Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-09

Committee Appointed TO Confer
With Directors of Rock
Island Club
BY the RIVER ASSOCIATION
Effort Being Made to Secure Railway
Rates-May Trave! in Chartered
Sleeping Car.

a number of meetings have been held
concerning the deep waterway conven-
ton at St Louis on the 18th and 10th
| Of November The final action on the
part of the city council, the Rock Island
Cub, the Retail Merchants association
and the River Improvement associa-
tiOn has resulted in the following def
mite plans: a delegation of IA alder
men. together with the MAYOR. 10 dele
gates from the Retail Merchants asso.
citation, and five from the River Inn
lprovement association chosen from the
| city at large are to make up the delega-
ton.
A private coach to accommodate the
entire delegation, with the sleeping ac-
commodatiOns attached thereto, will be
procured, SO that as matter of con
yenience the delegation will be well
equipped for the three days trip.
There is no doubt that convention
having for its object the Improvement
of the waterways in the center of the
United States furnishes TO the people
the satisfaction of knowing that the
spirit OF the times is leading in the di-
rection of decided action on the part
of the government officials to begin
work Immediately on these natural
highways of commerce
Ii is generally conceded that The ONLY
safe way to check the cXorbitant
freight charges is through the use of
water transportation. and there is not
a single factory or business house in
the city of Rock Island but what is di-
rectiy affected by this movement.
Ii there can be created in the halls of
congress feeling that the people de
mand the internal Improvement of
these great waterways, there is not a
single city along the Mississippi river
but what will receive its proportionate
share in return for the money that has
been expended To create permanent wa
ter transportation during the warm
months of the year.
Committee il Appointed.
At meeting of the local association
for furtherinE the river interests last
evening at the city council room. a |
committee composed of Captain D.. W. |
WisheTd. w. c. Maucker. and Mayor |
McCaskrin was appointed to endeavor
to secure railway rates to the Water
ways convention at St. Louis next
week. a committee composed of VIC. |
and the mayor was appointed |
to wait on the Rock Island club Greet |
OIs and ask the appointment of like |
committee to cooperate in the move /
ment for a large representation of the |
city at the convention. The committee
is instructed to secure information as
to how many delegates Rock Island |
VIII be entitled to in the convention
1t is planned, if a large delegation can
be made up from this city. to charter
several sleeping cars to make the trip
to St. Louis. The committee is at
work on the matter today.
The impetus given the movement by
he city council will probably result in
he citys being represented by large
number of business men at the meet
ms.
Hold Joint Meeting.
This afternoon at a joint meeting of
he directors of the Rock Island Club,
of the Retail Merchants
association and the river association,
Ion. 7. J. Medill, who presided, named
he following finance committee to
make preparations to send the dele
,ates TO the convention: MAYOR Me
}askrin, chairman; Captain d. w l.
Nisherd, Mayer Levi. Albert Huber,
nd T'B Reidy