Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-01

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ceding the voting the alderman had
withdrawn his substitute motion, but
this Alderman Lawler denied, and
there the matter was allowed to rest
Spar for Opening.
| Considerable sparring for an open
| ing took place between the three COM
mittees before the business of the
meeting was really commenced. At
the start Mayor McCaskrin was Sc
! lected to act as chairman and H. e.
KreIl was chosen for secretary. Then
came a discussion as to whether the
aldermanic committee, the Third ave
nue. committee or the Second avenue
committee should be heard first. Each
desired that the other express its
views first. 1t was finally decided
that the Third avenue interests would
be the first to be put before the meet
ing and that the contentious OF the
Second avenue men should follow after
which the aldermen should express
their views. In accordance with this
plan w. L. Aster offered petition
from the Third avenue business inter
eSts asking that they be given recog-
milton in the matter of street car serv-
ice Chairman L. S. McCabe of the
Third avenue committee followed Mr..
Aster. He called attention to the two
churches and the Woodman office on
Fifteenth street and Third avenue,
and the Turner hall; city hall, Wood
man publication building. the stores
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth,
his own store, the Safety building, the
Y NJ. c. A. and Hart e Bahnsen's
wholesale drug store, and asked if this
array of business interests was not
deserving of street car service.
Others Speak for Third.
Mr. McCabe was followed by E. F.
Dorm. DR.. W. H. Ludewig, DR.. E. NJ.
Sala, W. c. Maucker and T. J. Medil!.
Zach of these expressed the belief
that the growth of the city demanded
a branching out of its business cen
ter and that it was no longer neceS-
sary or advisable to keep it a "one
street town" Mr.. Medill called at
tention to the fact that what is done
this year in regard to routing cars
will tie up the line for the next 20
years and that it is the duty of the
present council to legislate not only
for present needs but for the future
as well. He deplored the show of
animosity which seemed to have crept
into the controversy and made an
earnest plea for unity. He said he
knew of a scheme to build an eight
or ten story hotel building on Third
avenue as soon as the advantages
such as street car traffic and the like
warranted it, and that he felt con-
WINGED that the routing of several lines
over the avenue would mean great
things for not only it but the city as
well.
The Second Avenue Side.
H E. Casteel was the first speaker
for the Second avenue interests. He
called attention to the fact that street
car service is already afforded to a
large share of the places mentioned
by Mr.. McCabe and said that he did
not believe there was any great de-
mand from the public for a change
in the street car routing. He claimed, F.
however, to be ready to give a little
to the Third avenue business interests !
and hoped that an agreement could !
be reached DIR. De Silva followed |
with a statement that he and the Sec |
Ond avenue interests in general were |
for a greater Rock Island. In this I
connection he said that it was not to .
the advantage of the city to take from /
enc street and give to another He |
said that the proper thing to do is for
all the interests to unite and bring in |
terurbans to the city which he said |
ne would be willing to allow to run
6. r. Kenworthy whom he asked to
read and comment upon a resolution
adopted at the meeting of the Second
avenue men which was held in the
afternoon
A Common Subject.
At this point Mr.. McCabe arose and
said that lin anticipation of what the
resolution consists of, 1 would suggest
that reading of it be deferred until
2 regular meeting of the council, as
it is not germane to the subject befo e
this meeting. We are one and all
in favor of bringing in
terurbans to Rock Island and we VIII
heartily cooperate with the city at
large in this respect. But just now
we are here to discuss and if possible
reach SOLlS dSIGGueHl upon q ulHeTeDL
subject, namely the recognition of
Third avenue in regards to street car
service. Our committee held meet
ing this afternoon and l might say
mere that he discussed the interurban
Opic at considerable length but de
,ided not to bring it up at the meet
ng this evening because it was a di-
7ergence from the subject The meet
ug, however, gave Mr.. Kenworthy an
to be heard and he pre-
5ented the following resolution:
Whereas the agitation between the
Second and Third avenues business
interests concerning the routing of the
.treet car traffic, is not to the best In
erests of the city at large, and is in
ended to obscure the main issue as
Q whether the existing franchise of
he Tri-City Railway company shall
10 extended or not