Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-11
MOLINE

Plan Rapids City crossing.-A new
survey that will provide for crossing
under the Milwaukee railway tracks
at Rapids City is contemplated by the
Tri-Cities and Northeastern Interurban
Railway company. At the last meet
ing of directors of the company there
was discussion as to the advisabillty
of ordering a new survey and definite
action will be taken at meeting to
| be held in February. The proposed
crossing will take both the inteurban
tracks and the public highway under
| the railway tracks. The interurbal
| line will follow the river from Rapids
City along the west side of the Mil
waukee tracks, passing thraugh Hamp-
ton and extending to the village limits
of Watertown. Present plans do not
contemplate any line inside of the
Watertown limits, owing to the fact
that franchise has not been granted
by the WATERFOWL board of trustees.
They ask compensation in the sum of
$4,000, and this the road officials are
not willing to grant. Providing a set
Element is not effected the probability
is the interurban line operating be-
tween this city and Watertown will
extend its lines to make a connection
with the Watertown-Albany line at the
village limits
Crawford Fund Now $417.7o. - A
total of $417.7O has been contributed
by the people of Moline to the George
Crawford fund. A final settlement has
just been made by o. NJ Bisant, chief
of police, who has turned over TO the
man $113.45. The financial aid ex-
tended to George Crawford and his
family was inspired by the fact that
the house which he lost in a fire just
before the Christmas holidays had
been built by himself during the sum
mer; that the family had just moved
into it, and that no insurance had been
secured. The loss was total. Mr..
Crawford has already started the work
of clearing his lot at Twenty-ninth
street and Eleventh avenue of the
ruins OF the old building. He will
start as soon as the weather will per-
NIT on the construction OF a new home.
Alderman Douglas of the Seventh
ward, who, with Chief of Police Bisant,
was most active in canvassing for
funds to assist the destitute family,
turned over $S04.25 to Mr.. Crawford
on Christmas day. There were so
many that had expressed their desire
to contribute to the fund at their next
paydays that the subscription papecs
were not closed at once.
Olive Block in Peril. - Fire that
originated In the store room of the Fri
City Piano company Sunday afternoon
threatened the Swedish Olive block
and caused a loss that is estimated at
$4,000. The piano company is the heav-
lest loser and the damage TO it's stock
will probably reach $4,000. The loss on
the building will be between SIS and
and 800. E. P. SEVERN, in charge of
the talking machine department in the
piano storeroom, places his loss at
500. Everything is covered by insur-
ance. A. E. Nelson, manager for the
Tri-City Piano company. in charge of |
the store. is confident that the blaze |
was caused by crossed telephone wires |
The blaze was discovered by two small !
boys. When the firemen reached the |
scene they found the room filed with |
smoke. The fire was spreading rapid |
ly to all parts of the building. 1t was
necessary to break open a basement