Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-15
MOLINE

To Operate Fifth Filter Bed-The
last available filter bed in the Moline
plant is to be placed in operation this
summer. Bids to equip this bed viii
be received up to Friday, July 1, and
when the contract Is awarded and the
work completed Moline will have five
beds in working order, and plant
with a capacity for sending into the
city mains 100000 gallons of filtered
water every "a hours. Each of the
four beds now In commission supplies
10000 gallons of filtered water ev-
cry "a hours, but the demand will ex-
coed supply limited to 100000 gal
Ions during the coming summer
months. The consumption of water
last summer was as high as 100000
gallons on hot days, and there were
days when 1t was necessary to send
raw water from the river into the city
mains. This was at times when
filter bed was temporarily out of COM
mission for cleaning. Many additional
water users in the coming summer
make the installation of the fifth bed
an imperative step for the city author
tiles to take. New water mains will
be ready for use in the coming few
weeks, chiefly in the Sixth and Sew
enth wards. Equipment of the new
bed will involve an expenditure of ap-
proximately $4,000.
Deeres Buy Eastern Concern.-Pur-
chase of the Kemp & Burpee company
of Syracuse, n. Y. has been effected
by Deere & Co, and plans are to man.
ufacture the Success manure spreader
product of that company-on a large
scale at East Moline. These spread
ers will .be turned out in the same
plant in which the Marseilles line is
to be manufactured, and decision has
been reached to make extensions to
buildings which will double the ca
pacity of the plant. Original plans for
the new Marseilles plant at East Mo
line provided for a main building for
manufacturing purposes S0x250, four
stories high. The plans have been
changed to allow of an extension of
800 feet, making ground dimensions
of the four story building S0x550. The
blacksmith shop and store room will
be one story high. with ground dimen-
siOns S0X550 Original plans called
for a building S0x25O. The foundry,
originally planned for S0x250, will have
dimensions SOx45O. The one story
warehouse will be completed accord
ing to original plans, 1OOx6O0. 1t will
be sufficiently large to meet initial
demands, though Deere officials ex-
pect that it will be but short time
till it Will be imperative that an addi-
tional story be added to this structure
In the new plant all implements now
manufactured at Marseilles will be
turned out, the present plant being
abandoned as soon as buildings at East
Moline are completed. In this same
plant spreaders necessary to meet the
demands of western trade will be man.
ufs ctured. The plant of the Kemp &
Burpee company is in Syracuse, n.
Y. Shops are modern and the irten-
ton is to continue them in operation,
turning out enough spreaders there to
supply the eastern trade. The Deere
interests have handled the Success
spreader for some years under a job
bling arrangement, and they therefore
know just what to expect in the way
of sales. The machine is recognized
as one of the best placed on the mar
ket Plans for its manufacture in East
Moline will mean that an additional
200 men will be needed in the Mar
settles plant. From $50 to 400 will
find employment there this fall
KindIey Goes 20 Davenport School
E. S. Kindley, superintendent of
schools in Silvis, was elected principal
of the Van Buren, school in Davenport
at the meeting of the Davenport board