Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-14
MOLINE

Electric Fan Tears Fingers.-W. h
Gully caught his right hand in an cleo
trio fan while working in his barber
shop in East Moline. The flesh was
torn from his fingers and he will be
laid up for several days.
New Bank Plans. Remodeling of
the former Rosenstein building. corner
OF Fifteenth street and Fifth avenue,
preparatory to occupancy by the State
Savings Bank & Trust company will
be started Monday next Contract for
the work viii be let this week and it
IL planned to rush improvements. The
new quarters when completed will be
as handsome as any banks in cities
the size Of Omaha and St Paul.
o.
Better Living conditions.-Actingo on
the report submitted by George KEN
merIing, health inspector, relative to
the unsanitary conditions Of lodging
houses in the city, occupied by for
eigners, mostly Greeks, Commissioner
Eastman has prepared an ordinance
which he will ask the council to adopt
at it's meeting Monday next This ord
nance tends to lessen crowded condi-
tons. In preparing the ordinance for
Moline the commissioner has taken an
extract from an ordinance adopted
years ago by the city council of Chi
cago when an effort was made to better
conditions in the tenement districts.
The portion incorporated in the ordin-
ance for this city follows: mo room
in any lodging house shall be so occu-
pied that the allowance Of air to such
person living or sleeping in such room
at the time shall be less than 400 cubic
feet for every person more than ~
years old, and 200 cubic feet for each
person under IL years" The ordin-
ance also provides that there shall be
certain number of openings in each
room. The commissioner figures that
room Is feet square, with nine-foot
ceiling. will accommodate five persons.
IL the plumbing conditions are found
unsanitary the owner Of the building
will be prosecuted, and If a person
rents a building and then places Is to
20 men in each room, that person will
be taken in custody. The room occu-
pied by Albert Peal at 421 Eleventh
street was investigated by the health
inspector. He found the room filed
with filth and vermin, and had there
been law permitting, he would have
burned what furniture and bedding he
found in the room The owner of the
building was served with a notice to
have it perfectly cleaned before the
expiration of five days.
BY Auto to Frisco.-W. A. Peck, at
the wheel of Midland car, will leave
Moline early Monday morning, June
19, on an overland run to San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Peck's schedule calls for
the covering Of 1888 miles of all sorts
of road in 132 hours. There will be no
night travel and the trip it is figured
will require IL days.
Holidays for Policemen. For the
first time in the city's history police
men are given holidays other than their
regular furlough. Each Sunday in the
year one officer Is permitted to spend |
the day at home, go fishing, or find
whatever amusement he desires. Thus |
far three policemen have had their |
days OF. The system is a rotary one, |
and started with officer Kearney, who |
has been in the service for the longest |
period. Next in line was Officer Now |
~. and last Sunday Sergeant DeJaeger |
was not at his desk. After all of the |
members of the force have had a Sun |
day off, Officer Kearney will get his |
second holiday. Ffremen have been |
granted five days extension in their |
furlough and In the future instead of |
having 10 days vacation they will have
Is. The firemen asked that the time |
be extended and the request was grant
ed. Firemen Of Rock Island and DAY.
export are given Is days furIough.