Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-21
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MOLINE

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day afternoon the annual meeting of
stockholders Of the D. NJ. Sechler I'm
plement and Carriage company was
held In the company's office here. The
! stockholders discussed private bust
ness plans and reelected these direc-
tors for another year: T. NJ. Sechler,
Moline; J. NJ. Moon, st. Louis; H. o.
Edmonds, Chicago, and A. T. Noel
vaine, w. J. Davis, o. NJ. Stowe AVID J.
S. Gilmore, all of Moline. Immediate
| ly following the stockholders meeting
the board of directors went into SEES
sion and again chose these officers to
direct the affairs of the company:
President, Thomas Nj. Sechler, Moline:
vice president J. M Moon, st. Louis;
secretary, A. T. McElvaine Moline
treasurer, o. NJ. Stowe. Moline; assis-
tant secretary and general manager
w. j. Davis, Moline.
City Hall Plans Ordered.-Plans for
a new city hall, drawn by Fl. ". Whit
slit, have been accepted by the city
council and the building committee
was authorized TO enter into contract
with Mr.. Whitsitt at once for the pre-
paration of detailed drawings and spe-
cifcations on which contractors desir-
| ing to figure on the job may prepare
estimates. The building will cost ap-
proximately 100000. as was author
/ lied by the voters of Moline last
spring, when they declared for a bond
issue, and a One-rill tax. The archi-
tect Will superintend construction,
and he will probably receive four per
cent of the contract price for the
! building. Plans are TO have specif1-
cations ready in time for contractors
/ to submit bids by March l. This
would allow month for ordering ma
terial, and permit of the starting of &C
tual construction work by April ],
which will be as early as weather con-
ditions will permit of excavation for
the basement of the building. In the
drawings which he submitted Archi-
tect Whitsitt adhered closely to the
rough sketches prepared by the build
ing committee of aldermen, and they
have already been described. The
building is to have a frontage of 100
feet on Sixteenth street. and a depth of
so feet on Fourth avenue. 1t will set
"a feet back from the street, and %
in from the avenue and from the al
ley. The rear Of the building will be
80 feet from the west property line.
Meters for East MoIine.-East Mo
line council has passed an ordinance
covering waterworks and watermains
and adopting the meter system Ne
ters are to be supplied bg the city and
installed as soon as possible. each
property owner paving for installing
and Upkeep. The rate specified is so
cents a thousand gallons up TO 10000
gallons consumption Factories and
others using large quantities are to be
given a graded rate. Building con-
tractors and plasterers must pay five
cents a hundred gallons The MINI
mum rate is to be % cents a month. ls
is quite likely that the council will
adopt some particular make Of disc
meter as standard. though definite &C
ton was postponed until Dec. %, when
an adjourned meeting will be held 10
dispose of the matter Alderman Nc
Dowell objected to the ordinance on
the ground that the rate per 1000 gar
ions ana the minimum rate were 100
low and that property owners should
pay for the meters instead of the city.
The ordinance carried with one dis
senting vote. Penalties for persons
tampering with meters. hydrants and
fire equipment are specified in the new
ordinance. Mayor Johnson named
Bum Parr plumbing inspector and SUI
Derintendent Of waterworks. The
council confirmed the appointment. |
The light committee was given power
to act in the matter of placing lights
at the intersections of Railroad cross
ing and Seventh street and Second /
avenue and Ninth street
Harold Taze Victim of Coasting Ac-
cident.-Harold Taze, son of W. /. /
Taze, cashier of the new East Moline /
bank, was severely injured Monday /
afternoon while coasting. The sled
was INSTRUCTED in its course and young t
Taze was thrown forward over a pro- |
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