Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-21
MOLINE


Trades City Home for Farm. = The
Gus Bloomquist property at 1915
Twelfth street has been traded to Jo-
sept Ullman for the latter's so acre
farm near Coal Valley, cash consid-
GRAFTON being turned in with the resi-
dence. Mr.. Ullman also owns a farm
in Hampton township on which he re
sides.
EImstedt Debate Winner. Earl
Elmstedt, speaking on National In
tegrity," won the high school oratori-
cal contest and will represent Moline
In the big eight contest which will be
held in this city some time In April.
He will also represent Moline in the
district oratorical contest preliminary
to the state contest at Urbana. The
prize was So In gold. The second
prize. $3.50 in gold, was won by MIL
ford Godehn, who delivered, an Grafton
on Individual Responsibility"
Ferry to Operate April 15.-Plans
of the Moline Bettendorf Ferry com
pany are to inaugurate ferry service
N~S' Ills SASy anu OOtSOh0OiA
through the Moline lock about April
10. Service similar to that of last
year will be provided, the Steamer B.
B. making round trips every hour.
The steamer is now in the Kahlke
boatyards at Rock Island. 1t Will
soon be overhauled and put in shape
for the business of the season. A con-
tract for the building of new boat
made possible through action of the
company last winter. when the capital
stock was increased from $4,000 to
$50 .000-will soon be awarded There
are at least two boat building COM
panies, one at Evansville, Ind, the
other at Paducah, KY, that can COM
plete in 60 days such a steamer as will
be needed here. The contract for the
steamer may be awarded as early as
April l. In this event the boat would
be- available for the service between
Moline and Bettendorf about July L.
AS soon as the second boat is placed
in commission trips through the lock
will be discontinued. The steamer B.
B. then will operate from the Moline
dock at the foot of Sixteenth street
to the landing station to be built on
the wingdam above the lock. The new
ferry will operate across the channel,
from the wingdan landing to a new
landing on the Iowa side in Betten-
dorf. The present landing is below
Bettendorf, a considerable distance
west of the point where it is proposed
to build a new landing. Such a
steamer as it is proposed to purchase
will probably cost as much as $4,000.
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VIII Double Power Capacity.-To
meet the increasing demand for cleo
trical power in Moline and vicinity,
the Peoples Power company has let a
contract to the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing company of Pitts
burg, Pa, to install a new engine and
generator in the Moline power house
at the foot of Fourth street. The i'm
provement will cost s25O,000. AccoTG'
ing to President J. F. Porter of the
tri-city public utility companies, the
addition to the local plant has become
an urgent necessity in order to meet
the demand for electrical power in
this vicinity. Not only are local
manufacturers using more power, but
the prospect of furnishing power to a
number of interuban lines has made
1t necessary to make adequate prep
arations to handle the volume of bust
ness which is anticipated. The direc
tors Of the Tri-Cities and Northeastern
interurban line have already expressed
their intention of securing power
from the Peoples Power company and
President Porter stated that power
will also probably be furnished to
other interurban lines on both sides