That the moral indorse-
ment of the Rock Island Club be cx-
tended to the Western Illinois Rail
way company in its endeavor to con-
struct an interurban railway from
Rock Island to Aledo.''
The committee previously appoint
ed to assist in locating the proposed
bridge across Rock river between this
and Henry counties was instructed to
use its efforts to solve the problem
of effecting u crossing over Rock
river for the road represented by Mr..
Little.
FavOrs Paving.
encouragement was also extended
to the efforts of the Bluff Improve
ment association to secure the i'm
proving of Fourteenth avenue west
of Thirtieth street. The matter was
presented by Aid. A. G. Anderson,
and the club adopted the following
resolution: 9
Whereas. An effort is now sbeiug
made by the Bluff Improvement as
sociation and property holders be-
tween Thirtieth and Forty-fourth
streets to improve Fourteenth ave
nue. with brick pavement by popular
subscription and by special taxation;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Rock Island
Club heartily indorses the efforts now
being made for said improvement and
would recommend to our citizens
that they assist the undertaking as
much TonScihIo