Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-20
MOLINE

Car Repairers' Office Burns.-Fire
yesterday afternoon almost entirely
| destroyed the car repairers' office of
the D.. r. l. & y. w. on Twenty-first
street north of Second avenue. The
| Central fire company was called, but
the flames had already broken out
through the roof before they arrived
While all the building was not burned
it was made entirely useless and will
have to be torn down. The origin of
| the fire is not known
| Contaeion is Prevalent.-Contagion
in the city has increased considerably
the past week and rs cases are report
ed by Health Commissioner Meyer
There are in round numbers, about
forty cases of cOntagion in the city
at the present time and scarlet fever
| is in the lead. In the report for the
past week it shows % cases of scarlet
fever three of diphtheria and two of
chickenpox. One death from scarlet
fever of a man % years old was re-
ported
Looking Over Postoffice Sites. X.
| Taylor, supervising architect who has
the matter of locating the site for the
Moline postoffice, arrived yesterday.
Bright and early, before Postmaster
Eastman or any other person had met
| him. he looked over the proposed sites.
Later in the morning he came TO the
pOstofiice and since then has met the
agents for the various sites offered the
government The after he spent at
the Office gathering data for the re-
port he will make to the authorities at
| Washington, ID. c. Regarding the
sites offered the government | see NJ
unusual advantages in any of the
SITES said Mr. Taylor. 'They are all
practically within the requirements set
| by the government. one being as cen
| trally located as the other so far as the
work of distributing mail goes. There
| is only one more condition to be as
certained and that is the wish of Mo
line people. for they are the ones TO be
considered | would be pleased to see
any citizen interested and have him
| tell me why the office should be locat-
ed on any one of the proposed sites.
All | do is TO gather data and if posi-
BILE find out which site would be to
the best advantage of Moline citizens.
| make my report and the secretary
makes his decision accordingly. He
may not decide according to my recon-
mendaticn. if | make one. for he may
have other information"
Drove in Front of Car.-While at
tempting TO drive TO one side of the
street in order to pass a teamster,
Theophole Claeys of this city. retail
oil dealer, drove on to the interurban
tracks. and was struck by west
bound interurban car. The accident
happened yesterday on Fourth avenue
between Twenty fourth and Twenty
fifth streets. Claeys was thrown to
the pavement and was bruised about
the head and hips His oil wagon
was badly smashed. and one of his
horses was badly hurt.
Badly Hurt in Fall-CharleS
Weckel, employed by Collins brothers,
in erecting Deere & Co.'S new build
ing on Third avenue. was badly injur-
Gu yesterday when he ISll ITOIl d ldb-
der. distance of about 10 feet Mr.
Weckel had just climbed TO the top of
the ladder. when it slipped from under.
precipitating him to the concrete floor
below He struck upon the side of his
head, sustaining a bad scalp wound.
The man was rendered unconscious.
and was hurried to the hospital in the
ambulance.
Has First Run.-Captain Jim Trevor
and his firemen of station No. ; made
their first run Sunday evening since
the installing of the new department
by the city The call was to the home
of John Forsberg. SIS Fourth avenue.
where quite a bad blaze was eXtin-
guished with little damage to the
household effects Fire broke out
about $50 on the first floor caused by
a defective f1ue in the chimney. which
passed through the house The fire
was burning briskly, but was quickly
eXtinguished after the arrival of the
firemen. with only a small loss of
about SIS or $40.
Obituary Record.-Mr. and Mrs.
Reno Wander Vennet mourn the loss
of their 1 u -year-old baby boy. Morse,
who died Saturday evening of bron
chitis.