Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-11
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Banner Transferred.-F. NJ. Banner
for IL years freight and passenge.
agent of the Rock Island road in Mo
line has received word of his transfc,
10 the position of agent of the Rock
Island at Peoria. The change comes
in the light of a substantial promotion
for Mr.. Banner, for Peoria is rated
fourth among all the local offices of
the system, based on the volume of
business the Rock Island annually
handles in and out of that city Nj.
Banner will depart in about ten days
for his new post. AS yet no decision
has been reached as to his successor
here.
MoIders Take Over Foundry.-Mod.
ers employed at the Moline Pump cor
pany have formed Il cooperative con-
pany and will cOntine the business OF
| the foundry. The management of the
Moline Pump company gave notice
| that it would discontinue the ope--
alton of its foundry, at least temporar.
| lily and when the mOlders were given
| this information, they organized u
company to continue the foundry. Til"
concern will be known as the Moline
| Pump Company Foundry association
At meeting, the following officers
were elected: President, ~ e Peu-
ney; vice president. Roy Schofcr; maa-
lager, Henry O'Brien; secretary, Will
liam Efiland; directors, W. L. Swan
son, Fred Weggc and Louis Johnson.
Body Bore Moline Card.-A card and
some papers taken from a body taken
tout OF the Mississippi river 10 miles
below Lacrosse, Wis, would indicate
that the man either had lived III Mo
line or at least had passed through
here. y card was taken out of tho
clothes on which was printed "Tri-Citv
Fish q Oyster company, Moline. HI,
and this led the coroner of that couu-
ty to write here, notifying the police
Papers found in his clothes indica. .
that the mans name was Edward Muir.
ray. Nobody at the Tri-City Fish &
Oyster cOmpany's house knew any.
= thing about the man and he probabi,
procured the card while passir@
through the city.
No Extension This Year-Dcfinitc
announcement is made by T. S. LloyC
superintendent of motive power of tn.
Rock Island road, to the effect that n,
Improvements or extensions will be uu
. dertaken this year at the Silvis shop
of the system. Mr.. Lloyd writes: 81
beg to advise that the budget for thi,
year does not indicate any plans fo
extension of SiIvis shop"
Wants Factory Site.-Providing NJ
line gives satisfactory inducements
the Combined Liquid Tank & Frcigh
Car company will locate its plant {;
Moline. The company. which has it
present offices in Chicago. wants fiji
teen acres of land on which two larg
buildings will be erected, and althoug
starting with a list of employees nur
It bering $50 the company will eventual
t ly employ 5000 men.
/ Freeman Returns to Y. M. c. A.
q Friends of the Moline Young Men
Christian association and of John :
st Freeman, will be especially pleased t
learn that he has been called and a.
cepted the position of secretary of tn
4 local association recently left vacau
by the retirement of J. L. Roger. r
II signed. Mr. Freeman formerly ocCl
u pied the same position prior to tn
coming of Mr.. Roger and then demon
IS strated his executive ability to manag
the affairs of the association. Unde
his leadership, the membership has il
:, creased as it never did before. A yea
= ago. Mr.. Freeman resigned the pos
.. ton to go into other work.
II Anderson Let OF Easy.-At the pr,
II liminary hearing of Ted Anderson WI.
IS was charged with interfering with raj
$. roads, Police Magistrate Gustafs ,
/ dismissed the case on a motion of tn
C prosecution. He was fined $25 an,
s costs on a disOrdcrIy conduct charge.
s. May Publish Belgian Paper.-Molin
d may soon have another newspaper
D. owned and operated by the prOminer
e Belgians of the city Stock is beiu
: subscribed at the present time and
n is expected to have the first edition O
# the new paper printed in the fall. TIL
~ object of the paper will be for the al
vancement of the Belgian rationale
- in the United States