Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
MOLINE

New East Moline Factory.-Notice
comes from Springfield of the incor-
poration of the Moline Pressed Steel
company, whose factory and principal
place OF business will be at East Mo.
line. This company is being organized
by Fred A Lundahl of Chicago, for.
mer Moline boy and son of c. w. Lun.
dahl, for the purpose of manufacturing
at East Moline pressed steel and sheet
metal parts. The company has CAPT.
tai stock Of $4,000, all of which is TO
be paid in full. 1t has already pur-
chased of the East Moline Land COM
pany two acres of land lying immedi-
ately west OF. the Root & VanDervoort
foundry. Plans are being drawn for
the building, which is to be of brick
and of the saw tooth type, the struc-
ture to be one story high and IA feet
between floor and Orders.
Adopt Six Improvement Ordinances.
Six improvement ordinances were
adopted by the city council at a spe-
cial meeting held Tuesday evening.
They provide for five paving projects
provements at meetings held last
week, and also for the carrying to
completion OF a project started year
ago-the paving with brick of the al
ley between Fifth and Sixth avenues,
from Fifteenth to Twentieth street.
improvements approved in the other
ordinances provide for the paving of
Twenty-flrst street. Third to Seventh
avenues, with asphalt; paving of Nine
teenth street. Third to First avenues,
and First avenue, Eighteenth to Nine
teenth streets, with brick; paving of
Sixteenth street, Eleventh avenue
south to intersection OF Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets, with brick; paving
of Eighteenth street. Third avenue
north. with brick; paving of Third
avenue, Twentysecond to Twenty
sixth street, with brick.
Horse and Auto CoIIIde.-An auto
mobile driven by Victor Palmgren, the
contractor, and a single delivery wagon
driven by Wallace Nelson, aged II,
delivery clerk for Emmons, the grocer.
met in collision yesterday at the cor
ner of Fifth avenue and Sixteenth
street. Palmgren was driving east
along the avenue and Nelson's horse
was headed north on Sixteenth street.
Neither driver saw the other in time
to avert a collision. Nelson's collar
bone was broken. the inside of Palm
gren's right cheek was cut. the horse
was quite seriously injured and the
wagon was put out OF commission.
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scars, although it was completely
turned about in the collision. Palm
gren brought his machine to a stop in
an effort to avert a mix-up, but failed
to do so. The animal landed with
both front feet in the forward seat of
the car The animals nose struck
Palmgren's cheek, causing a slight in
jury. The force of the collision threw
Nelson to the pavement, resulting in
his injury. The horse sustained an
ugly cut in its side.
christlson Bank Director. w. H.
Christison, we'll known south side gro
Ger and alderman from the Sixth ward,
has been elected a director of the Mo-
line Trust & Savings bank, succeed
ing the late George H Edwards.
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Graham Post to CeIebrate.-R. H.
Graham post has planned a joint cele-
bration of the birthday anniversaries
of two of the country's most beloved
men-Abraham Lincoln and George
shington-Tuesday, Feb. Is. Lin
coins birthday anniversary is on the
18th and Washington's on the 22d, and
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