Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-02

MOLINE
10 ConpIete Double

To Complete Double TraeIoins.-J. F.
Porter, president of the Tri-City Rail
way company, announces that the work
of laying double track on Fourth ave
nue. west of Fifteenth street will be
started Tuesday or Wednesday One
month or six weeks will be required to
complete the work. A part of the
work OF laying the double track was
completed last fall. The work which
remains to be done is between First
and Fourth streets and Seventh and
Fifteenth streets. A crew. will be
brought here from East Moline, where
the street railway company is just fin
ishing the work of relaying its track
In connection with the paving of First
avenue. President, Porter says that it
is the companys desire to lay double
tracks on Fifth avenue east of Fiji
teenth street Any work which may
be done there depends on the action of
the new city council, however, and on
the disposition of the Fifth avenue
widening project. eff the council does
| not see fit to give us additional privi-
leges of Fifth avenue, we will at least
relay the present single track there"
said Mr.. Porter He is optimistic.
though, and expresses the belief that
1t will not be many weeks before
franchise troubles will have been set
tied in a manner satisfactory to all
concerned.
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lists of Moline have signed an agree
ment to close their offices Saturday af-
ternoon and evenings for a period of
six months. The agreement goes into
effect Saturday, May z. and will con-
tinue through June, July, August, Sep
TENDER and October. The question of
closing has been discussed Informally
by dentists for several weeks. Friday
night a meeting was held at the Manu-
facturers hotel and the matter was
taken up for decision All present
were unanimous forfclosifg and signed
an agreement to that effect. There
are Is dentists in the city.
City to Share Expenses.-The city
of Moline has been asked to assist in
footing the bill of improving Seventh
street from Eighteenth avenue south
The new council net informally Fri
day evening as a committee of the
whole, and John, Weckel, as a member
of the committee which last fall So
hcited funds for improving the high
way south to the Rock river bottoms
addressed the members. He explained
that the plan for improving Seventh
street had originated last fall, when
the territory through which the road
passes was a part of South Moline
township and outside the limits of the
city of Moline The committee had
raised $2,423 to-aPply against the ex-
pense of the Improvement. AS a re-
suit of annexation of bluff territory this
spring a stretch of the road which it
is proposed to improve with macadam
for a distance of one-half mile now
lies within the city limits. Mr. Weckel
explained to the council that permits
sion to make the Improvement had
been secured last fall from the high
way commissioners of South Moline
township. These commissioners now
have no jurisdiction over that part of
the road which lies within the city
limits.
Arp to Build $4,000 Block.-Dr. A.
II. Arp announces that he will immedi-
ately invest $50, 000 in business block !
to be erected on the Dahlheim prop
erty recently purchased by him. ]. A. |
Schaible some few weeks ago secured
an option on this property, the dimen-
sions of which are 40 by $50 feet, at
1925 front foot, and he has sold the
same to DR.. Arp. The property is on
the north side of Sixth avenue and
lies Immediately east and adjoining
the Kerns block on Sixth avenue and
Fifteenth street.
Burglars Use INSTRUMENTATION |
in the east end of the city, especially !
the women, are in an anxious state |