Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-12

]. F. Lardner, general manager of the
pillow company, replied that it was not
/ the desire of the company TO impose
any hardship on the people of the
west end of the city in the building
! of its extensions. and he would ac-
cordingly withdraw that portion of the
ordinance providing for the vacation
/ of Seventh street. Mr.. Lardner also
presented blue print drawings of the
planned buildings, giving the location
of each the council taking a recess
TO examine the same
Ready to Go Ahead.
THE Rock Island Plow company has
arrived ar a point where ii is COM
PEELED to spread out if it is to continue
in business Mr.. Lardner said, adj
dressing the council. I'VE have sim
ply outgrown our present factory IA
cilities. For six months we have been
considering the building plans upon
which we have now decided We are
ready to proceed with building opera
tons as soon as the frost is out of the
ground. We cannot do so without the
concessions that are sought in the
ordinance before you. Our present
site will be useless TO us unless this
council gives us permission to close
and occupy the streets that we are
asking for. 1t is our hope to have the
new buildings completed by the sum
mer shutdown in July. the removal
from the old plant to take place uurrng
that month in order that We will be
ready to go ahead with our manufac-
in -
when we resume early in August. Our
plans have so far advanced that there
will not be a days delay on our part
in carrying out our improvements. We
are to spend hundreds of thousands
of dollars in buildings. and will double
the capacity of the plant" The new
factory buildings provided in the plans
of the company heretofore have been
fully described in the columns of The
Argus.
Proper Spirit shown by Aldermen.
The members of the council almost
to a man evidenced the proper spirit
towards the pillow company needs. and
it is believed The ordinance will be
adopted with practical manimity at
the regular meeting of the council
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There was a large gallery of interested
citizens in attendance at the meeting
Of last night TO back up the aldermen
IN giving proper enCOurag cement 10
the company in its demands for &C
cOmmOdatiOns to expand. It is the
biggest single institution possessed by .
the city today. Il means to immedi-
ately increase to twice its present /
size. and the prospects are that within /
five years it will be one of the largest /
implement concerns in the United
States. 1t has the brains and the CAPT /
tai behind it. and the citizen who .
raises his voice as an obstruction 20 .
its development. to say the least. has
little concern for the future welfare
of his community
WnIshes Seek Truck
\ communication from }. ". Walsh.
president of the Rock Island Southern.
was read. He stated that his company
desired that its trackage needs not be
overlooked by the council when the
vacation of the streets asked for by
the plow company was under consid-
Grafton; that the Southern must have
a track up First avenue if its electric
trains were to get into the business
center of the city. The communfca-
ton was received. and it was decided
that the council 90 over the route that
the Southern expects 10 follow from
Fourth avenue and First street with
the representative of that company
this afternoon after the pillow company
site had been inspected. The new
plans of the pillow company have been
so laid out that there is no obstruction
to the course of the new belt line.
Lay In Coal supply.
Alderman Frank BlochIinger. chair
man of the waterworks committee. re-
ported recommending the purchase of
SEQ tons of lump coal for the pumping
station. \ figure of $3.50 per ton had
been secured from the Rock Island
Sand & Gravel company. and the COM s
nittee recommended that it be ac- {
'epted. The report was adopted.
\ plat of a new addition to be opened !
'etwecn Sixteenth and Seventeenth i
avenues and Twenty-ninth street was :
'eceived and referred to the streets
md alleys committee. {
10 my EEa%ETOunuS Equipment.
The council passed a resolution offer q
d by Alderman Borst fnstructing the l
'ity clerk to pay into the park board
he paving rebate received from the 5
7ri-City Railway company for the oc- I
upanCy with another track of Four il
eenth avenue, the money to be used !
or purchasing playground equipment
o be installed in the new East End r
ark. In this connection the city clerk \
will be insured against demands of re- I
ates by property owners who are en-
tiled to a share of the refund of the Y
treet railway company The under L
landing is that any amounts so paid
MT by the clerk shall be returned by s
he park board. l
Nearing aD Understanding.
The council is nearing an under c
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