Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-09-03
LEVI Is SELECTED
Hustling Citizen is Appointed Lo-
cal Commercial Repre-.
sentative
WITH OFFICE AT THE CLUB
Believed the Right Man to Push Rock
Island Ahead in All
Lines.

Announcement is made that Mayer
Levi has been appointed secretary of
the Rock Island Industrial Commission,
and has already assumed his duties.
| The appointment of the secretary is
| one of the results of the meeting of
| the Rock Island Club and the Retail
| Merchants association, held at the
Rock Island Club for the purpose of
considering ways and means of fur
thering the interests of industrial and
commercial Rock Island Mr.. Levi. as
secretary of the commission, will cover
what may be termed the border ground
| of the Industrial development of the
city. He will have the same relations
| 30 the city as the commercial agen:
has to other cities. Mr.. Lewis work
will be in connection with four joint
committees of the Rock Island Club
and the Retail Merchants association.
the committees being those on rail
| roads, conventions. manufactures, and
jobbing These committees are COM
posed of six members each, three be-
| ing from the club, and three from the
| Retail Merchants association The
| chairmen of these committees, togeth-
er with the president of the two organ
lzatiOns furthering the movement. T.
j. Medill and F. 4. Myers presidents
respectively, of the Club and Mer-
| chants association. form the board of
control of the Industrial commission.
Work Not Fully Outlined.
The work which will be undertaken
has not yet been fully outlined. as this
| line of effort is new in Rock Island,
and new to Mr.. Levi. He plans to de-
velop the work along the line suggest
ed by the four committees mentioned,
one of the ideas of the commission be-
| ing to protect the interests of the city
from any discrimination in favor of
points in the way of unequal rates and
transportation charges, and the en-
couragement of new industries and en-
terprises. Secretary Levi asks the
systematic cooperation of all citizens
who have the real interest of the city
at heart.
| The secretary's office will be located
on the second floor of the Rock Island
Club building, two rooms having been
given over to Mr. Levi. His salary
will be 81 500 for the first six months.
and thereafter at the rate of $4,000
per annum.
| 4 Wise Selection.
The commission has, since raising
the funds for the expense of the COM
mercial secretary, taken ample time
to deliberate upon the essential quail
ties to make 4 successful incumbent of
the office. Mr.. Levi, leading men,
Der of the Rock Island Club and one
of its former officials. as well as a well
known and popular citizen. has been
in the minds of many of the members
from the first. Having had considera-
BILE experience as a shipper, he is pos
sessed of peculiar advantages in this
respect. while added to this he is a
natural hustler. a man of much ener-
| gy and pleasing address, who nolds
| the welfare of Rock Island near to his
heart. He has already done much in
a quiet way in cooperation with COM
mittees for the city's advancement in
| the encouragement of new factories,
and now that he finds these duties ex-
clusively and essentially within his Of
| fetal sphere, and with the responsible
| ity of making a showing in all lines
| that look to the city's progress and adj
vancement, he may be counted upon
to put exceptional vim into all he I'M
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