Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-01
MOLINE
Must Pay Fare now.-The new order


Must Pay Fare now.-The new order II
If the Rock Island road that New i
Shops employees living in Moline must II
Jay cent fare on the worktrain II
went into effect today. Heretofore II
New Shops employees living in Moline II
nave been charged nothing for trans
1ortation. The new order Will add 10
cents a day to the mems expenses.
Men living in Rock Island and Daveu-
port will continue to pay cent fare
as in the past.
VIII Build Standpipe.-It is now d.
clded that the city of East Moline will |
this fall build standpipe, reservoir and |
station as the first step in the
creation of a municipal waterworks |
system. There yet remain a few de
tails to be arranged before advertise,
ment for bids can be made, but it is |
planned TO have the contract let at a |
sufficiently early date to allow the |
completion of the work before winte.. |
sets in.
Saloonkeeper Loses License.-Ed
Van Dazzle, proprietor of the saloon
on Seventh avenue and Fourteenth
street, where brawl and fight o.
Cured week ago last Sunday afte'-
noon, was arrested yesterday and fined
for violating the Sunday closing ordi-
nance, and later Mayor Olson revoked
his license.
Paving Contracts Let.-COntracts for
four jobs of paving were let yesterday;
two bids were rejected and one JOB
was confirmed by the board of local
improvements. All four jobs were
awarded to the Mccarthy Improve
ment company of Davenport. as fo,-
lows: Twenty-third street from Sew
enth avenue south; Sixth avenue FROM
Twelfth to Fifteenth streets; Thir-
teenth street from Fifth to Seventh
avenues; Fourteenth street from Fifth
to Seventh avenues. The bids on the
job for Eighteenth avenue from Sev-
enth to Tenth streets, and on Tenth
street from Sixteenth avenues were
rejected, because the board thought
that the bids We're too high. The Tri-
city Construction company was the
only other bidder.
Loses Boarding PIace.-A man 81
years of age and unable to speak Eng
fish has disappeared from 12221a Thic
avenue. where he engaged board last
week Wednesday. He paid in advance
for his board and then started out IL
and applied to the police station, but
as he had no address no assistance
could be given. The man has moi
since appeared at his boarding placS
where his clothing is held awaiting
his return.
Obituary Record.-After a years i'll
ness resulting from a severe attack o
typhoid fever. Miss Louise Mason o
Erie, H.. died Sunday night at the Tri
city Sanitarium. Her death is pa
ticularly a sad one A year ago. Mr.
,, Charles Mason. sister-in-aw, an,
who was Miss Mary Walker of Molin
passed away and then last January sh
= was bereft of her mother and nov
deaths angel has claimed her, leavin,
but her father, George Mason. pos
= master of Erie, and her brother
- Charles. Miss Mason was well know
in Moline to the younger set, havin
;, visited the Misses Grace and Edn
= Eastman at various times. She was 2
. years of age. Eleven weeks ago sh
. came to Moline and went to a san
q tarium in hopes of recuperattng he
- health but her constitution was Ut
n strong enough TO withstand the ra
: ages of disease after the severe cas-
n of typhoid fever she had experience
p Andrew Bengston passed to his re
: Saturday afternoon at his home. 25C
.s Fifth avenue. Death was due to o.
n age and heart failure. which has bee
n troubling the venerable man for som
6 time. He was born in Ullareds-socke
ID Hollands Lane, Sweden, March 5, 1872
II and came to this city from the o
10 country in 1870 Mr.. Bengston was
cabinetmaker and he resided in tn
city until death. For % years he WI
employed in the wood department
Deere & Co.'S, and retired from Il
shop in 1898 He has been a reside
in of the east end for a number of yea
and made many friends who W
mourn his death.
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