Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-12-07
MOLINE
Pillow Company Let's contraet.-Two

Pillow Company Let's Contract.-Two |
important contracts were awarded by |
the Moline Pillow company Saturday |
forenoon for new warehouses, one to
be erected at Freeport, and the other
at Omaha to replace the one recently
destroyed by fire. The Freeport job
was awarded to A C. Stouffer and the
Omaha job to a contractor in that city.
When the building in Freeport is COM
pleted it will be one of the largest in
the city 1t is to be five stories high
with basement and S5x304 feet. An
idea of the dimensions may be gained
when it is known that it will be twice
the size of the Pillow company's ware
house on Eighteenth street, in Moline.
1t is to be built for the Freeport Car
riage company.
Eagles at SIvis.-Silvis is destined
to have an enthusiastic Eagles lodge.
The field has been canvassed thor
oughly by George Beers, secretary of
| the Moline aerie, and it appears very
inviting. He took the first step to-
ward organizing an aerie, to secure
signers of an application for charter.
From the beginning prospects were
bright, and it now is only question
of short time when the charter will
be secured. In order to get charter.
55 charter members must be secured.
Already 81 have signed and the re-
naming Is will be easily secured
Now that the matter has been agitated
in Silvis, several men in Carbon Cliff
have expressed a desire to join also
several in WATERFOWL.
Building Nearly Done.-Work on the
plant of the Velie Motor Vehicle COM
pany, in which are to be built the Velie
automobiles, is rapidly nearing COM
pletion. When finished the building
will be one of the most modern known
to the motor-vehicle industry in this
country The building is of vitrified
brick and reinforced concrete, ground
dimensions $4,000. 1t occupies ground
400 feet north of the carriage plant,
and the plan is to add an extension 200
feet long to the west end of the build
ing, thus doubling the capacity as
soon as trade conditions warrant. The
boilers for heating the building have
been placed with this end in view
| o.
Office Force Shifted.-A shifting
about of the office force of the Moline
Wagon company brings promotion to
several of the Office men of the plant
Frank A. Herbst, for years traffic man
ager, has been made assistant super
intendent that he may confine his at
tention exclusively to the manufacture
ling of which department he has gained
intimate knowledge during his twenty
or more years he has been with the
company and for which he has demon
strated special fitness. Mr.. Herbst's
lduties as traffic manager are taker
lover by George L. Brumbaugh; Ar
{ thur l.. Reid leaves the sales depart
ment to become travelling salesman il
Iowa territory; Charles Rosenfield Of
t Rock Island becomes assistant sale.
t manager under W. l.. Clark. Clarl
Anderson is the new clerk taken il
the Office.
| Obituary Record.-Neils G. F. Grun
Idall, employed as grinder and polishe
l Iby the Moline Pillow company answer
4 ed deaths call at his home, All Sew
l lenteenth avenue, Friday evening. Mr.
Grundalrs death was due to tubercula
2 meningitis. from which he had beer
suffering for eighteen months. He wa
born in Germany May 8, 1879. Hi
parents came to America when he wa
an infant and settled in Clinton Iowa
In 1897 he came to Moline. He wa
= united in marriage in 1898 and hi
4 wife survives with two children. Al
7 thur and Marie. Before he passe,