Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-27

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city you can find in Illinois for Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota. and our
northwestern states. A person can
take the Rock Island road which runs
through Omaha and Lincoln and cross
es the state of Iowa; you can take the
Rock Island at almost any place there,
and without change of cars reach
Rock Island; and you can do so from
Minnesota, from North and South Da-
kota; it is close to the Wisconsin
people, and the Michigan people can
come to it through Chicago, there be.
ing a direct line. 1t has excellent no.
tel facilities; it has street cars, tele-
graph Offices, all the express compan-
les are there, and it is a large enough
place so that all trains make it
point 10 make connections there and
stop there. The population of Rock
Island is $4,000, of Moline, which is
almost the same city, 5000, and Dav-
export, Iowa, 10000, just across the
river making $4,000 people there
within a small radius. Rock Island
county has 100 Woodmen, which,
presume, is more than Sangamon has;
Scott county, Iowa, has 500, making
$500 WOodmen in those two coun-
ties. When you take everything mo
consideration, it seems to me that
Rick Island cft-rs better ad5antaSC :
than any other city that has submit
/ ted propositions or asked for your
suffrage, and I bespeak for it the
! earnest consideration of the members
/ here.
1 Neighbor Bryan being the last to
/ speak, a vote was ordered, which re-
suited: Rock Island, Sc; Peoria, 81;
/ bloomington, I; Fulton, Is; Spring,
field, 4. Total, 1O3; necessary for
choice, So.
This action of the Omaha head
| camp marked the beginning of the
several years of litigation. with inter
walls of disorder, that delayed removal
until Sept. 80, 1898, when the books
| and records were transferred to Rock
Island, ILL.,, and installed in the tenn
/ porary home provided in the Indust-
rial building until such time as the
! new head Office was completed.
THE NV. \. ANNEX.
The NJ. w. A. annex was authorized
/ il August, 1903, TO meet an impera-
/ tive demand for more Office room. The
{ specifications provided for a building
/ Of the same general character as the
Office building, a fire-proof structure
of Minnesota sandstone, ST. Louis
| pressed brick, steel and cement. But
provision was made also for extra
/ strength of frame to sustain any pos.
sible burden of record accommodations
/ The steel of the original building was
unusually strong, able to Withstand a
pressure of $50 pounds to the foot
but the steel frame OF the new build
ing was made to withstand $50 10
500 pounds.
ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE.
The architectural style followed in
the office building and annex is called
the Italian renaissance. The roof is
terra-cotta tile of French pattern, laid
upon bed of solid concrete, the cor
nices of copper and the trimmings ter
! ra-cotta. The gable ornaments are OF
| hammered copper, the designs beinl
emblematic Of Woodcraft. The height
from street grade is Sc feet 70 cornic
les and 81 feet TO apex OF roof. The
portico columns are Of Westerly gran
tie. The Golden system Of fre-proof
ing has been followed in the interior
the floors being Of steel Embedded il
concrete, topped with hard maple
wood floors or mosaic. The partition!
are also metallic and the doors ar,
lined with asbestos. AL interior
doors and windows are fre-pro0f. Tn,
windows are place glass. The Durham
system Of plumbing is used, the fix
lures being Of Tennessee marble. Tit
heating system, direct steam, is Oper
ated in connection with the Sturte
want fan system Of ventilation, which
completely changes the air every ",
hours. The electric wiring is the Al
mour conduit system. The wainscot
ing Of the main entrance is Of Broca
tella marble, 10 feet high, with cal
and base Of dove blue Vermont mar
bic. French, African and American
marbles are employed in the treat
ment OF the interior. In the frescoinj
olive tones predominant, the rich but
Of the ceiling blending into them. TIT
dome bears pictorial representation
Of Woodcraft in oil and water colors
The stairs are OF Louis XVI style, AT