Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-23

MOLINE

Ed Construction company secured TIT
contract to do the concrete and mason
ry work on the new building and Vic
tor Palmgren secured the contract TO
the carpenter work The building il
TO be of reinforced concrete and viii
face north on Fourth avenue between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
SCOTS Retire from Paint Company
Announcement is made of the purchase
| by c. P. Skinner of the stock owned
! by the SCOTS in the j. c. Scott Pain
company. Mr. Skinner has been sales
manager and a stakeholder in the
concern since its establishment here
July 1, 1909. J. c. Scott, president
and B. c. Scott, vice president, will re
| tire from the company. E. r. Scott
! VINO has served as secretary, treas
urer and general manager, will remain
with the concern in the capacity Of
travelling representative. The concern
Will not be operated as a corporation
but as firm, and eventually will be
known as the Moline Paint works. Mr.
Skinner will have complete charge OF
the business, and will be assisted by
his brother, ]. G. Skinner, who will
have charge in the office.
Fall on Stairs Saves Driver.-Victor
Johnson, driver for the Moline Furni-
ture company, barely escaped with his
lie yesterday afternoon when he was
the unwilling participant in a runa-
way on lower Sixteenth street At
the time he was in charge of a furni-
ture company team and was loading a
wagon at the Burlington freight plat
form. The horses suddenly became
frightened and ran across Sixteenth
street, dashing into the shed between
the Moline Heating and Construction
company office and the Burlington
road switch track. The load of man
ties with which the wagon was piled
nigh caught on the corner of the con-
struction company's building and fell
TO the street in a wrecked heap. To
those who witnessed the accident it
looked as though Victor johnson had
been buried under the debris. 1t was
found, however. that he had been
thrown down stairway which leads
from the sidewalk into the basement
of the building. Though the iron rail
ing at the top of the stair was torn
off and fell in also, the driver emerged
uninjured. The only damage was to
the nantes, which will have to be
returned to the factory. The team
came to standstill after arriving I'M
der the shed.
Close Call
Olson, residing on Twenty-third street
and employed as a switchman by the
Milwaukee railway company, narrowly
escaped losing his right foot Thursday
afternoon under the wheels of a car
While making q coupling his foot
slipped under a wheel, crushing his
big and middle toes so badly that thew
had to be amputated. Mr.. Olson is
himself that the entire
foot was not lost.
Chauffeurs Arm Broken. - Edwin
Goodwin, chauffeur for W l. Ve1ie.
broke both bones of his right forearm
Yesterday while cranking the engine
of Mr.. Velie's Pierce Arrow touring
car. The accident happened at the
Velie garage. He will be laid up six
weeks.
Obituary Record.-Dorothy Lundberg
lied yesterday at her home. 1914
Fourth avenue, following a brief i'll +,
ness of heart trouble. She was born |
here Aug. q. 1900. and had been at /
ending the Washington school. She !
vas bright child and her death is a
sad blow to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. /
Carl NJ. Lundberg. The sympathy of .
friends has been extended to them.
Two brothers survive with the .
parents. The funeral service will be
It tomorrow afternoon from the
lone. Rev. c. A. Lincoln will offici-
tie. Burial will be in Riverside GENE
cry.
Alexander Morton. carpenter con-
ractor and former resident of Moline.
lied Thursday in Denver, Colo, where
lie had made his home for a short
ime. News of the death has come in
elegram form to J. ]. Cox of this city.
Who is brother of the widow The
'ody will be brought to Moline for
urial beside the remains of a son
Who died during the family's residence
n Moline. Mrs. Morton will arrive in
doline with the remains tomorrow,
oming over the Rock Island road.
he funeral will be held at 2 D. m
1onday from the home of J. ]. Cox,
603 Twelfth avenue. Interment will
e in Riverside cemetery. Deceased
7as of Scotch parentage and was more
boV doofh
lis widow, Emma, formerly Miss Cox
f Hampton. this county and the fol
owing children survive: Mrs. Cora
inney, Pocatello. Idaho; Mrs. Claudia
rakaw, Denver. and Morris, J. B. and
liver of Denver c. c. and J. J. Cox
f this city are brothers-in-law of de-
eased.