Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-19
MOLINE

N1OASKNA
Award Contract for Sswers-Moline
Heating & Construction Co. was award
ed the contract for the Twenty-fifth
street sewer and water district after
bids were opened by the board OF
estimate furnished by the local firm
totaled SIS, 564.90 against s1s,650.3O en-
tered by the Independent Construction
company Of Davenport. Figures OF the
city engineer compiled when the i'm
provement work was under considera-
ton give S1S,S20.55 as the minimum
rate upon which the project could be
with everything working
out as expected.
To Build Two Apartment Houses
Plans are being prepared by Eckland
& DeArment, architects, for two apart
ment houses which Mrs. Katherine S.
Cordell will build at the northwest
corner of Twelfth street and Thir-
teenth avenue. The houses, to be Of
stucco finish, will contain sight rooms
each and will cost in the neighbor-
hood OF $4,000 each. Bids will soon
be received so that work of construc-
ton can be commenced early in the
spring.
Lift Smallpox 0uarantine-It is two
weeks since the Archie Wagner home
at 362 Thirty-hfth street was quar-
antined because Of & case of smallpox
developed by William Salter. Every
precaution has been taken by the CITY
health authorities to cope with the
condition and the contagion has been
limited to the one case. Commissioner
f. L. Eastman has, for the city, pur-
chased q galvanized iron portable cot
tage which has been set up in the east
end OF Riverside park. This will be
used as a pest house and Salter will
be moved there this week. He viii! be
confined four more weeks. Occupants
Of the Wagner home will be released
from quarantine as soon as the patient
is removed.
Increase Capital stock-Stockhold
ers in the State Savings Bank and
Trust company voted yesterday after
noon to increase the capital stock Of
the organization from S275.00O to $500,
600. The additional $4,000 will bt
apportioned to stockholders as a stocl
dividend. increased prosperity of the
! institution and bright prospects fol
! future growth were cited as reason:
/ for the move.
Gould Home Damaged by Fire
| Sparks from the chimney set fire Il
the roof Of the Charles V. Goult
| house, 70S Seventeenth street. at Az
Monday afternoon, causing damage o
| $1,000. When the chimney began t
burn out, Mrs. Gould rushed into tn
basement to see # the flames ha
icnited any portion of the house. Will
she was there, neighbors discoyere
the roof afre. Before firemen arrived
the entire roof over the main porto
CT the house was ablaZe. 1t was nee
essary 20 play large quantity Of wa
ter on the burning structure, thereb
increasing the damage. The ceiling c
one CT the rooms en- the second foo
caved in when q fireman rested hi
foot upon It. He was uninjured.
Regulate Delivery of Liquor.-Afte
q year and more of delay, the cit
council of East Moline has succeede
In placing a practical liquor deliver
ordinance on the statute books of tn
municipality. In simple substance, tn
measure adopted by the council pr
vides that no person, firm or corpor
ton shall be granted the right to Sc
and deliver malt. vinous, mixed, fe
meGtei or Intoxicating liquors" to pa
ties other than keepers of saloons an
, dramshops without first obtaining
permit from the city clerk, secured
the payment OF 81 application fee an
. 500 annual license fee, payable
semi-annual installments, due on Il
. first Monday in November and Il
= first Monday in May. The intent
this ORDINANCES, it is clear, is to reg
late the business of the half dozen
more parties now managing liquor di
) tributing agencies in East Moline al
l to restrict agents from any Of Il
: three cities from coming in and DEF
: ing indiscriminately. According
the wording of the ordinance, the on
delivery men exempt from its rulinl
S are those conveying liquors TO regula
, ~ licensed saloons; in other word
r the brewery and Wholesale agents.
g Obituary Record.-Miss Bertha BE
a son, 1413 I-3 Sixth avenue, was call
{ TO her rest Monday afternoon at 4:
e after a serious Illness Of only q fe
n hours. Death occurred in St 4