Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-04
MOLINE

To Run Day and Might've have
enough orders on hand to operate our
plant day and night till the middle of
March, said Robert Lee, manager CT
the Moline Elevator company, in dis
cussing trade conditions. 1--WE are
carrying a force of about 120 men on
the day payroll. A night shift Of %
men has been employed for several
weeks and they Vill continue till
spring at least. We could use addi-
tional mechanics in the night shift,
and would put them to work at once
if they were available. Roustabouts
are easy to secure, but it is almost i'm
possible to secure competent machin-
ists.''
Will Demand Modern Station-One
of the first public matters which will
be taken up by the civic commission
to be ramed by the president of the
Moline club will be the proposed re:
modelling of the Rock Island depot. it
| is understood that several members OF
the club propose to lay the matter be-
| fore the commission and ask that body
to name a commission consisting of
the traffic managers of the factories
who shall go to Chicago and hold
conference with F. o. Melchor, the
manager of the Rock Island railway.
1t is proposed to represent to him that
the city as a whole is not satisfied
with the $4,000 to be spent on remodel
! ing the depot but that the city wants
new $35, 1000 depot. 1t is also under
stood that Mayor Olson will probably
be empowered by the city council 10
make protest in the name of the city
to Mr. Melchor in person.
Busy Month at SiIvis-Eighteen
hundred engines and 5000 box cars
were repaired during October at the
Silvis railroad shops. Every engine
which was in the roundhouse was
placed on the turn table and inspected.
All of them were repaired to more Ut
less extent, and 81 of them were prac
tically rebuilt. October was one of the
busiest months in the history of the
shop, but from the present outlook a
faster pace will be set during. Novem-
Der. Eleven hundred men are on the
payroll in the locomotive and current
departments and they will receive
$61,500 in wages Nov. Is. One hun
dred and twenty-five employees of the
storehouse will receive $4,000.
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Mrs. Deere Doing WeIl.-Colonel W.
D. Wiman received a message from
New York to the effect that Mrs. c. II.
Deere is recovering from the shock
of operation and that her ultimate re-
coyery is anticipated
Holiness Association Formed
Tuesday evening at the home of A. c.
Harrison a Holiness association was
formed with J. A. Pauley as president,
Mrs. harrison vice president, R. c.
Curtiss as secretary and P. E. Jones
treasurer. The object is to promote
good works and regular meetings will
be held.
Obituary Record. - News of the
death of Miss Margaret May Gould,
daughter of William Gould, has been
received in Moline. Miss Gould was
born in Moline Nov 10, 1891, and re-
ceived her early education in the pub
lie schools. Her mother died while
she and her sister Carrie were quite
young and they were cared for by
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
A. Could, who for years lived at 1922
Twenty-third avenue Death called the
grandfather Feb. 1, 1907, and their
aunt, Miss Lulu Gould, April 2, 1907,
and the grandmother June l of the
same year, breaking UP happy home.
Margaret Gould Joined her father, VIII
liam Gould, in Chicago. Carrie mar