Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-14
AIM TO DEFEAT
SEARS By VOTE
ON ANNEXATION
Property Owners of Large Strip
South OF City Want to Be-
come Part Rock Island.
VILLAGE is SEEKING SAME
.s.nptirs TO Secure Addition Of l.
500 Acres From Limits Of This
Municipality to Rock River.

Property owners residing in a dis
r5et embracing lfz acres. and situat-
a lust south OF the city limits of Rock
stand. this morning presented petit
,i,u 10 Mayor H. VI. Schriver. asking
"a. the territory be annexed to the
,stv and a special election for same be
held soon
Their efforts in this endeavor were
n defeat a proposition under way by
The village Of Sears. which is planning
N frustrating further attempts of
Rock Island Il annexation, by adding
"a the village territory embracing
about $500 acres.
Petitions circulated by Sears people
among petitioners TO this city last
seek. caused great concern to them,
a. they had aims OF some day becom-
iur citizens Of Rock Island when the
,erritory in which they reside would be
annexed 10 this city.
The territory asked TO be annexed
70 this city lies from Brashar street
,the present city limits) south to
Cemetery street. or which is more com
monty known as Center station. and is
bounded on the east by Twelfth street,
extending west 20 the C.. r. l. * p.
COMPANY tracks This strip contains
1872 acres and the yard of the Atkinson
Brick company. ten acres. Will also be
taken in with the territory
Conflict Between Two.
John Eick and. Fred Meyers. two
vroperty owners in this territory. call
ed upon Mayor Schriver Saturday
morning. Informing him of the aims of
Sears in taking in the whole territory
south OF the city. Sears planned to
annex all OF the territory from the
Rock river TO the city limits of Rock
Island. and from Seventeenth street
vest 10 the Mississippi river.
Messrs. Eick and Meyers explained
TO the mayor that they believed the
people in this territory. IL it was TO be
annexed 10 any corporate body. would
rather become a portion OF Rock Is
land than be joined TO Sears Mayor
schrfver and City Engineer Wallace
Treichler Immediately got busy and
petitions we're circulated and signed
By over 40 OF the property owners and
voters This is a big majority OF the
number in the territory. and all during
today there we're more attaching their
names 10 the petition
Ask Special Election.
Mayor Schriver planned this after
noon TO present the petition TO the
council with a resolution calling for
special election within the near future.
The mayor stated that there would
probably be but three polling places.
o1e in the east end. one in the center
and one in the west end Of Rock Is
land. He stated that this number
would be sufficient.
The special election can be called
unless IL occurs within 80 days prev
ious to a general election, and since
no general election Is set for within the
next three months it was deemed wise
to call one for this special matter.
City officials believe that the at
tempt Of Sears 20 annex the large ter
ritory south OF this city will mean
that there will be more territories
taken into this city. They think that
the people south Of this city will adopt
similar methods of those in the terri
tory 10 be voted upon. and IL is be
lieved that this strip Will not be the
only one on the ballot when the cleo
ton IS called.
The aims Of Sears will be defeated :
Tor time and new petitions Will have
70 be drawn and signed. since the ter
ritory I'D for annexation 10 Rock Is
land is part Of the great tract that
the village is attempting to take in /
The petitions. unless made over and
signed again by those who have at
iached their names to them. would be /
void with this strip included
With action deferred by the village ,
for some time the city will have an 1
20 secure more Of the ter
ntory south OF the limits.
In the territory now considered Tor
there are over 20 resi-
dences. and included in these there
are but very few homes for rent, the