Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-21
EAST MOLINE, HUSTLlNG
AND MODEL CITY
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hi work has been such as to merit
the entrusting to him OF their work
in the future. Hereafter he viii be
in better shape than ever before to
take prompt care of any kind of gen.
eral construction work in any local
ity. The record OF a busy man is
told by his work, in addition to ex-
ecutive ability and established repu-
tation. and this no one can tell bet
ter than by the list Of owners of such
buildings as Root & Van Deryoort's
ONCE building, 40x70. two stories;
machine shop, S5x70; engine house,
testing building, 40x14O; foundry,
7ex3o0; four story warehouse, COX
1870; new assembling building; s5x
$50, and new testing and paint build
ing. 70xSS0, and all for the one con-
Germ, together with Moline Scale
company's west side large addition,
the Manufacturers State bank, and
tina cold storage plant for the North
western Brewing company, the latter
two now just being completed. An
ether cold storage plant for the Rock
Island Brewing company is under
way. These are only the Jobs in
East Moline, erected in the past five
years.
c. w. Hink has to his credit here,
individually as builder, the name
of putting up more houses than any
ether contractor in the past year,
SURPRISING in the number of 140 or
SO, from brick, cement, stucco;
the fancy residence, the comfortable
home and the fashionable bungalow.
Efficiency and push is back of the
work.
Victor Palmgren Of Moline also
has an Office at Orion and as a gen.
eral contractor does work every
where, having of late built the Car
pentier building and is now just COM
pleting the sub-station and Office
building for the United Light and
Power company.
Anton Swenson of East Moline is
an expert cement man, manufactur-
ing cement blocks for foundations,
etc. His sidewalks laid in this town
cover miles.
Nelson & Swanson, 5425 Third
avenue, Moline, make a speciality of
foundations and many have been fin
ished here from that of the Union
Malleable Iron company, the largest
in the city, to many others and
smaller ones. Mr.. Nelson was one of
the first contractors in East Moline,
and is an extensive property holder
here.
The Abrahams-Porter Construc-
ton company is a new firm composed
of c. A. Abrahams and B. N. Porter
Although new as firm their expert
ence in building and contracting
work Of all kinds entities them to
serious consideration in their line.
Mr.. Abrahams came to the tri-cities
three years ago as superintendent
of bridge work for a st. Louis firm,
and liking the locality and believing
in its future, remained. He has had
wide experience in fireproof build
ing construction, reinforced concrete
AOA SfCis PNAPO6Os OIL uSIul0i oiCCl
and bridge work, paving, etc. He
was with the Leonard Construction
company on its big jobs in Moline
and East Moline, and last was with
II. w. Horst, whom he left to GO
into business for himself. Mr.. Por-
ter, although trained as a business
man, is we'll known as a mechanic
in several lines. A natural inclina.
ton for building has kept him busy
most of his spare time making boats
| furniture and even houses. He has
always lived in Moline, except dur,
ms the past two years, which were
spent in Freeport as assistant man.
ager of the Moline Plow company S
/ buggy factories. The new firm states
that prospects are very bright in
its lines for this summer, and the in
dications are that it will have all the
work it can handle.