Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-15
MOLINE

Proposes 10 Take Garbage.-The |
garbage committee of the city council |
has received proposition from j. S. |
Fargo for the disposal of the city gar
bage during the municipal year just
opened The terms were regarded as
satisfactory and contract will in all
probability be signed with Mr.. Fargo. |
Mr. Fargo is to receive SIPS a month
during the time in which garbage is
hauled. This is usually seven months
of the year. Mr.. Fargo's place is sit
uated outside of the city limits to the
west of Prospect park in the Sheridan
Heights tract. Garbage collected from
the bluff districts will be hauled to the
Fargo place by the city. That col
lected in the downtown districts will
be hauled thither by Mr. Fargo.
Car ExpIodes cartridge.-Occupants
of John Bleekley's grocery store in
Silvis at the corner of Tenth street
and Third avenue had narrow escape
from being wounded by SO calibre
revolver bullet Monday morning. The
bullet few through the plate glass in
the door and lodged itself in the gro
Gerry store counter. about three feet
away from where Mrs. John Bleakley,
wife of the proprietor, and John Nor
thew and Grace Tubbs, the clerks. en-
ployed there, were standing and con-
versing. 1t is thought that someone
had secured revolver cartridge and
thinking that he would have some fun
with the street car men, placed the
cartridge on the tracks. The person
probably did not consider the great
danger he was placing people in the
immediate vicinity in An interurban
car rushed by the grocery store at
$3.50 Monday morning and as it struck
| the cartridge, it exploded and sent
the bullet through the grocery store
door.
Market Square in Suburb.-The
East Moline Business Mems associa-
ton has taken up the matter of max
ing its city a trading center for farm
ers. To this end it decided to push
the opening to the Colona road Of
Seventh and Thirteenth streets and
to take steps toward the establish
May Use Concrete in Alleys
Concrete such as is used for sidewalk
construction may be tried in Moline
as a substitute for brick in the paving
of alleys as the result of visit of in
i spection made to Richmond, Ind, by
Clark Anderson. city engineer. In
that city almost all of the downtown
alleys are so paved, as is also one
block of one of the most used streets.
Results have been excellent.
!, Record Year for Improvements
:. j.. year will be. Go f 'ae :,,Id
breakers in respect to improvements
in the city. The total amount of i'm
. rrovements actually contemplated this
year will mean an expenditure of
, s114,196, as to an expenditure of $780,.
: 069.56 last year Nearly half of this
amount will be spent in the construc
, ton of the Sixth ward sewer and
water system and the rest in other
| sewers and pavements. At a meeting
Y of the local board of improvements
2 yesterday three contracts were award
!. ed. There were three bids on the
D construction of a water main il
Twentieth avenue, $40 feet east from
e Fifteenth street, which was awarded
j to c. A. Berglund & Co, for $1,040
a The contract for the paving of Eigh
/ teenth avenue from Seventh to Tent
streets with brick and Tenth stree
/ from Eighteenth to Sixteenth avenues
!, with brick was awarded to the Nc
s earthly Improvement company TO
$15,461. The. Tri-city CONSTRUCTION
n company bid $15.995. The paving o
7. Third street with brick from Third t.
Twelfth avenues was awarded to TIL
l. Tri-city Heating & Construction com
j. pany for $15,850