Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-17
Council About Agreed on the
Tri- City and Southern
Concessions.
LONG VIEW TO BE LOOPED
Original Plans for That Line to Be
Carried Out-No Track on
Twenty-fourth Street.
INDICATIONS OF COUNCILS ATTI-
tube ON VARIOUS RAILWAY


than that of the Belt line, and all com.
panIes seeking rights there must make
them through the Belt line.
No rails on Twenty-fourth street IN.
der any circumstances
independent franchise for passenger
traffic only to be given the Rock Island
Southern through any part Of the city
other than First avenue that may be
acceptable to the company and to the
property holders on the streets to be
traVersed.
Such extensions as the Tri-City Rail-
way company may desire to make or
the people may demand, with the ex-
ceptIon of the Twenty-fourth street
cutoff.
Members of the city council, &C
companied by President ]. F. Porter
and General Manager ]. G. Huntoon
Of the Tri-City Railway company.
this afternoon took a final trip over
the proposed railway improvements
to be made during the present year in
Rock Island, conditioned on a 20
corporation.
Mr.. Porter is leaving next Monday
night for New York for a conference
with the directors of the tri-city util-
tiles corporations in reference to ap-
preparations for betterments during
1910, and before that date he must
know what disposition Is to be made
of ordinances in Rock Island, Dav-
export and Moline.
To Complete Long View Loop.
There are to be several important
changes from the original draft en-
bodied in the Rock Island ordinance,
chief of which is the looping of the
Long View line, and thereby living
up to the promises of the company
when the consent was given for the
construction of that branch of the
system. AS the Long View line
stands now it's terminals are at Twen-
ty-fifth street and Ninth avenue and
Fourteenth avenue and Elm street.
In the earlier discussion of
planned extensions for this year it
was suggested by the company that
the line be carried south on Twenty
fifth street and into South Heights.
there TO be a paralleling branch out
Seventeenth street. This met with
in the council, the alder
men maintaining that the Long View
line should be completed according
to the original plans. To this the
officers of the company have agreed
There is a desire on the
part of the aldermen also that the
Fourth avenue cars traverse Third
avenue west from Twentieth street,
instead of following Second avenue,
as now.
Double Tracks on Third.
This would necessitate the double
tracking of Third avenue from Tween
tieth street to Fifteenth street
Otherwise it is expected the
new ordinance will adhere to the pro-
gram of improvements as first out
lined. these to include extensions into
the west end factory district and into
the southwest section of the city.
There does not seem any dis
position among the councilmen
to defeat the desire of Presi-
dent Porter to add six years TO
the life of the present franchise of
The company here. Mr.. Porter be-
Iieves such a concession by the coun-
ell would materially aid him in get
ing the appropriations that he must
have to carry out the contemplated
here.
Mo. Porter and Mr.. Huntoon were
present at the adjourned meeting of
The council last evening. and there
was an informal discussion of the /
new ordinance. One item to which |
he members of the council almost to
4 man appear irrevocably opposed. /
and quite properly so. is grant /
ng the right to lay connec-
ion on Twenty-fourth street from
Third TO Fifth avenues, and in TAX /
ng this stand they are merely meet /
ng the wishes of the business com |
Demand of Business Interests.
While the sincerity of Mr. Porter .
S not questioned when he says that .
he track is wanted only for the .
handling of materials. transporting f.
hem between the Rock Island car
shops on Fifth avenue and Daven- /
bort, time alters situations such as
his one. and five years from now
hat block of track would be more
serious to local business interests /
han it is now, if at that time the /
company saw fit to employ it in shoot |
ngs it's cars from the east down |
Twenty-fOurth from Fifth avenue |
md over the bridge instead of COM
ng to Twentieth street and Third |
venue. as is done under the present |
passengers to and from
Davenport transferring at the latter
Joint.
Interurban Connections.
Mayor McCaskrin asked Mr. Porter
his company had any plans for the
of interurbans to the south
If Rock Island. Our company has
ooked into the situation" Mr.. Por-
er stated. But one fact the coun-
ii should not lose sight of is that
here must be revenue-bearing popu-
alton along the route Of an interur-