Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-05
MOLINE

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| to whether the recent decision of the
| Illinois supreme court in regard to
validity of the parole law will have any
effect on the length of ]. w. Wars
term of service in the Illinois state
penitentiary at Joliet is so general that
the Dispatch wrote the authorities at
the penitentiary. Yesterday the follow
ing self-explanatory letter was received
in reply: Editor Dispatch: / have
your letter of the both ult., and note
your inquiry as to whether or not the
recent decision of the supreme court
will in any way affect the case OF j.
w. War;, who is now serving term
of Imprisonment in this institution. In
reply 1 would say that this decision
does not affect Wars case. As War; 8
case now stands he will receive his
final discharge Nov. 16, 1910. Yours,
respectfully, e. ]. Murphy, warden"
Car Bumps Conductor.-Harry Max
field, conductor on the interurban road,
was painfully injured while he was
standing on the running board of a
summer car collecting fares, a passing
car humping him. The accident occur
red at the Fiftieth street switch in
this city. Maxwell's car was enroute
to Watertown, running late. His car
was crowded and he was collecting
fares on the left side. A handle of
passing car, bound for the city, struck
his right arm, and he would have fallen
between the cars If two male passen-
gers had not seized him. He continued
as far as Eighth street, East Moline,
and returned to the city on the next in
coming car. He was accompanied by
a physician, and taken to the city hos
pital The bone of his arm was not
broken, but he sustained bad bruise,
and as a result he will be unable to
work for a week or 10 days.
Many Bid to Dig Ditch. - Hampton
township drainage commissioners
found themselves face to face with 4
serious dilemma when they opened the
bids of contractors who desire to dig
the drainage ditch in Hampton district
No. 4. The usual troubles, lack of bids
and estimates in excess of the proposed
cost of the ditch, were not met with.
Conditions instead were reversed, and
the large number of bids and uniform
ly low estimates of the bidders made it
impossible to complete the work at one
sitting. Therefore at the end of the
meeting the commissioners retained
the three lowest bids and returned the
checks and bids of the various other
contractors who submitted estimates.
The commissioners adjourned to meet
again in Barstow July s, when the con-
tract will be awarded. The three con-
tractors whose estimates were retain
ed have been asked 10 confer with the
commissioners. Bids retained: Car
ter Bros, Danville, excavating at Ga
cents a cubic yard; r. n. McWilliams,
7.36 cents a cubic yard; Matthews &
Coe, Erie, 79S cents cubic yard. Car
ter Bros. submitted the lowest bid, but
the commissioners must look into the
estimates of the contractors on stone,
hard-pan, shale and gravel excavations.
The commissioners estimate that there
are 1916 cubic yards of material TO
be removed before the big ditch is
completed. The total expenditure must
not exceed $16.260. None of the bids
retained total nearly so much as this
maximum figure. 1t is the desire of
let as soon as possible in order that the
work may be completed this year.