Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-18
MOLINE

Plan Boat House.-The members of
the Moline Boat club have started
plans for boat house which will be
finished and in condition to be used in
| side of the next month. A meeting
was held Tuesday evening and the
committee which has had this matter
in charge reported that the only suita-
BILE place to build boat house was
above the ice houses in the east end
| of town and that was too far away
from the owners of boats to have their
launches.
Putting in Oil Burners.-An innova
!, ton on the Rock Island system on the
Kansas Oklahoma division, is the in
PRODUCTION of the oil burner engines,
which are being made at the Silvis
shops at the present time. Workmen
are engaged night and day overhauling
and eQuipping engines with the oil
burners, and before the work is COM
,plete Al freight engines will have this
new apparatus. A force of 20 men is
|
oil burner engines will be turned out
this month.
Want Bridge to Be Pretty.-The To-
cal branch of the American Institute
of Architects held regular session at
the home of Architect SEVERN in this
lefty Tuesday evening. 1t was a repre-
sentative gathering of the architects
of all three cities and matters of NUM-
cipal improvement vital to the tri-cities
were discussed. One matter that Sc
lcured particular attention was the pro
lposed new bridge from the Rock Island
arsenal to Moline, now under consid
GRAFTON by the federal authorities. 1t
was the cQncensus of opinion that
precedent should be departed from in
this instance and that the matter of
beauty should be considered as well as
that of utility in constructing it. The
architects believed that, instead of a
conventional steel structure, the gov
eminent should erect one of reinforced
concrete that could be made architec-
turally artistic The associated archi-
tects intend to take the matter up with
1.-The government officials and see what
can be done to secure such struc-
ture The matter of river front i'm
provement was also discussed.
: Calls Special Eection.-The board
of education has called a special cleo
ton in the matter of the projected cree
, ton of a manual training building to
take place Saturday, June 81 The
, voting place will be at the city hall
, and the polls will be open from s a. N.
. to p. m.
, To Sue Paving Company.-The city
attorney will file in the Rock Island
p circuit court this week tie long awaited
suit against the Barber Asphalt com
pany, by which the city hopes to re
cover on the poor paving which was
, foisted on it i'm the Fifteenth street
, job. Mr.. Shallberg is waiting only un
til he can complete the declaration, on
which he is now busy. The suit will
+ be for $4,000, the amount of the bond
which the company gave to insure its
performance of the contract. The dec
g laration will allege that this contract
has been violated and therefore the
bond is forfeited. The contract pro
!, vided that the paving should be con
structed of such materials and will
such workmanship that it would con
tinue in good condition for a period Of
10 years. The suit will be based OF
the allegation that time has shown
that such material and such workman
ship were not used, for, although tn,
pavement was laid only six years ago
:, it has already collapsed in many places
Seven Churches Admitted.-Sevel
new churches were yesterday receives
Il into the Swedish Evangelical Covenap
; of America, of which the annual con
ivention is in progress at the Swedish
# Mission tabernacle in this city. TIL
h churches admitted are located in tn
10 following cities: Wilmer, Mimi; Home
, stead, Wis; Blue Island, H.; Elmwoot
# Winnipeg. Canada Ulrich, Canada
If Willard Brook, Canada; Idaho Fall:
Idaho. Secretary e. G. Hjerpe of Oh
,r cago read the report of the eXecutiv
# committee for the last year. also gree
2 ings by letter and telegram from nor