Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-27
MOLINE

Putting in Skylights.-The Pittsburg |
Plate Glass company started work |
yesterday in putting in new .skylight |
and canopy in the lobby of the Manu- |
facturers' hotel. Like the one which |
was destroyed the new canopy Will be |
of art glass of opalesque shades to
conform with the scheme OF decora- |
ton which have been planned for the
renovated building Whitsitt g. Drury |
are now engaged in preparing speci-
F., fications for the numerous improve
ments which the hotel association has
voted to have made. AS soon as these
are completed bids will be called for
and commencement of work will fol
f, low soon after.
Big Deal ciosed.-A big real estate
deal has been put through in Moline
which involves about $4,000. w. B.
| Connell. who owns considerable land
in the east end of the county traded
property for some valuable farm land
in Iowa with a real estate dealer in
the center of Iowa whose name is Mr..
Ray. The Peoples Savings Bank 6
Trust company acted as trustee for
the parties who made the exchange al
that bank. Mr.. Connell traded seven
| tracts of land which are valued at
$45,020.
| lindgpen Again Coach.-Justi Lind
gren of this city will assist Director
/ George A. Huff of Illinois in coaching
| tl,o thon nf ~ M "
f, OF Illinois this fall. The athletic
board of control held a meeting We'd
nesday and selected the coaching
staff for next fall and the graduate
system will be given another trial.
Arthur Hall, head coach last year. re-
turns but will not bear the title of
| head coach. as he has insufficient
| time to assume the entire response
bility.
Elevator FalIs.-A freight elevator
III the cultiva,or department of d. NJ.
Sechler Carriage company yesterday
morning at II O'Clock fell from the
| second story TO the. basement with
two men aboard it and 500 pounds of
freight. Both men We're injured. They
are: G. S. Cordill. 425 West Seventh
street. Davenport Cut about the face
and body: back injured: may prove
Serious. James Anderson, $50 EiGh;
; teenth-and-a-half avenue: Bruised
quite seriously. will recover. The
cause was the breaking of the eles
vator support beam. This put the
safety devices ont of commission anil
allowed the platform to drop TO the
basement Fellow workingmen Went
to the basement and found both men
suffering considerable pain. but it was
lsoon ascertained thar they had not
been injured as seriously as was ex-'
pected They were both removed to
1.-The hospital
! Open Island May 24,-Cars will be-
), gin their regular run TO Campbell's
island one day earlier this year than
last The first car to cross to the
island last year did so on May %. but
this year the runs will commence on
the oath. A schedule is being arrang-
ed and will be published some time
4 the coming month. The service this
!. year will be the same as last. Cars
will make regular trips from Moline
!, TO the island and a car will start from
. Warmers crossing to Silvis. Some
improvements for the island are being
contemplated. Last winter an amuse
ment company made application to
erect "shoot-the-chutes' on the is
land, but these, plans have been en-
| ltirely abandoned. 1t was found that
| ! this could not be done short of $10,-
1000 and the concern did not feel like
r Investing so much money in the enter
!, prise.
II Barn Catches Fire.-The barn be-
1 longing to E. H. Sleisht at Oakwod
: caught fire Yesterday afternoon and
would have been destroyed but was
Y discovered when it was still in an in
y cipient state The origin is unknown.
II Last Case Of Contagion.-Dr. A. H
;. Arp states that yesterday was the
4 last case of contagion disappeared
3 from Moline. quarantine being taken
,ofi the home of George Evans on
Nineteenth street. one of the members
: lof the family having been i'll with
diphtheria.