Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-25
MOLINE

May Extend Franchise. - Present
prospects are that ferry service be-
tween Moline and Bettendorf will not
be inaugurated till next spring. The
newly organized ferry company has
encountered difficulty in chartering a
steamer as a result of the trouble that
has been encountered by some steam
ers in entering the new Moline lock
from the west. The swirl of water
rushing from the lock is alleged TO be
so great that masters of steamers are
fearful of being carried against the
shore or side of the lock. The COM |
lpany with which the ferry company |
has been dickering for a steamer in |
sists on an insurance clause in its
lease Major Richie will recommend |
the rounding out of the west end of
the lock to afford relief The fran |
chise of the ferry company expires Oct.
II. In view of this contingency over
the lock, it may be necessary to apply
for an extension of the franchise so
that it will permit of operations early
lin the spring. If franchise extension
is not secured, ferry will be placed
Temporarily in service. The original
lplan was to charter a steamer while
business was being built up and then
to erect a ferry to meet the demands
of the traffic
Imposes Big Fine.-Ed Mason of Mil
waukee was given as stiff fine as Po-
lice Magistrate Frank Gustafson has
Imposed on any one since being in
office, when he was fined 5000 and
costs on an assault and battery charge.
Mason was arrested Saturday evening
at G:35 o'clock after following 13-year-
Old Grace Gibson about the streets.
Mason was drunk at the time
Will Spend Large Sum.-At a meet
ing of the board of local Improvements
last week city improvements which
will mean an expenditure of approx
mately $4,000 were recommended.
With the exception of a few small
pieces of improvement, most of the
work will be started next spring. The
, board has started the preliminary work
early so that the court proceedings
can be completed during the winter,
and then the work can be started the
=, first thing in the spring. Notably
among these improvements is the paw
ling of Fourteenth-and-a-half street
o from Sixteenth avenue to Twenty-siXth
c avenue, with asphalt, which improve
ment carries with it more advantages
! than any other like improvement which
I. has been contemplated for some time.
!. THE paving of this street means that
@ the Garfield school will be equipped
i. with sewer and city water. AT the
d present time there is no sewer and
It the residents will no doubt appreciate
e the improvement. A good percentage
of the residents petitioned for asphalt
D. hence the board decided on asphalt.
-e Car Hits Motorcycle. DR.. H. d
n Browning had another automobile ac
p cident Sunday evening when he col
s, lided with Mack Myers of Davenport
~ who was riding a motorcycle. This i;
the second time this summer that DR.
sc Browning has collided with some one
N running into a boy not long ago who
sc was riding bicycle. So far the doc
tor has been rather fortunate, for Meth
er one of the two was seriously hurt
This second collision happened at the
intersection of Sixth avenue ant
- Twelfth street, and Mr.. Myers was for
n tunate in escaping with his life. HI
!, just came to Moline from Daverpor
10 and was going up Twelfth street t,
q visit friend. DR.. Browning was speed
~ ing west to make a call, and as TIL
n motorist started across the avenue h
!, was hit by the automobile. The mai
y was hurled several feet and the motor
% cycle was reduced to a pile of SCRAP
A DR.. Browning took the man to his offic
or and dressed the few bruises that h
m sustained No bones were broken, bu
h Mr.. Myers thinks that he had a yer
RI lucky escape, for the automobile wa
A running at a rather rapid rate.
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Obituary Record. - Charles Ander
Johnson. the well known polisher en-
lie tployed at the Moline Pillow company
ia died at his home, 1017 Eighteenth ave
al nue., Sunday after a lingering lines
m with lung trouble He was born i
nd Sweden Dec s, 1867, and came t
al, America and this city in 1882. H
elk married Miss Clara Anderson here i