Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-30
MOLINE

Deeres Lensthen Work Day.-An era
of unprecedented activity has just been
ushered in at the parent plant of Deere
& Co The mammoth plow factory
! has never employed so many men,
never operated so many hours per day,
never turned out such a volume of bus
mess as at the present time. Every
record is being broken during the pres
ent rush season and the high water
mark of the tide has not been reached.
Promises that increase in number of
employed and in length of working day
will be steady until late in the winter.
Warehouses of the company are pack
cd with finished product; shipments on
a record breaking number of orders
are beginning slowly, but promise to
develop into a great volume Of out
going business. Night and day forces,
that keep things humming "a hours a
day are employed in the following de
partments of the big plant: Forge shop,
grinding department, share depart
ment, waTehousing department, ma
chine shops, punch and shear depart
ment. Monday an order increasing the
length of the working day from 10 to
II hours went into effect in the black /
smith shops. fitting department and !
other branches of the big plant. A
few departments are still operating on !
10hour day basis, but further in
creases in length of working day are
expected.
Scarlet Fever Fatal to Boy.-GeOrge |
Leroy. son of Mr. and Mrs William /
Hoke of Radden's addition, East Mo /
line. died Yesterday after a short i'll |
ness of scarlet fever. Deceased was |
II years old. and is survived by his /.
parents. four brothers and two sisters. 7.
The John Deere school, East Moline, /
was closed yesterday for fumigation, /
as a safeguard against the scarlet fever /.
epidemic which has begun in the city. /
Three cases and one death are report /
ed The HOke home has been quaran- /
tined 1t is feared that some of the |
children attended school while infect |
ed with the disease. One case of diph- |
liberia in the district back of the shops .
toward Watertown is also reported /
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Paving improvements 100000 in .
Year. - Paving improvements in East I
Moline for the working season of 1910 !
were completed yesterday, final work /
being on the Thirteenth street job. !
During the present year East Moline |
has expended 100000 for paving pur-
poses. The thoroughfares that have /
been paved are First avenue from First |
to Twelfth street, the Bluff road from .
First avenue to Warmers Crossing. /
Thirteenth street from the Bluff road .
north to State street and then along
Thirteenth stree 10 the Marseilles
plant The Northwestern Construction
company did all the work.
Teanster Kicked in Head by Horse.
When bolt in the singletree broke,
Peter Bergman. an East Moline team
ster. was dragged from his wagon and .
kicked in the head by his horse The
calk of the shoe cut a two-inch cash
on the right side of his head back OF
the ear. The skull was not fractured.
Ministries Cleared S5oo.-A meeting
of the committee which had in charge
the Moline club amateur minstrel
show of last Tuesday met to check I'D
expenses and receipts of the prodnc-
ton. While all the bills have not been
received nor all the tickets accounted
for, it is estimated that the club will
realize about 5000 for the building
fund.