Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-05
MOLINE

is Earliest ReStdent.-GeOrSe ii. Ed |
wards is the earliest settler of Moline |
who still resides in the city. Mr.. Ed |
wards has record of ~ years resi- |
dence, broken only by a short period |
spent on a farm in Henry county dur
ing which, however, he did not relin- |
quish his citizenship here. He came
to the small settlement in 1885 with
his parents. He was then a boy of 6
years. The family resided during the
early days in the vicinity of what is
now Twenty-second street and Third
avenue, part of the tract being what
is now occupied by Hawthorn resi-
dence formerly occupied by w. ]. Ell
trikin. The old house which the Ed
wards family built in 1888 is still
standing, having been moved to the
east side of Twenty-secOnd street i'm
mediately noEth of the railroad tracks
1t was sold to A. Q. Anderson, who
still owns it, Mr. Edwards under
stands. 1t was very substantially built
and had black walnut siding, though
| it is understood this has been replaced
in later years by pine.
May Open Before Christmas-There
| remains only the installation of four
| electrical motors TO operate the lower
gates and valves before the Moline
| lock is completed The local repre-
sentative of the bravo Construction
company estimates that. so far as the
lock proper is concerned, a steamer
1 IA ha 40
clared open for navigation by the 18th
of this month. Within 10 days the
government forces will be able to
start on the destruction of the Golfer
dam. 1t is not probable that this can
be completed by the 18th. but there is
still hope that ii may be done early
enough to allow the passage of a
steamer through the lock before
Christmas The upper gates of the
lock are entirely completed The
motors for the lower end are on hand
and only await installation. In all
there are eight motors, four to each
end. OF these four two are used to
operate the gates. one for each leaf;
and two to open and close the mon
ster valves, two at either end, through
which the lock is filled and emptied.
The gate motors are of ~ horse
power and the others of five. Elec,
tricity to operate them will be taken
from The government water power
plant.
Married in observation-disclosures Yeo-
ward. 412 Eleventh street. and Miss
EAmanda Miller. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Miller of South Moline
sprung surprise on their friends
Tuesday when they announced that
they had been married for month
the ceremony having been performed
at the parsonage of the Baptist church
of Clinton, Rev Mr. Miller officiating
Last Nov. /, the couple accompanied
by Mrs. Bertha Rex and Miss Grimes
of Rock Island slipped out of the city
to Davenport and took an l. & |. train
to Clinton and after the ceremony en-
joyed an elaborate dinner at the Lafay
cite hotel. They then returned to Mo
, line and have lived with the bride.
parents since
. Makes Offer TO Sivis.-Silvis ha!
: been made a proposition for a power
and lighting plant by William Down
> ing of Silvis. The proposition is sim
. liar in nearly every respect to the re
cent proposition submitted to the cit!
. council of East Moline. and it has beer
taken under advisement. Mr. Down
ing asks for 20-year franchise TO fur
, nish light and power to the village
also supply gas and heat if the boarC
so desires. AT the end of the 20 years
i if the village desires. it can purchas,
the plant from Mr.. Downing. the sal,
Z price to be named by a committee.