Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-21
LESS THAN MONTH
Will See Opening OfIuterurbaD From
Davenport to Clin-
ton.
PROGRESS is MADE
Poles Nearly all up and Laying of
Track Proceeding Quarter
Mile Day.

Clinton Herald: The present indica-
tons are that the interurban cars on
the new l. G. |. will be running into
Clinton from Davenport about the 18th
of October or at the latest the first
of November. During the past few
days work has been progressing more
rapidly on the construction of the
Clinton Davenport line, which gives
rise TO the rumor that the company
will now rush the work to its final
completion and have its cars in opera
ton at the time originally intended,
the middle of the coming month. Gin
ton people will be glad TO see the big
cars of the intCrurban line gliding
down Sixth avenue to the loop and
bacl; on their way to the Scott county
capital.
The work of grading for the line is
practically completed and One-half of
the steel has been laid. 4 work train
has been employed on the line during
the past week or ten days, and two
trains are to be used this week, il is
understood, in order to facilitate the
work of laying the tracks. The train
is in the vicinity of the overhead
crossing, near Camanche. The tracks
are laid from the Kelly Bros. factory.
in Manufacturers addition. this city.
southwark to the overhead crossing
near Camanche The steel gang is
moving southwark Il quarter of a mile
each day. laying the steel and spiking
it into place. The steel is all in from
Bettendorf, to which point cars have
been running from Davenport, to a
point some little distance north of
Pleasant Valley: few blocks are COM
pleted in LeClaire. and couple of
miles of track is in from ShafftOn
south Some little grading remains
to be completed in the vicinity of the
tile works, and between Princeton and
LeClaire.
Poles Nearly Up.
The poles are all up with the eX-
ception of a short stretch of line,
from Davenport to ShafftOn, and from
this city to a point about mile south
of the site of the power house, just
without the city limits. The gang
which is employed laying the trolley
poles get over from a half to three
fOurths of a mile of ground every day,
and the poles will all be in before
long. They are set in the ground at
distance of 40 feet apart, and each
is equipped with a steel cross arm, eX
tending over the track to support the
trolley. In the towns along the route.
and in the upper and lower terminal of
the line. two poles are set up parallel
| to each other. instead of the single
pole and cross arm. The double poles
also are used along the line where
soft places were found i'll the road
| bed, and ii was thought that the single
poles would not be firm enough to sup
| port the trolley. No wire has yet been
strung, but the stringing of wire viii
proceed rapidly once it is started. The
remainder of the line will be cOmplet-
ed before the wire is strung.
The walls of the powerhOuse west OF
| Clinton are abOunt One-half completed.
The new power house is located near
Mill creek. on the FenlOn farm. The
| boilers have been installed in the
structure and the smoke stack is be-
| ing bricked up. The stack is 40 feet
| in height.
Large crews of men are scattered
along the tracks, finishing the grading
and preparation of the roadbed, laying
steel, boiling and spiking the rails to-
gether and to the ties, and filling in
the completed tracks. Several hun
dreds of men are thus engaged.